EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The final game of the regular season for the University of Evansville men's basketball team when the Purple Aces welcome Illinois State to the Ford Center for a 1 p.m. game on Saturday. The game will be career on ESPN3 and the Purple Aces Radio Network.
Setting the Scene
- K.J. Riley will play his final home game as a member of the UE squad; he transferred to UE from Howard College in Texas and has improved in each of his three seasons with the Aces
- Through eight Senior Day games at the Ford Center, the Aces are 5-3, but are 2-3 over the last five seasons
- Between 2009 and 2014, Evansville was victorious in six consecutive regular season home finales
- Senior Day of 2015 saw UE and Illinois State battle in an overtime thriller with the Redbirds hanging on for a 69-67 win
- In the series between the squads, Illinois State has won 10 in a row over the Aces and 13 out of 14
- Evansville won four home games in a row over ISU between 2011 and 2014, those are the only UE home wins in the series since 2007
Last Time Out
- A hot-shooting UNI squad finished at 62.