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Purple Aces
King, Murray State Racers to host Casey and the Evansville Purple Aces
By The Associated Press
Evansville Purple Aces (6-21, 2-14 MVC) at Murray State Racers (19-10, 11-7 MVC)
Murray, Kentucky; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: AJ Casey and Evansville visit Fredrick King and Murray State in
MVC action Saturday.
The Racers are 11-3 on their home court. Murray State is 7-3 when it turns the
ball over less than its opponents and averages 11.8 turnovers per game.
The Purple Aces are 2-14 in conference matchups. Evansville has a 3-12 record
in games decided by 10 or more points.
Murray State scores 83.5 points, 8.2 more per game than the 75.3 Evansville
allows. Evansville's 42.5% shooting percentage from the field this season is
4.4 percentage points lower than Murray State has allowed to its opponents
(46.9%).
The teams meet for the second time in conference play this season. Murray State
won 79-69 in the last matchup on Jan. 8. Javon Jackson led Murray State with 22
points, and Casey led Evansville with 24 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Layne Taylor averages 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the
Racers, scoring 8.1 points while shooting 35.1% from beyond the arc. Roman
Domon is shooting 43.7% and averaging 16.6 points over the past 10 games.
Alex Hemenway is shooting 32.6% from beyond the arc with 1.6 made 3-pointers
per game for the Purple Aces, while averaging 6.8 points. Leif Moeller is
averaging 15.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and four assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Racers: 3-7, averaging 75.4 points, 31.6 rebounds, 10.3 assists,
6.3 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 44.4% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 83.6 points per game.
Purple Aces: 2-8, averaging 66.4 points, 25.5 rebounds, 13.1 assists, 5.3
steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 43.7% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 79.6 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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