Smith, Dama lead Eastern Illinois past UT Martin 80-60
CHARLESTON, Ill. -- Mack Smith and Muusa Dama each picked up double-doubles to lead Eastern Illinois in an 80-60 defeat of Tennessee Martin on Thursday night.
Smith, a freshman, scored a career-best 22 points with six 3-pointers, and pulled down 11 rebounds. Dama scored 12 points with 13 rebounds and Eastern Illinois (7-11, 3-4 Ohio Valley Conference) made nearly half its shots from behind the 3-point arc. The Panthers made 28 of 67 shots from the floor, and 13 of 30 from distance. Montell Goodwin finished with four 3-pointers and 18 points.
Freshman Parrish Hewitt scored 16 points off the bench, his fifth double-digit game. Mathew Butler added 11 points, Dominique Williams had 10 and Terrence Parker corralled a career-best 13 rebounds to go with seven points for UT Martin (6-14, 1-6).
Eastern Illinois led by 12, 33-21, at halftime and pushed the lead to as many as 24 points after.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Mike O'Neill
- Bobby Daw
- Cody Crum
2023-24 Ohio Valley Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Morehead State | 14-4 | - | 26-9 |
UT Martin | 14-4 | - | 21-11 |
Little Rock | 14-4 | - | 21-13 |
Western Illinois | 13-5 | 1 | 21-12 |
Tennessee State | 10-8 | 4 | 18-15 |
SIU Edwardsville | 9-9 | 5 | 17-16 |
Eastern Illinois | 8-10 | 6 | 14-18 |
Tennessee Tech | 5-13 | 9 | 10-21 |
Southern Indiana | 5-13 | 9 | 8-24 |
Southeast Missouri State | 4-14 | 10 | 9-22 |
Lindenwood | 3-15 | 11 | 9-22 |