
Evansville Purple Aces at UT Arlington Mavericks
· NCAA Men's BasketballSmith scores 18 off the bench, UT Arlington beats Evansville 80-54

Smith also contributed eight rebounds for the Mavericks (6-6). Lance Ware scored 14 points while going 5 of 9 and 4 of 7 from the free-throw line and added 13 rebounds and three steals. Jaden Wells had 12 points and went 4 of 11 from the field (3 for 8 from 3-point range).
Tayshawn Comer led the Purple Aces (3-8, 0-1 Missouri Valley Conference) in scoring, finishing with 20 points and four assists. Michael Day added nine points for Evansville. Tanner Cuff also put up seven points and 10 rebounds.
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2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 54 - 80 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 54 - 80 |
2nd 0:04 | Troy Hupstead made Free Throw. | 54 - 80 |
2nd 0:04 | Troy Hupstead made Free Throw. | 54 - 79 |
2nd 0:04 | Foul on Michael Day. | 54 - 78 |
Statistics
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17-55 | FG | 21-54 |
30.9 | Field Goal % | 38.9 |
4-24 | 3PT | 11-30 |
16.7 | Three Point % | 36.7 |
16-23 | FT | 27-36 |
69.6 | Free Throw % | 75.0 |
26 | Rebounds | 56 |
10 | Offensive Rebounds | 22 |
16 | Defensive Rebounds | 34 |
10 | Assists | 12 |
8 | Steals | 6 |
1 | Blocks | 2 |
11 | Turnovers | 16 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
11 | Total Turnovers | 16 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
24 | Points Off Turnovers | 16 |
9 | Fast Break Points | 17 |
18 | Points in Paint | 18 |
24 | Fouls | 19 |
0 | Largest Lead | 26 |
Game Information

College Park Center
Location: Arlington, TX
Attendance: 1,256 | Capacity:
2024-25 Missouri Valley Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Drake | 17-3 | - | 31-4 |
Bradley | 15-5 | 2 | 28-9 |
Northern Iowa | 14-6 | 3 | 20-13 |
Belmont | 13-7 | 4 | 22-11 |
Illinois State | 10-10 | 7 | 22-14 |
UIC | 10-10 | 7 | 17-14 |
Murray State | 9-11 | 8 | 16-17 |
Indiana State | 8-12 | 9 | 14-18 |
Southern Illinois | 8-12 | 9 | 14-19 |
Evansville | 8-12 | 9 | 11-21 |
Valparaiso | 6-14 | 11 | 15-19 |
Missouri State | 2-18 | 15 | 9-23 |
2024-25 Western Athletic Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Utah Valley | 15-1 | - | 25-9 |
Grand Canyon | 13-3 | 2 | 26-8 |
California Baptist | 9-7 | 6 | 17-15 |
Abilene Christian | 8-8 | 7 | 16-16 |
Seattle U | 8-8 | 7 | 14-18 |
Tarleton State | 7-9 | 8 | 12-20 |
UT Arlington | 6-10 | 9 | 13-18 |
Southern Utah | 4-12 | 11 | 12-19 |
Utah Tech | 2-14 | 13 | 7-26 |