Box Score CARBONDALE, Ill. - In its final road game of the regular season, the University of Evansville women's basketball team fell to SIU, 99-60, in Carbondale, Ill. on Sunday afternoon.
Junior Lola Bracy (17 points) and freshman Abby Feit (16) closed-out impressive weekends, combining for 33 of Evansville's 60 points. Four Salukis finished in double-figures with Nicole Martin pacing SIU with 19 points in 18 minutes. Coming off the bench, Payton McCallister provided an extra spark for SIU, hitting five three-pointers and finishing with 15 points.
SIU's efficiency and ability to get shots at the rim powered the Salukis to the victory.
The Salukis racked up 36 points in the first quarter, the most scored against the Aces in a quarter this season and limited Evansville to 17 points. SIU was 14-20 (70%) from the field in the first stanza with 22 points coming in the paint.
The second quarter saw more of the same from SIU, but this time it was the outside shot that propelled the Salukis. SIU hit five of its nine attempts from beyond the arc in the second period as the Salukis grew their lead as large as 30 at 53-23 before taking a 60-31 advantage to the locker room.
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Both teams' offenses were similarly luke warm in the third quarter, as the two sides both shot under 40% from the field. For Evansville, Feit and Bracy each led Evansville with four points in the period as the Salukis narrowly out-score UE in the quarter, 16-15.
In the fourth, the Salukis reached 20 points in a quarter for the third time in the game, scoring 23 points and pushing their lead as high as 43 before closing the contest with the 99-60 win.
Evansville is back inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse at 6 PM on Friday evening for the Aces' Pink Game supporting women's cancer awareness as UE plays host to Indiana State.
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