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THROWIN’ IT BACK TIED IN THE OVC
The Eastern men’s basketball team lost
The Unity Gospel Choir sang throwback gospel songs Sunday night in the
to Tennessee State 75-60, walking
University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
away with a third-straight loss. They
are now tied for 5th in the OVC.
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CE L E B RATI NG A CE NTUR Y OF COV E RA GE E S T . 1 915 W W W . D A I L YE A S TE R N N E W S . C O M
#MissBlackEIU
A new Queen is crowned
R AINE ZHU | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
Three of the contestants for the 48th Miss Black EIU scholarship pageant dress in traditional
African garments to show what they believe a strong African-American woman looks like Sat-
urday night in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Student wins annual
scholarship pageant
By Imani Tapley keting major, was the runner up and contestant
Staff Reporter | @DEN_news No. 5 Jacqueline Williams, a freshman kinesi-
ology and sports studies major, was the second
Balloons and steamers decorated the stairwell runner-up.
leading to the Grand Ballroom as the 48th an- A total of five contestants were judged in four
nual Miss Black EIU Scholarship Pageant un- categories which included creative expression,
folded Saturday night. talent, African garment and heritage speech and
Audience members cheered and shouted from evening wear.
R AINE ZHU | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
beginning to end, especially when contestant Ishmael Williams, an alumnus, was in the au-
Latricia Booker, a sophomore pre-nursing major and one of the contestants of the 48th annual
Miss Black EIU scholarship pageant, dressed in an African garment piece to show what she be-
No. 3 Latricia Booker, a sophomore pre-nurs- dience and said the pageant was important for
lieves a strong African-American woman looks like during the pageant in the Grand Ballroom
ing major, stole the show and was crowned Miss Eastern.
of Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Saturday night. Booker was crowned Miss Black EIU. Black EIU 2019. MISS BLACK EIU, page 5
Contestant No. 4 Alexis Paige, a junior mar-
Step Afrika!
showcases
different
dance styles
By Hannah Shillo
Entertainment Reporter | @DEN_news
The rhythmic stomps and claps in the
Theatre bellowed throughout the Doudna
Fine Arts Center Saturday night as Step Afri-
ka! made its presence known.
Dan Crews, director of programming,
publicity and promotions at Doudna, in-
troduced the show, saying Step Afrika! was
founded by C. Brian Williams and focuses
on the percussive dance style known as step-
ping.
“I think you’re in for a real treat tonight,”
Crews said, preparing the crowd for the
90-minute show.
The lights dimmed, the crowd went silent
and the performers made their way to center
stage as the show began.
JORDAN BOYER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
Step Afrika! performs Ndlamu, a traditional dance of the Zulu people, Saturday night in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. STEP AFRIKA!, page 52 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | AP NEWS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Local weather STATE AND NATION
MONDAY TUESDAY
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Illinois colleges day that the agreement would miti- Tornado death day afternoon.
gate long, costly and unnecessary legal Chambers County Sheriff Brian Haw-
look to overcome proceedings, the Los Angeles Times confirmed as violent thorne said Saturday that the plane "went
Sunny Partly Cloudy reported. in nose first " and that it was "probably a
High: 35° High: 41° enrollment declines "While no amount of money can
storms smack the crash that nobody would survive."
Low: 23° Low: 29° make up for what happened to Mr. South The search resumed Sunday for the re-
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Col- Coley, settling this case is the right maining two crew members and the all-
leges and universities in Illinois are thing to do for Mr. Coley and our important "black box" flight recorder that
struggling to combat declining enroll- community," City Manager Eric Lev- COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — could offer clues to what caused the crash.
