I don't want to say that the Evansville game is akin to a gimme in golf, because no matter what, a road game in conference is never easy. That said, the Purple Aces are 7-16 overall and 2-11 in the Valley, their point guard is out for the season with a broken hand, and the Jays won the first meeting by 18.
Shy Ely is averaging 14 points a game and 5.5 boards, but the loss of Jason Holsinger makes an already overmatched Aces squad that much weaker. As Creighton's game notes point out, "Jason Holsinger was averaging 13.0 points per game but broke his non-shooting right hand on Saturday and is not expected to play on Wednesday. Holsinger's 103 assists are 64 more than any other UE player and he's also made 60 of the team's 128 three-pointers to date."
On paper, this shouldn't be much of a game. But as I've often said, games aren't played on paper, they're played on television -- or in tonight's case, radio, because its the first road game of the season to not be televised in Omaha. Think about that, its February 13 before there's a road game we can't watch on TV. (The Xavier game on December 5 was technically televised, although the broadcast was rightfully pre-empted for coverage of the Westroads shooting).
PREDICTION: Jays 76, Evansville 58.
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