Western Illinois Leathernecks NCAA Basketball News

Shooting and rebounding woes combined to handcuff the University of Central Arkansas Bears on Tuesday night in a 55-44 loss to the Western Illinois Leathernecks at Western Hall.

James Granstra and Ceola Clark teamed up to lead Western Illinois to a 55-44 victory over Central Arkansas on Tuesday night.

On a night where the shooting was about as cold as the weather outside, Eastern Illinois managed just enough offense to pick up a 44-41 win over Western Illinois on Saturday night at Western Hall.

Jeremy Granger scored six of Eastern Illinois' final eight points as the Panthers held off Western Illinois 44-41 Saturday night.

Eastern sophomore guard Jeremy Granger passes the ball during the game against Western Michigan Wednesday night at Lantz Arena.

David Nurse scored 18 points to lead Western Illinois in a 73-36 rout of Culver-Stockton Wednesday night.

Junior guard Matt Lander led Western offensively with 17 points and five assists Saturday against the Jackrabbits.

EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon's thorny start has come up roses. Redshirt freshman LaMichael James ran for 166 yards and three touchdowns Thursday night to send No.

South Dakota State overcame a 14-point, second-half deficit to defeat Western Illinois 80-74 Saturday.

FARGO, N.D., Nov. 30 -- North Dakota State University issued the following news release: THIS WEEK: The North Dakota State men's basketball team begins Summit League play on the road this week.

Eric Carlson scored 19 points Thursday night to lead North Dakota State past Western Illinois 60-55 in the Summit Conference opener for both teams.

Junior guard Matt Lander heads into Thursday's contest averaging 11.2 points and 4.2 assists a game.

Sophomore guard Tommie Tyler drives to the hoop in the second half. He scored 22 points in the contest.

Savannah St. beats W. Illinois 52-48 Eds: APNewsNow. Savannah State 52, Western Illinois 48.

Junior college transfer Jeremy Felton scored 10 points in the second half. Hank Moreno/photo editor The Western Illinois men's basketball team held off Truman State with a 71-59 victory Wednesday night.

Ceola Clark had a game-high 16 points and seven rebounds to lead Western Illinois past Central Arkansas 56-46 Saturday night, Clark made most of his points at the free-throw line, where he was 11 of 12.

Sophomore center James Granstra grabbed seven rebounds against Kansas State. The Western Illinois men's basketball team hosts Truman State today at 7 p.m. The Leathernecks suffered two losses over the weekend against non-conference opponents Arizona State and Kansas State .

Quenton Kirby scored 18 points Wednesday night as Western Illinois picked up its first victory, defeating Truman State 71-59. David Nurse added 15 points and Jeremy Felton 12 for the Leathernecks .

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 12:08 p.m. Read more: Local , Basketball , College , TSU For the first time since 2005, the Truman mena s basketball team will play a regular season Division I opponent as the a Dogs make the short trip over to Macomb, Ill.

Western Illinois' Arsenio Mims, back, tries to block a shot by Kansas State's Curtis Kelly .