If college basketball games were 25 minutes long, Missouri State could easily be 2-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference.
But at 40 minutes per game, the Bears are 0-2 and are staring at a date with a powerful Northern Iowa team up next.
Missouri State hung close with a strong Evansville team for 30 minutes on Saturday afternoon at JQH Arena, trailing 44-43 with 10:32 to play.
Five minutes later, the Purple Aces had ripped off a 20-0 run and the game was all but over.
Evansville (13-2 overall, 2-0 MVC) used another dominant effort by 6-foot-10 senior Egidiju Mockevicius, who had 21 points and matched a JQH Arena record with 21 rebounds, to claim a 76-59 victory.