MVC releases 2024-25 women’s basketball conference schedule
The Purple Aces will play 10 home games over 20 games
ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Valley Conference has released its full conference slate for women’s basketball, including the Evansville Purple Aces schedule.
Since the 2022-23 season, the MVC has utilized a 20-game schedule as the conference expanded to 12 teams. With the 20-game schedule, UE will host all but one team in Evansville while traveling on the road to 10 other locations starting at the end of December.
The Aces women’s basketball team will get to begin conference action at home on Saturday, December 28th by hosting the MVC Tournament Champion Drake Bulldogs. UE will hit the road for the first time in the new year with stops at Bradley and Illinois State on Thursday, January 2nd and Saturday, January 4th.
Evansville wraps up its three-game road trip over a week later at in-state rival Indiana State on Sunday, January 12th. The Aces return to Meeks Family Fieldhouse on Friday, January 17th to host the Missouri State Lady Bears for the final time in conference play. UE will then play a game against Southern Illinois later in the weekend don Sunday, January 19th.
The Aces hit the road again for their southern swing the following week to Belmont and Murray State on Friday, January 24th and Sunday, January 26th. UE is back in Evansville for a game on Thursday, January 30th for an evening match with the UIC Flames. The Aces will then host their annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day game on Saturday, February 1st against Valparaiso.
UE travels to Carbondale to play Southern Illinois at the Banterra Center on Friday, February 7th. Evansville then plays its last game at Great Southern Bank Arena in Springfield on Sunday, February 9th. The Aces return home on Thursday, February 13th for a rematch with the Bradley Braves. UE follows up with another home game on Saturday, February 15th against Illinois State.
Evansville then has another three-game road swing to end the month of February with stops at Valparaiso, UIC, and UNI. The Aces make their only trip to Iowa this year on Thursday, February 27th while playing the Beacons on Friday, February 21st and UIC on Sunday, February 23rd.
UE then ends the regular season with its only three game homestand of the year. Evansville begins the homestand by hosting the Sycamores on the first day of March. A week later, the Aces close out the season with a match against Murray State on Thursday, March 6th, and their final game of the regular season against the Belmont Bruins on Saturday, March 8th.
UE will then get to stay in town for the MVC Tournament. The postseason tournament hosted at the Ford Center downtown will run from March 13th through the 16th.
