EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville women's basketball team put up their highest scoring output of the season on Monday evening, but fell short in a 90-80 loss to Murray State at Meeks Family Fieldhouse.

Camryn Runner (Cicero, Ind./Hamilton Heights) posted her fourth 20-plus point performance of the season with 20 to lead the Aces. Runner also notched a career-high with nine assists, the most by an Ace since November 12, 2023. Eight different Aces found the scoring column, including season-highs by Georgia Ferguson (Waterloo, Ontario/Cairine Wilson Secondary School) with 10, BreAunna Ward (St. Louis, Mo./John Burroughs School) and Kylee Norkus (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) with nine, and Georgia Cox (Ballarat, Australia/Ballarat Rush) with eight.

Murray State grabbed control of the game early, opening the game on an 11-0 run. Cox snapped the run by scoring on consecutive possessions, but another quick run by the Racers gave the visitors a 16-4 lead at the 2:58 mark before taking a 21-8 lead into the second quarter.

Evansville stormed back in the second quarter, with Elle Snyder (Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe) knocking down a triple from the corner and Sydney Huber (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Mount Vernon) sinking two three-pointers to make it 27-20 in the first four minutes of the period. After Murray State got the lead back up to 10, Evansville made another push, outscoring the Racers 17-7 in the final 4:51 of the half to tie the score at 39 heading into halftime. Ward highlighted the run, scoring five points, including an and-one.

Murray State responded coming out of halftime, scoring the first nine points of the half to regain a 49-40 lead. A pair of jumpers by Runner cut the deficit back down to five with 5:58 remaining in the third, but another big run by the Racers helped Murray State to a 67-50 lead through three quarters.

Evansville battled back once again in the fourth, with a pair of layups by Norkus cutting it to 11 with 7:07 to go. Runner continued her big night with six consecutive points for the Aces before another layup and a big three-pointer by Norkus made it a six-point game with just under three minutes to play. However, that was as close as it would get, as Murray State pulled away for a 90-80 win.

The Aces remain at Meeks Family Fieldhouse this weekend for another MVC tilt, hosting Valpo on Saturday afternoon. Tip-off is set for 3 PM.