Evansville hosts Uchenna and Southern Illinois

Southern Illinois Salukis (3-11, 1-4 MVC) at Evansville Purple Aces (4-12, 0-5 MVC)

Evansville, Indiana; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Southern Illinois plays Evansville after Gift Uchenna scored 20 points in Southern Illinois’ 63-58 win over the Indiana State Sycamores.

The Purple Aces have gone 4-2 in home games. Evansville is 1-2 in one-possession games.

The Salukis are 1-4 in MVC play.

Evansville is shooting 36.7% from the field this season, 6.7 percentage points lower than the 43.4% Southern Illinois allows to opponents. Southern Illinois averages 58.5 points per game, 15.3 fewer points than the 73.8 Evansville allows.

The matchup Sunday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Maggie Hartwig is averaging 16.9 points and 8.7 rebounds for the Purple Aces.

Uchenna is shooting 41.5% and averaging 15.1 points for the Salukis.

LAST 10 GAMES: Purple Aces: 2-8, averaging 60.4 points, 30.8 rebounds, 11.7 assists, 7.9 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 34.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.1 points per game.

Salukis: 2-8, averaging 58.8 points, 35.6 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 8.2 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 34.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.4 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.