CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - Morris Woods had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Sherman Blanford also scored 15 points to lift Eastern Illinois to a 69-56 win over Tennessee-Martin Thursday night.
Malcolm Herron scored 13 points and Josh Piper added 10 points for the Panthers (5-16, 2-6 Ohio Valley), who have won two in a row following a 12-game losing streak.
Myles Taylor led the Skyhawks (4-16, 1-7) with 21 points. Terence Smith had 13 points and seven assists for Tennessee-Martin.
Eastern Illinois trailed 35-27 early in the second half, but pulled even at 38 on Woods' basket, then went ahead to stay at 45-43 when Blanford made a layup with 12 1/2 minutes left.
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| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Tennessee-Martin (4-16) | 32 | 24 | 56 |
| Eastern Illinois (5-16) « | 27 | 42 | 69 |
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| Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Taylor, F | 33 | 8-14 | 4-9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| J. Washington, F | 21 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Liabo, G | 35 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| T. Smith, G | 34 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| B. Jones, G | 19 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Oldham | 25 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| D. Richardson | 24 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| O. Minor | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Childs | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Dowdell | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-53 | 6-13 | 26 | 16 | 21 | 56 | |
| 39.6% | 46.2% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Blanford, F | 32 | 5-9 | 5-7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| J. Piper, F | 31 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| A. Akers, G | 31 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| M. Woods, G | 31 | 5-7 | 5-9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| T. Jones, G | 25 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Austin | 23 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Herron | 17 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| C. Harvey | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Anderson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-46 | 14-20 | 37 | 13 | 13 | 69 | |
| 52.2% | 70% | ||||||
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