T h e D a i ly
ment that was spurred by low unem- itt said in a statement. The city will Weekend storms raked parts of the Civilian volunteers mobilized small boats
ployment rates, a shrinking popula- pay about $4.9 million and the rest is Southeast, leaving deaths and injuries to help with the search of the northern tip
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tion, unstable funding sources and in- expected to be paid by insurance and in their wake as a tornado smashed of Trinity Bay called Jack's Pocket.
creased out-of-state competition. other sources. into a commercial district in a small Jason Campbell and two other Ana-
Data show that the state's commu- The state last year approved a sep- Mississippi city and drenching rains huac boat mechanics were among the ci-
“Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” nity colleges and state universities suf- arate, nearly $2 million payment for fed a rising flood threat. vilian boaters who checked debris for any
fered a decline of nearly 100,000 stu- Coley. He is now 71. A woman was killed when a torna- identification or cellphones on Saturday.
dents from 2008 to 2018, The Rock- Coley spent 39 years behind bars do hit Columbus, Mississippi, and a What they found was grim.
The Daily Eastern News ford Register Star reported . after he was wrongly convicted of man died when he drove into flood- "Pieces of bodies, nothing bigger than
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217-581-2923 (fax) community colleges all have seen en- R. Kelly's music Pounds of Tupelo and her husband hands."
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Living the dream Unity Gospel Choir
performs Sunday
By Valentina Vargas was an undergraduate student.
Multicultural Reporter | @DEN_News She said she had a lot going on during
that time, so she could not fit it in her
The University Ballroom of the Mar- schedule to join, but instead she goes to
tin Luther King Jr. University Union was their concerts to still be a part of it that
crowded with students and community way.
members standing and clapping to gos- Timberlynn Fisher, a pre-nursing
pel throwback songs sung by the Unity sophomore major, said she joined the
Gospel Choir. Unity Gospel Choir this semester be-
The Unity Gospel Choir present- cause it is a home stretch away from
ed the Make Jesus Famous: Throwback Eastern.
concert part 2 as part of the African- Fisher said when she is singing with
American Heritage Month celebration. the group, she feels rejuvenated and hap-
Christina Craig, a member of the py every time.
Unity Gospel Choir, said she was part of She said one of her favorite moments
the first performance the group did for with the group is when they travel back
the throwback concert. from performances because it gives the
She said it was a fun experience be- group time to “goof around” and get to
cause she was able to worship God with know each other more personally.
other people like some other schools that Craig said to her, being a part of the
attended. choir has been a very nice experience and
PHOTOS BY R AINE ZHU | Craig said she joined the group after everyone is close with each other.
THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS she went to a performance of the Uni- She said when they unite after every
(TOP) Sadie Armstrong, a member of the ty Gospel Choir last year, and now she concert, it is the most memorable thing
Symphonic Honers Initiative Program and has been in the choir group for two se- to her about the choir.
pre-college violinist from Mattoon High mesters. “We always prepare for our con-
School, plays violin during the Eastern “I know back at home, I sing at certs and we fast for them and it is like a
Symphony Orchestra performance called churches,” Craig said. “I sing in my choir bonding experience,” Craig said.
“The American Dream” in the Dvorak Con- at church, and so I figured go ahead and Thomas said she always enjoys com-
cert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center join. Have fun.” ing out to the Unity Gospel Choir con-
Sunday afternoon.
All the Unity Gospel Choir members certs and that she is a big fan.
dressed in black outfits; the women wore “I know gospel music in general for
(RIGHT)Teresa Richard, a principal flutist gold flower pins and the men wore gold me is something that is inspiring and en-
of the Eastern Symphony Orchestra and a ties. courages me whenever I may be down or
member of the Etcetera Trio, plays the flute While they sang, the members swayed am going through tough times,” Thom-
as guest artist in the second piece of the
to the beats of the drums and high and as said. “So it is an awesome inspiration
ESO - The American Dream in the Dvorak
low vocals. for the members to all be able to come
Concert Hall Sunday afternoon. The piece
Chelsea Thomas, a health promotion together.”
she played is for solo flute, harp and string
graduate student, said she was brought in
orchestra, which was called Serenade for
to come support the Unity Gospel Choir Valentina Vargas can be reached at
Flute, Harp, and Strings, Op.35 by Howard
because she had heard about it when she 581-2812 or vvargas@eiu.edu.
