Game Notes:

• First-half leading scorers: AP - Wesley Channels 11 EIU - Edin Suljic 6
• Head coach Dave Loos notched his 319th Austin Peay victory, tying him with Cal Luther (Murray State, 1958-74; Tennessee Martin 1992-99) for most wins while coaching in the Ohio Valley Conference. The win also made Loos 10-0 against Eastern Illinois head coach Mike Miller.
• Austin Peay won its 20th all-time game against the Panthers.
• Sophomore Marcel Williams had a career-high three steals to go along with two blocks.
• For the first time this season against a Division I opponent, the Govs did not trail by double digits in the first half.
• Channels led all scorers with 20 points, his third consecutive game with 20 or more points and fourth-straight game in double figures. It was the 60th time in his career Channels has scored in double digits. He also had a season-high three steals, putting him two behind former teammate Kyle Duncan for 10th all-time.
• Govs outrebounded Eastern Illinois 20-8 in the second half.
• Sophomore Anthony Campbell had to sink a free throw with seven seconds left to run his streak of consecutive games in double figures to nine, dating back to last season. He finished with 11 points and a career-high nine rebounds.
• Sophomore John Fraley earned his second career double-double with a 13-point, 11-rebound effort.
• The Panthers were without the services of senior guard Romain Martin, who averaged 17.3 points in three games against the Govs last season.
• The Govs as a team shot a season-best 80.6 percent (25-of-31) from the free-throw line, led by Campbell's eight-of-nine performance.
• Game-leading scorers: AP - Channels 20 EIU - Tyler Laser 14

Coach Dave Loos Quotes:

 "This was close to one of our best efforts. We took care of the ball and it was probably one of our best defensive moments. I'm proud of the record, ready to get one more so we don't have to talk about it anymore. It's not just one person, it's a lot of assistant coaches, it's a lot of players and fans and several people across campus. One person doesn't get that many wins by themselves, it takes a whole lot of people."

"It's hard to figure out how one night you can't make any free throws and the next night you don't do anything different and you make them all. What is significant in my mind is that this was a veteran team we played tonight. They played some pretty good basketball and to get a win against a veteran team is pretty good. As we develop roles and get spots, we will continue to get better."