Evansville Purple Aces

2-2 overall, 0-0 Missouri Valley, margin -0.2

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-13.3

net rating per 100 · #315 in D-I · model

99.9

adjusted offense · #279

113.2

adjusted defense · #312

69.0

pace, possessions / 40 · #267

-14.0

strength of schedule so far · #270

Rotation

#	Player	Pos	Cl	Ht	GP/GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	eFG%	TS%	Rating
0	Bryce Quinet	G	SO	6' 3"	4/4	36.8	20.5	3.0	8.2	48.0	51.1	-6.8
23	AJ Casey	F	SR	6' 9"	4/4	34.5	17.0	7.2	4.2	52.0	56.1	-0.8
9	Max Langenfeld	G	SO	6' 6"	4/4	30.5	10.0	3.5	1.0	48.7	50.3	-4.9
24	Caden Symons FR	G	FR	6' 4"	4/1	26.2	7.2	4.0	2.0	50.0	49.7	-0.7
1	Makuei Riek	G	JR	6' 6"	4/3	24.8	6.5	4.5	0.5	31.0	40.0	-1.7
33	Aaron Gutman FR	G	FR	6' 7"	4/0	22.8	5.2	3.2	0.5	64.3	59.9	-2.2
13	James Dyson-Merwe	F	SO	6' 11"	2/2	16.5	6.0	3.5	0.5	75.0	71.1	+0.3
96	Gustav Winther	F	SO	6' 10"	4/2	12.8	4.8	2.2	0.0	83.3	91.3	+1.6
5	JR Kemm FR	G	FR	6' 4"	3/0	7.7	1.7	1.0	0.0	41.7	36.3	-3.6
4	Luke Ellspermann	G	SO	6' 0"	1/0	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-2.0
7	Yannick Pinas FR	F	FR	7' 0"	3/0	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	–	–	-1.8
32	Bryce Renn FR	F	FR	6' 10"	1/0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	-2.2
8	Jake Genschaw FR	F	FR	6' 6"	1/0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	–	-2.1
6	David Nejezchleb FR	F	FR	6' 8"	0/0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3	Rafayel Masumyan FR	G	FR	6' 7"	0/0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Box scores from ESPN. eFG% weights threes; TS% includes free throws.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Watch	Result	Line	Rest	Miles
Mon 11/2	vs IU Kokomo Cougars	–	W 80-70	–	–	–
Sat 11/7	vs Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles	ESPN+	W 78-76	-7.5 miss	4	–
Tue 11/10	at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	ESPN+	L 68-73	+8.0 cover	2	161
Sat 11/14	vs Miami (OH) RedHawks	ESPN+	L 78-86	+9.5 cover	3	161
Tue 11/17	vs Le Moyne Dolphins	ESPN+	8 PM ET	–model -1.5 · 55% win	2	–
Sun 11/22	at Memphis Tigers	ESPN+	2 PM ET	–model +18.0 · 7% win	4	239
Tue 11/24	at Missouri Tigers	SECN+	9 PM ET	–model +30.3 · 1% win	1	291
Mon 11/30	vs Chicago State Cougars	ESPN+	8 PM ET	–	5	267
Sat 12/5	vs Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	ESPN+	2 PM ET	–	4	–
Tue 12/8	at Ball State Cardinals	ESPN+	7 PM ET	–	2	192 +1h
Fri 12/11	vs Brescia Bearcats	–	11 AM ET	–	2	192
Tue 12/15	vs Drake Bulldogs Missouri Valley	ESPN+	8 PM ET	–	3	–
Tue 12/22	at Valparaiso Beacons Missouri Valley	ESPN+	9 PM ET	–	6	243
Tue 12/29	vs Illinois State Redbirds Missouri Valley	–	8 PM ET	–	6	243
Sat 1/2	at Northern Iowa Panthers Missouri Valley	–	2 PM ET	–	3	407
Tue 1/5	vs Indiana State Sycamores Missouri Valley	–	8 PM ET	–	2	407
Sat 1/9	at Murray State Racers Missouri Valley	–	TBA ET	–	2	103
Tue 1/12	vs Belmont Bruins Missouri Valley	–	8 PM ET	–	3	103
Sat 1/16	vs UIC Flames Missouri Valley	–	4 PM ET	–	3	–
Mon 1/18	at Southern Illinois Salukis Missouri Valley	–	8 PM ET	–	1	92
Thu 1/21	at Bradley Braves Missouri Valley	–	TBA ET	–	1	206
Sun 1/24	vs Northern Iowa Panthers Missouri Valley	–	4 PM ET	–	3	217
Sat 1/30	at Indiana State Sycamores Missouri Valley	–	TBA ET	–	4	103 +1h
Wed 2/3	vs Bradley Braves Missouri Valley	–	8 PM ET	–	4	103
Sat 2/6	at Drake Bulldogs Missouri Valley	–	TBA ET	–	1	407
Tue 2/9	vs Murray State Racers Missouri Valley	–	8 PM ET	–	3	407
Fri 2/12	at Belmont Bruins Missouri Valley	–	8 PM ET	–	2	132
Mon 2/15	vs Valparaiso Beacons Missouri Valley	–	8 PM ET	–	2	132
Thu 2/18	at UIC Flames Missouri Valley	–	7 PM ET	–	2	268
Sun 2/21	at Illinois State Redbirds Missouri Valley	–	3 PM ET	–	2	116
Sun 2/28	vs Southern Illinois Salukis Missouri Valley	–	4 PM ET	–	6	192

