2020–21 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team

2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2021 OVC Tournament winner ; As of February 4, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball
2020–21 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2020–21 record	6–13 (3–9 OVC)
Head coach	Jay Spoonhour (9th season);
Assistant coaches	Justin Brown; Matt Bringman; Mark Bernsen;
Home arena	Lantz Arena

The 2020–21 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team represents Eastern Illinois University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by ninth-year head coach Jay Spoonhour, play their home games at Lantz Arena in Charleston, Illinois as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Panthers finished the 2019–20 season 17–15, 9–9 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Jacksonville State in the first round of the OVC Tournament,[1] before losing in the quarterfinals to Austin Peay.[2]

Roster

2020–21 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Kashawn Charles	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Labette CC	Wyandanch, NY
F	2	Jordan Skipper-Brown	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	McLennan CC	Killeen, TX
G	3	Mack Smith	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Warren Central HS	Indianapolis, IN
G	4	Marvin Johnson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Coffeyville CC	Ardmore, OK
G	5	Junior Farquhar	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	South Plains College	Mono, Ontario
G	10	Ryan Leonard	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Santa Fe College	Kerry, Ireland
F	11	Barlow Alleruzzo IV	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	Des Moines Area CC	Chicago, IL
G	12	Micah Schnyders	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Yorkville Christian HS	Yorkville, IL
G	13	Henry Abraham	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Cambridge-Isanti HS	Cambridge, MN
G	14	Isaac Miller	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Charleston HS	Charleston, IL
F	20	Sammy Friday IV	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	GS	Siena	Jersey City, NJ
F	21	Madani Diarra	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	Saint Louis	Bamako, Mali
G	22	Josiah Wallace	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Olney Central College	Marshall, IL
G	25	Deang Deang	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Highland CC	Madison, WI
G	35	George Dixon	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Vincennes	Milwaukee, WI

Head coach

Jay Spoonhour (Pittsburg State)

Assistant coach(es)

Justin Brown (Southwest Baptist)
Matt Bringman (Palm Beach Atlantic)
Mark Bernsen (Missouri–St. Louis)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 16, 2021

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020* 9:00 pm, BTN	at No. 7 Wisconsin	L 67–77	0–1	Kohl Center Madison, WI
November 27, 2020* 6:30 pm, FS1	at Marquette	L 50–75	0–2	Fiserv Forum Milwaukee, WI
November 29, 2020* 5:30 pm, FS1	at Butler	Postponed due to COVID-19		Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
December 1, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Dayton	L 63–66	0–3	UD Arena Dayton, OH
December 3, 2020* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Chicago State	W 78–56	1–3	Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
December 5, 2020* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Green Bay	W 93–91 ^2OT	2–3	Kress Events Center Green Bay, WI
December 9, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Evansville	L 65–68	2–4	Ford Center Evansville, IN
December 12, 2020* 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Western Illinois	W 92–88	3–4	Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
Ohio Valley regular season
December 30, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Eastern Kentucky	L 61–69	3–5 (0–1)	McBrayer Arena (704) Richmond, KY
January 2, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Tennessee Tech	W 87–81	4–5 (1–1)	Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
January 7, 2021 7:30 pm, ESPN+	Murray State	W 74–68	5–5 (2–1)	Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
January 9, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Austin Peay	L 71–74	5–6 (2–2)	Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
January 14, 2021 8:00 pm, ESPNU	Morehead State	L 61–87	5–7 (2–3)	Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
January 16, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Eastern Kentucky	L 85–93 ^OT	5–8 (2–4)	Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
January 21, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Belmont	L 66–79	5–9 (2–5)	Curb Event Center (247) Nashville, TN
January 23, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+	at Tennessee State	L 54–65	5–10 (2–6)	Gentry Complex (338) Nashville, TN
January 26, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+	SIU Edwardsville	L 74–87	5–11 (2–7)	Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
January 28, 2021 8:00 pm, ESPN+	at UT Martin	L 41–51	5–12 (2–8)	Skyhawk Arena (360) Martin, TN
January 30, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at Southeast Missouri State	L 44–75	5–13 (2–9)	Show Me Center (842) Cape Girardeau, MO
February 2, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+	at SIU Edwardsville	W 70–61	6–13 (3–9)	First Community Arena Edwardsville, IL
February 4, 2021 7:30 pm, ESPN+	Belmont			Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
February 6, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Tennessee State			Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
February 11, 2021 7:30 pm, ESPN+	at Jacksonville State			Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, AL
February 13, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+	at Tennessee Tech			Eblen Center Cookeville, TN
February 18, 2021 7:30 pm, ESPN+	at Murray State			CFSB Center Murray, KY
February 20, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+	at Austin Peay			Dunn Center Clarksville, TN
February 25, 2021 7:30 pm, ESPN+	Southeast Missouri State			Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
February 27, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+	UT Martin			Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
OVC Tournament
March 3–6 2021 ESPN+	vs.			Ford Center Evansville, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources[3]

References

"2020 OVC Men's Basketball Championship - First Round". Ohio Valley Conference. March 4, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
"Men's Basketball Drops OVC Quarterfinal Game". Eastern Illinois University Athletics. March 5, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
"2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". Eastern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved January 16, 2021.

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[1] "2020 OVC Men's Basketball Championship - First Round". Ohio Valley Conference. March 4, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2021.

[2] "Men's Basketball Drops OVC Quarterfinal Game". Eastern Illinois University Athletics. March 5, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2021.

[3] "2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". Eastern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved January 16, 2021.

Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball
Venues	Pemberton Hall (1909-38) Health Education Building (1938-1967) Lantz Arena (1967–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Belmont	13	–	0	1.000	19	–	1	.950
Morehead State	11	–	2	.846	14	–	6	.700
Eastern Kentucky	8	–	2	.800	14	–	3	.824
Austin Peay	7	–	4	.636	11	–	6	.647
Jacksonville State	7	–	5	.583	11	–	7	.611
SIU Edwardsville	5	–	4	.556	7	–	8	.467
Murray State	5	–	7	.417	8	–	9	.471
Southeast Missouri State	5	–	7	.417	7	–	11	.389
UT Martin	3	–	9	.250	5	–	11	.313
Eastern Illinois	3	–	10	.231	6	–	14	.300
Tennessee Tech	2	–	10	.167	2	–	17	.105
Tennessee State	2	–	11	.154	3	–	13	.188

† 2021 OVC Tournament winner As of February 4, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll