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Samford Bulldogs @ 
Eastern Illinois Panthers 53–48
2007-02-03 · NCAA · Lantz Arena, Charleston IL · Att. 3,194
Samford Bulldogs 2006-07 · Eastern Illinois Panthers 2006-07 · 2006-07 season
Team stats
| Samford | Eastern Illinois | |
|---|---|---|
| Field goals | 17-42 .405 | 19-53 .358 |
| Three-pointers | 7-22 .318 | 2-11 .182 |
| Free throws | 12-21 .571 | 8-8 1.000 |
| Offensive rebounds | 5 | 11 |
| Defensive rebounds | 22 | 25 |
| Total rebounds | 30 | 38 |
| Assists | 10 | 9 |
| Steals | 5 | 2 |
| Blocks | 3 | 4 |
| Turnovers | 9 | 10 |
| Personal fouls | 10 | 18 |
| Technical fouls | 0 | 0 |
| Largest lead | 14 | 0 |
Samford Bulldogs
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3P | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jerry Smith G | 38 | 13 | 3-11 | 0-4 | 7-9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Randall Gulina G | 36 | 20 | 6-11 | 4-8 | 4-6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Curtis West G | 35 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Ross Merritt G | 34 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Travis Peterson C | 34 | 4 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Jason Black G | 9 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Friday F | 6 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Griffin F | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Montgomery G | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 53 | 17-42 | 7-22 | 12-21 | 5 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
FG .405 · 3P .318 · FT .571
Did not play: Savoy Fraine
Eastern Illinois Panthers
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3P | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mike Robinson G | 38 | 15 | 4-13 | 1-7 | 6-6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bobby Catchings G-F | 38 | 12 | 5-13 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jake Byrne C | 36 | 12 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ousmane Cisse C | 30 | 4 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jon'Tee Willhite G | 25 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Justin Brock F | 11 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gino Myers-Kyles G | 10 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Billy Parrish F | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Jolliff F | 3 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 48 | 19-53 | 2-11 | 8-8 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
FG .358 · 3P .182 · FT 1.000
Did not play: Ryan Voss, Freddie Perry, Romain Martin, Julio Anthony
Officials: Greg Rennegarbe, Brian Fitzgerald
Play-by-play
Show every play (233)
First half
- 19:03 EIU Mike Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.
- 19:03 SAM Travis Peterson Defensive Rebound.
- 18:19 EIU Mike Robinson missed Two Point Layup.
- 18:19 EIU Bobby Catchings Offensive Rebound.
- 18:18 EIU Bobby Catchings missed Two Point Tip Shot.
- 18:18 SAM Travis Peterson Defensive Rebound.
- 18:16 SAM Curtis West made Three Point Jumper. 3–0
- 18:01 SAM Foul on Andy King
- 17:48 EIU Jake Byrne missed Two Point Jumper.
- 17:48 EIU Bobby Catchings Offensive Rebound.
- 17:44 EIU Bobby Catchings made Two Point Layup. 3–2
- 17:23 EIU Foul on Jake Byrne
- 17:19 SAM Curtis West missed Two Point Layup.
- 17:19 EIU Bobby Catchings Defensive Rebound.
- 16:59 EIU Ousmane Cisse missed Two Point Jumper.
- 16:59 SAM Travis Peterson Defensive Rebound.
- 16:42 SAM Randall Gulina made Three Point Jumper. 6–2
- 16:12 EIU Jake Byrne made Two Point Jumper. 6–4
- 15:50 EIU Official TV Timeout.
- 15:15 EIU Bobby Catchings missed Two Point Jumper.
- 15:15 SAM Joe Ross Merritt Defensive Rebound.
- 14:53 SAM Joe Ross Merritt made Three Point Jumper. 9–4
- 14:32 EIU Mike Robinson made Three Point Jumper. 9–7
- 14:14 SAM Randall Gulina missed Two Point Layup.
- 14:14 SAM Samford Offensive Rebound.
- 14:11 SAM Jerry Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
- 14:11 EIU Jon'Tee Willhite Defensive Rebound.
- 13:56 EIU Mike Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.
- 13:56 SAM Samford Defensive Rebound.
- 13:33 SAM Randall Gulina made Three Point Jumper. 12–7
- 13:15 EIU Bobby Catchings made Two Point Jumper. 12–9
- 12:46 SAM Jerry Smith missed Two Point Layup.
