EVANSVILLE - After an impressive performance against Drake, the University of Evansville caps-off the weekend against UNI at 1 PM on Saturday afternoon inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.
 

Evansville vs. UNI | 1 PM
Date | Time	Sat., Feb. 15 | 1 PM
Location	Evansville, Ind.
Site	Meeks Family Fieldhouse
Sat., Feb. 15	Evansville vs. UNI
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Teddy Bear Toss

• Saturday's game is the Aces' annual Teddy Bear Toss benefiting Peyton Manning Children's Hospital.
• Fans who bring a new stuffed animal to Saturday's game will receive $2 off admission and the closest teddy bear to the target will win a prize.
• All teddy bears donated will be given to children at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital.

Last Game: Drake 66, Evansville 51

• Nearly recording a double-double for the third-straight game was freshman Abby Feit who led the Aces. Feit finished with 16 points, tied for a game-high, and eight rebounds, while adding five steals.
• Also finishing in double-figures for Evansville was sophomore A'Niah Griffin, who tallied 13 points off the bench for the Aces.
• Drake was powered by a its two leading scorers in Becca Hittner and Sara Rhine as the duo combined for 28 points and 25 rebounds.
• Evansville was resilient throughout the contest, never letting the Bulldogs gain breathing room, a feat that has been tough to achieve for any MVC team the last three seasons.
• After Drake scored the first seven points of the game, Evansville battled back, closing within two on a jumper by Feit with less than a minute left in the opening quarter.
• The Bulldogs pushed their advantage as high as nine in the second quarter, doing so on two occasions, but again the Aces had an answer, using a 5-0 run to close the half and trail by just four at 28-24 at the break.
• The third quarter much resembled the previous two quarters as the Aces never let Drake pull away. After the Bulldogs grabbed a nine-point lead twice in the quarter, Evansville answered both times to get back within six.
• In the final two minutes of the third, Drake reached a double-figure advantage for the first time in the game at 42-31, but Evansville immediately answered with a jumper by sophomore Anna Newman that pushed the Aces deficit to just nine heading into the fourth.
• Evansville scored first to start the final period as Feit laid it in to trim Drake's lead to just seven.
• After Feit's bucket, Drake went on a 13-2 run, helping to secure the Bulldogs' lead and earning Drake the 66-51 win.
• Both sides struggled to shoot the ball as the Bulldogs finished 22-64 (34.4%) from the field and just 7-30 (23.3%) from beyond the arc.
• Evansville shot 33.3% (19-57) on the evening with a 31.8% (7-22) from three.
• Drake's 66 points were the third-lowest total the Bulldogs' offense has been held to this season behind a 47-point outing in a loss to Purdue and 63 points in a win over Creighton.

Previewing the Matchup

•  Evansville and UNI are meeting for the 57th time with the Panthers owning a 37-19 advantage in the series.
• The Aces and Panthers met earlier in the season with UNI capturing a 76-60 win over Evansville in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Jan. 17.
• UNI's win earlier this season pushed the Panthers' win streak in the series to 12, the longest win streak, current or former, by any team in the MVC.
• Evansville's last win over the Panthers came on Feb. 8, 2014 in a 59-50 Aces' win in Evansville.
• The last MVC victory for the Aces came in a 59-56 win at Indiana State on March 1, 2019.
• Before missing a three-pointer in the second half, sophomore Makayla Wallace had hit six-straight three-point attempts, last missing a three against Drake on Jan. 19.
• Getting the job done in scoring and rebounding, freshman Abby Feit also played an important role in terrorizing the Bulldogs' offense. Feit recorded a new career-high with five steals along with adding a blocked shot in the loss to Drake.
• The Aces put together an impressive defensive effort on Friday against the Bulldogs. Facing the #6 team in the nation in scoring offense, Evansville held Drake to just 66 points, its third-lowest point total this season.
• Sophomore A'Niah Griffin has been effective coming off the bench this season. After scoring 13 points on Thursday, Griffin has recorded three of her top five scoring performances when she has come off the bench.
• UNI enters Saturday's matchup with a 14-9 overall record and a 6-6 mark in MVC play.The Panthers are coming off a 65-63 loss to Indiana State on Thursday evening.

 

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