Aces set for northern road trip to Valpo, Loyola

1/25/2018 3:52:00 PM

Evansville, Ind. - The University of Evansville women's basketball team takes to the road this weekend for a pair of Chicagoland contests starting with a Friday night matchup at 7 p.m. with Valparaiso before taking on Loyola at 11:30 a.m. in Sunday morning.

Last weekend, the Purple Aces opened with a 67-43 loss to Illinois State inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse before dropping a home contest to Bradley, 117-59. Against ISU, Evansville opened up a 12-6 lead midway through the first quarter before the Redbirds stormed back with an 8-0 run to take a 14-12 advantage into the second quarter as ISU pushed its lead to 15 at the halftime break in route to the 67-43 win. On Sunday against Bradley, the Braves scored the first 29 points as the Aces were forced to fight back from an early deficit all contest as BU grabbed the 117-59 win.

The Aces open up the weekend at 7 p.m. on Friday when they travel to face Valparaiso. Evansville owns a narrow 7-5 advantage in the all-time series, capturing the last matchup between the two sides in a 70-65 win over the Crusaders in Valparaiso on November 30, 2016. In the all-time series, the Aces have won three-straight after the Crusaders won four-straight from 1991-92 to 1997-98. Valpo enters the weekend with a 9-9 overall record and a 2-5 conference mark and is coming off a pair of road losses to Missouri State and Southern Illinois last week.

Evansville wraps-up the road trip on Sunday morning at 11:30 a.m. with a trip to take on Loyola. The Ramblers hold a 20-12 lead in the all-time series with Evansville capturing the last meeting, 81-50, in a road win over Loyola on March 2, 2017. After losing five-straight in the series, the Aces won back-to-back games over the Ramblers last year, sweeping the season series. Loyola currently holds a 3-15 overall record and a 1-6 mark in the MVC, falling to Southern Illinois and Missouri State on the road last weekend.

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