EVANSVILLE, Ind. – On Wednesday, the University of Evansville men's basketball team faces Murray State in the first of two meetings this season in a 7 p.m. game at the Ford Center. ESPN+ and Purple Aces Radio Network will have the broadcast.
Last Time Out
- Northern Iowa defeated the Purple Aces by a final score of 62-48 on Sunday
- AJ Casey led all players with 17 points while Connor Turnbull finished with 12
- The Panthers held UE to 18 first-half points while leading by as many as 20
Top of the Chart
- AJ Casey made it four out of five games reaching double figures as he scored a game-high 17 points against UNI
- Converting seven of his nine attempts, Casey is now shooting 60.0% in MVC play while averaging a team-high 14 points
- The top game of his career came at Bradley where he tallied 21 points while converting eight field goal tries
- Casey now has eight double digit games on the season and is averaging 9.8 PPG
Lucky Number
- Leif Moeller's lucky number when it comes to dishing out assists seems to be eight
- Moeller had eight assists against UNI and has hit that number on three occasions this year while ranking fourth in the MVC with 3.69 per game
- He is 11th in the league with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.55 while ranking 13th in minutes with 28.28
- Helped by a career-high 21 points at WKU, Moeller is averaging 9.4 PPG over his last seven games (66 points) after posting 5.9 PPG in the opening nine contests
Taking it to another Level
- In the home game against Drake, Connor Turnbull recorded the third double-double of his career and second of the season finishing with 20 points and 15 boards
- His 15 caroms was a career-high and improved his average to 6.21 per game - 7th in the Valley
- Turnbull's scoring average of 12.43 PPG ranks 17th in the conference; he is averaging 5.0 PPG in the last three games while shooting 23.1% (6/26) over that time
Scouting the Opponent
- Murray State is 13-3 overall and 5-0 through the opening portion of the MVC schedule
- The Racers are coming off an 86-66 home win over Bradley on Sunday
- Three MSU players average double figures in scoring with Javon Jackson leading the way with 16.5 PPG
- His scoring average is 4th in the MVC while his 44.9% shooting from outside is third in the league
- Fredrick King checks in with 13.1 PPG while Roman Domon is third on the team with 12.0 PPG
