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Evansville Aces @ S. Illinois Salukis
Present Data: Evansville 4-9, S. Illinois 5-8
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S. Illinois is 9-1 towards Evansville since February of 2019, they usually’ll have an opportunity to increase that success on Wednesday. Each will face off in a Missouri Valley battle at 2:00 p.m. ET at Banterra Heart.
On Sunday, S. Illinois got here up quick towards N. Iowa and fell 78-67. The defeat sadly continues a disappointing pattern for the Salukis of their matchups with the Panthers: they’ve now misplaced three in a row.
S. Illinois’ loss happened regardless of a top quality recreation from Jarrett Hensley, who went 7 for 13 en route to twenty factors plus six rebounds. The dominant efficiency additionally gave Hensley a brand new career-high in threes (4).
In the meantime, Evansville can lastly bid farewell to their five-game shedding streak because of their recreation on Sunday. They strolled previous Missouri State with factors to spare, taking the sport 57-40.
Evansville’s success was the results of a balanced assault that noticed a number of gamers step up, however Joshua Hughes led the cost by virtually dropping a double-double on 11 factors and 9 rebounds. Hughes had some hassle discovering his footing towards Ball State final Saturday, so this was a step in the best route.
S. Illinois’ defeat dropped their document all the way down to 5-8. As for Evansville, their victory bumped their document as much as 4-9.
Wednesday’s recreation is shaping as much as be a scrappy match: S. Illinois has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 36.8 rebounds per recreation. It is a totally different story for Evansville, although, as they have been averaging solely 32.4. Given S. Illinois’ sizable benefit in that space, Evansville might want to discover a strategy to shut that hole.
S. Illinois beat Evansville 65-53 of their earlier matchup again in February. Does S. Illinois have one other victory up their sleeve, or will Evansville flip the tables on them? We’ll have the reply quickly sufficient.
Collection Historical past
S. Illinois has received 9 out of their final 10 video games towards Evansville.
- Feb 25, 2024 – S. Illinois 65 vs. Evansville 53
- Jan 17, 2023 – S. Illinois 78 vs. Evansville 70
- Nov 30, 2022 – S. Illinois 80 vs. Evansville 53
- Feb 12, 2022 – S. Illinois 69 vs. Evansville 62
- Dec 01, 2021 – S. Illinois 54 vs. Evansville 52
- Dec 28, 2020 – Evansville 84 vs. S. Illinois 72
- Dec 27, 2020 – S. Illinois 63 vs. Evansville 57
- Feb 20, 2020 – S. Illinois 70 vs. Evansville 53
- Feb 05, 2020 – S. Illinois 64 vs. Evansville 60
- Feb 27, 2019 – S. Illinois 98 vs. Evansville 91