EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Despite mounting a late push to tie the game in the waning moments, the University of Evansville fell to Southern Illinois, 74-62, on Friday night in the Purple Aces' Missouri Valley Conference-opener inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.
"I think our depth got us. It was unfortunate, but I could see fatigue setting in and we started making some passes and decisions that aren't us," said Aces head coach Matt Ruffing. "It's too bad because I thought we challenged them at halftime and I thought we got some really good things from them to make that push.