Match summary — NCAA 2023-2024
WESTERN ILLINOIS defeated EASTERN ILLINOIS 70-66 on in the NCAA 2023-2024. WESTERN ILLINOIS won by a 4-point margin. Nakyel Shelton led all scorers with 24 points. WESTERN ILLINOIS shot 41.7% from the field while EASTERN ILLINOIS managed 40.0%. WESTERN ILLINOIS collected 41 rebounds and EASTERN ILLINOIS grabbed 30. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2023-2024 season in United States. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
WESTERN ILLINOIS
70 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Jesiah West | 39:00 | 8 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 2/5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| * Quinlan Bennett | 34:00 | 14 | 6/13 | 6/13 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| * Ryan Myers | 33:00 | 10 | 3/14 | 2/8 | 1/6 | 3/4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| * J.j. Kalakon | 29:00 | 13 | 5/8 | 3/3 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| * Drew Cisse | 21:00 | 10 | 4/7 | 4/7 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| James Dent Jr. | 26:00 | 7 | 1/7 | 0/4 | 1/3 | 4/6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Tay Knox | 18:00 | 8 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 70 | 25/60 | 21/46 | 4/14 | 16/27 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 72 |
EASTERN ILLINOIS
66 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Tiger Booker | 39:00 | 13 | 5/16 | 4/13 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| * Nakyel Shelton | 37:00 | 24 | 8/16 | 2/8 | 6/8 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| * Kyndall Davis | 30:00 | 0 | 0/6 | 0/4 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| * Dan Luers | 29:00 | 16 | 5/8 | 2/5 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| * Jermaine Hamlin | 25:00 | 5 | 2/6 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 1/5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 |
| Sincere Malone | 15:00 | 4 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Lazar Grbovic | 13:00 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Jaylin Gibson | 11:00 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Rodolfo Bolis | 01:00 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 66 | 24/60 | 14/43 | 10/17 | 8/12 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 63 |