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STAFF EDITORIAL
The struggle is real
Look at the
big picture
of big news
A lot of big news has broken this past week, and
the headlines are important things to look at.
We have all heard about the Jussie Smollett case
and the complete 180 that happened, where he
became the suspect of a false report and convicted
of such charge.
More recently than that, Robert Kraft, the
owner of the New England Patriots, was charged
with soliciting prostitution Friday.
These are high-profile people committing
crimes, and because of the nature of their names’
status, finding news about both is easy and at the
forefront everywhere.
In fact, is is so easy to just look at the bigger
names of these cases, and others like them, and
stop there to make a final judgment about the
scenario.
They are the big names caught doing wrong, so
what more is there?
In both cases, there is a lot more for us all to LOGAN R ASCHKE | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
consume and there are very important things that
need national discussion.
Starting with the Smollett situation, you need
to be caught up if you are not already.
He had accused two people of beating him and
yelling homophobic slurs at him.
Mistakes happen; just move on and learn
The police investigation found out he lied and We are all humans, which means we all are The past four months may no longer count as
he actually made it up, leading to his conviction capable of making mistakes. Unfortunately, I made my new set of days clean and sober, but they did
for doing so. a big mistake this weekend. count for something.
But while the major attention is on the fact he After being in recovery for almost four months, As sad and down as I am, I will keep moving
was convicted of a crime, a major narrative we still I had a minor slip up this past Saturday. forward and I will make it through this slip up.
need to discuss is the talk about hate crimes. Even though it was minor, it was still enough to The best thing about all of this is that I had the
Smollett’s intent may not have been to bring up put me back at day one of recovery. courage and strength to tell on myself, and I am so
the discussion of hate crimes and racism abroad, When I realized what I had done, the guilt was blessed to have a large number of people I can rely
but he should not have to. completely unbearable, so I decided to tell my on for support and strength.
There are still too many instances of hate crimes sponsor. I felt so terrible about the mistake I had Without my sponsor, my family, my friends, my
that no one seems to worry or talk about, until it made. Higher Power and other colleagues in Alcoholics
happens to a celebrity or on a mass scale. My sponsor explained that these things happen Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, I am not
And this is a narrative that is talked about, to those of us sometimes, but the good thing is so sure that I would have stopped at this one slip
on smaller scales about smaller cases, but we as a that I did not go on a bender after my slip up. up.
society need to make sure it is always at the front Why did I do what I did? I guess I was not ANDRE W PAISLEY Just remember that you are capable of making a
of national attention. clearly thinking, so I just thought taking a few hits sides myself. I have been living a life of cleanliness big mistake. However, you cannot dwell on what
Whether it is a celebrity or a Muslim man killed of marijuana would not be a big deal. But it is. and sobriety and within one single second, it was you did. You have to just pick yourself up and
in Indiana, which is one of five U.S. states to not Marijuana is a mind-altering substance, and I all undone. move forward, knowing that you can get past it. It
have hate crime laws, according to NBC News, it am in recovery from mind-altering substances. My sponsor explained to me that although I re- is not the end of the world.
happens and needs to be brought up constantly. When it hit me that I had done this, I cried. I lapsed, it could have been 10 times worse and I
And the same needs to be the case with the had basically thrown away 118 days. should be proud of the fact that I still have the set Andrew Paisley is a senior journalism major. He can
deeper background of the Kraft case. One of the things I worried about the most was of tools I learned to use and that I learned from be reached at 581-2812 or at abpaisley@eiu.edu.
Kraft’s name in the soliciting of prostitutes case the fact that I had let down so many people, be- my mistake.
in Florida is not the only piece of the puzzle, as
Should we really sell Montana to Canada?
there is a bigger ring of sex trafficking that needs to
be addressed and known about.
