The Evansville Purple Aces and Ball State Cardinals meet Saturday in college basketball action at the Worthen Arena. The Evansville Purple Aces look for their fourth win. The Ball State Cardinals look for their sixth win.
The Evansville Purple Aces are averaging 60.4 points on 38.2 percent shooting and allowing 69.7 points on 45.3 percent shooting. Kenny Strawbridge Jr. is averaging 15.8 points and 3.5 rebounds, while Yacine Toumi is averaging 10.8 points and 5.4 rebounds. Blaise Beauchamp is dishing 0.8 assists and Antoine Smith Jr. is grabbing 3 rebounds. The Evansville Purple Aces are shooting 27.1 percent from beyond the arc and 63.9 percent from the free throw line. The Evansville Purple Aces are allowing 36.3 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 30 rebounds per game.
The Ball State Cardinals are averaging 77.2 points on 49.2 percent shooting and allowing 66.8 points on 42.8 percent shooting. Payton Sparks is averaging 14.4 points and 2.3 assists, while Jarron Coleman is averaging 12.7 points and 5.3 rebounds. Jaylin Sellers is the third double-digit scorer and Demarius Jacobs is grabbing 3.8 rebounds. The Ball State Cardinals are shooting 37.8 percent from beyond the arc and 69 percent from the free throw line. The Ball State Cardinals are allowing 35.4 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 31.7 rebounds per game.
The Purple Aces are 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 Saturday games and 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The Cardinals are 10-3 ATS in their last 13 home games and 8-1 ATS in their last 9 Saturday games. The under is 4-0 in Cardinals last 4 home games. The under is 8-3 in Cardinals last 11 overall.
The Evansville Purple Aces are just a bad basketball team and can’t be trusted in their current form, especially on the road, where they lose by an average of 11.8 points. The Ball State Cardinals are playing decent ball at the moment, and they’ve absolutely blown the doors off opponents in their few home games this season. I have no choice but to lay the chalk with Ball State.