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Evansville UE 2-3
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WKU WKU
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Score By Periods
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Evansville UE 7 19 23 5 54
WKU WKU 24 28 21 19 92

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Miller records career-high 17 points as Aces suffer loss at WKU

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The University of Evansville women's basketball team suffered a 92-54 loss to Western Kentucky on Thursday night in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Redshirt sophomore guard Marley Miller recorded a career-high 17 points, while junior guard Kerri Gasper finished with 15 and graduate guard Hannah Noe chipped in 13 in the loss. For the Hilltoppers, Tashia Brown led all scorers with 20 points and Raneem Elgedawy added 19 points and 10 boards.

"(WKU) is a very good team. This is a team that's going to be in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, they're that good," said Aces head coach Matt Ruffing. "We're not there yet. Marley coming off the bench was aggressive on both ends of the floor. Hannah (Noe) got in a little stretch and hit some threes, Kerri got going in that second half, and Brooke did a nice job distributing. There are some positives. We've shown flashes of Evansville basketball on the road and hopefully we can carry some of that into Saturday."
 
The Hilltoppers opened the contest on a 15-1 run before Miller cut to the basket and laid it off the glass with 4:14 left in the first quarter. Evansville responded in the latter half of the first quarter, scoring six of their seven opening-frame points in the final 4:14 as WKU took a 26-7 lead to the second quarter.
 
In the second period, Noe knocked-down back-to-back-to-back triples, forcing a WKU timeout, and bringing the Aces within 15 at 31-16 as Evansville kept pace with the Hilltoppers. Coming out of the timeout, Miller drove to the hoop and knocked-down a layup to trim WKU's advantage to just 31-18 with 6:41 on the clock in the second quarter. In the final three minutes of the first half, Miller continued her hot start with a three and pull-up jumper as WKU took a 52-26 lead to the break.

The Aces responded well coming out of the half, amassing a 14-6 run to cut the Hilltoppers' advantage to 18 at 58-40 with 4:51 left in the third quarter. Evansville eventually cut its deficit to 17 on two separate occasions before WKU ended the quarter on a 9-2 spree to bring a 73-49 lead into the final frame.

In the final quarter, the Hilltoppers pushed their lead back above 20, outscoring the Aces 19-5 in the period, as WKU finished with a 92-54 win.

The Aces finished the game 19-51 (37.3%) from the field while converting 10-21 (47.6%) shots from three.

Evansville has a quick turnaround as the Aces travel to Clarksville, Tennessee to take on Austin Peay at 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.
 
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