According to USA Today, sex trafficking
accounted for 6,081 of the more than 8,500 I have people who can back me for predicting If not, then I am sure the state and country
reported cases of human trafficking in the U.S. in this, so do not try me. could work out some amendment to the Consti-
2017. But weeks ago, I had the thought that in the tution or something.
So, this problem is not just in Florida and is not future someone in the United States government Secondly, if Montana were to be sold, would we
being enhanced by big names like Kraft. (probably a president) would try to sell some of be losing anything?
Like hate crimes, sex trafficking is a problem the country’s land to reduce or fix the national According to the U.S. Energy Information Ad-
everywhere that we need to think about, instead of budget. ministration, Montana is a substantial energy sup-
just reading that a celebrity was a bad boy. I originally assumed they would start with some plier to the rest of the nation and it is rich in both
of the smaller lands the U.S. claims, but I figured fossil fuels and renewable resources.
The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the states that would be better selling pieces would In fact, nearly one-third of the nation’s recover-
the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News. be Hawaii and Alaska. able coal reserves are in Montana, and the north-
Both have some tourism flare (more so Hawaii), ern and eastern areas of the state contain large de-
but Alaska has oil and Hawaii has tropical foods posits of crude oil and natural gas.
and such. DILL AN SCHORFHEIDE Because of the mountainous geography of
I am being serious, I predicted someone would Montana, fast-running rivers are created and the
Letters to the Editor try to sell these states to reduce the national bud-
get. Maybe Russia would take Alaska: It could
tional debt.
The petition on the website has a statement
eastern two-thirds of the state are drained by the
Missouri River and its tributaries.
Those interested can inquire at opinions.
make relations better and it gets land that is in its along with it, from the petition’s founder identi- In 2017, Montana was the fifth-largest produc-
DEN@gmail.com for all opinion questions,
backyard anyway (thanks, Sarah Palin). fied as Ian Hammond: “We have too much debt er of hydroelectric power in the nation.
submissions and letters to the editor.
Despite my crazy theory, I never actually and Montana is useless. Just tell them (Canada) it So, Montana is actually very useful and a state
Please allow a week for us to publish let-
thought it would happen; that is, until this past has beavers or something.” we want to make sure we get all the energy from.
ters to the editor.
week. There are serious implications if this becomes Of course, with business deals, the U.S. could
The Editor reserves the right to not pub-
An online petition has called for Montana to be an actual consideration for lawmakers. always have a royalty or some sort of share from
lish letters. Letters that are 250 words or
less will be prioritized, but longer ones will
sold to Canada to help reduce the national budget. First, would they actually consider this? Canada’s profits of the state.
be considered by the editorial board.
So, instead of the Louisiana Purchase, we have the USA Today showed multiple tweets from Mon- But, it looks like another way to cut down the
Please include your name and phone Montana Auction, I guess. tana residents who actually supported the idea, national debt needs to be introduced.
number to verify letters. USA Today reported Wednesday that a petition one saying to include the Dakotas, too. Or, at least a different state to be sold.
For more information please call to sell Montana to Canada for $1 trillion was pro- From the research I did, it seems as though the
217-581-2812. posed on Change.org. USA Today said the $1 tril- U.S. could sell its own land, as long as it gives the Dillan Schorfheide is a junior journalism major. He can
lion would only cover one year’s worth of the na- buyer the sovereign rights to it. be reached at 581-2812 or dtschorfheide@eiu.edu.
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R AINE ZHU | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
Alexis Paige, a junior marketing major and
one of the contestants of the 48th annual
Miss Black EIU Scholarship Pageant, per-
forms in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin
Luther King Jr. University Union Saturday JORDAN BOYER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS JORDAN BOYER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
night. Deatrice Clark, Anesia Sandifer and Olabode Step Afrika!, performs Ndlamu, a traditional dance of the Zulu people, Saturday night in the
Oladeinde perform during the Step Afrika! Doudna Fine Arts Center. According to their program, Step Afrika! made this traditional dance
» MISS BLACK EIU
concert Saturday night in the Doudna Fine
Arts Center.
unique by featuring solos from each dancer as well as the addition of contemporary move-
ment.
