Men’s basketball hosts Campbell on Sunday afternoon
Tip set for 3 p.m.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Two days after earning a 98-81 win over Green Bay, the University of Evansville men’s basketball team will be back at the Ford Center on Sunday to host Campbell at 3 p.m. ESPN+ and the Purple Aces Radio Network will have the broadcast.
Last Time Out
– Evansville never gave up the lead on Friday, going up by as many as 33 points before taking the win by 17
– Cam Haffner set a new scoring high with 27 points, hitting 10 of his 16 attempts
– Converting 8 of his 9 field goal tries, Josh Hughes finished with 19, tying his season mark
– Tanner Cuff tied his season high with 15 while Gabriel Pozzato and Tayshawn Comer finished with 13 and 11, respectively
Another Career Night
– In his second season with the Purple Aces, Cam Haffner continues to raise the bar
– In the win over Green Bay, he set career highs in points (27), field goals (10) and attempts (16); he also tied his top collegiate mark of 9 rebounds
– The effort surpassed his previous high of 23 points set just six days earlier against Radford
– Haffner was 8-of-12 from the field and knocked down six of his 10 3-point tries
– He is second on the team and 7th in the MVC with his average of 15.2 PPG
Top Performance
– Hauling in a career-high 8 rebounds while scoring a season-high 9 points, Connor Turnbull had his best game of the season in the victory over Green Bay
– He added another block and ranks 8th in the MVC with 1.00 per contest
– Turnbull had a solid game versus Brescia, posting 7 points, 4 boards and 3 blocks
– Through six games, he has posted 5.2 PPG and 2.5 RPG while seeing just over 15 minutes of work per game
Home Cooking
– Home court advantage has a new meaning this season for Josh Hughes; in three games at the Ford Center, Hughes is averaging 15 PPG while shooting 73.9% (17-23)
– On the road, Hughes is averaging 3.7 PPG while shooting just 14.3%
– Converting 8 of his 9 attempts in the win over the Phoenix, Hughes tied his season mark with nine points
– Against Radford, Hughes connected on 6 of his 11 attempts and four triples on his way to 19 points
Scouting the Opponent
– Campbell enters Sunday’s contest with a 3-3 record with wins coming over Pfeiffer, Newberry and Navy
– On Friday, the Fighting Camels fell by a final of 104-60 at Ohio State
– Jasin Sinani leads the way for Campbell with an average of 11.3 points per game; he also paces the team with his average of 5.0 rebounds
– Bragi Gudmundsson and Terren Frank hold averages of 9.8 and 9.3 PPG, respectively
– Nolan Dorsey checks in with 8.2 PPG and leads the team with nine triples while shooting 45.0% from outside
