YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) - Josh Piper had a career-high 28 points and seven rebounds to lead Eastern Illinois to a 63-50 victory against Texas-Pan American in an "Ice Man" Classic game on Saturday.
Piper shot 10 of 16 from the floor, 2 of 4 from 3-point range and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Panthers (1-3).
Brandon Provost scored 12 points for the Broncs (1-4).
Eastern Illinois led 30-29 at intermission, and a 20-6 run over a 9:27 stretch of the second half gave it control. Piper scored six points during the surge, which culminated with his two free throws after Texas-Pan American coach Ryan Marks was ejected with two technical fouls with 9:29 remaining. The free throws gave the Panthers a 52-38 advantage.
The win was Jay Spoonhour's first as Eastern Illinois coach.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Eastern Illinois (1-3) « | 30 | 33 | 63 |
| Texas-Pan American (1-4) | 29 | 21 | 50 |
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| Eastern Illinois Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Piper, F | 32 | 10-16 | 6-6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 28 |
| S. Blanford, F | 19 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| A. Akers, G | 35 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Woods, G | 28 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| A. Austin, G | 19 | 2-6 | 0-4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Jones | 25 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| K. Anderson | 17 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| M. Herron | 12 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| C. Harvey | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Lubsey | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-48 | 10-19 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 63 | |
| 50% | 52.6% | ||||||
| Texas-Pan American Broncs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Cabrera, F | 18 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| J. Leathers, F | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Delgado, G | 30 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| B. Provost, G | 29 | 2-10 | 6-8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| A. Urbanus, G | 29 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Hines | 21 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| H. Johnson | 18 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| L. Toivonen | 12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Nash | 11 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Cleveland | 8 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Dantzler | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-44 | 12-21 | 31 | 11 | 16 | 50 | |
| 36.4% | 57.1% | ||||||
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