BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Following a nine-day break for the Thanksgiving holiday, the University of Evansville women's basketball team opens a three-game road trip on Thursday night with a 7 p.m. showdown with Western Kentucky in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Evansville (2-2) picked up a 79-53 win over Westminster College (Mo.) on November 21, led by a 21-point performance by senior guard Brooke Dossett. The Blue Jays kept pace with the Aces for much of the early portions of the contest before Evansville utilized a 25-10 advantage in the fourth quarter to pull away for the 26-point victory. Dossett's 21 points were a season-high and marked just the second time in her Purple Aces career that she had broken the 20-point plateau. In the win, graduate guard Hannah Noe recorded her second double-digit scoring performance of the season with 18 points, while junior center Kelsi Scott added 13 points and eight rebounds.
UE at Western Kentucky (Thursday, 7 p.m.): Watch Live | Listen Live | Live Stats | Game Notes I Western Kentucky Website
Western Kentucky enters Thursday's matchup with a 3-3 record, coming off a pair of victories in the Georgia State Tournament this past weekend. The Hilltoppers' three losses this season have come to teams who are a combined 17-2, including a 78-65 loss in Bowling Green to No. 3 Notre Dame on November 14. WKU is led by senior forward Tashia Brown, who leads Conference USA and sits 20th in the nation in scoring with 22.2 points per game. The Hilltoppers are under the direction of head coach Michelle Clark-Heard who has led WKU to five-straight 20 win campaigns.
Thursday's contest marks the opening of a three-game road swing that opens in Bowling Green. The road trip hits its midway point on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. when the Aces take on Austin Peay in Clarksville, Tennessee. The final stop on the trip is Tuesday, December 5 when Evansville battles No. 20/22 Kentucky.
