EVANSVILLE - After a scorching shooting performance on Thursday night, the University of Evansville women's basketball team looks to keep its rhythm when the Aces host Marshall at 1 PM on Sunday inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.
 

Evansville vs. Marshall | 1 PM
Date | Time	Sun. Nov. 24 | 1 PM
Location	Evansville, Ind.
Site	Meeks Family Fieldhouse
Sun. Nov. 24	Evansville vs. Marshall
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Last Game: Austin Peay 80, Evansville 64

• The Aces were led by a career-best performance by senior Jada Poland, who finished with 23 points, including 14 points in the second half.
• Joining Poland in double-figures was freshman Abby Feit who scored her fifth-straight double-figure performance with 17 points.
• Maggie Knowles led the Governors offensively, scoring 25 points in Austin Peay's win.
• Austin Peay gained the early advantage as the Governors scored the first eight points of the contest.
• Evansville responded to the early Governors run, scoring six straight points of its own, to move within a pair at the under five media timeout.
• In all, the Aces held the Governors scoreless for nearly four minutes and tying the game at eight with 3:49 left in the quarter.
• To close the opening period, Austin Peay went on another run, this one 11-2, to take a 19-10 lead after the first quarter.
• The deficit increased for Evansville in the second quarter as the Governors increased their lead to 12 at 29-17 with 5:30 left in the half.
• Evansville again had an answer and closed the half with an impressive defensive performance. The Aces held Austin Peay to just one point over the final five-and-a-half minutes, while scoring consistently to cut the Governors' lead to just one at the half.
• Evansville put together a valiant effort in the third quarter as the Aces quickly went in front on a layup by freshman Jossie Hudson.
• After Austin Peay retook the lead, the Aces tied the game at 37 as Poland scored six of the first eight UE points out of the break.
• The Governors moved back into the lead and would grow their lead as high as eight, but Evansville cut it back down to five with 10 minutes remaining.
• In the fourth quarter, the Governors began the period with a 7-0 run to take a 60-48 lead. The Governors exploded offensively in the second half, scoring 50 points after a 30-point first half, pulling away for the 80-64 win.
• In the loss, Evansville broke the program record for best field-goal percentage, shooting 63.9% (23-36) from the field, besting the previous program record of 62.5% set against Troy on Dec. 18, 2014.
• The Aces avoided the rebounding disparity that disrupted them against EIU on Tuesday, but were forced into 33 turnovers by a stifling Governors' press.

Previewing the Matchup

• Evansville and Marshall are meeting for just the fourth time in series history with the Thundering Herd holding a 2-1 advantage in the series.
• The Aces and Herd last met on Nov. 29, 2018 in a thriller in Huntington, W.V. that saw Marshall capture a 72-65 win in overtime.
• Current members of the Aces' team scored 23 of Evansville's 65 points in last season's loss to Marshall, led by eight points by Anna Newman. 
• Sunday's meeting is the first ever between the two sides inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse and the first in Evansville since Marshall earned a 60-48 win over the Aces at the Ford Center on Dec. 3, 2011.
• Freshman Abby Feit looks to continue her streak of double-figure scoring performances, currently sitting at five-straight 10+ point outings, having scored double-digits in every collegiate game of her career.
• The Aces will look to limit their turnovers against the Herd after committing 64 turnovers in the last two contests.
• Against Austin Peay, Evansville broke the single-game program record for field-goal percentage, hitting 63.9% from the field, making 23 of its 36 attempts.
• Marshall enters Sunday's contest with a 3-2 overall record and are coming off a narrow 57-52 home loss to Morgan State on Thursday night.

 

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