- 12:46 EIU Jake Byrne Defensive Rebound.
- 12:19 EIU Jon'Tee Willhite missed Two Point Jumper.
- 12:19 SAM Travis Peterson Defensive Rebound.
- 12:02 SAM Jerry Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
- 12:02 EIU Jon'Tee Willhite Defensive Rebound.
- 11:46 EIU Bobby Catchings missed Two Point Jumper.
- 11:46 SAM Randall Gulina Defensive Rebound.
- 11:32 SAM Randall Gulina made Three Point Jumper. 15–9
- 11:32 EIU Eastern Illinois Full Timeout.
- 11:10 EIU Jake Byrne made Two Point Jumper. 15–11
- 9:58 EIU Official TV Timeout.
- 9:13 EIU Justin Brock missed Two Point Jumper.
- 9:13 SAM Joe Ross Merritt Defensive Rebound.
- 8:51 SAM Joe Ross Merritt missed Three Point Jumper.
- 8:51 EIU Bobby Catchings Defensive Rebound.
- 8:27 EIU Justin Brock missed Two Point Layup.
- 8:27 SAM Travis Peterson Defensive Rebound.
- 8:12 SAM Jerry Smith made Two Point Layup. 17–11
- 7:31 SAM Jason Black made Two Point Layup. 19–11
- 7:14 SAM Official TV Timeout.
- 6:55 SAM Bryan Friday missed Two Point Layup.
- 6:55 EIU Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebou.
- 6:21 EIU Gino Myers-Kyles missed Two Point Jumper.
- 6:21 EIU Justin Brock Offensive Rebound.
- 6:16 EIU Gino Myers-Kyles made Two Point Jumper. 19–13
- 5:55 EIU Foul on Ousmane Cisse
- 5:55 SAM Curtis West missed Free Throw.
- 5:55 SAM nan
- 5:55 SAM Curtis West missed Free Throw.
- 5:55 EIU Ousmane Cisse Defensive Rebound.
- 5:21 EIU Ousmane Cisse missed Two Point Jumper.
- 5:21 SAM Travis Peterson Defensive Rebound.
- 5:04 SAM Bryan Friday missed Two Point Jumper.
- 5:04 EIU Justin Brock Defensive Rebound.
- 4:52 EIU Ousmane Cisse missed Two Point Jumper.
- 4:52 SAM Jerry Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 4:20 SAM Randall Gulina made Two Point Jumper. 21–13
- 4:07 EIU Bobby Catchings made Two Point Jumper. 21–15
- 3:41 SAM Randall Gulina made Three Point Jumper. 24–15
- 3:20 EIU Gino Myers-Kyles missed Three Point Jumper.
- 3:20 SAM Travis Peterson Defensive Rebound.
- 3:10 SAM Jerry Smith made Two Point Layup. 26–15
- 3:08 EIU Foul on Bobby Catchings
- 2:59 SAM Official TV Timeout.
- 2:57 SAM Jerry Smith made Free Throw. 27–15
- 2:41 EIU Jake Byrne missed Two Point Layup.
- 2:41 EIU Eastern Illinois Offensive Rebou.
- 1:22 EIU Jake Byrne made Two Point Jumper. 27–17
- 0:48 SAM Jason Black made Two Point Layup. 29–17
- 0:22 EIU Bobby Jolliff missed Two Point Jumper.
- 0:22 SAM Jerry Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 0:16 SAM Samford Full Timeout.
- 0:04 SAM Jerry Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
- 0:04 SAM Travis Peterson Offensive Rebound.
- 0:04 SAM Travis Peterson missed Two Point Tip Shot.
- 0:04 SAM nan
- 0:00 End of the 1st Half.
Second half
- 19:34 EIU Jake Byrne made Two Point Layup. 29–19
- 19:10 SAM Curtis West made Two Point Layup. 31–19
- 18:41 EIU Ousmane Cisse made Two Point Jumper. 31–21
- 18:16 SAM Randall Gulina made Two Point Jumper. 33–21
- 17:58 EIU Bobby Catchings missed Two Point Jumper.
- 17:58 SAM Samford Defensive Rebound.
- 17:56 EIU Foul on Jake Byrne
- 17:41 SAM Jerry Smith made Two Point Layup. 35–21
- 17:14 EIU Mike Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.
- 17:14 EIU Bobby Catchings Offensive Rebound.
- 17:11 EIU Bobby Catchings missed Two Point Layup.
- 17:11 EIU Ousmane Cisse Offensive Rebound.
- 17:11 EIU Ousmane Cisse made Two Point Layup. 35–23
- 16:34 SAM Jerry Smith missed Two Point Jumper.
- 16:34 EIU Mike Robinson Defensive Rebound.
- 16:17 EIU Jake Byrne made Two Point Layup. 35–25
- 16:12 SAM Samford Full Timeout.
- 15:44 EIU Official TV Timeout.
- 15:27 EIU Ousmane Cisse missed Two Point Layup.
- 15:27 SAM Joe Ross Merritt Defensive Rebound.
- 15:27 EIU Foul on Jon'Tee Willhite
- 15:05 EIU Foul on Jon'Tee Willhite
- 15:03 SAM Jerry Smith made Free Throw. 36–25
- 15:03 SAM Jerry Smith made Free Throw. 37–25
- 14:47 SAM Foul on Randall Gulina
- 14:13 SAM Joe Ross Merritt missed Three Point Jumper.
- 14:13 SAM Jerry Smith Offensive Rebound.
- 13:29 SAM Jerry Smith missed Two Point Layup.
- 13:29 EIU Bobby Catchings Defensive Rebound.
- 13:29 SAM Foul on Jerry Smith
- 13:26 SAM Foul on Travis Peterson
- 13:16 EIU Billy Parrish missed Three Point Jumper.
- 13:16 SAM Randall Gulina Defensive Rebound.
- 13:05 SAM Randall Gulina missed Three Point Jumper.
- 13:05 EIU Bobby Catchings Defensive Rebound.
- 12:47 EIU Jake Byrne made Two Point Layup. 37–27
- 12:24 SAM Curtis West missed Two Point Jumper.
- 12:24 EIU Bobby Catchings Defensive Rebound.
- 12:03 EIU Foul on Jon'Tee Willhite
- 12:03 SAM Official TV Timeout.
- 11:48 SAM Joe Ross Merritt made Two Point Layup. 39–27
- 11:24 EIU Ousmane Cisse missed Two Point Jumper.
- 11:24 SAM Jerry Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 11:03 EIU Foul on Billy Parrish
- 10:39 SAM Foul on Travis Peterson
- 10:37 EIU Bobby Catchings made Free Throw. 39–28
- 10:37 EIU Bobby Catchings made Free Throw. 39–29
- 10:05 SAM Randall Gulina missed Three Point Jumper.
- 10:05 EIU Ousmane Cisse Defensive Rebound.
- 9:47 EIU Mike Robinson made Two Point Layup. 39–31
- 9:13 SAM Jerry Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
- 9:13 EIU Bobby Catchings Defensive Rebound.
- 9:10 SAM Foul on Jason Black
- 9:06 EIU Mike Robinson made Two Point Layup. 39–33
- 8:48 SAM Samford Full Timeout.
- 8:27 SAM Randall Gulina missed Three Point Jumper.
- 8:27 SAM Randall Gulina Offensive Rebound.
- 8:24 EIU Foul on Jon'Tee Willhite
- 8:06 SAM Joe Ross Merritt missed Three Point Jumper.
- 8:06 EIU Bobby Catchings Defensive Rebound.
- 7:52 EIU Jake Byrne missed Two Point Jumper.
- 7:52 SAM Curtis West Defensive Rebound.
- 7:23 EIU Foul on Mike Robinson
- 7:23 SAM Official TV Timeout.
- 7:23 SAM Jerry Smith made Free Throw. 40–33
- 7:23 SAM Jerry Smith missed Free Throw.
- 7:23 EIU Mike Robinson Defensive Rebound.
- 7:21 SAM Foul on Curtis West
- 7:21 EIU Mike Robinson made Free Throw. 40–34
- 7:21 EIU Mike Robinson made Free Throw. 40–35
- 6:56 SAM Curtis West missed Three Point Jumper.
- 6:56 EIU Mike Robinson Defensive Rebound.
- 6:40 EIU Mike Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.
- 6:40 EIU Bobby Catchings Offensive Rebound.
- 6:27 EIU Bobby Catchings missed Two Point Jumper.
- 6:27 EIU Ousmane Cisse Offensive Rebound.
