CHARLESTON, Ill. - Unfortunately, this was an unpleasant visit for the Sycamores in a game where they never led despite Shannon Thomas' 22^nd career double- double with 10 points and 11 rebounds and Natasha Zurek's career high of 13 points. They fell to the Eastern Illinois Panthers by a score of 75- 60 in front of 857 spectators.

The battle of Blue and White between two schools that are 50 miles apart occurred for the 54^th time on a cool Saturday evening. This was the first road game of the Sycamore's four road game stretch.

They were only down 39-34 at the end of the first half with 32.1%  shooting from the field and made 76.5% of free throws. Also, EIU was 20% beyond the three point line while ISU was 18.8% in the first half.

Four players in the starting lineup were in double figures. Those included Brittany Schoen with 14 points, Natasha Zurek and Anna Munn with 13 points each, and Shannon Thomas with 10 points.

The Sycamores were out rebounded 44-33 by the Panthers and were outshot 43.8% to 31% from the field. They also had 16 turnovers to the Panther's 17 and shot 24.1% from three point range while the Panthers only made 12.5% of their three point shots.

Eastern Illinois was led by Mariah King and Ta'Kenya Nixon with 20 points each and Sydney Mitchell with 14 points. Also, Ta' Kenya Nixon was the only Panther with a double- double of 20 points and 10 rebounds.

The Indiana State Sycamores, who are now 5-4 on the season, will continue their four road game stretch by traveling to Ann Arbor, MI to take on the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday Dec. 17 at 7:00 pm Est. The Eastern Illinois Panthers, who are now 6-2 on the season.