UE women’s basketball announces non-conference schedule

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Familiar faces and new locations highlight the University of Evansville women’s basketball’s non-conference slate for the 2024-25 season.

“I am excited about our non-conference slate,” says Head Coach Robyn Scherr-Wells. “We’ve lined up quality opponents that will make for exciting games and prepare us for MVC action. Our fans will have five opportunities to see us at home, plus other Midwest opponents on the schedule that are easy to travel to.

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I’m thrilled our team has an opportunity this year to play in an MTE in New Orleans over Thanksgiving. It’s a great opportunity for us to play mid-major opponents we don’t normally face at a neutral site.”

The Purple Aces begin the season hosting Franklin College in an exhibition game on Wednesday, October 30th. UE will start the 2024-25 campaign on the road at IU Indianapolis on Tuesday, November 5th. It will be Evansville’s first visit to The Jungle since 2014.

The Aces then have a brief homestand at Meeks Family Fieldhouse in early November. UE’s

first official home game will be on Sunday, November 10th as Evansville welcomes Wright State. The Aces have not faced the Raiders in 16 years, making this year’s contest the first between the two in Meeks. UE then remains home for one more game against Southeast Missouri State (SEMO) on Thursday, November 14th.

Evansville will then hit the road for three weeks starting with a return trip to Lindenwood on Monday, November 18th. That weekend the Aces make their first of two trips to

Nashville during the non-conference season for a game at Lipscomb on Saturday, November 23rd.

UE will then participate in its first holiday MTE since 2015 as part of the Big Easy New Orleans Classic. In New Orleans, Evansville will play two games over Thanksgiving weekend against Nicholls State on November 29th and Delaware on November 30th. It will be the Aces’ first trip to New Orleans and only their second to Louisiana as a program.

UE returns home to Meeks Family Fieldhouse on Sunday, December 8th against SIUE. Evansville will look for a win against the Cougars after a close back-and-forth game in Edwardsville last season. The Aces make their second trip to Nashville on Saturday, December 14th for a game at Vanderbilt. It will be UE’s first game against the Commodores since 1994.

Evansville’s final home game of the non-conference portion of the season will take place in the Ford Center for the Aces annual Education Day. UE will play IU Columbus for the first time in program history on Tuesday, December 17th in front of local school kids.

Evansville’s final non-conference game will be on the road in a familiar location. The Aces wrap up the first half of the season at former MVC foe Loyola on Saturday, December 21st.