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Evansville visits Saint Louis following Denis’ 24-point game
Evansville Purple Aces (2-6) at Saint Louis Billikens (3-6, 1-0 A-10)
St. Louis; Sunday, 6 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Saint Louis faces Evansville after Jahda Denis scored 24 points in Saint Louis’ 76-70 win against the Saint Bonaventure Bonnies.
The Billikens have gone 2-2 in home games. Saint Louis ranks sixth in the A-10 with 10.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Alyssa Koerkenmeier averaging 3.2.
The Purple Aces are 0-6 on the road. Evansville is fifth in the MVC with 12.8 assists per game led by Camryn Runner averaging 4.0.
Saint Louis is shooting 39.4% from the field this season, 7.1 percentage points lower than the 46.5% Evansville allows to opponents. Evansville’s 35.9% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.9 percentage points lower than Saint Louis has given up to its opponents (39.8%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Zhykera Brown is shooting 35.4% from beyond the arc with 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Billikens, while averaging 10.7 points. Alexia Nelson is shooting 45.0% and averaging 15.0 points.
Runner is shooting 41.9% and averaging 16.3 points for the Purple Aces. Logan Luebbers Palmer is averaging 13.3 points.
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