2014–15 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team

2014–15 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball
CIT, Second round
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference West Division
2014–15 record	18–15 (9–7 OVC)
Head coach	Jay Spoonhour (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Rand Chappell
Assistant coach	J.R. Renolds
Assistant coach	Marc Stricker
Home arena	Lantz Arena

	Conf				Overall
2014–15 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Belmont †	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
Eastern Kentucky	11	–	5	.688	21	–	12	.636
Morehead State	10	–	6	.625	17	–	17	.500
Jacksonville State	5	–	11	.313	12	–	19	.387
Tennessee Tech	4	–	12	.250	12	–	18	.400
Tennessee State	2	–	14	.125	5	–	26	.161
West
Murray State	16	–	0	1.000	29	–	6	.829
Tennessee–Martin	10	–	6	.625	21	–	13	.618
Eastern Illinois	9	–	7	.563	18	–	15	.545
SIU Edwardsville	8	–	8	.500	12	–	16	.429
Southeast Missouri St.	7	–	9	.438	13	–	17	.433
Austin Peay	3	–	13	.188	8	–	22	.267


† 2015 OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team represented Eastern Illinois University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by third year head coach Jay Spoonhour, played their home games at Lantz Arena and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 9–7 in OVC play to finish in third place in the West Division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the OVC Tournament where they lost to Belmont. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Oakland in the first round before losing in the second round to Evansville.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
2	Cornell Johnson	Guard	5–7	150	Freshman	St. Louis, Missouri
3	LeTrell Viser	Guard	6–2	185	Junior	Aurora, Illinois
5	Reggie Smith	Guard	6–0	185	Senior	Chicago, Illinois
10	Luke Norman	Guard	6–1	185	Junior	The Bronx, New York
11	Anthony Johnson	Guard	6–4	200	Sophomore	Oblong, Illinois
12	Keenan Anderson	Forward	6–6	200	Senior	Marion, Arkansas
15	Trae Anderson	Forward	6–4	235	Junior	St. Louis, Missouri
25	Jake Verhagen	Forward	6–6	200	Sophomore	Appleton, Wisconsin
30	Dylan Chatman	Guard	6–1	180	Senior	Belleville, Illinois
33	Luke Piotrowski	Forward	6–11	245	Junior	Port Republic, New Jersey
35	Chris Olivier	Forward	6–8	245	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
41	Mat Piotrowski	Center	7–2	265	Senior	Port Republic, New Jersey
50	Julian Robertson	Guard	6–3	190	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
54	Justin Earls	Forward	6–7	210	Freshman	Chicago, Illinois
55	Josh Piper	Forward	6–8	225	Senior	Champaign, Illinois

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/10/2014*	St. Francis (IL)	W 85–54		Lantz Arena (610)
Regular season
11/14/2014*	at Missouri State	L 53–64	0–1	JQH Arena (6,004)
11/17/2014*	Eureka	W 81–51	1–1	Lantz Arena (877)
11/20/2014*	UC Davis	L 61–63	1–2	Lantz Arena (1,044)
11/23/2014*	at Cincinnati (Emerald Coast Classic)	L 49–54	1–3	Fifth Third Arena (6,823)
11/25/2014*	at #23 Creighton (Emerald Coast Classic)	L 53–75	1–4	CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,408)
11/28/2014*	vs. North Carolina Central (Emerald Coast Classic)	L 40–65	1–5	The Arena at NWFSC (125)
11/29/2014*	vs. Southern (Emerald Coast Classic)	W 54–43	2–5	The Arena at NWFSC (135)
12/03/2014*	Ball State	W 61–54	3–5	Lantz Arena (1,204)
12/09/2014*	at UC Davis	L 70–80	3–6	The Pavilion (1,275)
12/13/2014*	Northern Illinois	W 59–55	4–6	Lantz Arena (2,044)
12/20/2014*	at Indiana State	W 60–56	5–6	Hulman Center (3,571)
12/23/2014*	at Cleveland State	W 67–65	6–6	Wolstein Center (1,169)
01/01/2015	Tennessee Tech	W 61–59	7–6 (1–0)	Lantz Arena (805)
01/03/2015	Jacksonville State	W 59–50 ^OT	8–6 (2–0)	Lantz Arena (806)
01/07/2015	at Tennessee State	W 64–57	9–6 (3–0)	Gentry Complex (406)
01/10/2015	Belmont	W 84–73	10–6 (4–0)	Lantz Arena (1,204)
01/15/2015	at Eastern Kentucky	W 72–65	11–6 (5–0)	McBrayer Arena (2,400)
01/17/2015	at Morehead State	W 65–62	12–6 (6–0)	Ellis Johnson Arena (2,207)
01/22/2015	Murray State	L 62–77	12–7 (6–1)	Lantz Arena (4,542)
01/24/2015	Austin Peay	L 52–56	12–8 (6–2)	Lantz Arena (2,103)
01/29/2015	at UT Martin	L 51–81	12–9 (6–3)	Skyhawk Arena (3,103)
01/31/2015	SIU Edwardsville	W 57–54	13–9 (7–3)	Lantz Arena (2,295)
02/03/2015*	Baker	W 59–32	14–9	Lantz Arena (569)
02/07/2015	at Southeast Missouri State	L 64–68	14–10 (7–4)	Show Me Center (1,754)
02/12/2015	at Austin Peay	W 66–55	15–10 (8–4)	Dunn Center (1,186)
02/14/2015	at SIU Edwardsville	L 63–80	15–11 (8–5)	Vadalabene Center (1,434)
02/19/2015	UT Martin	L 73–75 ^OT	15–12 (8–6)	Lantz Arena (1,202)
02/22/2015	Southeast Missouri State	W 73–65	16–12 (9–6)	Lantz Arena (1,322)
02/26/2015	at Murray State	L 57–65	16–13 (9–7)	CFSB Center (5,961)
Ohio Valley Tournament
03/04/2015	vs. SIU Edwardsville (First round)	W 78–66	17–13	Nashville Municipal Auditorium (723)
03/05/2015	vs. Belmont (Quarterfinals)	L 64–97	17–14	Nashville Municipal Auditorium (839)
CIT
03/17/2015*	at Oakland (First round)	W 97–91	18–14	Athletics Center O'rena (2,609)
03/23/2015*	Evansville (Second round)	L 68–83	18–15	Lantz Arena (2,404)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ http://www.eiupanthers.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=178&path=mbball

Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball

Venues	Lantz Arena (1967–present)

People	Head coaches

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