- 6:22 EIU Foul on Mike Robinson
- 6:22 SAM Randall Gulina made Free Throw. 41–35
- 6:22 SAM Randall Gulina missed Free Throw.
- 6:22 EIU Ousmane Cisse Defensive Rebound.
- 5:37 EIU Mike Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.
- 5:37 SAM Randall Gulina Defensive Rebound.
- 5:22 SAM Travis Peterson missed Three Point Jumper.
- 5:22 EIU Ousmane Cisse Defensive Rebound.
- 5:05 EIU Mike Robinson missed Two Point Jumper.
- 5:05 EIU Jon'Tee Willhite Offensive Rebound.
- 5:01 SAM Samford Defensive Rebound.
- 5:01 EIU Foul on Ousmane Cisse
- 5:01 SAM Travis Peterson made Free Throw. 42–35
- 5:01 SAM Travis Peterson missed Free Throw.
- 5:01 EIU Bobby Catchings Defensive Rebound.
- 4:14 SAM Curtis West missed Three Point Jumper.
- 4:14 SAM Jerry Smith Offensive Rebound.
- 4:03 SAM Jerry Smith missed Two Point Layup.
- 4:03 EIU Mike Robinson Defensive Rebound.
- 4:03 SAM Foul on Jerry Smith
- 4:03 EIU Official TV Timeout.
- 3:56 EIU Mike Robinson made Free Throw. 42–36
- 3:56 EIU Mike Robinson made Free Throw. 42–37
- 3:24 SAM Randall Gulina missed Three Point Jumper.
- 3:24 EIU Bobby Catchings Defensive Rebound.
- 2:58 EIU Bobby Catchings missed Two Point Jumper.
- 2:58 EIU Ousmane Cisse Offensive Rebound.
- 2:51 EIU Bobby Catchings missed Three Point Jumper.
- 2:51 SAM Curtis West Defensive Rebound.
- 2:22 SAM Travis Peterson made Three Point Jumper. 45–37
- 2:15 EIU Eastern Illinois Full Timeout.
- 2:01 EIU Jake Byrne missed Two Point Jumper.
- 2:01 SAM Samford Defensive Rebound.
- 1:33 SAM Jerry Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
- 1:33 EIU Jake Byrne Defensive Rebound.
- 1:14 EIU Mike Robinson missed Two Point Jumper.
- 1:14 SAM Curtis West Defensive Rebound.
- 0:59 EIU Foul on Gino Myers-Kyles
- 0:59 SAM Jerry Smith made Free Throw. 46–37
- 0:59 SAM Jerry Smith missed Free Throw.
- 0:59 EIU Jake Byrne Defensive Rebound.
- 0:40 EIU Bobby Catchings made Two Point Layup. 46–39
- 0:40 EIU Eastern Illinois Full Timeout.
- 0:40 SAM Travis Peterson missed Free Throw.
- 0:40 SAM nan
- 0:40 SAM Travis Peterson missed Free Throw.
- 0:40 EIU Jon'Tee Willhite Defensive Rebound.
- 0:35 SAM Foul on Curtis West
- 0:35 EIU Mike Robinson made Free Throw. 46–40
- 0:35 EIU Mike Robinson made Free Throw. 46–41
- 0:35 EIU Foul on Bobby Catchings
- 0:34 SAM Jerry Smith made Free Throw. 47–41
- 0:34 SAM Jerry Smith made Free Throw. 48–41
- 0:27 EIU Mike Robinson made Two Point Jumper. 48–43
- 0:27 EIU Eastern Illinois Full Timeout.
- 0:26 SAM Joe Ross Merritt made Two Point Layup. 50–43
- 0:16 EIU Bobby Catchings made Two Point Layup. 50–45
- 0:11 EIU Foul on Jon'Tee Willhite
- 0:11 SAM Randall Gulina made Free Throw. 51–45
- 0:11 SAM Randall Gulina made Free Throw. 52–45
- 0:08 EIU Gino Myers-Kyles made Three Point Jumper. 52–48
- 0:08 EIU Foul on Gino Myers-Kyles
- 0:08 SAM Randall Gulina missed Free Throw.
- 0:08 SAM nan
- 0:08 SAM Randall Gulina made Free Throw. 53–48
- 0:02 EIU Mike Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.
- 0:02 EIU nan
- 0:00 End Game