MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) - Morris Woods scored 18 points as Eastern Illinois won its third in its past four, downing Tennessee-Martin 93-65 in Ohio Valley Conference action Thursday night.
Woods was 6-of-9 shooting and 6 of 8 at the foul line, while Sherman Blanford had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Panthers (7-17, 4-7).
Austin Akers entered 16th nationally with a 2.7-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio and had eight helpers with no giveaways Thursday.
Eastern Illinois connected on a season-best 65.2 percent of its shots (30 of 46) and knocked down 63.2 percent (12 of 19) from 3-point range. The Panthers also had a season-best 23 assists and committed just 12 turnovers.
Myles Taylor led the Skyhawks (6-17, 3-8) with 19 points, with Terrence Smith pitching in 11 and Justin Childs and Mike Liabo scoring 10 each.
Eastern Illinois used a 14-4 run for a 21-12 advantage midway through the first half.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Eastern Illinois (7-17) « | 43 | 50 | 93 |
| Tennessee-Martin (6-17) | 34 | 31 | 65 |
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| Eastern Illinois Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Blanford, F | 29 | 3-6 | 6-9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| J. Piper, F | 12 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| A. Akers, G | 38 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| T. Jones, G | 33 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| M. Woods, G | 28 | 6-9 | 6-8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Austin | 22 | 6-8 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| M. Herron | 15 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| C. Harvey | 11 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| K. Anderson | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Lubsey | 3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 30-46 | 21-27 | 27 | 23 | 19 | 93 | |
| 65.2% | 77.8% | ||||||
| Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Taylor, F | 31 | 6-10 | 7-10 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| J. Washington, F | 25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| T. Smith, G | 35 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| M. Liabo, G | 28 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| D. Richardson, G | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Childs | 24 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| D. Oldham | 19 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| B. McLaughlin | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Jones | 9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| T. Dowdell | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Minor | 3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Taylor | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-51 | 14-19 | 23 | 16 | 22 | 65 | |
| 45.1% | 73.7% | ||||||
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