Valparaiso Beacons at Evansville Purple Aces
· NCAA Men's Basketball
59 - 63
Evansville beats Valparaiso for 21st straight time
K.J. Riley added nine points with six boards and Taylor had seven rebounds for the Purple Aces (16-10, 6-7 Missouri Valley Conference), who shot 46.8 percent from the floor in winning four of their last five.
Taylor scored seven straight points, including a go-ahead jumper, and Evansville led 53-47 on Dainius Chatkevicius' back-to-back dunks with 4:24 left. Valparaiso closed to 56-54 on Markus Golder's jumper and trailed 60-57 on his 3 with 30 seconds to go. Max Joseph's layup drew them to 62-59 with 2 seconds left but Noah Frederking's free throw iced it.
Mileek McMillan's back-to-back 3s helped Valparaiso to a 32-31 lead at halftime.
Golder and Bakari Evelyn scored 15 points apiece for the Crusaders (12-14, 3-10), who have lost seven of their last eight.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 59 - 63 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Noah Frederking made Free Throw. | 59 - 63 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Evansville Deadball Team Rebound. | 59 - 62 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Noah Frederking missed Free Throw. | 59 - 62 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Foul on Bakari Evelyn. | 59 - 62 |
Statistics
 VAL |
 EVAN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 23-52 | FG | 22-47 |
| 44 | Field Goal % | 47 |
| 8-26 | 3PT | 3-6 |
| 31 | Three Point % | 50 |
| 5-5 | FT | 16-23 |
| 100 | Free Throw % | 70 |
| 26 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 5 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Defensive Rebounds | 24 |
| 9 | Assists | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 18 | Total Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 13 | Points Off Turnovers | 18 |
| 4 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 28 | Points in Paint | 20 |
| 22 | Fouls | 11 |
| 6 | Largest Lead | 8 |
Game Information
Location: Evansville, IN
Attendance: 3,425 | Capacity:
2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | 16-4 | - | 26-6 |
| Bradley | 13-7 | 3 | 21-13 |
| Illinois State | 12-8 | 4 | 23-13 |
| Murray State | 12-8 | 4 | 20-13 |
| UIC | 12-8 | 4 | 19-16 |
| Northern Iowa | 11-9 | 5 | 23-13 |
| Valparaiso | 11-9 | 5 | 18-15 |
| Southern Illinois | 10-10 | 6 | 16-16 |
| Drake | 6-14 | 10 | 14-20 |
| Indiana State | 4-16 | 12 | 11-21 |
| Evansville | 3-17 | 13 | 7-25 |