VALPARAISO, Ind. - Fueled by one of its best shooting performances of the season, the University of Evansville women's basketball team stormed past Valparaiso, 83-59, on Thursday evening in Valparaiso, Ind.

As a team, the Aces shot 48% from both the field and from beyond the arc, knocking down 14 triples on the night. Sophomore guard Camryn Runner led the way for the Aces, flirting with her second triple-double in eight days with a game-high 22 points to go along with seven rebounds and 10 assists. Runner was joined in double-figures by the freshmen trio of Sydney Huber (14 points), Georgia Ferguson (12), and Jelena Savic (11). The Beacons were led by Allia von Schlegell who tallied 16 points for the home team.

"I thought our pace was really good. I thought our tempo was good. I thought we got really good looks because we moved the ball well and got hot and I think the confidence got contagious, which is good," said Aces head women's basketball coach Robyn Scherr. "I've been waiting for some breakout moments like this and to see these moments more often and so it was nice to see tonight."

The opening portion of the contest was marked by an efficient Valparaiso offense and Evansville's struggle to maintain possession of the ball. Valpo grabbed a 10-4 lead near the midway point of the opening stanza before a layup by Savic and a three-pointer from Runner to follow clipped the Beacons' lead back to one with 3:36 left to play in the first quarter. Valpo would see its lead grow back to five at 17-12 before layup by Ferguson cut Evansville's deficit to just three heading into the second period. The Aces committed six first-quarter turnovers helping to fuel Valpo's early advantage.

Evansville saw itself snap back into form just three minutes into the second quarter as back-to-back buckets by Huber helped Evansville regain the lead. What would be a theme for much of the contest came alive in the second quarter as the Aces knocked-down five three-pointers in the second stanza alone, building their lead as large as nine at the half on a jumper by Ferguson.

Out of the break, it was more of the same from the Aces as Evansville used a 15-4 run coming out of the half to quickly build an 18-point advantage over the Beacons. During a 64 second stretch towards the end of the quarter, the Aces grabbed full control of the game as Savic hit three-consecutive three-pointers to balloon UE's lead to 29 at 69-40 entering the final period.

The Aces would see their lead grow to its largest point of the night at 30 in the fourth quarter as Coach Robyn Scherr utilized the team's depth through much of the game's final 10 minutes. A layup by sophomore guard Kaiden Kreinhagen with 6:56 left pushed UE's lead to 30 at 73-43 and again the advantage reached 30 on a triple by redshirt freshman guard Kylee Norkus with just over two minutes remaining in the game en route to the Aces' 83-59 victory over Valpo.

The 24-point margin of victory was the largest by Evansville over a Missouri Valley Conference opponent since an 81-50 win at Loyola on March 2nd, 2017.

UE closes out its northern road swing with a trip to battle UIC in Chicago, Ill, at 2 PM on Saturday afternoon.