EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Despite three impressive offensive performances, the University of Evansville women's basketball team suffered an 88-66 loss to conference foe Valparaiso on Sunday afternoon inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.

Sophomore Makayla Wallace and junior Lola Bracy buoyed the Aces with 18 points each as Wallace set a new career-high in scoring. Freshman Abby Feit continued her impressive first collegiate season, scoring 14 points and dominating on the boards with a game-high 13 rebounds. For Valpo, Carie Weinman led all scorers with 19 points, while Shay Frederick added 18 points.

In a reverse of Friday's game against Loyola, the Aces owned an 11-rebound advantage, but the Crusaders were able to find open shots and hit them.

The high shooting percentage started early for Valpo, who jumped out to an 8-0 advantage and forced a UE timeout two-and-a-half minutes into the contest. The lead grew to 12 for Valpo, but Evansville answered the Crusaders' offense keeping Valpo's lead in check at 26-13 after the opening stanza.

In the second quarter, the Crusaders slowly built their advantage as Valpo found its way to a lead as large as 20. Evansville looked to have trimmed Valpo's lead back to 16 at the half, but Ella Ellenson hit a three-pointer just before the buzzer to push its lead back to 19 at the break.
 

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Valpo's lead hovered around 20 for much of the third quarter as the two sides traded baskets. In the final two minutes, Evansville mounted a 5-0 run that cut the Crusaders' lead to 17 heading into the final period.

Evansville got back within 16 points on three occasions in the fourth as it looked as if the Aces were poised to make a late run, but Valpo answered each time. The Crusaders continued to bounce back from each UE run and pushed its lead to its largest point of 26 late in the game before securing an 88-66 win.

The Aces head to Iowa for a weekend road trip featuring matchups with UNI (Friday, 6:30 PM) and Drake (Sunday, 2 PM).
 

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