SIU Edwardsville Cougars vs Eastern Illinois Panthers

OVC Championship - 1st Round

13-19, 8-12 OVC

Final/OT

	1	2	OT	T
E Illinois EIU	40	25	12	77
SIUE SIUE	31	34	6	71

SIU Edwardsville CougarsSIUESIUE

19-13, 12-8 OVC

Game Information

Evansville, IN

Referee:Eric Lowe

Referee:James Gibson

Referee:Steve Divine

NCAA Division I

Ohio Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Tennessee State	15-5	-	23-10
Morehead State	15-5	-	20-13
Southeast Missouri State	14-6	1	20-13
UT Martin	13-7	2	22-11
SIU Edwardsville	12-8	3	19-13
Lindenwood	11-9	4	18-15
Little Rock	9-11	6	12-20
Tennessee Tech	8-12	6	13-18
Eastern Illinois	8-12	7	13-20
Southern Indiana	4-16	11	7-23
Western Illinois	1-19	14	5-26

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