2016–17 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team

2016–17 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball

Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Division	West Division
2016–17 record	4–3 (0–0 OVC)
Head coach	Jay Spoonhour (5th year)
Assistant coach	Rand Chappell
Assistant coach	J.R. Renolds
Assistant coach	Rob Holloway
Home arena	Lantz Arena

2016–17 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Tennessee State	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
Jacksonville State	0	–	0	–	5	–	3	.625
Eastern Kentucky	0	–	0	–	4	–	4	.500
Belmont	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Morehead State	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333
Tennessee Tech	0	–	0	–	2	–	6	.250
West
UT Martin	0	–	0	–	7	–	2	.778
Austin Peay	0	–	0	–	4	–	3	.571
Eastern Illinois	0	–	0	–	4	–	3	.571
SIU Edwardsville	0	–	0	–	4	–	3	.571
Southeast Missouri St.	0	–	0	–	4	–	3	.571
Murray State	0	–	0	–	3	–	4	.429

† 2017 OVC tournament winner As of December 3, 2016;

The 2016–17 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team represents Eastern Illinois University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by fifth year head coach Jay Spoonhour, play their home games at Lantz Arena and are members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Panthers finished the 2015–16 season 13–17, 9–7 in OVC play to finish in third place in the West Division. The 9–7 finish was the second consecutive 9–7 finish in conference for Eastern Illinois. They lost in the first round of the OVC Tournament to Murray State.

Preseason

In a vote of Ohio Valley Conference head men’s basketball coaches and sports information directors, Eastern Illinois was picked to finish second in the West Division of the OVC.^[1] Cornell Johnston was selected to the All-OVC Preseason Team.

Roster

2016–17 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
1.5 !G	1	McReynolds, DemetriusDemetrius McReynolds	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Louisville, Kentucky
1.5 !G	2	Johnston, CornellCornell Johnston	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	3.0 !Jr	St. Louis, Missouri
1.5 !G	3	Teson, CaseyCasey Teson	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2.0 !So	St. Charles, Missouri
1.5 !G	4	Goodwin, MontellMontell Goodwin	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Cleveland, Ohio
2.5 !G/F	5	Crossland, RayRay Crossland	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	3.0 !Jr	St. Louis, Missouri
1.5 !G	11	Koch, LoganLogan Koch	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Shawnee, Kansas
2.5 !G/F	12	Blackmon, MarshawnMarshawn Blackmon	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	St. Peters, Missouri
1.5 !G	21	Price, DeVantae'DeVantae' Price	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Tamms, Illinois
3.5 !F	24	Kuligoski, JoeJoe Kuligoski	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Orland Park, Illinois
3.5 !F	25	Dama, MuusaMuusa Dama	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Parakou, Benin
3.5 !F	32	Muldoon, PatrickPatrick Muldoon	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2.0 !So	Basehor, Kansas
3.5 !F	40	Jones, LucasLucas Jones	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2.0 !So	Prairie Village, Kansas
3.5 !F	54	Earls, JustinJustin Earls	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Chicago, Illinois
3.5 !F	55	Diallo, AboubacarAboubacar Diallo	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Head coach

Jay Spoonhour (Pittsburg State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

^[2]

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/06/2016* 3:00 PM	Eureka	W 94–58		Lantz Arena (684) Charleston, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:30 PM	St. Francis (IL)	W 83–41	1–0	Lantz Arena (1,038) Charleston, IL
11/14/2016* 7:00 PM	at Troy	L 67–70	1–1	Trojan Arena (905) Troy, AL
11/17/2016* 7:00 PM	at Saint Louis	L 69–74	1–2	Chaifetz Arena (4,948) St. Louis, MO
11/19/2016* 7:00 PM	Western Illinois	W 73–64	2–2	Lantz Arena (392) Charleston, IL
11/21/2016* 12:00 PM, WEIU	Troy	W 71–67	3–2	Lantz Arena (3,111) Charleston, IL
11/26/2016* 3:15 PM	South Alabama	W 72–62	4–2	Lantz Arena (835) Charleston, IL
11/29/2016* 7:00 PM, WEIU	Bradley	L 83–87 ^OT	4–3	Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
12/03/2016* 3:00 PM	at UIC			UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
12/07/2016* 6:00 PM	at Northern Kentucky			BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY
12/17/2016* 2:30 PM, SECN	at Missouri			Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
12/19/2016* 7:00 PM	Fontbonne			Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
12/21/2016* 4:30 PM	at Indiana State			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
Ohio Valley Conference regular season
12/31/2016 3:15 PM	Jacksonville State			Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
01/05/2017 6:45 PM	at Morehead State			Ellis Johnson Arena Morehead, KY
01/07/2017 1:00 PM	at Eastern Kentucky			McBrayer Arena Richmond, KY
01/12/2017 7:00 PM	Murray State			Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
01/14/2017 11:00 AM, ASN	Austin Peay			Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
01/19/2017 7:00 PM	at UT Martin			Skyhawk Arena Martin, TN
01/21/2017 4:15 PM	at Southeast Missouri State			Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, MO
01/25/2017 7:00 PM	Belmont			Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
01/28/2017 3:15 PM, WEIU	SIU Edwardsville			Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
02/02/2017 7:00 PM, CBSSN	at Tennessee State			Gentry Complex Nashville, TN
02/04/2017 3:15 PM, WEIU	Tennessee Tech			Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
02/09/2017 7:00 PM	UT Martin			Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
02/11/2017 1:00 PM, ASN	Southeast Missouri State			Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
02/16/2017 7:00 PM	at Austin Peay			Dunn Center Clarksville, TN
02/18/2017 7:00 PM	at Murray State			CFSB Center Murray, KY
02/25/2017 7:00 PM, WEIU	at SIU Edwardsville			Vadalabene Center Edwardsville, IL
Ohio Valley Tournament
03/01–04/2017	vs.			Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, TN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ "Belmont Picked As 2016-17 OVC Men's Basketball Favorites; Bruins' Bradds Tabbed Preseason Player of the Year". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
↑ http://www.eiupanthers.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=217

Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball

Venues	Lantz Arena (1967–present)

People	Head coaches

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