EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Tuesday marks the beginning of a stretch of three games in five days for the University of Evansville men's basketball team who will face Indiana State in a 6 p.m. CT contest at the Hulman Center. ESPN+ and the Purple Aces Radio Network will have the coverage.
Schedule Update
- Schedule adjustments have been set following last week's postponement
- UE will face the Beacons on Feb. 19 at the Ford Center with a new start time of 1 p.m.
- The road game is set for Monday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.
Last Time Out
- Bradley led by 18 points at the break before pulling away for a 76-41 win over the Purple Aces on Saturday at the Ford Center
- Evansville finished with 41 points in the game, tying the lowest scoring output by the program inside the venue
- UE shot 27.1% with the Braves finishing at an even 50.0%
- Evan Kuhlman finished the game with 11 points hitting 4 of his 9 attempts, including a 3-for-7 showing from long range
- Shamar Givance led the team with five assists while tying Blaise Beauchamp for the teams top tally of four rebounds
Dialing it up
- Evan Kuhlman continues to make strides in his accuracy and has knocked down 8 of his last 15 attempts from outside
- Over the last four games, Kuhlman has recorded an average of 9.8 points per game while improving his season tally to 6.7 PPG
- The turnaround comes on the heels of a 9-game streak entering the Jan. 23 game against Illinois State that saw him reach double figures just one time while averaging 2.7 points
- The fifth year forward scored 12 in the win over Illinois State before registering 13 against Northern Iowa
- Kuhlman's assist numbers have gone up since December, finishing with multiple helpers in five of the last nine games
- After reaching double figures in the final six games last spring, Kuhlman has done so in 7 games thus far in 2021-22 (14 out of 25 overall)
Clutch Rebounds
- Preston Phillips has been making strides throughout his freshman season, which has seen him start 10 games
- Averaging 3.9 rebounds on the season, Phillips has seen that mark rise over the last four games where he has posted an average of 6.3 which includes a career-high of 12 in the road game at Missouri State
- Offensively, Phillips has posted 2.2 PPG overall, but he has scored 3 or more points in each of the last six games while averaging 3.8 points over that span
- Phillips has knocked down 8 of his last 12 attempts from the field
Scouting the Opponent
- Indiana State is coming off of a hard-fought 79-72 loss in double overtime at Valparaiso on Saturday that dropped the Sycamores to 9-13 on the season and 2-8 in the MVC
- Both MVC wins for the Sycamores have come at home with victories over Bradley and Missouri State
- ISU has won the last 10 home meetings against the Purple Aces
- Cameron Henry paces Indiana State with 15.0 points and 5.7 rebounds per game...he also leads the team with 12 blocked shots and is second with 57 assists
- Henry is coming off the top scoring effort of his career, finishing with 28 on Saturday at Valpo
- Cooper Neese checks in with 14.5 points per contest
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