The University of Evansville hasn't played Missouri Valley Conference opponents Wichita State or Missouri State this season, but by Wednesday night, the Aces will have played Indiana State twice. Evansville and Indiana State continue their longtime series at Hulman Center in Terre Haute at 6:05 CST Wednesday night. The game can be heard on the UE Radio Network. Indiana State beat the Aces 70-56 at Roberts Stadium back in the MVC opener for both teams on Dec. 29. The Sycamores are 9-8 overall and 4-3 in the league. The Aces are 7-12 and 0-7 in the conference, and trying to shake off a seven-game losing streak. Evansville's next home game is Saturday at 7:30 against Missouri State in game two of a doubleheader that begins with the annual Hoops For The Cure game featuring the UE women's team against Southern Illinois at 5:00. THE SYCAMORES...AGAIN Evansville has not played Missouri Valley Conference opponents Missouri State and Wichita State yet, but the Aces will play for the second time this season against Indiana State on Wednesday. The Sycamores got off to their quick start in the MVC by defeating Evansville 70-56 on Dec. 29 behind the 22 points of Gabe Moore. That was the league opener for both teams. GAME NUMBER 147 ON WEDNESDAY This series includes more games than any other series for Evansville–146. Indiana State has a 74-72 lead in the ISU-Evansville series that dates back to 1920-21. Evansville has won six of the last eight against ISU, and the Aces have won two years in a row at Hulman Center in Terre Haute–by the score of 77-75 on Feb. 25, 2006, and 50-49 on Jan. 24, 2007. THEIR FIRST MEETING Evansville led 26-25 over Indiana State in the Dec. 29 game at Roberts Stadium, but the Sycamores shot 57 percent in the second half while holding the Aces to 32 percent. As a result, the Sycamores outscored UE 45-30 in the second half and won easily, 70-56. The only two to reach double figures for Evansville were Jason Holsinger (17) and Pieter van Tongeren (13). SYCAMORES 8-0 AT HOME Indiana State started off 3-0 in the MVC, but the Sycamores are 1-3 in the league since then. They lost on the road last week at Missouri State (65-44) and Creighton (86-69), but the Sycamores are happy to be coming home for Wednesday’s game. After winning only one of their final six home games last season, the Sycamores under first-year head coach Kevin McKenna are 8-0 at home this season. 20-20-20 Junior forward Shy Ely has scored 20 points or more five times in his career, including three games in a row. He scored a career-high 28 on Jan. 12 at Illinois State, 21 last Tuesday against Southern Illinois, and 20 on Saturday at Bradley. Ely is 25-for-43 from the floor (.581) and 15-for-18 from the free throw line (.833) in those three games. HOLSINGER TOPS 200 Junior guard Jason Holsinger is now the fifth Evansville player to make 200 three-pointers in a career. He hit 6 out of 7 at Bradley on Saturday to pass Andy Elkins (199) and reach 201 in his career. The only others with 200 or more three-pointers at UE are Marcus Wilson (250), Scott Haffner (245), Kyle Anslinger (213) and Scott Shreffler (211). UE’S MVC LEADERS Evansville players rank among the Missouri Valley Conference top five in seven categories. In five of those seven categories, Jason Holsinger is the top Evansville player. He ranks number one in the league in minutes played (35.7), second in three-point field goal percentage (.495), third in assists (4.8), third in three-pointers made (2.6), and fifth in free throw percentage (.824). Also among the league leaders from Evansville are Nate Garner (third in offensive rebounds at 2.5) and Pieter van Tongeren (fifth in field goal percentage at .546). COACH MARTY SIMMONS Evansville’s Dec. 5 victory over Princeton was the 100th in first-year coach Marty Simmons’ career. Simmons goes into Wednesday’s game with a career record of 103-84. He was head coach one year at Wartburg (Iowa) University and five years at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, compiling a record of 98-73 in those six years. Simmons played two years at UE after transferring from Indiana University, and led the Aces to a conference championship in 1987 and the second round of the NIT in 1988, when he was the nation’s sixth leading scorer at 25.9. He was an assistant coach at UE for 11 years under head coach Jim Crews, and helped lead UE to three NCAA Tournaments (1992, 1993, 1999) and one NIT (1994).