After opening the season with an 89-81 victory over Murray State at home on Sunday, the University of Evansville women’s basketball team travels to Huntsville, Alabama to take on Alabama A&M on Wednesday night at 6 p.m.
Evansville sets off on its first road trip of the season with momentum built from a successful weekend. In their first game back on campus since 2000, the Purple Aces captured an 89-81 win over Murray State in front of an electric crowd at Meeks Family Fieldhouse. Graduate guard Hannah Noe recorded the fourth-best scoring performance in program history with 33 points. Noe’s outing is believed to be the most points for a Purple Ace in their Evansville debut as individual stats from the early years of program history are incomplete. For her efforts, Noe was recognized as the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Player/Newcomer of the Week.
Alabama A&M opened its season last Friday at Alabama, suffering a 90-32 defeat to the Crimson Tide. Evansville and the Bulldogs have met just once previously with the Aces earning a 63-54 victory on December 21, 2016 in Evansville. The Aces have made just one previous trip to play a team on the road in the state of Alabama. The only previous occasion, Evansville captured a 62-47 victory over UAB in Birmingham, Ala.
The Aces are in search of their eighth win in the last nine games, dating back to Feb. 17, 2017. With a win, UE would secure its first 2-0 start since winning back-to-back games to open the 2010-11 campaign.
