Eastern Illinois Panthers @ SIU Edwardsville Cougars

41–66Final · Feb 4, 2025

EIU 41 SIUE 66 Final

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EIU8-16	21	20	41
SIUE16-8	22	44	66

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The scoring timeline.

Every scoring moment, when the official feed stamped it — and when FirstBuzzer's in-venue spotters buzzed it first. Times are ET.

Kooper Jacobi made Free Throw.
1–0
Kooper Jacobi made Free Throw.
2–0
Corey Sawyer Jr. made Free Throw.
3–0
Desmond Polk made Jumper.
3–2
Brian Taylor II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor.
3–5
Myles Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Brian Taylor II.
3–7
Kooper Jacobi made Layup.
5–7
Ray'Sean Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Declan Dillon.
5–9
Artese Stapleton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kooper Jacobi.
8–9
Terry McMorris made Dunk. Assisted by Artese Stapleton.
10–9
Jordan Pickett made Layup. Assisted by Brian Taylor II.
10–11
Nakyel Shelton made Layup.
12–11
Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
13–11
Brian Taylor II made Layup.
13–13
Artese Stapleton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Corey Sawyer Jr..
16–13
Brian Taylor II made Layup. Assisted by Myles Thompson.
16–15
Terry McMorris made Layup. Assisted by Nakyel Shelton.
18–15
Eddiean Tirado made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brian Taylor II.
18–18
Myles Thompson made Free Throw.
18–19
Ring Malith made Jumper.
18–21
Zion Fruster made Free Throw.
19–21
Ring Malith made Free Throw.
19–22
Obadiah Curtis made Layup.
21–22
Kooper Jacobi made Layup.
23–22
Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
24–22
Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
25–22
Desmond Polk made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyle Thomas.
25–25
Desmond Polk made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor.
25–28
Artese Stapleton made Free Throw.
26–28
Artese Stapleton made Free Throw.
27–28
Desmond Polk made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brian Taylor II.
27–31
Myles Thompson made Two Point Tip Shot.
27–33
Myles Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Brian Taylor II.
27–35
Ray'Sean Taylor made Free Throw.
27–36
Obadiah Curtis made Jumper.
29–36
Ray'Sean Taylor made Three Point Jumper.
29–39
Myles Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor.
29–41
Myles Thompson made Jumper.
29–43
Ray'Sean Taylor made Three Point Jumper.
29–46
Obadiah Curtis made Layup.
31–46
Myles Thompson made Jumper. Assisted by Declan Dillon.
31–48
Corey Sawyer Jr. made Free Throw.
32–48
Ring Malith made Free Throw.
32–49
Ring Malith made Free Throw.
32–50
Ray'Sean Taylor made Layup.
32–52
Ring Malith made Dunk. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor.
32–54
Ring Malith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Desmond Polk.
32–57
Ray'Sean Taylor made Layup.
32–61
Obadiah Curtis made Two Point Tip Shot.
34–61
Jordan Pickett made Layup. Assisted by Brian Taylor II.
34–63
Artese Stapleton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Terry McMorris.
37–63
Obadiah Curtis made Dunk.
39–63
Jordan Pickett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Declan Dillon.
39–66
Jackson Connor made Jumper.
41–66

