EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville women's basketball team will hit the road once again this weekend, beginning Friday night at Bradley and concluding on Sunday with a trip to Loyola.
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The Purple Aces (2-18, 1-8 Missouri Valley) are looking to repeat the success of the first Bradley showdown, which saw UE hold the Braves to 30% shooting en route to a coast-to-coast 62-46 victory at the Ford Center. Sara Dickey enjoyed one of her most efficient outings of the season in the contest, going 8-for-14 for 23 points while Sasha Robinson scored 10 points and pulled down 14 rebounds for her first double-double of the year.
Both Dickey and Robinson enter the week looking to continue etching their names in the Aces history books. Dickey, a junior out of Montezuma, Ind., ranks third all-time on UE's scoring list with 1,481 points, and Robinson stands just 17 boards away from entering the school's top 10 in the category.
Meanwhile, Bradley (5-15, 1-8 MVC) is aiming to halt a four-game losing streak after falling Illinois State, Indiana State, Drake and Northern Iowa over the past two weeks. The lone conference win of the season for the Braves came on Jan. 17 in 50-44 fashion over Wichita State.
Loyola (10-10, 6-3 MVC), which will face Southern Illinois on Friday night before taking on UE on Sunday, is looking to solidify its position in the MVC race. Two of the Ramblers three losses this season are to league leaders Missouri State and Drake, and the team will be looking to bounce back after dropping a meeting with the latter last weekend. Earlier this season, the Aces fell 63-49 to LU at the Ford Center.
Tipoff on Friday is slated for 7 p.m., and Sunday's contest will begin at 2 p.m.
NOTES: UE is 19-26 all-time against Bradley and 10-19 versus Loyola … In road meetings, the Aces are 6-15 and 2-11, respectively … Shyla McKibbon-Puelston is the next target on the all-time scoring list for Sara Dickey. McKibbon-Puelston entered the UE Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, and she finished her Aces career in 2002 with 1,626 career points.
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