UE males journey to Southern Illinois on Thursday

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Making the brief journey to Carbondale, Ill., the University of Evansville males’s basketball crew faces Southern Illinois on Thursday night at 7 p.m. ESPN+ and Purple Aces Radio Network could have the printed.
 

 
Last Time Out
– UE put collectively its high offensive efficiency of the season in an 88-80 win over Illinois State on Monday
– UE set season highs taking pictures 56.9% from the sphere and 66.7% from outdoors
– AJ Casey and Kaia Berridge every set profession scoring highs with 28 and 14 factors, respectively whereas Leif Moeller completed along with his first collegiate double-double
 
Top Performance
– AJ Casey scored a career-high 28 factors within the win over Illinois State marking the very best tally for a UE participant this season
– Casey was 10-of-15 from the sphere and 3-of-5 from outdoors; he’s seventh within the MVC taking pictures 51.8%
– He has scored 7+ factors in 16 of the final 17 video games and is averaging 15.4 PPG towards MVC foes after scoring 7.8 PPG in non-conference play
 
Series Notes
– SIU has had the higher hand within the collection over UE profitable six of the final seven and 11 out of the earlier 13 conferences
– The Aces took a 68-53 win final season in Carbondale and are 2-2 of their final two video games on the Banterra Center
 
A Closer Look
– The offense for UE was hitting on all cylinders within the win over the Redbirds
– UE shot a season-high 56.9% from the sphere marking its highest tally since taking pictures 59.3% towards UHSP on Nov. 9, 2023
– Converting 14 of his 21 3-point tries (66.7%), UE had its most effective 3-point effort since taking pictures 80% towards Bowling Green in 2017
 
Doing it All
– Scoring 16 factors whereas including a career-best 10 rebounds, Leif Moeller picked up his first collegiate double-double within the win over Illinois State
– This got here simply days after tying his profession scoring mark with 26 at Valparaiso
– His outdoors taking pictures has been off the charts – he’s 9-of-11 from 3-point vary within the final two video games whereas going 23-of-42 (54.8%) within the final eight video games
 
Clutch Baskets
– With his crew shorthanded within the win over Illinois State, Kaia Berridge put collectively his high collegiate efficiency
– Berridge scored a career-best 14 factors whereas hitting 4 of his 5 3-point tries
– Through the primary 24 video games of the season, Berridge was simply 5-of-30 (16.7%) from outdoors
– His earlier excessive of 8 factors got here towards Calumet

Scouting the Opponent

– Southern Illinois enters Thursday’s sport with an general document of 11-14 whereas standing at 4-9 within the MVC

– The Salukis are 3-2 of their final 5 video games together with an 80-65 street win at Indiana State on Monday

– SIU additionally earned a street win at Illinois State and residential win over UNI throughout their present streak

– Quel’Ron House leads the Salukis with 14.4 factors per sport together with 71 assists and 39 steals

– Rolyns Aligbe is averaging 10.3 PPG and a team-high 7.3 rebounds per contest