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02/24 03:43 CST Casey and the Evansville Purple Aces visit conference foe
Belmont
Casey and the Evansville Purple Aces visit conference foe Belmont
By The Associated Press
Evansville Purple Aces (6-22, 2-15 MVC) at Belmont Bruins (25-4, 15-3 MVC)
Nashville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Evansville visits Belmont in MVC action Wednesday.
The Bruins have gone 12-2 at home. Belmont averages 18.3 assists per game to
lead the MVC, paced by Drew Scharnowski with 2.6.
The Purple Aces are 2-15 against MVC opponents. Evansville is 3-13 in games
decided by at least 10 points.
Belmont averages 83.9 points, 8.1 more per game than the 75.8 Evansville
allows. Evansville has shot at a 42.7% rate from the field this season, 2.6
percentage points higher than the 40.1% shooting opponents of Belmont have
averaged.
The teams meet for the second time in conference play this season. Belmont won
83-78 in the last matchup on Dec. 17. Tyler Lundblade led Belmont with 21
points, and Trent Hundley led Evansville with 20 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Scharnowski is averaging 11 points and 6.1 rebounds for the
Bruins. Lundblade is averaging 3.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
AJ Casey is scoring 12.0 points per game with 5.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists for
the Purple Aces. Leif Moeller is averaging 15.8 points and 4.9 rebounds while
shooting 47.1% over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 9-1, averaging 85.4 points, 30.0 rebounds, 18.8 assists,
6.1 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 52.1% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 77.3 points per game.
Purple Aces: 1-9, averaging 66.7 points, 24.8 rebounds, 13.0 assists, 4.9
steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 43.6% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 81.5 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