Line is this team's spread (DraftKings via ESPN for finished games, our snapshots for upcoming). "cover" / "miss" is against that number. Click a result for the box score. Rest is full days off; miles are estimated travel into the game, with any time-zone change. Season total: 5,384 miles. See the route on the travel map · TV schedule.

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Players

Bryce Quinet #0 · G

Player rating-6.8#145 of 146 in the Missouri Valley

Offense-1.5#124

Defense-5.3#146

250 possessions · usage 33%

20.5 pts3.0 reb8.2 ast36.8 min 30-74 FG11-33 3PT11-14 FT 51.1 TS%23.2 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 3" · Scottsdale, AZ · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	33	10	3-12	1-5	3-3	3	11	0	2	0
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	39	23	7-19	2-9	7-8	2	7	1	0	3
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	38	19	8-19	2-9	1-3	3	7	1	3	0
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	37	30	12-24	6-10	0-0	4	8	3	1	0

AJ Casey #23 · F

Player rating-0.8#89 of 146 in the Missouri Valley

Offense-1.8#128

Defense+0.9#43

235 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 30%

17.0 pts7.2 reb4.2 ast34.5 min 23-50 FG6-18 3PT16-24 FT 56.1 TS%20.7 shots+TO/40

Bio: Senior · 6' 9" · 225 lbs · Chicago, IL · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	31	19	8-15	1-3	2-2	8	3	1	1	1
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	42	19	5-12	4-8	5-8	8	4	1	2	2
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	32	4	0-10	0-4	4-6	8	4	3	0	0
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	33	26	10-13	1-3	5-8	5	6	6	1	1

Max Langenfeld #9 · G

Player rating-4.9#142 of 146 in the Missouri Valley

Offense-2.4#138

Defense-2.5#134

207 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 20%

10.0 pts3.5 reb1.0 ast30.5 min 13-38 FG11-29 3PT3-4 FT 50.3 TS%14.3 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 6" · 195 lbs · Ulm, Germany · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	26	6	2-6	2-5	0-0	2	2	0	0
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	31	14	5-11	4-9	0-0	7	1	0	0
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	35	18	5-11	5-10	3-4	5	0	3	0
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	30	2	1-10	0-5	0-0	0	1	1	1

Caden Symons #24 · G

Player rating-0.7#88 of 146 in the Missouri Valley

Offense-0.5#84

Defense-0.2#87

179 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 17%

7.2 pts4.0 reb2.0 ast26.2 min 11-27 FG5-16 3PT2-5 FT 49.7 TS%12.3 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 4" · Coeur d'Alene, ID · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	22	8	3-5	1-3	1-2	2	0	0	0	0
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	31	9	3-8	3-6	0-1	6	5	1	2	0
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	28	9	4-10	1-5	0-0	4	1	1	3	1
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	24	3	1-4	0-2	1-2	4	2	1	4	1

Makuei Riek #1 · G

Player rating-1.7#113 of 146 in the Missouri Valley

Offense-3.2#143

Defense+1.4#35

168 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 21%

6.5 pts4.5 reb0.5 ast24.8 min 7-29 FG4-16 3PT8-8 FT 40.0 TS%14.8 shots+TO/40

Bio: Junior · 6' 6" · 170 lbs · Rochester, MN · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	27	10	3-10	2-7	2-2	3	0	2	5	2
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	33	6	2-9	2-5	0-0	10	1	2	0	1
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	17	6	1-5	0-3	4-4	3	0	0	1	0
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	22	4	1-5	0-1	2-2	2	1	0	1	0

