Evansville (10-3, 1-1) at Indiana State (11-2, 2-0) – 7:00 PM ET (ESPN+)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day was prepared to write up Round 1 of the Winwood Cup between Longwood and Winthrop, but we have an even better matchup in the Missouri Valley Conference between the Evansville Aces and the Indiana State Sycamores (aka the Trees). ISU is coming off of only their second loss of the year against Michigan State on the road, but the Trees came into that game with a 9-game winning streak. They had a blowout win at home against Southern Illinois to highlight that winning streak; Isaiah Swope had 22 points for ISU in that game.
Not much was expected initially of Evansville this year, but the Aces began their season on a 6-game winning streak. The highlight was an 85-77 victory at Chattanooga where Ben Humrichous scored 25 points in an overtime victory for Evansville. Their lone victory in conference play so far has been a 2-point win at home against Northern Iowa.