Evansville, Indiana; Friday, 7 pm EST
Bottom line: UIC plays Evansville after Jessica Carrothers scored 20 points in UIC’s 75-61 loss to the Illinois State Redbirds.
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The Purple Aces are 3-2 in home games. Evansville ranks fifth in the MVC with 13.6 assists per game, led by Camryn Runner with a 4.5 average.
The Flames are 2-3 against MVC opponents. UIC ranks eighth in the MVC with 12.3 assists per game led by Carrothers with a 4.0 average.
Evansville scores 64.0 points per game, 0.4 points less than the 64.4 that UIC gives up. UIC averages 63.1 points per game, 11.5 points less than the 74.6 that Evansville allows to its opponents.
Friday’s matchup is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Runner is shooting 38.5% and averaging 16.7 points for the Purple Aces. Sydney Huber averages 1.8 three-pointers in the last 10 games.
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Carrothers is averaging 18.2 points and four assists for the Flames. Julia Coleman is averaging 15.4 points in the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Purple Aces: 3-7, averaging 65.1 points, 33.0 rebounds, 14.3 assists, 5.9 steals and 3.3 blocks per game on 37.3% shooting from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.8 points per game.
Flames: 4-6, averaging 63.7 points, 32.8 rebounds, 12.8 assists, 6.3 steals and 2.6 blocks per game on 43.6% shooting from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.3 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.