CHICAGO, Ill. – In its final road game of the season, the University of Evansville men's basketball team will take on Loyola on Wednesday evening in a 7 p.m. game inside Gentile Arena. ESPN+ and the Purple Aces Radio Network will have the coverage.
Approaching 1K
- Noah Frederking and Shamar Givance are within striking distance of the 1,000-point mark in their careers
- Noah Frederking currently has 988 points while Shamar Givance is just one point behind with 987
- There are currently 50 members of the Purple Aces' 1,000-point club
- The last player to reach 1,000 was K.J. Riley, who did so in 2019 and finished with 1,062 in his career
Last Time Out
- It was a game of runs on Monday at Valparaiso with the Beacons using a late rally to take a 74-69 win
- Blake Sisley had a career-high 18 points, converting 6 of his 9 field goal tries while draining 4 out of 6 long range attempts
- For the fourth time in five games, Blaise Beauchamp reached double figures, adding 14 tallies while Noah Frederking was 5-7 from the field and 3-of-4 from outside to score 13
- Shamar Givance registered the first double-double of his career, scoring 12 points while adding a career-high 10 assists
- Trailing by six at the break, Evansville opened the second half on a 16-0 run
First Double-Double
- Monday's road game at Valparaiso saw Shamar Givance record the first double-double of his career with 12 points and 10 assists
- The 10 helpers for Givance marked the top tally of his career and the first UE player to record double figure assists since Dru Smith in 2017
- Over the last six games, Givance has scored at least 12 points in five of those contests while averaging 15.8 points and is just 13 away from 1,000 in his career
- The latest streak raised his season average to a team-best 14.0 PPG, which ranks 13th in the MVC
- Givance led the Aces with 21 points on Saturday versus the Beacons, hitting 8 of his 13 attempts
Resetting his Career-High
- Another strong game saw Blake Sisley score a career-high 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting at Valparaiso
- He drained four of his six outside tries on his way to 14 or more points in three of the last five games
- Over the last five, Sisley is averaging 11.6 PPG while shooting 51.2% from the field and 42.1% from outside
- In the home-and-home against Indiana State, Sisley averaged 13 points while hitting 10 of his 14 attempts
In a Zone
- Another strong effort saw Blaise Beauchamp score 14 points at Valparaiso while reaching double digits for the fourth time in the last five games
- Over his last four games, Beauchamp has averaged 16.2 points per game
- After scoring a career-high 29 points in a double overtime game against Indiana State on Feb. 10, he added 19 points in the road game at SIU two days later
- The stretch has seen him hit 17 of his 36 attempts from long range while going 27-for-63 from the field
Scouting the Opponent
- A 59-50 win at Illinois State on Monday saw Loyola improve its record to 21-6 and 12-4 in the MVC
- The Ramblers enter Wednesday's game with three wins in their last four contests
- Lucas Williamson continues to pace the Ramblers in scoring and rebounding
- He checks in with an average of 13.7 PPG and 4.8 RPG
- Braden Norris is averaging 10.1 points while Aher Uguak and Ryan Schwieger are recording 9.0 and 8.7 points, respectively
- Loyola has won six games in a row against the Aces with the last UE win coming on Jan 8, 2019
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