CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - Adam Link scored 15 points and Ceola Clark added 14 as Western Illinois defeated Eastern Illinois 57-45 on Wednesday night.
Terrell Parks had 11 points, eight rebounds and six blocked shots for the Leathernecks (6-3).
Malcolm Herron led the Panthers (3-7), with eight points, and three players added seven points each.
A 20-4 run during a second-half stretch of 9:58 gave Western Illinois control.
Parks had seven points and Jack Houpt keyed the rally. Eastern Illinois shot 2 for 8 from the floor and had five turnovers during the stretch, which gave the Leathernecks a 49-38 cushion with 2:30 remaining.
Houpt had nine points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Western Illinois (6-3) « | 20 | 37 | 57 |
| Eastern Illinois (3-7) | 27 | 18 | 45 |
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| Western Illinois Leathernecks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Houpt, F | 38 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| A. Link, F | 36 | 4-5 | 7-9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| D. McAvoy III, F | 32 | 1-5 | 4-9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| T. Parks, C | 30 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| C. Clark III, G | 36 | 3-6 | 7-8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Roberts-Burnett | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Ochereobia | 7 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Foster | 5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Hawthorne | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-32 | 21-34 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 57 | |
| 50% | 61.8% | ||||||
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Piper, F | 31 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| S. Blanford, F | 23 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Akers, G | 30 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| T. Jones, G | 27 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| M. Woods, G | 22 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Herron | 24 | 2-8 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| A. Austin | 13 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| C. Harvey | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Anderson | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Lubsey | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-47 | 4-8 | 24 | 8 | 20 | 45 | |
| 40.4% | 50% | ||||||
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