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Eastern Illinois dumps Chicago State 82-68

CHICAGO (AP) Jeremy Granger scored a career-high 24 points and Eastern Illinois improved to 3-1 for the first time in 11 years by whipping Chicago State 82-68 Tuesday night.

Granger, a Chicago native, was 7 of 12 from the floor and a perfect 9 of 9 from the foul line. Tyler Laser added 17 and Shaun Pratl 12 for the Panthers.

Eastern Illinois outshot Chicago State 54 percent to 33 percent, but the Cougars (3-2) got part of that back by going 27 of 38 from the free-throw line. (MORE)

Cougars Headlines
Final 1 2 T
EastIl
 47 35 82
Chicago State
 28 40 68
Boxscore | Recap 
Leaders EastIl Chicago State
Points J. Granger 24 C. Montgomery 21
Rebounds S. Pratl 8 C. Montgomery 10
Assists 2 tied with 4 3 tied with 2
Independents
 ConferenceOverall
  W-L W-L
Chicago State ---- 2-1
Seattle ---- 2-2
South Dakota ---- 2-2
Savannah State ---- 2-2
NJIT ---- 1-2
Cal State Bakersfield ---- 1-2
Utah Valley University ---- 1-2
Winston-Salem State ---- 1-3
North Carolina Central ---- 1-5
Longwood ---- 0-4
Texas-Pan American ---- 0-4
Houston Baptist ---- 0-4
SIU Edwardsville ---- 0-4
North Dakota ---- 0-4
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Leaders
Points: C. Montgomery15.8
Rebounds: C. Montgomery11.8
Assists: C. Wall3.5
FG%: M. Young61.3%
FT%: A. Lofton85.2%
Steals: C. Montgomery2.0
Blocks: C. Montgomery1.5
Offense (Rank)
Points: 78.8 (79)
Rebounds: 17.0 (16)
Assists: 10.3 (290)
FG%: 45.2% (133)
FT%: 70.5% (123)
3P%: 30.2% (246)
Defense (Rank)
Points: 70.8 (218)
Rebounds: 27.3 (64)
Assists: 9.8 (54)
FG%: 45.1% (242)
FT%: 58.0% (31)
3P%: 42.3% (319)
Next 5
DateOpp.Record (RPI)
11/24vs. EastIl2-1 (219)
12/1@ CentMi2-2 (329)
12/10@ Neb2-1 (126)
12/13@ Hawaii2-2 (189)
12/17vs. OliNazNA
Last 10
DateOpp.Final
11/21vs. StXaviW 82-66
11/18vs. TriIntW 102-84
11/15@ IaStL 50-72
11/13vs. ConcILW 81-61
AP Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 Kansas3-0
2 Michigan State4-0
3 Texas3-0
4 Villanova5-0
5 Kentucky4-0
6 Purdue4-0
7 Duke4-0
8 West Virginia1-0
9 Tennessee4-1
10 Syracuse4-0
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Coaches Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 Kansas3-0
2 Michigan State4-0
3 Texas3-0
4 Villanova5-0
5 Kentucky4-0
6 Purdue4-0
7 Duke4-0
8 West Virginia1-0
9 Syracuse4-0
10 Butler3-0
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