
And we just lost Pace with our focus being so much on Wahl.” “They definitely proved that today,” SIUE senior Allie Troeckler said. But the Panthers had weapons behind Wahl. SIUE limited EIU’s 6-foot-1 junior Abby Wahl, who came in third in the OVC in scoring (16.4 points a game) and third in rebounding (8.8 a game) to nine points and six rebounds. Eastern found its comfort zone beyond the arc, with Karle Pace and Morgan Litwiller inflicting much of the damage. Murray State shot 28 percent from the field and were a dreadful 2 of 24 from 3-point range here in Saturday’s 64-57 loss that halted the Cougars’ 18-game OVC losing streak. Then tonight, we were just off enough against hot shooting.” “We’ve been mixing some different things up defensively and we were so in tune and so on page the other night with each other. “But we just couldn’t get everybody to be on the same page and it wasn’t a lack of work ethic,” she said. Buscher said the Cougars made halftime adjustments on defense.

A couple of 3-pointers gave EIU as 16-9 lead after one quarter and the margin remained the same with the Panthers up 30-23 at the half. The most consequential runs belonged to the Panthers, who led by as many as 22 points (64-42) before the Cougars stitched up the wound late. And that’s what you’ve got to make the runs with.” “We some good looks and didn’t drop them down.

“Offensively, we couldn’t get ourselves into a flow,” SIUE coach Paula Buscher said.
