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Aces head to Terre Haute for first MVC road contest

EVANSVILLE, Ind. --- The University of Evansville women's basketball team travels to take on Indiana State in Terre Haute in its first road Missouri Valley Conference contest of the season at 6 p.m. (CT) on Friday night.

Evansville opened MVC play last weekend inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse. The Aces opened conference play with a narrow 74-62 loss to SIU before falling to Missouri State, 95-65. In Friday night's battle against the Salukis, the Aces fell behind 33-23 at the half, but clawed their way back into the contest in the second half. After tying the game twice in the fourth quarter, SIU pulled away late with a 14-2 run to grab the 74-62 win.