EVANSVILLE - Following its best regular season in five years, the University of Evansville women's basketball team opens the postseason in Hoops in the Heartland against No. 8 seed Indiana State at 4 PM on Thursday afternoon inside the TaxSlayer Center in Moline, Ill.
 

No. 9 Evansville vs.No. 8 Indiana State | Thurs., March 10 | 4 PM
Site | Location	TaxSlayer Center | Moline, Ill.
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Previewing the Matchup: No. 8 Indiana State

• Evansville and Indiana State are meeting for the 63rd time in series history with the Sycamores owning a 42-20 advantage in the all-time series.
• The Aces and Sycamores have only ever met once in postseason play, last meeting in the tournament in 2006 when top-seeded Indiana State topped No. 4 seed Evansville, 81-65 in the semifinals.
• Evansville has a history of success as the No. 9 seed in the MVC Tournament. Since the tournament expanded to 10 teams, the Aces have twice been the nine seed prior to this season, including 2009, when Evansville became the lowest-seeded team to ever win the MVC Tournament.
• The nine seed is the best for the Aces since the 2016-17 season after earning the 10 seed for four-straight seasons from 2017-18 to 2020-21.
• Head coach Robyn Scherr-Wells enters Hoops in the Heartland with plenty of success in conference tournaments in her coaching career. Scherr-Wells is 9-2 all-time in conference tournaments, capturing the tournament championship in both the WHAC and CCAC a combined three times.

Playing with Pace

• One of the hallmarks of head coach Robyn Scherr-Wells system at UE has been playing fast.
  Installing a new system, Scherr-Wells has achieved her goal of getting the Aces to play fast as Evansville enters postseason play 35th in the nation with 74.4 possessions per 40 minutes

O Captain! My Captain!

• A leader for the Aces for four seasons, senior Anna Newman has blossomed in her final season.
• The team captain has commanded the court and operated head coach Robyn Scherr-Wells' new offense, leading to 92 assists on the season, a team-high, and 3.4 assists per game, the fifth-best average in the MVC.

Newcomer Guard Duo

• A pair of impactful transfers have transformed Evansville's backcourt and the team as a whole.
• Senior Myia Clark and junior Je'Naiya Davis are averaging a combined 27.6 points on the season with Davis finishing the regular season in fourth in the league in scoring and Clark finishing in 12th.

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