Evansville Purple Aces
Missouri Valley (25-9, 12-6)
Big Wins: 11/21 Belmont (93-88), 11/29 vs UC Irvine (73-56), 12/20 at Fresno State (85-77)
Bad Losses: 12/8 at Arkansas (76-89), 1/24 at Indiana State (65-82), 2/11 Illinois State (60-70)
Coach: Marty Simmons
Probable Starters:
D.J. Balentine, Senior, Guard, 20.5 ppg, 4.4 apg
Jaylon Brown, Junior, Guard, 10.8 ppg, 2.9 apg
Adam Wing, Senior, Guard, 7.8 ppg, 2.6 apg, 3.7 rpg
Blake Simmons, Junior, Guard/Forward, 5.9 ppg, 2.9 apg
Egidiju Mockevicius, Senior, Center, 15.7 ppg, 14.0 rpg, 2.8 bpg
Key Roleplayers:
Mislav Brzoja, Junior, Guard, 7.8 ppg, 3.1 apg, 3.5 rpg
David Howard, Junior, Forward, 2.0 ppg
Harris Brown, Freshman, Guard, 1.3 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 74.3 (146th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 65.3 (33, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.0 (9, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.5 (43, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.6 (339, 10)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.4 (73, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.4 (77, 3)
Rebound Margin: 3.1 (81, 2)
Assists Per Game: 17.5 (8, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.5 (154, 3)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2015 CIT First Round win over IPFW
2015 CIT Second Round win over Eastern Illinois
2015 CIT Quarterfinal win over Louisiana Lafayette
2015 CIT Semifinal win over Tennessee-Martin
2015 CIT Championship win over Northern Arizona
2013 CIT First Round win over Tennessee State
2013 CIT Second Round win over Eastern Kentucky
2013 CIT Quarterfinal win over Canisius
2013 CIT Semifinal loss to East Carolina
2011 CBI First Round win over Hofstra
2011 CBI Second Round loss to Boise State
2009 CIT First Round loss to Belmont
1999 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Kansas
1994 NIT First round loss to Tulane
1993 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Florida State
*all team stats through 3/6