Play-by-play

P1 Nakyel Shelton missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor Defensive Rebound.
P1 Desmond Polk missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kooper Jacobi missed Jumper.
P1 Ring Malith Block.
P1 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ring Malith missed Jumper.
P1 Nakyel Shelton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Kyle Thomas.
P1 Kooper Jacobi made Free Throw. 1–0
P1 Kooper Jacobi made Free Throw. 2–0
P1 Ring Malith missed Jumper.
P1 Rodolfo Bolis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Kyle Thomas.
P1 Corey Sawyer Jr. made Free Throw. 3–0
P1 Corey Sawyer Jr. missed Free Throw.
P1 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ring Malith Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Rodolfo Bolis.
P1 Brian Taylor II Turnover.
P1 Nakyel Shelton Steal.
P1 Foul on Ray'Sean Taylor.
P1 Foul on Rodolfo Bolis.
P1 Rodolfo Bolis Turnover.
P1 Desmond Polk made Jumper. 3–2
P1 Corey Sawyer Jr. missed Jumper.
P1 Desmond Polk Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brian Taylor II missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Myles Thompson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Desmond Polk missed Layup.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor Offensive Rebound.
P1 Lazar Grbovic Block.
P1 Brian Taylor II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor. 3–5
P1 Eastern Illinois Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Myles Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Brian Taylor II. 3–7
P1 Foul on Brian Taylor II.
P1 Nakyel Shelton missed Free Throw.
P1 Eastern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Nakyel Shelton missed Free Throw.
P1 Brian Taylor II Defensive Rebound.
P1 Myles Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
P1 Lazar Grbovic missed Layup.
P1 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ring Malith missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nakyel Shelton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nakyel Shelton missed Layup.
P1 Lazar Grbovic Offensive Rebound.
P1 Kooper Jacobi made Layup. 5–7
P1 Myles Thompson missed Jumper.
P1 Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
P1 Zion Fruster missed Layup.
P1 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ring Malith Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ring Malith Turnover.
P1 Zion Fruster missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Declan Dillon. 5–9
P1 Artese Stapleton missed Layup.
P1 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor Turnover.
P1 Terry McMorris Steal.
P1 Foul on Ray'Sean Taylor.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Zion Fruster missed Layup.
P1 Sekou Kalle missed Two Point Tip Shot.
P1 Sekou Kalle Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Sekou Kalle.
P1 Brian Taylor II missed Jumper.
P1 Brian Taylor II Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ring Malith missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P1 Zion Fruster missed Jumper.
P1 Myles Thompson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Myles Thompson missed Layup.
P1 Myles Thompson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Myles Thompson missed Layup.
P1 Obadiah Curtis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Obadiah Curtis missed Layup.
P1 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brian Taylor II missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nakyel Shelton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Artese Stapleton missed Layup.
P1 Myles Thompson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Jordan Pickett.
P1 Jordan Pickett Turnover.
P1 Artese Stapleton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kooper Jacobi. 8–9
P1 Desmond Polk missed Jumper.
P1 Obadiah Curtis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Obadiah Curtis missed Layup.
P1 Desmond Polk Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Corey Sawyer Jr..
P1 Jordan Pickett missed Jumper.
P1 Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Terry McMorris made Dunk. Assisted by Artese Stapleton. 10–9
P1 Foul on Artese Stapleton.
P1 Jordan Pickett made Layup. Assisted by Brian Taylor II. 10–11
P1 Nakyel Shelton made Layup. 12–11
P1 Foul on Myles Thompson.
P1 Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw. 13–11
P1 Brian Taylor II made Layup. 13–13
P1 Artese Stapleton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Corey Sawyer Jr.. 16–13
P1 Brian Taylor II made Layup. Assisted by Myles Thompson. 16–15
P1 Kooper Jacobi missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Desmond Polk Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jordan Pickett missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.
P1 Corey Sawyer Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Brian Taylor II Defensive Rebound.
P1 Myles Thompson Turnover.
P1 Nakyel Shelton Steal.
P1 Terry McMorris made Layup. Assisted by Nakyel Shelton. 18–15
P1 Eddiean Tirado made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brian Taylor II. 18–18
P1 Artese Stapleton missed Layup.
P1 SIU Edwardsville Defensive Rebound.
P1 Eddiean Tirado missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ring Malith Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Lazar Grbovic.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Foul on Lazar Grbovic.
P1 Myles Thompson missed Free Throw.
P1 SIU Edwardsville Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Myles Thompson made Free Throw. 18–19
P1 Nakyel Shelton missed Jumper.
P1 Jordan Pickett Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brian Taylor II missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ring Malith Offensive Rebound.
P1 Eddiean Tirado missed Jumper.
P1 Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nakyel Shelton Turnover.
P1 Myles Thompson Steal.
P1 Myles Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ring Malith Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ring Malith made Jumper. 18–21
P1 Zion Fruster Turnover.
P1 Foul on Obadiah Curtis.
P1 Brian Taylor II missed Free Throw.
P1 Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P1 Obadiah Curtis Turnover.
P1 Foul on Nakyel Shelton.
P1 Myles Thompson missed Free Throw.
P1 SIU Edwardsville Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Myles Thompson missed Free Throw.
P1 Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Declan Dillon.
P1 Zion Fruster missed Free Throw.
P1 Eastern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Zion Fruster made Free Throw. 19–21
P1 Foul on Obadiah Curtis.
P1 Ring Malith missed Free Throw.
P1 SIU Edwardsville Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Ring Malith made Free Throw. 19–22
P1 Obadiah Curtis made Layup. 21–22
P2 Desmond Polk missed Jumper.
P2 Corey Sawyer Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kooper Jacobi made Layup. 23–22
P2 Ring Malith missed Layup.
P2 Rodolfo Bolis Defensive Rebound.
P2 Corey Sawyer Jr. Turnover.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor Steal.
P2 Ring Malith missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Desmond Polk.
P2 Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw. 24–22
P2 Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw. 25–22
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Dunk.
P2 Corey Sawyer Jr. Block.
P2 SIU Edwardsville Offensive Rebound.
P2 Desmond Polk made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyle Thomas. 25–25
P2 Nakyel Shelton Turnover.
P2 Kyle Thomas missed Layup.
P2 Artese Stapleton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Rodolfo Bolis Turnover.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Desmond Polk Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Corey Sawyer Jr..
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Desmond Polk made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor. 25–28
P2 Foul on Kyle Thomas.
P2 Artese Stapleton made Free Throw. 26–28
P2 Artese Stapleton made Free Throw. 27–28
P2 Desmond Polk made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brian Taylor II. 27–31
P2 Nakyel Shelton missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor Defensive Rebound.
P2 Desmond Polk missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Obadiah Curtis Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Nakyel Shelton.
P2 Desmond Polk missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Myles Thompson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Myles Thompson made Two Point Tip Shot. 27–33
P2 Kooper Jacobi missed Jumper.
P2 Desmond Polk Defensive Rebound.
P2 Myles Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Brian Taylor II. 27–35
P2 Obadiah Curtis missed Layup.
P2 Myles Thompson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Nakyel Shelton.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Free Throw.
P2 SIU Edwardsville Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor made Free Throw. 27–36
P2 Foul on Desmond Polk.
P2 Obadiah Curtis made Jumper. 29–36
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor made Three Point Jumper. 29–39
P2 Artese Stapleton missed Layup.
P2 Eastern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kooper Jacobi missed Jumper.
P2 Myles Thompson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ring Malith missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
P2 Zion Fruster Turnover.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Foul on Artese Stapleton.
P2 Desmond Polk missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Foul on Zion Fruster.
P2 SIU Edwardsville Offensive Rebound.
P2 Myles Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor. 29–41
P2 Foul on Terry McMorris.
P2 Myles Thompson missed Free Throw.
P2 Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.
P2 Artese Stapleton missed Layup.
P2 Myles Thompson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Rodolfo Bolis Defensive Rebound.
P2 Zion Fruster missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Declan Dillon Defensive Rebound.
P2 Myles Thompson made Jumper. 29–43
P2 Foul on Declan Dillon.
P2 Kooper Jacobi missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Myles Thompson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor made Three Point Jumper. 29–46
P2 Eastern Illinois Timeout
P2 Foul on Declan Dillon.
P2 Obadiah Curtis made Layup. 31–46
P2 Myles Thompson made Jumper. Assisted by Declan Dillon. 31–48
P2 Foul on Declan Dillon.
P2 Corey Sawyer Jr. made Free Throw. 32–48
P2 Corey Sawyer Jr. missed Free Throw.
P2 Myles Thompson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Corey Sawyer Jr..
P2 Ring Malith made Free Throw. 32–49
P2 Ring Malith made Free Throw. 32–50
P2 Corey Sawyer Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Brian Taylor II Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor made Layup. 32–52
P2 Artese Stapleton missed Layup.
P2 Myles Thompson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ring Malith made Dunk. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor. 32–54
P2 Eastern Illinois Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Nakyel Shelton missed Layup.
P2 Nakyel Shelton Offensive Rebound.
P2 Eastern Illinois Turnover.
P2 Ring Malith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Desmond Polk. 32–57
P2 Obadiah Curtis missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P2 Nakyel Shelton missed Layup.
P2 Ring Malith Block.
P2 Desmond Polk Defensive Rebound.
P2 Myles Thompson missed
P2 Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.
P2 Zion Fruster missed Layup.
P2 Brian Taylor II Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor made Layup. 32–61
P2 Zion Fruster missed Jumper.
P2 Brian Taylor II Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Nakyel Shelton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Zion Fruster missed Jumper.
P2 Brian Taylor II Defensive Rebound.
P2 Desmond Polk Turnover.
P2 Rodolfo Bolis missed Layup.
P2 Obadiah Curtis Offensive Rebound.
P2 Obadiah Curtis made Two Point Tip Shot. 34–61
P2 Jordan Pickett made Layup. Assisted by Brian Taylor II. 34–63
P2 Artese Stapleton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Terry McMorris. 37–63
P2 Myles Thompson Turnover.
P2 Terry McMorris Steal.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Obadiah Curtis made Dunk. 39–63
P2 Brian Taylor II Turnover.
P2 Carson Prost Steal.
P2 Artese Stapleton missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Brian Taylor II Defensive Rebound.
P2 SIU Edwardsville Timeout
P2 SIU Edwardsville Turnover.
P2 Foul on Kyle Thomas.
P2 Terry McMorris missed Free Throw.
P2 Eddiean Tirado Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jordan Pickett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Declan Dillon. 39–66
P2 Kam O'Connor missed Layup.
P2 Cham Okey Block.
P2 Eastern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Carson Prost missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Cham Okey Defensive Rebound.
P2 Cham Okey missed Jumper.
P2 Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jordan Hamilton.
P2 Terry McMorris missed Free Throw.
P2 Jackson Connor Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jackson Connor made Jumper. 41–66

Box score

EIU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Kooper JacobiF	28	6	2-7	0-2	2-2	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
Rodolfo BolisF	16	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	2
Nakyel SheltonG	30	5	1-7	0-2	3-5	5	1	2	2	0	1	4	3
Corey Sawyer Jr.G	20	2	0-3	0-2	2-4	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	3
Artese StapletonG	28	11	3-10	3-4	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Terry McMorrisF	14	4	2-2	0-0	0-2	5	1	0	2	0	0	5	1
Jackson ConnorF	2	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Sekou KalleF	6	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Lazar GrbovicF	6	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
Kam O'ConnorG	2	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zion FrusterG	19	1	0-8	0-2	1-2	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	1
Carson ProstG	5	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Obadiah CurtisG	24	10	5-9	0-1	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	2
Blake GoodmanF
Malik OlafioyeG
Isaiah GriffinG

SIUE

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Kyle ThomasF	8	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Ring MalithG	33	10	3-10	1-5	3-4	14	0	1	0	2	5	9	0
Brian Taylor IIG	34	7	3-7	1-4	0-1	8	6	2	0	0	1	7	1
Ray'Sean TaylorG	24	13	5-11	2-7	1-2	3	4	1	1	0	1	2	2
Desmond PolkG	28	11	4-11	3-7	0-0	6	1	1	0	0	1	5	2
Myles ThompsonF	29	15	7-13	0-2	1-5	11	1	2	1	0	3	8	1
Cham OkeyG	2	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jordan HamiltonG	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Declan DillonG	15	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	4
Eddiean TiradoG	7	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jordan PickettG	17	7	3-5	1-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Raynard HorryG	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jo ValrieF
Darrion BakerF
Arnas SakenisC

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