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He said when he transferred to Eastern, the pag-
» STEP AFRIKA!
eant was one of the first things he got involved with CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
on campus because he helped out with one of the
contestants at that time. Members of Step Afrika! spent the first 10 min- competition by cheering for who they thought de- traditions, including Ndlamu, a traditional dance of
He said once he learned about the history of the utes of the show showing off their talent while engag- served to win each round. the Zulu people, and “the gumboot dance,” a tradi-
pageant and its importance, he said he felt that it is ing the crowd and introducing them to the different The first round went to the “ladies” while the sec- tional dance created by South African workers in the
important to come back to Eastern. styles of stepping. ond round went to the “fellas,” but before a third mining industry.
“(Miss Black EIU) is something for the culture, Matthew Evans, one of the performers, acted as a round began, Evans said there was no need. Solo dances were performed as well, both for the
black beauty … black girls rock,” Williams said. “(It host for the first half of the show. “We step better when we step together,” he said, dancers to connect with the crowd and to show the
is) something made for us by us.” He explained to the audience how the show was calling for an end to the step challenge. crowd how talented the dancers are.
Business management major Chanel Carter was going to play out and encouraged the crowd to clap, For the next part of the show, members of Step For the grand finale, all 14 of the dancers came to-
in the audience and said the pageant is unique and stomp or cheer when they saw something they liked. Afrika! made their way to the crowd and asked for gether on stage and performed one final dance.
important. “The more energy you give to us,” Evans said, “we volunteers in the audience to go up to the stage and The dancers thanked the crowd for their contin-
“It is important for the black women to be ac- will give right back to you.” learn a stepping routine. uous excitement and engagement throughout the
knowledged for black excellence on campus, and I To show how much the crowd’s energy affect- Evans led the tutorial for the step and then let the show and invited them to learn more about Step Afri-
believe that everyone is doing great,” Carter said. ed the performance, Evans announced a “step newly trained steppers try out the routine on their ka! at www.stepkafrika.com.
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Men's tennis team extends losing streak
By Vince Lovergine win. Carr, 6-4, 6-1, at No. 3 singles. The
Men’s Tennis Reporter|@DEN_sports They also clinched another win Norse would go on to win the match
against Northern Kentucky at No. 3 after securing the No. 5, No. 6 and
So far this spring season, the East- doubles to secure their eighth win as No. 2 singles.
ern men’s tennis team has found it- a doubles team. Ultimately, Northern Kentucky
self in unfamiliar territory. Two “Starting off strong is huge in earned a win thanks to Nathan
weeks ago, the Panthers were riding doubles because it’s only a set and Schwartz at No. 2 singles topping
high at 6-4, but since then the team one or two breaks of serve can easi- Jansen 6-3, 7-6, improving its record
struggled. ly determine who wins the (doubles) to 2-5 as a team.
Eastern has witnessed its longest set and the (doubles) point is crucial O’Brien and Hernandez were
losing streak of the season which to winning matches,” Charbonneau the only players for Eastern whose
stands at four matches. The Panthers said. “It definitely gets things start- matches went unfinished.
sit at 6-8 on the year, but they still ed on the right foot taking the dubs Even though Kingsmith has not
have tied their previous win total point.” produced the results he would have
from all of last season. The Flyers would eventually cap- liked, he is still seeing light at the
Over the weekend, Eastern faced ture the match winning three points end of the tunnel.
Dayton on Friday and Northern in singles play, leaving three match- “So far, our season has been okay,
Kentucky on Saturday, which result- es unfinished after the Flyers reached but everyone along with myself is
ed in two losses for the Panthers. the deciding point. ready to step it up,” Kingsmith said.
The Flyers handed Eastern a 4-0 Eastern, on the other hand, start- “We have huge potential this season FILE PHOTO | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
defeat and the Norse took home a ed strong against Northern Kentucky and I know we’ll do well. We just Freddie O’Brien returns a hit during the Eastern men’s tennis match
4-1 win. notching the doubles point, with need to start recognizing the great against Belmont in March 2018. Belmont swept Eastern 7-0.
