EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Set for the first match-up of the regular season, the University of Evansville men's basketball team travels to Valparaiso for a 7 p.m. game on Friday evening.
ESPN+ and Purple Aces Radio Network will have the broadcast.
Last Time Out
- Tuesday's contest at the Ford Center saw Indiana State hit 13 triples while finishing with an 84-63 victory
- Leif Moeller led the Purple Aces with 22 points on 8-of-14 shooting
- Bryce Quinet and AJ Casey scored 12 and 10 points, respectively
First Double-Double
- In the game at UNI, AJ Casey posted his first collegiate double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds
- Scoring 7+ points in 14 of the last 15 games, Casey is averaging 11.2 PPG
- In MVC games, he has scored 14.3 PPG after averaging 7.8 points in non-conference play
- Casey's 11 boards at UNI tied his career mark, which came against Ball State; he is 13th in the MVC with 5.43 per game
Bringing the Offense
- Over the last six games, Leif Moeller has averaged 17.2 PPG while scoring 20+ points on three occasions
- Highlighting that was a career-high 26 points against Bradley marking the highest point tally by a UE player this season; he was 8-of-17 from the field and 3-for-8 from outside
- Moeller scored a game-high 22 points versus Indiana State and 20 at Drake
- The freshman is second in the MVC with 4.00 assists per game and has accumulated 41 assists in the last eight games; he has had eight assists on four occasions
Series Notes
- Heading into Friday's meeting, the Aces have won four in a row over the Beacons and took both games last season by 10 points
- UE holds a 76-23 advantage in the series while going 30-14 in road matchups
Scouting the Opponent
- Valparaiso comes into Friday's game with a record of 11-12 while standing at 5-7 in Valley action
- The Beacons have won three of their last five games with home victories against UNI and Southern Illinois along with a road win at Indiana State
- Three Valpo players average double figures with Owen Dease leading the way with 14.2 points per game
- JT Pettigrew is averaging 10.8 points and a team-high 6.0 rebounds while Rakim Chaney checks in with 10.0 PPG
