EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Opening its final road weekend of the regular season, the University of Evansville heads to Iowa to face No. 24 Drake at 6:00 p.m. on Friday evening in Des Moines, Iowa.

GAME INFORMATION
Evansville at No. 24 Drake
Feb. 22, 2019, 6:00 p.m.
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Evansville Game Notes
Drake Game Notes

Last Game: Loyola 71, Evansville 51 (Evansville, Ind., Feb. 17)

• Evansville concluded the weekend with a 71-51 loss to Loyola on Sunday inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.
• Pacing Evansville was senior Brooke Bishop, who tallied a season-high 16 points.
• Senior Marley Miller recorded her fifth-straight game in double-figures with 10 points.
• Continuing to lead the way for the Aces on the boards, senior Kerri Gasper finished with a career-high 13 rebounds, placing her two rebounds away from another milestone.
• Gasper needs just two more rebounds to give her 500 in her Evansville career, which would make her the first player in program history with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, and more than 125 made three-pointers.
• To open the game, the Aces started well, holding a 16-13 lead after the first quarter, but the Ramblers out-scored Evansville, 18-4, in the second period in route to the 71-51 win.
• Junior Kaylan Coffman protected the rim, tying a season-best with four blocks, a mark she previously set at Murray State and Marshall.

Next Opponent: vs. No. 24 Drake

• Evansville and Drake are meeting for the 56th time in series history.
• In the last meeting in the series, the Bulldogs captured a 78-47 win over the Aces on Jan. 21, 2019 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 2015 MVC Tournament in St. Charles, Mo..
• Drake has won the last eight meetings and 12 of the last 13 matchups between the two sides.

Breaking the Streak

• In Evansville's win over Valparaiso on Friday evening, the Aces compiled a number of impressive stats.
• The win marked the first Missouri Valley Conference win for Evansville since a 52-44 win over Indiana State on March 4, 2017.
• Seniors Marley Miller (25 points) and Kerri Gasper (22) became the first two Aces to score 20 points in the same game since Sara Dickey and Camary Williams accomplished the feat on Jan. 1, 2017 in a 67-36 win over Loyola.
• Miller's 25 points were the most scored by an Ace since Kerri Gasper scored 26 points against Indiana State on Feb. 2, 2018.
• The Aces 77-point scoring performance was the highest-scoring game of the season for Evansville.

 

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