Dayton took home two of the sophomores Mike Jansen and Daniel team that we are, so we can start tak-
three matches in doubles action to Hernandez winning at No. 2 doubles ing down these bigger teams, instead than we are,” Kingsmith said. “These Tennis Center against Milliken Uni-
secure the match’s first point. The over Nathan Schwartz and Blaine of losing closely.” next couple weekends we will all be versity at noon, and the Panthers
Panthers once again saw the doubles Carr, 6-4, their seventh on the cam- Kingsmith also added that the ready to prove to everyone what kind have a date with North Central Col-
tandem of junior Freddie O’Brien paign. team is ready for the challenge in of team we really are.” lege Saturday at three.
and sophomore Logan Charbon- After that, the Panthers spiraled in this upcoming part of the schedule. Eastern looks to rebound this
neau picking up a 6-0 decision at the wrong direction. To start singles “We have amazing coaches that weekend with its first home match of Vince Lovergine can be reached at
No. 3 doubles, earning their seventh play, junior Gage Kingsmith lost to believe in us and push us to be better the season at the Champaign Dobbs 581-2812 or vplovergine@eiu.edu.
Swim teams finish 5th and last in championship
By Tom O’Connor the final standings, for that mat- nedy, freshman Katy Black, soph- men’s and women’s diving, placed Michalski has held the season in
Swim Reporter | @DEN_Sports ter, were invariable from last year’s, omore Sarah Lohman and senior first in each event. high regard.
when the men finished fifth and Martee Grainger, trailed fifth-place The Denver women’s team ac- “We have a lot of talent that
Even before the Eastern men’s the women sixth. Western Illinois by just over a sec- cumulated the highest point total will develop and have a key role in
and women’s swimming teams ar- “I’m so impressed by what this ond to come in at sixth for the in Summit League Championship helping make this a stronger pro-
rived in Sioux Falls, their fate on team has accomplished,” said East- race. history, with over 500 points more gram,” Michalski said.
the final standings had, to a certain ern head coach Jacqueline Michals- Eastern profited off freshman than the second-place team, South Now that the championship re-
degree, already been decided. ki. “From school records to top-10 Alex Adams, whose final time was Dakota, in the final standings. sults have been computed, and the
No matter how many points times to lifetime best, the accom- only one second shy of four th Senior Lauren Oostman broke awards conferred upon the medal-
they could accrue in the Men’s plishments this team has achieved place, closing out the 200 Back- the school record for both the ists, senior Alex Laleian has begun
400-meter freestyle relay or the is impressive.” stroke A-Finals in seventh. 100-meter backstroke and the to contemplate on his swimming
Women’s 200-meter fly, noth- Eastern pulled out ahead of the Adams preser ved a lead over 200-meter individual medley, while career, from the rudimentary stages
ing could compensate for the lack Summit League pack in the Men’s Denver sophomore Nathan Rock sophomore Ivan Escott unseated of swimming to the collegiate level.
of a diving team, a disadvantage 400-meter freestyle relay, in which for the first three legs of the race, Tim Bird for first in the 100-me- “It’s been an 18-year-long jour-
Eastern must grapple with at each freshman Griffin Lewis, fresh- but he could not maintain it over ter butterfly. ney with the last four being the
championship appearance. man Forrest Baumgartner, senior the duration of the final 50 meters, But Michalski remains encour- hardest,” Laleian said. “Some goals
The Eastern men’s and women’s Nick Harkins and sophomore Scott when his opponent gained 1.27 aged by a core of emerging swim- were achieved and some were not,
teams finished fifth and sixth re- House took second, five millisec- seconds on him to take sixth. mers in the freshman, sophomore but that’s the way it goes. I’m still
spectively at the Summit League onds short of first-place South Da- After capturing the men’s and and junior ranks, optimistic of proud of what I was able to over-
Championships, coming away with kota’s time. women’s titles for five successive their potential to enrich the pro- come and have no regrets.”
a silver in the Men’s 800-yard Free- With a time of 3:35.54, the years, Denver added two champi- gram and build from where the se-
style at a time of 3:01.91. Eastern Women’s Freestyle relay, onships to its arsenal of trophies niors left off. Tom O’Connor can be reached at
The placement of the teams in composed of freshman Grace Ken- and, with the sole exceptions of As far as the season is concerned, 581-2812 or troconnor@eiu.edu.
