EVANSVILLE, Ind. – With 7,316 fans packed in the stands, the University of Evansville men's basketball team earned a hard-fought 78-76 overtime win over Murray State on Saturday evening at the Ford Center. Box Score (PDF) The 6th-largest crowd for a UE game at the arena saw an entertaining one that came down to the final buzzer with the Purple Aces (9-4) outscoring the Racers (6-5) by a 9-7 martin in overtime to seal the win.
"The energy was great! They were the sixth man and helped us a lot," Sophomore DeAndre Williams said when asked about the crowd.