The Eastern men’s basketball team’s plan to stop Belmont Thursday was to make the three-pointers the Bruins shot “as hard as possible.”
Maybe it made it slightly harder, as the Bruins sank 10-of-28,...
Maher Kawash, Basketball Reporter
• December 5, 2017
Coming into this season, the Eastern men’s basketball team knew that it’s 6-foot-9 center Muusa Dama would be a key cog to any success found this season.
Through seven games it is clear that stands...
Free throws. Free throws have been hard to come by for the Panthers as of late, something that coach Jay Spoonhour said the Panthers need more of. Well, that did not happen Thursday night, and the Panthers...
Maher Kawash, Basketball Reporter
• November 30, 2016
In basketball there is a relatively known phrase that says a team can live by the three or die by the three, and for the Eastern men’s basketball team it was the ladder that led to an overtime downfall....
When junior Montell Goodwin found junior Muusa Dama for a big alley-oop that sent Lantz Arena up for grabs, it seemed like the momentum could not be stirred away from the Panthers.
And just two minutes...
Home has been pretty sweet to the Panthers to start the year, the men’s basketball team remains 4-0 in Lantz arena and will have a chance to make it 5-0 when it hosts Bradley on Tuesday.
The last...
Three games into the season, the Panthers (1-1) have had more ups than downs, and the fight the Panthers showed in the second half of Tuesday’s game proved that.
After watching Eastern’s exhibition...
A 40-point second half was not enough to erase the slow start the Eastern men’s basketball team’s 27-point first half as Troy hung on for a 70-67 win Monday night in Troy, Ala.
In the first two...
Maher Kawash, Men's Basketball Reporter
• November 7, 2016
While it is expected against a Division III opponent, a 36-point victory is always a nice way to kick off a season.
The win over Eureka College was just an exhibition game, but it still showed plenty...
