Aces back home for two weekend games

UE opens against Green Bay on Friday

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – A pair of weekend home games are on the docket for the University of Evansville men’s basketball team beginning on Friday with a 7 p.m. game against Green Bay.  ESPN+ and the Purple Aces Radio Network will have the broadcast.

Last Time Out

– Holding the Purple Aces to 19.0% shooting, Ohio State pulled away for an 80-30 victory on Tuesday in Columbus

– The scoring output for the Aces was the fewest since the team scored 23 against Kentucky Wesleyan on Feb. 9, 1963 before the institution of the shot clock

– OSU shot 70% in the second half and finished at 51.9% for the game

– Gabriel Pozzato led UE with nine points as the game was the first for the Aces without a double-digit scorer since Feb. 23, 2022 at Loyola

Setting a Mark 

– Michael Day put together the top performance of his college career at Ohio State

– Day set career highs in points (7), FG (3), attempts (6), 3pt (1), 3pt att (2), rebounds (6), blocks (2), and minutes (23:19)

– Despite being held scoreless in the game against Radford, Day had a career-best three assists while adding three boards in 11 minutes

Taking Care of the Ball

– Through five games, Tanner Cuff has accumulated 15 assists while turning the ball over just twice

– His assist-to-turnover ratio of 7.50 paces the MVC and is 13th nationally

– He is 9th in the MVC with 6.60 rebounds per game

– Cuff posted a season-high 15 points at MTSU along with 7 caroms and 3 steals in 35:07, the top minute tally of his UE career

Scouting the Opponent

– Led by first-year head coach Doug Gottlieb, Green Bay enters Friday’s contest with a 2-3 record following an 82-57 win at SIUE on Tuesday evening

– The Phoenix boast the leading scorer in the nation as Anthony Roy is averaging an NCAA-best 27.4 points per game while shooting 58.1% from the field

– Roy has converted 43.6% of his attempt from outside and leads the team with 19 assists and 9 steals

– Marcus Hall is averaging 15.8 points per contest while hauling in a team-high 6.0 rebounds