Eastern Illinois Panthers @ UIC Flames

5-3, 1-2 Away

Final

	1	2	T
E Illinois EIU	41	49	90
UIC UIC	30	46	76

UIC FlamesUICUIC

4-4, 3-1 Home

Eastern Illinois pulls away early to beat Illinois-Chicago

Dec 4, 2016, 06:16 pm

CHICAGO -- Cornell Johnston scored 21 points and had a season-high nine assists to lead Eastern Illinois over Illinois-Chicago 90-76 on Sunday.

Johnston was 7 of 12 from the floor and made four 3-pointers. Montell Goodwin added 19 points and four 3-point baskets for Eastern Illinois (5-3). Aboubacar Diallo had a career-high 14 rebounds, and Patrick Muldoon grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds.

Marcus Ottey scored 16 points to lead Illinois-Chicago (4-4), which had its three-game home winning streak snapped. The Flames shot just 23 of 59 from the floor for 39 percent, and made only 23 of 34 free throws.

The Panthers took the lead for good with 6:42 to play in the first half. Eastern Illinois closed the half on a 20-12 surge, had a nine-point lead at halftime and the Flames didn't get closer.

Game Information

Chicago, IL

ESPN3

Referee:Earl Walton

Referee:Bo Boroski

Referee:Rob Kueneman

NCAA Division I

Ohio Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Tennessee State	15-5	-	23-10
Morehead State	15-5	-	20-13
Southeast Missouri State	14-6	1	20-13
UT Martin	13-7	2	22-11
SIU Edwardsville	12-8	3	19-13
Lindenwood	11-9	4	18-15
Little Rock	9-11	6	12-20
Tennessee Tech	8-12	7	13-18
Eastern Illinois	8-12	7	13-20
Southern Indiana	4-16	11	7-23
Western Illinois	1-19	14	5-26

NCAA Division I

Missouri Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Belmont	16-4	-	26-6
Bradley	13-7	3	21-13
Illinois State	12-8	4	23-13
Murray State	12-8	4	20-13
UIC	12-8	4	19-16
Northern Iowa	11-9	5	23-13
Valparaiso	11-9	5	18-15
Southern Illinois	10-10	6	16-16
Drake	6-14	10	14-20
Indiana State	4-16	12	11-21
Evansville	3-17	13	7-25

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