EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Evan Kuhlman scored the first eight University of Evansville points before finishing with a career-high of 21 to lift the Purple Aces men's basketball team to a 65-61 victory over UNI on Saturday afternoon inside the Ford Center.
Kuhlman gave Evansville (4-5, 2-1 MVC) an early 8-2 advantage. UNI (2-6, 1-2 MVC) came back to tie the game at 49-49 with just over seven minutes remaining in the game, but a 9-0 run by the Aces helped them to earn the victory. In his career effort, Kuhlman was 7-of-14 from the field while hitting four triples and all three free throw attempts.