Evansville vs Ball St. Prediction & Best Bets
Evansville is on the road playing Ball St. at the John E. Worthen Arena stadium on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 2:00pm EST. Ball St. -10 was the opening favorite and current line
Game outlook
Evansville is on the road playing Ball St. at the John E. Worthen Arena stadium on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 2:00pm EST. Ball St. -10 was the opening favorite and current line is Ball St. -10.5.
On Saturday, the Evansville Purple Aces (3-8, 0-2 MVC) travel to Muncie, Indiana and Worthen Arena to take on the Ball State Cardinals (5-4, 0-0 MAC). On Wednesday, Evansville defeated the Campbell Fighting Camels 72-66 to snap a three-game losing streak. Evansville's Yacine Toumi scored 18 points. On Wednesday, Ball State defeated Eastern Illinois 76-59 to snap a two-game losing streak. Cardinal Mickey Pearson Jr scored 20 points. No players are listed on the injury reports for Evansville or Ball State.
Scores are difficult to come by for Evansville
Shooting is the main reason why Evansville scores only 60.4 points per game. As a team, the Purple Aces shoot 38.2% overall and 27.1% from three-point range. Kenny Strawbridge Jr scores 15.8 points per game, but shoots 37.8% overall and 20.0% behind the arc. The team's second-best scorer, Yacine Toumi, averages 10.8 points per game and makes 46.7% from the field and 23.5% from long range. Evansville averages just 10.1 assists as a team and turns the ball over 11.7 times per game. Marvin Coleman II leads the team with 2.7 assists per game.
Evansville allows more than nine points per contest than the Purple Aces are scoring at 69.7 points per game. Coleman leads the Purple Aces in rebounding with an average of 6.2 boards per game. He also leads the team in steals with an average of 1.3 per game. Preston Phillips tops the team in blocks with 0.5.