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Tigers hand men’s basketball third-straight loss
By Dillan Schorfheide within good striking distance.
Assistant Sports Editor | @Eiu_journalist Wallace just made a free throw for
Eastern and the Panthers trailed 65-
Another bad offensive performance 58.
by the Eastern men’s basketball team Until the Tigers made a basket
extended its losing streak to three a minute later, Eastern missed four
games, with a 75-60 loss to Tennessee shots, two of them back-to-back after
State Saturday. Mack Smith grabbed an offensive re-
As was the case against Belmont bound from Wallace’s missed second
Thursday (the best team in the OVC), free throw.
Eastern could not find many easy Any of those shots would have put
shots and took some bad shots, lead- Eastern at least within five points,
ing to a bad shooting night overall. but instead followed the narrative the
The offense could not get going offense played out in the rest of the
at any point in the game, and even night.
though the Panthers had the chance After the made basket, Wallace
for a comeback late in the game, they made two more free throws to keep
could not get their shots to fall and Eastern within seven, 67-60, with
were not moving well on offense. 1:18 left.
Overall, Eastern shot 18-of-53 But shortly after, Chaney made a
from the field (34 percent), and 7-of- dagger of a three-pointer with 48 sec-
25 from three-point range (28 per- onds left to put the Tigers up by 10
cent). and pretty much take the air out of
In the five previous games before Eastern.
Eastern’s loss to Belmont Thursday, What followed was the ever-hope-
the team averaged 79.4 points per ful strategy of fouling repeatedly by
game, in what was the best stretch Eastern, hoping for some missed free
of offensive play the Panthers had all throws by the Tigers, but they made
season. five out of the six free throws and
Players moved off the ball, set Eastern missed the only three shot at-
screens and got themselves good shots tempts it could muster until time ran
that were not always contested or out.
forced. Eastern is now tied for 5th in the
But, against Tennessee State, in OVC with Morehead State, who de-
what was the Tigers’ senior night, feated the Panthers at home this year.
Eastern’s offense was stagnant and had JORDAN BOYER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
Tennessee State got an important
no rhythm during hardly any stretch- Shareef Smith takes a layup attempt while an Eastern Kentucky defender tries to swat it away during Eastern’s 67- win, as it set itself alone for seventh
es. 66 victory in Lantz Arena Jan. 31. Eastern is now 7-9 in OVC play. place with three team just below it
“I thought we fought hard, but we tied with five conference wins for the
had far too many empty possessions,” last current playoff spot.
said Eastern head coach Jay Spoon- in a good game playing around the season. the game.
hour. basket. And, yet, Eastern had a chance to At that point, Eastern had man- Dillan Schorfheide can be reached at
But, the Tigers’ seniors stepped up They had help from Kamar McK- tie the game or take the lead late in aged to claw its way back and be 581-2812 or dtschorfheide@eiu.edu.
and played a great game, one that put night, who scored the second-most the second half.
them into a playoff spot. points for the Tigers with 15, and Mi- “We had opportunities to cut into
OVC GAME 16
Armani Chaney got into foul trou- chael Littlejohn, who led everyone in their lead in the second half, but we
ble late in the game, with four fouls, the game with five three-pointers and missed some makeable ones,” Spoon- TENNESSEE STATE
VS.
but he finished the night with 13 a game-high 21 points. hour said. EASTERN ILLINOIS
points. Eastern, on the other hand, only Eastern trailed by 10 (39-29) at
The only other senior that played had two double-digit scorers, Josiah half, and its deficit stayed above and SATURDAY
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for the Tigers, Stokley Chaffee Jr., Wallace with a team-high 19 and Ben around 10, up until there were only
had eight points and nine rebounds Harvey with 11 in his first start of the two and three quarters minutes left in 75 60
Eastern eliminated from OVC tournament contention
By JJ Bullock That lead would be the last one Ten- was already a long shot headed into Sat-
Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports nessee State would need, as it would stick urday, the loss made it a no-shot.
