Evansville Men's Basketball 2016 Postseason Capsule

Evansville Purple Aces
Missouri Valley (25-9, 12-6)
 
 
Big Wins: 11/21 Belmont (93-88), 11/29 vs UC Irvine (73-56), 12/20 at Fresno State (85-77)
Bad Losses: 12/8 at Arkansas (76-89), 1/24 at Indiana State (65-82), 2/11 Illinois State (60-70)
Coach: Marty Simmons
 
Probable Starters:
D.J. Balentine, Senior, Guard, 20.5 ppg, 4.4 apg
Jaylon Brown, Junior, Guard, 10.8 ppg, 2.9 apg
Adam Wing, Senior, Guard, 7.8 ppg, 2.6 apg, 3.7 rpg
Blake Simmons, Junior, Guard/Forward, 5.9 ppg, 2.9 apg
Egidiju Mockevicius, Senior, Center, 15.7 ppg, 14.0 rpg, 2.8 bpg
 
Key Roleplayers:
Mislav Brzoja, