Eastern Illinois Panthers @ Western Illinois Leathernecks

71–59Final · Jan 30, 2025

EIU 71 WIU 59 Final

	1	2	T
EIU7-15	32	39	71
WIU8-14	19	40	59

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The scoring timeline.

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Massal Diouf made Layup.
0–2
Massal Diouf made Layup.
0–4
Kooper Jacobi made Free Throw.
1–4
Kooper Jacobi made Free Throw.
2–4
Artese Stapleton made Jumper.
4–4
Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
5–4
Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
6–4
Obadiah Curtis made Layup. Assisted by Terry McMorris.
8–4
Massal Diouf made Jumper.
8–6
Obadiah Curtis made Jumper. Assisted by Zion Fruster.
10–6
Corey Sawyer Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Obadiah Curtis.
13–6
Julius Rollins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trey Deveaux.
13–9
Obadiah Curtis made Layup. Assisted by Corey Sawyer Jr..
15–9
Sean Smith made Layup.
15–11
Corey Sawyer Jr. made Jumper.
17–11
Corey Sawyer Jr. made Layup.
19–11
Artese Stapleton made Jumper.
21–11
Ryan Myers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Julius Rollins.
21–14
Artese Stapleton made Layup.
23–14
Ryan Myers made Jumper.
23–16
Obadiah Curtis made Layup.
25–16
Trey Deveaux made Layup.
25–18
Trey Deveaux made Free Throw.
25–19
Kooper Jacobi made Layup.
27–19
Kooper Jacobi made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zion Fruster.
30–19
Zion Fruster made Layup.
32–19
Trey Deveaux made Free Throw.
32–20
Artese Stapleton made Jumper.
34–20
Ryan Myers made Free Throw.
34–21
Ryan Myers made Free Throw.
34–22
Julius Rollins made Layup.
34–24
Julius Rollins made Free Throw.
34–25
Rodolfo Bolis made Layup. Assisted by Artese Stapleton.
36–25
Sean Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Julius Rollins.
36–28
Nakyel Shelton made Jumper. Assisted by Artese Stapleton.
38–28
Massal Diouf made Free Throw.
38–29
Artese Stapleton made Layup.
40–29
Nakyel Shelton made Layup.
42–29
Massal Diouf made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Myers.
42–31
Massal Diouf made Dunk. Assisted by Trey Deveaux.
42–33
Trey Deveaux made Layup.
42–35
Ryan Myers made Layup.
42–37
Nakyel Shelton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Artese Stapleton.
45–37
Marko Maletic made Free Throw.
45–38
Marko Maletic made Free Throw.
45–39
Kooper Jacobi made Jumper. Assisted by Zion Fruster.
47–39
Massal Diouf made Free Throw.
47–40
Massal Diouf made Free Throw.
47–41
Nakyel Shelton made Jumper. Assisted by Obadiah Curtis.
49–41
Corey Sawyer Jr. made Free Throw.
50–41
Kooper Jacobi made Layup.
52–41
Trey Deveaux made Layup.
52–43
Marko Maletic made Jumper.
52–45
Corey Sawyer Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kooper Jacobi.
55–45
Obadiah Curtis made Layup. Assisted by Kooper Jacobi.
57–45
Massal Diouf made Free Throw.
57–46
Artese Stapleton made Layup.
59–46
Ryan Myers made Layup.
59–48
Ryan Myers made Free Throw.
59–49
Kooper Jacobi made Layup. Assisted by Obadiah Curtis.
61–49
Sean Smith made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Myers.
61–51
Artese Stapleton made Three Point Jumper.
64–51
Trey Deveaux made Layup.
64–53
Ryan Myers made Layup.
64–55
Corey Sawyer Jr. made Free Throw.
65–55
Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
66–55
Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
67–55
Kooper Jacobi made Free Throw.
68–55
Trey Deveaux made Layup.
68–57
Artese Stapleton made Free Throw.
69–57
Trey Deveaux made Layup. Assisted by Sean Smith.
69–59
Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
70–59
Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
71–59

Play-by-play

P1 Massal Diouf made Layup. 0–2
P1 Rodolfo Bolis missed Jumper.
P1 Massal Diouf Block.
P1 Julius Rollins Defensive Rebound.
P1 Massal Diouf made Layup. 0–4
P1 Nakyel Shelton missed Jumper.
P1 Julius Rollins Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sean Smith missed Jumper.
P1 Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Massal Diouf.
P1 Kooper Jacobi made Free Throw. 1–4
P1 Kooper Jacobi made Free Throw. 2–4
P1 Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Artese Stapleton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nakyel Shelton missed Jumper.
P1 Artese Stapleton Offensive Rebound.
P1 Artese Stapleton made Jumper. 4–4
P1 Julius Rollins missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nakyel Shelton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Lazar Grbovic missed Jumper.
P1 Sean Smith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Trey Deveaux Turnover.
P1 Lazar Grbovic Steal.
P1 Artese Stapleton missed Jumper.
P1 Massal Diouf Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ryan Myers Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Eastern Illinois Turnover.
P1 Sean Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nakyel Shelton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Corey Sawyer Jr. missed Layup.
P1 Kayden Carter Block.
P1 Julius Rollins Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marko Maletic missed Jumper.
P1 Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kooper Jacobi missed Layup.
P1 Sean Smith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marko Maletic Turnover.
P1 Zion Fruster missed Jumper.
P1 Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ryan Myers Turnover.
P1 Rodolfo Bolis Steal.
P1 Foul on Trey Deveaux.
P1 Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw. 5–4
P1 Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw. 6–4
P1 Kayden Carter Turnover.
P1 Foul on Ryan Myers.
P1 Rodolfo Bolis missed Jumper.
P1 Eastern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P1 Eastern Illinois Turnover.
P1 Marko Maletic Turnover.
P1 Obadiah Curtis made Layup. Assisted by Terry McMorris. 8–4
P1 Massal Diouf made Jumper. 8–6
P1 Obadiah Curtis made Jumper. Assisted by Zion Fruster. 10–6
P1 Foul on Artese Stapleton.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Trey Deveaux missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Artese Stapleton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Zion Fruster missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Julius Rollins Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Rodolfo Bolis.
P1 Massal Diouf missed Layup.
P1 Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
P1 Zion Fruster Turnover.
P1 Sean Smith missed Jumper.
P1 Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nakyel Shelton missed Jumper.
P1 Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
P1 Trey Deveaux Turnover.
P1 Corey Sawyer Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Obadiah Curtis. 13–6
P1 Julius Rollins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trey Deveaux. 13–9
P1 Obadiah Curtis made Layup. Assisted by Corey Sawyer Jr.. 15–9
P1 Sean Smith made Layup. 15–11
P1 Corey Sawyer Jr. made Jumper. 17–11
P1 Sean Smith missed Jumper.
P1 Obadiah Curtis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Corey Sawyer Jr. made Layup. 19–11
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Sean Smith missed Jumper.
P1 Artese Stapleton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Artese Stapleton made Jumper. 21–11
P1 Ryan Myers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Julius Rollins. 21–14
P1 Kooper Jacobi Turnover.
P1 Tay Knox Steal.
P1 Ryan Myers Turnover.
P1 Artese Stapleton made Layup. 23–14
P1 Trey Deveaux missed Layup.
P1 Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nakyel Shelton missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ryan Myers Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marko Maletic missed Jumper.
P1 Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
P1 Corey Sawyer Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ryan Myers Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Artese Stapleton.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Ryan Myers made Jumper. 23–16
P1 Obadiah Curtis made Layup. 25–16
P1 Trey Deveaux made Layup. 25–18
P1 Foul on Lazar Grbovic.
P1 Trey Deveaux made Free Throw. 25–19
P1 Zion Fruster missed Jumper.
P1 Sean Smith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Massal Diouf missed Layup.
P1 Trey Deveaux Offensive Rebound.
P1 Trey Deveaux Turnover.
P1 Zion Fruster Steal.
P1 Kooper Jacobi made Layup. 27–19
P1 Julius Rollins missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kooper Jacobi made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zion Fruster. 30–19
P1 Trey Deveaux missed Jumper.
P1 Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
P1 Zion Fruster made Layup. 32–19
P1 Western Illinois Timeout
P1 Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ryan Myers Offensive Rebound.
P2 Julius Rollins missed Layup.
P2 Trey Deveaux Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Rodolfo Bolis.
P2 Trey Deveaux made Free Throw. 32–20
P2 Trey Deveaux missed Free Throw.
P2 Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P2 Artese Stapleton made Jumper. 34–20
P2 Foul on Kooper Jacobi.
P2 Ryan Myers made Free Throw. 34–21
P2 Ryan Myers made Free Throw. 34–22
P2 Artese Stapleton Turnover.
P2 Sean Smith Steal.
P2 Julius Rollins made Layup. 34–24
P2 Foul on Nakyel Shelton.
P2 Julius Rollins made Free Throw. 34–25
P2 Kooper Jacobi missed Jumper.
P2 Rodolfo Bolis Offensive Rebound.
P2 Rodolfo Bolis made Layup. Assisted by Artese Stapleton. 36–25
P2 Sean Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Julius Rollins. 36–28
P2 Nakyel Shelton made Jumper. Assisted by Artese Stapleton. 38–28
P2 Foul on Rodolfo Bolis.
P2 Massal Diouf made Free Throw. 38–29
P2 Massal Diouf missed Free Throw.
P2 Nakyel Shelton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Artese Stapleton made Layup. 40–29
P2 Sean Smith Turnover.
P2 Nakyel Shelton Steal.
P2 Nakyel Shelton made Layup. 42–29
P2 Massal Diouf made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Myers. 42–31
P2 Foul on Ryan Myers.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Kooper Jacobi missed Free Throw.
P2 Eastern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kooper Jacobi missed Free Throw.
P2 Massal Diouf Defensive Rebound.
P2 Massal Diouf made Dunk. Assisted by Trey Deveaux. 42–33
P2 Lazar Grbovic missed Layup.
P2 Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kooper Jacobi missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ryan Myers Defensive Rebound.
P2 Trey Deveaux made Layup. 42–35
P2 Foul on Obadiah Curtis.
P2 Trey Deveaux missed Free Throw.
P2 Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
P2 Nakyel Shelton missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Lazar Grbovic Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Julius Rollins.
P2 Nakyel Shelton missed Layup.
P2 Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ryan Myers made Layup. 42–37
P2 Eastern Illinois Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Nakyel Shelton missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Lazar Grbovic Offensive Rebound.
P2 Zion Fruster missed Jumper.
P2 Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
P2 Nakyel Shelton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Artese Stapleton. 45–37
P2 Foul on Nakyel Shelton.
P2 Marko Maletic made Free Throw. 45–38
P2 Marko Maletic made Free Throw. 45–39
P2 Kooper Jacobi made Jumper. Assisted by Zion Fruster. 47–39
P2 Ryan Myers Turnover.
P2 Lazar Grbovic Steal.
P2 Foul on Massal Diouf.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Zion Fruster missed Jumper.
P2 Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Marko Maletic.
P2 Lazar Grbovic Turnover.
P2 Marko Maletic Steal.
P2 Marko Maletic Turnover.
P2 Zion Fruster Steal.
P2 Zion Fruster missed Layup.
P2 Julius Rollins Block.
P2 Eastern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Ryan Myers.
P2 Lazar Grbovic missed Layup.
P2 Sean Smith Defensive Rebound.
P2 Trey Deveaux missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Lazar Grbovic.
P2 Massal Diouf made Free Throw. 47–40
P2 Massal Diouf made Free Throw. 47–41
P2 Kooper Jacobi missed Jumper.
P2 Obadiah Curtis Offensive Rebound.
P2 Obadiah Curtis missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Obadiah Curtis Offensive Rebound.
P2 Zion Fruster missed Layup.
P2 Massal Diouf Block.
P2 Eastern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Nakyel Shelton made Jumper. Assisted by Obadiah Curtis. 49–41
P2 Marko Maletic missed Jumper.
P2 Corey Sawyer Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Sean Smith.
P2 Corey Sawyer Jr. missed Free Throw.
P2 Eastern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Corey Sawyer Jr. made Free Throw. 50–41
P2 Massal Diouf missed Layup.
P2 Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kooper Jacobi made Layup. 52–41
P2 Sean Smith missed Jumper.
P2 Obadiah Curtis Defensive Rebound.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Kooper Jacobi missed Layup.
P2 Massal Diouf Block.
P2 Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
P2 Trey Deveaux made Layup. 52–43
P2 Nakyel Shelton missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Marko Maletic Defensive Rebound.
P2 Marko Maletic made Jumper. 52–45
P2 Corey Sawyer Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kooper Jacobi. 55–45
P2 Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Nakyel Shelton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Obadiah Curtis made Layup. Assisted by Kooper Jacobi. 57–45
P2 Foul on Kooper Jacobi.
P2 Massal Diouf made Free Throw. 57–46
P2 Massal Diouf missed Free Throw.
P2 Nakyel Shelton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Artese Stapleton made Layup. 59–46
P2 Ryan Myers made Layup. 59–48
P2 Foul on Nakyel Shelton.
P2 Ryan Myers made Free Throw. 59–49
P2 Nakyel Shelton missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Marko Maletic Defensive Rebound.
P2 Marko Maletic missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Artese Stapleton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kooper Jacobi made Layup. Assisted by Obadiah Curtis. 61–49
P2 Sean Smith made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Myers. 61–51
P2 Artese Stapleton made Three Point Jumper. 64–51
P2 Trey Deveaux made Layup. 64–53
P2 Corey Sawyer Jr. missed Layup.
P2 Ryan Myers Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ryan Myers made Layup. 64–55
P2 Eastern Illinois Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Obadiah Curtis missed Jumper.
P2 Corey Sawyer Jr. Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Marko Maletic.
P2 Corey Sawyer Jr. made Free Throw. 65–55
P2 Corey Sawyer Jr. missed Free Throw.
P2 Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kooper Jacobi Turnover.
P2 Sean Smith missed Layup.
P2 Nakyel Shelton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Trey Deveaux.
P2 Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw. 66–55
P2 Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw. 67–55
P2 Ryan Myers missed Layup.
P2 Nakyel Shelton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Marko Maletic.
P2 Kooper Jacobi missed Free Throw.
P2 Eastern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kooper Jacobi made Free Throw. 68–55
P2 Trey Deveaux made Layup. 68–57
P2 Foul on Kooper Jacobi.
P2 Trey Deveaux missed Free Throw.
P2 Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Sean Smith.
P2 Artese Stapleton made Free Throw. 69–57
P2 Artese Stapleton missed Free Throw.
P2 Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
P2 Trey Deveaux made Layup. Assisted by Sean Smith. 69–59
P2 Foul on Trey Deveaux.
P2 Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw. 70–59
P2 Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw. 71–59
P2 Julius Rollins missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Artese Stapleton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Nakyel Shelton missed Jumper.
P2 Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
P2 Julius Rollins missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Marko Maletic Offensive Rebound.