until the end of the game. The Panthers’ last two games come
The Eastern women’s basketball team A pair of free throws by Pace with 13 against Jacksonville State on Thursday
was eliminated from Ohio Valley Con- seconds to play drew Eastern back within and Tennessee Tech next Saturday: Both
ference tournament contention follow- two points, trailing 68-66. But Wooten games will be played in Lantz Arena.
ing a 70-66 loss to Tennessee State Sat- came back down the court with eight sec- The Panthers’ role in those games as
urday night in Nashville and a Jackson- onds to play and made both crucial free far as the rest of the conference will be
ville State win over Eastern Kentucky on throws to give her team a 70-66 lead. concerned will be to play spoiler to Jack-
Saturday. Eastern freshman Kira Arthofer then sonville State and Tennessee Tech, both
Eastern head coach Matt Bollant missed a three-pointer with five seconds of which are jockeying for seeding in the
knew before his team played on Saturday to play, all but sealing Eastern’s fate. conference tournament.
that they had been eliminated from con- “We were up 55-51 and liked what Jacksonville State is 8-8 in confer-
tention after he saw the result of the Jack- we had done to get to that point,” Bol- ence play, tied with Murray State in sixth
sonville State-Eastern Kentucky game. lant said of the final quarter. “Give cred- place. The Gamecocks will be looking to
Bollant however kept that information to it to (Tia Wooten), she really stepped up win and break the tie with the Racers and
himself prior to the game. and made plays. We got fairly good shots, hopefully move up a spot and catch up
“We had talked quite a bit about the but I feel like (Wooten) stepped up and with 9-7 Austin Peay.
conference tournament and we didn’t we had some things go against us, a cou- A loss for Jacksonville State would
play well in a couple of games when that ple of missed rebounds and didn’t close a bump them down into the same catego-
was our focus, so I tried to erase that and couple of gaps that cost us.” ry as Southeast Missouri and Southern Il-
just focus on playing well and doing the The loss dropped Eastern to 4-12 in linois Edwardsville.
right things and keep growing,” Bollant conference play, erasing completely what Tennessee Tech will be fighting to
said. little chance the team had left of making break a three-way tie with Morehead
The Panthers got 23 points from the conference tournament. State and Tennessee-Martin, as all three
guard Taylor Steele, her career-high, and The Panthers have two games remain- teams are 11-5.
21 points from Karle Pace, but the ef- ing and trail Southern Illinois Edwards- Belmont has already clinched the top DILL AN SCHORFHEIDE | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
forts of the sophomores were not enough ville and Southeast Missouri, both 7-9, seed in the conference, so Tennessee Tech Karle Pace makes a pass attempt to Grace Lennox during Eastern’s 80-60 vic-
to overcome two late free throws by Ten- for the final conference tournament spot. will be playing Eastern potentially for tory over Eastern Kentucky Jan. 31 in Lantz Arena.
nessee State’s Tia Wooten in the final sec- Even if Eastern were to have beaten 2nd place.
onds of the game. Tennessee State however, the Panthers The focus for Eastern in both of those
OVC GAME 16
Eastern entered the fourth quarter tied still would have needed both Southeast games however will just be continuing to
with the Tigers at 51-51 and took a 52- Missouri and Southern Illinois Edwards- develop as a basketball team and to send TENNESSEE STATE
VS.
51 lead with 9:13 to play in the game. ville to lose out the season, and Eastern of the seniors on a good foot Bollant said. EASTERN ILLINOIS
Tennessee State took the lead again with would have had to win out and had tie-
5:55 to play after Cebria Outlow made breakers fall in its favor to make the con- JJ Bullock can be reached at SATURDAY
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