Evansville vs. Southern Illinois men’s basketball tickets still available for Wednesday, February 5
The Evansville Purple Aces (8-14, 5-6 MVC) face the Southern Illinois Salukis (10-12, 5-6 MVC) in a matchup of MVC teams at 8:00 PM ET on Wednesday. The game airs on ESPN+.
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- Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Time: 8:00 PM ET
- How to watch on TV: ESPN+
- Location: Evansville, Indiana
- Venue: Ford Center
- Tickets: Buy tickets here
Evansville leaders
- So far this season, Tanner Cuff is putting up 9.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.5 steals per contest.
- Offensively, Tayshawn Comer is posting 14.7 points, 3.9 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game.
- Cameron Haffner averages 12.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. Defensively, he averages 0.7 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.
- On a per-game basis, Joshua Hughes puts up 7.0 points, 4.7 rebounds and 0.8 assists. At the other end, he averages 1.0 steal and 1.1 blocked shots.
- Connor Turnbull is putting up 6.5 points, 1.5 assists and 3.6 rebounds per contest this season.
Southern Illinois leaders
- On the hardwood, Ali Abdou Dibba is averaging 16.5 points and 1.5 steals per contest.
- Kennard Davis is putting up 15.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game.
- Jarrett Hensley has put up 11.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game this season.
- From an offensive standpoint, Damien Mayo Jr. posts 4.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, shooting 41.4% from the field.
- So far this season, Drew Steffe posts 4.8 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. Defensively, he posts 0.6 steals and 0.3 blocked shots.
Evansville vs. Southern Illinois stats breakdown
- This year the Purple Aces are shooting 43.5% from the field, only 1.2% lower than the Salukis concede.
- Evansville is 7-3 against the spread and 7-4 straight up when shooting better than 44.7% from the field.
- The Salukis shoot 45.7% from the field, 3.7% higher than the Purple Aces allow.
- This season Southern Illinois is 10-5 against the spread and 10-6 overall when shooting above 42.0% from the field.
- The Purple Aces average 29.1 rebounds, 3.7 fewer than the Salukis.
- The Purple Aces are the 330th-ranked rebounding team in the country, and the Salukis are 152nd.
- The 65.6 points the Purple Aces average are 8.6 fewer than the Salukis give up.
- The Salukis put up only 3.4 more points per game (73.5) than the Purple Aces give up (70.1).