CHICAGO (AP) - Malcolm Herron scored 14 points, including three 3-pointers, off the bench to help Eastern Illinois beat Chicago State 58-50 in a nonconference matchup Tuesday night.
Alex Austin added 12 points and Josh Piper had 10 for the Panthers (10-20), and Sherman Blanford scored seven points and pulled down 12 rebounds.
Nate Duhon led the Cougars (8-20) with 18 points but didn't get much help. Duhon was 7 of 12 from the floor, and his teammates were a combined 9 of 40. Jeremy Robinson had 12 rebounds.
Eastern Illinois led for most of the game but saw Chicago State pull within 48-46 on Duhon's layup with 3:03 to play. But Austin made back-to-back layups and Herron added a jumper before an Austin dunk and two Taylor Jones free throws secured the victory.
The Panthers now hold an 18-6 lead in the all-time series with the intrastate rival Cougars.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Eastern Illinois (10-20) « | 27 | 31 | 58 |
| Chicago State (8-20) | 22 | 28 | 50 |
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| Eastern Illinois Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Blanford, F | 28 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Piper, F | 25 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| T. Jones, G | 34 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| A. Austin, G | 32 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| A. Akers, G | 31 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Herron | 20 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| C. Harvey | 16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Lubsey | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Anderson | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-43 | 4-7 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 58 | |
| 55.8% | 57.1% | ||||||
| Chicago State Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Robinson, F | 30 | 1-7 | 3-4 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| M. Chamberlain, F | 19 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Q. Ukaigwe, C | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. Pippen, G | 38 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| C. Gray, G | 21 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Rosenberg | 30 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| N. Duhon | 20 | 7-12 | 4-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| J. Dismukes | 18 | 0-4 | 5-6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| M. Ross | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| A. Williams | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Starks | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-52 | 15-22 | 28 | 9 | 11 | 50 | |
| 30.8% | 68.2% | ||||||
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