Aaron Gutman #33 · G

Player rating-2.2#125 of 146 in the Missouri Valley

Offense+0.7#38

Defense-2.9#138

156 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 13%

5.2 pts3.2 reb0.5 ast22.8 min 8-14 FG2-6 3PT3-8 FT 59.9 TS%9.5 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 7" · Walton, KY · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	12	5	2-4	0-2	1-2	0	1	0	0
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	26	3	1-2	0-1	1-4	3	0	1	1
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	21	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	3	0	2	1
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	32	8	3-5	1-1	1-2	7	1	1	0

James Dyson-Merwe #13 · F

Player rating+0.3#68 of 146 in the Missouri Valley

Offense-0.5#81

Defense+0.8#52

54 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 21%

6.0 pts3.5 reb0.5 ast16.5 min 6-8 FG0-0 3PT0-1 FT 71.1 TS%15.1 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 11" · Sydney, Australia · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	22	8	4-6	0-0	0-1	5	1	2	1	0
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	11	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	0	1
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	DNP
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	DNP

Gustav Winther #96 · F

Player rating+1.6#38 of 146 in the Missouri Valley

Offense+3.2#7

Defense-1.6#122

87 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 12%

4.8 pts2.2 reb0.0 ast12.8 min 4-6 FG2-3 3PT9-10 FT 91.3 TS%8.2 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 10" · Copenhagen, Denmark · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	BLK
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	7	7	1-1	0-0	5-6	1	0
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	22	7	2-2	1-1	2-2	3	0
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	17	5	1-3	1-2	2-2	5	2

JR Kemm #5 · G

Player rating-3.6#139 of 146 in the Missouri Valley

Offense-2.4#136

Defense-1.2#113

38 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 22%

1.7 pts1.0 reb0.0 ast7.7 min 2-6 FG1-2 3PT0-2 FT 36.3 TS%15.4 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 4" · Lausanne, Switzerland · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	10	5	2-3	1-1	0-2	0	0	0	0	0
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	7	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	0	0
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	6	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	DNP

Luke Ellspermann #4 · G

Player rating-2.0#121 of 146 in the Missouri Valley

Offense-1.1#117

Defense-0.9#104

6 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 14%

0.0 pts1.0 reb1.0 ast4.0 min 0-1 FG0-1 3PT0-0 FT 0.0 TS%10.0 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 0" · Evansville, IN · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	DNP
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	DNP
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	DNP

Yannick Pinas #7 · F

Player rating-1.8#114 of 146 in the Missouri Valley

Offense-0.6#93

Defense-1.1#110

14 possessions · still mostly last season's prior

0.0 pts0.3 reb0.3 ast2.7 min 0-0 FG0-0 3PT0-0 FT – TS%0.0 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 7' 0" · Amsterdam, Netherlands · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	DNP
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0

Bryce Renn #32 · F

Player rating-2.2#124 of 146 in the Missouri Valley

Offense-1.1#112

Defense-1.1#111

3 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 86%

2.0 pts1.0 reb0.0 ast2.0 min 1-2 FG0-0 3PT0-0 FT 50.0 TS%60.0 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 10" · Terre Haute, IN · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	2	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	DNP
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	DNP
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	DNP

Jake Genschaw #8 · F

Player rating-2.1#122 of 146 in the Missouri Valley

Offense-0.9#102

Defense-1.2#112

3 possessions · still mostly last season's prior

0.0 pts0.0 reb0.0 ast2.0 min 0-0 FG0-0 3PT0-0 FT – TS%0.0 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 6" · Boulder, CO · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	DNP
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	DNP
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	DNP

David Nejezchleb #6 · F

Has not appeared yet.

Bio: Freshman · 6' 8" · Brno, Czech Republic · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	DNP
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	DNP
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	DNP
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	DNP

Rafayel Masumyan #3 · G

Has not appeared yet.

Bio: Freshman · 6' 7" · Los Angeles, CA · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN
11-03	vs IUK	W 80-70	DNP
11-08	vs USI	W 78-76	DNP
11-11	at MTSU	L 68-73	DNP
11-14	vs M-OH	L 78-86	DNP