EVANSVILLE, Ind. – On Sunday, the University of Evansville men's basketball team looks to keep its perfect home record intact as they welcome Ball State to the Ford Center for a 2 p.m. CT game.
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Last Time Out
- The Aces dropped their last game by a final of 87-77 on Tuesday at Arkansas State
- The Red Wolves used a 10-0 run in the first half to take the lead for good
- Shea Feehan and Marty Hill finished with 21 and 16 points, respectively; the tallies were career highs for both
- K.J. Riley finished with 15 points
- Evansville hit four of its first 20 3-point attempts in the loss while shooting 39.3% for the game
- A bright spot for UE came in its performance from the line as the Aces hit a season-high 79.4% of their free throws
Setting the Scene
- Evansville enters Sunday's game with a perfect 4-0 mark at the Ford Center; it is the fourth year in a row UE has won its first four home games
- The Aces are 22-2 in their 24 home meetings versus Ball State
- UE's bench has outscored its counterparts in five of the last six games
- The Aces and Cardinals are playing an in-season non-conference home-and-home series; it is the first time the Aces have done so since 2010 against Middle Tennessee State
- The home teams were victorious in both games that season
Takeaways from Arkansas State
- Evansville has faced double digit deficits in all four road games in 2018 while dropping the four games
- The Aces have been outrebounded by a 43.5-28.3 tally in road contests
- Shea Feehan improved his scoring away from the Ford Center to 18.0 points per game
- In the season opener at Illinois, UE turned the ball over 24 times; in the three road games since, the team has turned it over just 10.7 times
- K.J. Riley's 9 free throw makes and 12 free throw tries were the most for a UE player in 2018
Career Mark
- For the fourth time this season, Shea Feehan scored 19 or more points as he set his Evansville mark with 21 at Arkansas State
- Feehan has drained 44.9% of his 3-point attempts and is averaging 2.75 per game; those tallies rank 52nd and 96th in the nation, respectively
- He is UE's top force from the free throw line, hitting 78.6% of his tries
- For the season, he is averaging a team-high 13.8 points per game
Scouting the Opponent
- Ball State comes to the Ford Center sporting a 6-3 mark after earning a big 75-69 road win at preseason MVC favorite Loyola on Wednesday
- The Cardinals are led by Tayler Persons, who checks in with 16.9 points per game
- K.J. Walton is averaging 15.1 points while Tahjai Teague sits at 13.3; Walton was their leading scorer in the win over UE on Nov. 24 as he posted 20 points going 8-of-9 from the floor
- BSU earned an 82-72 win over UE in that game
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