Bailey leads Evansville against Northern Iowa after 27-point showing
Northern Iowa Panthers (2-5, 0-1 MVC) at Evansville Purple Aces (6-1, 0-1 MVC)
Evansville, Indiana; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Evansville hosts the Northern Iowa Panthers after Chuck Bailey III scored 27 points in Evansville's 90-78 loss to the Missouri State Bears.
The Purple Aces have gone 3-0 at home. Evansville is second in the MVC scoring 84.9 points while shooting 49.7% from the field.
The Panthers have gone 0-1 against MVC opponents. Northern Iowa has a 2-2 record in games decided by 10 or more points.
Evansville makes 49.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.7 percentage points higher than Northern Iowa has allowed to its opponents (42.0%). Northern Iowa has shot at a 45.8% clip from the field this season, 6.6 percentage points greater than the 39.2% shooting opponents of Evansville have averaged.
The Purple Aces and Panthers match up Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ben Humrichous is scoring 18.7 points per game with 4.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists for the Purple Aces. Bailey is averaging 11.0 points and 2.3 rebounds while shooting 54.2% for Evansville.
Nate Heise is shooting 47.1% and averaging 13.9 points for the Panthers. Tytan Anderson is averaging 10.4 points for Northern Iowa.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
