EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Reaching the midway point of its homestand, the University of Evansville women's basketball team welcomes Drake into Meeks Family Fieldhouse for a 1:00 p.m. matchup on Sunday afternoon.

GAME INFORMATION
Evansville vs. Drake
Jan. 27, 2019, 1:00 p.m.
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Evansville Game Notes
Drake Game Notes

Last Game: UNI 74, Evansville 46 (Evansville, Ind., Jan. 25)

• The Aces opened a three-game homestand with a 74-46 loss to UNI on Friday evening.
• Senior Kaylan Coffman led all-scorers in the game, recording a career-high 12 points, adding seven rebounds, shooting 5-10 from the field and hitting both attempts from the free-throw line.
• For the third-straight game, freshman Sydney Tucker set a new career-high in scoring with 11 points, including three three-pointers. Eight of Tucker's 11 points came during a 1:13 span of the second quarter that Tucker out-scored the Panthers, 8-0, on her own.
• 30 of the Aces' 46 points in the game came off the bench, while UNI's bench scored 33 of its 74 points.
• In the second and third quarters, UE shot 41.4% (12-29) from the field, but were hampered by a 2-24 (7.7%) shooting performance in the first and fourth periods.

Next Opponent: vs. Drake

• Evansville and Drake are meeting for the 55th time in series history.
• In the last meeting in the series, the Bulldogs captured a 101-50 win over the Aces on Feb. 9, 2018 in Evansville, Ind..
• The Aces are looking for their first win in the series with Drake since March 13, 2015 when UE earned an 84-79 win over the Bulldogs in overtime in the quarterfinals of the 2018 MVC Tournament in St. Charles, Mo..
• Drake has won the last seven meetings and 11 of the last 12 matchups between the two sides.

Tucker Takes on a Larger Role

• Freshman Sydney Tucker entered last weekend's roadtrip to Loyola and Valparaiso still in search of her first collegiate point.
• After scoring her first points of her Aces' career against Loyola, Tucker has tallied back-to-back strong performances.
• Tucker tied for the team-high with nine points against Valparaiso on Jan. 20 and pushed her career-high to 11 points with a strong effort against UNI on Friday evening.
• Seeing increased minutes over the last two contests, Tucker has been efficient in her scoring, recording 20 points in just 28 combined minutes in the previous two games.
• After starting the season 2-13 from beyond the arc, Tucker has found her rhythm from three, hitting three of her four attempts against UNI.

 

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