2016–17 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team represented Eastern Illinois University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by fifth-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 14–15, 6–10 in OVC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division. They failed to qualify for the Ohio Valley Conference tournament.

2016–17 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Division	West Division
Record	14–15 (6–10 OVC)
Head coach	Jay Spoonhour (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Rand Chappell J.R. Renolds Rob Holloway
Home arena	Lantz Arena

2016–17 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Belmont	15	–	1		.938			23	–	7		.767
Morehead State	10	–	6		.625			14	–	16		.467
Jacksonville State †	9	–	7		.563			20	–	15		.571
Tennessee State	8	–	8		.500			17	–	13		.567
Tennessee Tech	8	–	8		.500			12	–	20		.375
Eastern Kentucky	5	–	11		.313			12	–	19		.387
West
UT Martin	10	–	6		.625			22	–	13		.629
Southeast Missouri St.	9	–	7		.563			15	–	18		.455
Murray State	8	–	8		.500			16	–	17		.485
Austin Peay	7	–	9		.438			11	–	19		.367
Eastern Illinois	6	–	10		.375			14	–	15		.483
SIU Edwardsville	1	–	15		.063			6	–	24		.200
† 2017 OVC tournament winner

Previous season

The Panthers finished the 2015–16 season 13–17, 9–7 in OVC play to finish in third place in the West Division. They lost in the first round of the OVC tournament to Murray State.

Preseason

In a vote of Ohio Valley Conference head men’s basketball coaches and sports information directors, Eastern Illinois was picked to finish second in the West Division of the OVC. Cornell Johnston was selected to the All-OVC Preseason Team.

Roster

2016–17 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 1 Demetrius McReynolds 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Louisville, Kentucky G 2 Cornell Johnston 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Jr St. Louis, Missouri G 3 Casey Teson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So St. Charles, Missouri G 4 Montell Goodwin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Cleveland, Ohio G/F 5 Ray Crossland 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr St. Louis, Missouri G 11 Logan Koch 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Shawnee, Kansas G/F 12 Marshawn Blackmon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So St. Peters, Missouri G 21 DeVantae' Price 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Jr Tamms, Illinois F 24 Joe Kuligoski 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr Orland Park, Illinois F 25 Muusa Dama 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Parakou, Benin F 32 Patrick Muldoon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Basehor, Kansas F 40 Lucas Jones 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Prairie Village, Kansas F 54 Justin Earls 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Chicago, Illinois F 55 Aboubacar Diallo 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Head coach Jay Spoonhour (Pittsburg State) Assistant coach(es) Rand Chappell (Missouri State) J.R. Reynolds (Eastern Illinois) Rob Holloway (Eastern Illinois) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016* 3:00 pm	Eureka	W 94–58		Lantz Arena (684) Charleston, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:30 pm	St. Francis (IL)	W 83–41	1–0	Lantz Arena (1,038) Charleston, IL
11/14/2016* 7:00 pm	at Troy	L 67–70	1–1	Trojan Arena (905) Troy, AL
11/17/2016* 7:00 pm	at Saint Louis	L 69–74	1–2	Chaifetz Arena (4,948) St. Louis, MO
11/19/2016* 7:00 pm	Western Illinois	W 73–64	2–2	Lantz Arena (392) Charleston, IL
11/21/2016* 12:00 pm, WEIU	Troy	W 71–67	3–2	Lantz Arena (3,111) Charleston, IL
11/26/2016* 3:15 pm	South Alabama	W 72–62	4–2	Lantz Arena (835) Charleston, IL
11/29/2016* 7:00 pm, WEIU	Bradley	L 83–87 OT	4–3	Lantz Arena  Charleston, IL
12/03/2016* 3:00 pm, ESPN3	at UIC	W 90–76	5–3	UIC Pavilion (1,786) Chicago, IL
12/07/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Northern Kentucky	L 70–80	5–4	BB&T Arena (1,965) Highland Heights, KY
12/10/2016* 2:00 pm	at Western Illinois	W 63–49	6–4	Western Hall (1,002) Macomb, IL
12/17/2016* 2:30 pm, SECN	at Missouri	W 63–49	7–4	Mizzou Arena (1,002) Columbia, MO
12/19/2016* 7:00 pm	Fontbonne	W 101–49	8–4	Lantz Arena (501) Charleston, IL
12/21/2016* 4:30 pm	at Indiana State	L 85–88 2OT	8–5	Hulman Center (3,315) Terre Haute, IN
Ohio Valley Conference regular season
12/31/2016 3:15 pm	Jacksonville State	L 56–57	8–6 (0–1)	Lantz Arena (1,059) Charleston, IL
01/05/2017 6:45 pm	at Morehead State	L 75–85	8–7 (0–2)	Ellis Johnson Arena (1,591) Morehead, KY
01/07/2017 1:00 pm	at Eastern Kentucky	W 74–60	9–7 (1–2)	McBrayer Arena (1,300) Richmond, KY
01/12/2017 7:00 pm	Murray State	L 72–83	9–8 (1–3)	Lantz Arena (1,531) Charleston, IL
01/14/2017 11:00 am, ASN	Austin Peay	L 84–92	9–9 (1–4)	Lantz Arena (1,209) Charleston, IL
01/19/2017 7:00 pm	at UT Martin	L 71–82 2OT	9–10 (1–5)	Skyhawk Arena (1,507) Martin, TN
01/21/2017 4:15 pm	at Southeast Missouri State	L 71–83	9–11 (1–6)	Show Me Center (1,968) Cape Girardeau, MO
01/25/2017 7:00 pm	Belmont	L 64–77	9–12 (1–7)	Lantz Arena (1,333) Charleston, IL
01/28/2017 3:15 pm, WEIU	SIU Edwardsville	W 75–60	10–12 (2–7)	Lantz Arena (1,417) Charleston, IL
02/02/2017 7:00 pm, CBSSN	at Tennessee State	W 77–67 OT	11–12 (3–7)	Gentry Complex (3,931) Nashville, TN
02/04/2017 3:15 pm, WEIU	Tennessee Tech	L 68–87	11–13 (3–8)	Lantz Arena (1,077) Charleston, IL
02/09/2017 7:00 pm	UT Martin	W 81–71	12–13 (4–8)	Lantz Arena (1,678) Charleston, IL
02/11/2017 1:00 pm, ASN	Southeast Missouri State	W 86–80 OT	13–13 (5–8)	Lantz Arena (1,992) Charleston, IL
02/16/2017 7:00 pm	at Austin Peay	L 80–85	13–14 (5–9)	Dunn Center (1,549) Clarksville, TN
02/18/2017 7:00 pm	at Murray State	W 82–65	14–14 (6–9)	CFSB Center (4,402) Murray, KY
02/25/2017 7:00 pm, WEIU	at SIU Edwardsville	L 59–78	14–15 (6–10)	Vadalabene Center (1,805) Edwardsville, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.