The Evansville Purple Aces are traveling to McLeod Center on Tuesday night to take on the Northern Iowa Panthers in Missouri Valley Conference action. The Purple Aces (11-8, 2-6 in MVC) are coming off a 97-48 road loss on Saturday against the Drake Bulldogs. The Panthers (11-8, 5-3) are on a four-game winning streak after a 61-57 home win against the Southern Illinois Salukis on Saturday.
The Evansville Purple Aces are coming off a brutal 97-48 road loss against the Drake Bulldogs and it’s difficult to win allowing 54 points before halftime. Evansville had a tough night shooting the ball as they were 21-of-59 (35.6%) from the floor, 4-of-22 (18.2%) from the three-point line and six attempts from the free-throw line. Senior forward Yacine Toumi led the team as he posted 13 points, three rebounds, one steal and three turnovers in 22 minutes. Their defense struggled to get a stop as they allowed Drake to have a team shooting split of 63.9/44.4/53.8.
The offense for the Evansville Purple Aces has done decently well as they are averaging 74.7 points per game, which is 181st in the country. Their defense ranks 261st in the NCAA w ith 74.8 points per game allowed so far.
Injury Report for Evansville
No injuries to report