Box score

EIU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Kooper JacobiF	38	14	5-10	1-2	3-6	11	2	2	0	0	3	8	3
Rodolfo BolisF	12	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
Nakyel SheltonG	35	15	4-14	1-6	6-6	7	0	0	1	0	0	7	3
Corey Sawyer Jr.G	28	12	4-7	2-3	2-4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Artese StapletonG	28	16	7-8	1-1	1-2	6	3	1	0	0	1	5	2
Terry McMorrisF	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lazar GrbovicF	16	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	2
Zion FrusterG	19	2	1-8	0-1	0-0	2	3	1	2	0	0	2	0
Obadiah CurtisG	22	10	5-7	0-1	0-0	4	3	0	0	0	2	2	1
Jackson ConnorF
Blake GoodmanF
Sekou KalleF
Kam O'ConnorG
Malik OlafioyeG
Carson ProstG
Isaiah GriffinG

WIU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Trey DeveauxF	35	14	6-10	0-2	2-5	9	2	3	0	0	2	7	3
Massal DioufF	25	14	5-8	0-0	4-6	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	2
Sean SmithG	39	7	3-10	1-2	0-0	4	1	1	1	0	0	4	2
Julius RollinsG	30	6	2-7	1-5	1-1	4	2	0	0	1	0	4	1
Ryan MyersG	35	14	5-10	1-5	3-3	5	2	4	0	0	1	4	3
Rodrick PayneF	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kayden CarterF	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tay KnoxC	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Marko MaleticG	27	4	1-5	0-1	2-2	3	0	3	1	0	1	2	3
Ifiok PeterF
Caleb ThompsonF
Kiyron PowellC
AJ DixonG
Kimahri WilsonG

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