EIU Women's Basketball Schedule For 2020-21 Season

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Published on November 5 2020 12:07 pm
Last Updated on November 5 2020 12:07 pm
Written by Millie Lange

The Eastern Illinois women's basketball schedules has been released for the 2020-21 season. The OVC has increased the amount of conference games from 18 games to 20. EIU will start their season at home against the UIC Flames on Nov. 25. After the opener, EIU will be headed to Evanston to face Northwestern on Nov. 29, and then to Minneapolis to take on Minnesota on Dec. 2.

EIU will host the Compass Tournament at Lantz Arena this year. EIU will take on NIU (Dec. 4) and will face off against either WIU or SIU the following day.
Due to current COVID-19 regulations in the State of Illinois, no spectators will be allowed at home Eastern Illinois games in Lantz Arena this season.  All home games will be carried on ESPN+ including all four games of the Compass Tournament.

The Panthers will open up the conference schedule against SIUE at home on Dec. 18. The schedule will remain somewhat fluid throughout the season due to the current pandemic. EIU has 10 games on the road and 10 games at home this season. 

EIU follows up the OVC opener on the road against Eastern Kentucky on Dec. 30. After the one game road trip the Panthers will return to Lantz Arena to take on Tennessee Tech on Jan. 2. The home stretch continues against Murray State (Jan. 7) and Austin Peay (Jan. 9) until going on a one game road trip against SIUE (Jan. 11).

After returning home for two games against Morehead State (Jan. 14) and Eastern Kentucky (Jan. 16), the Panthers will go on a four game road stint against Belmont (Jan. 21), Tennessee State (Jan. 23), UT Martin (Jan. 28) and Southeast Missouri (Jan. 30). In February EIU starts the slate against Belmont (Feb. 4) at home. This is the first time that Eastern Illinois and Belmont have faced off twice in a season since the 2017-18 season. They will face Tennessee State (Feb. 6) at Lantz Arena for the annual care game.

EIU will continue into the back-end of the season on the road against Jacksonville State (Feb. 11), Tennessee Tech (Feb. 13), Murray State (Feb. 18) and Austin Peay (Feb. 20).  The final two regular season games will be at home against Southeast Missouri (Feb. 25) and UT Martin (Feb. 27). 

The OVC Tournament is scheduled to be at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. this year with games going on March 3-6.

The Panthers are coming off of their best season with Matt Bollant as the head coach, ending the season with a 19-12 record. The team lost one senior last year and added four new talented freshman to the mix. With the increase of conference games and all five starters returning this year EIU will look to cement themselves as contenders for a top spot in the OVC.

Since spectators are not allowed to attend home games at Lantz Arena this year, EIU Athletics is currently offering fans the opportunity to purchase cut outs that will be in the seats for the entire basketball and volleyball seasons.  To learn more and purchase your own fan cut out click here.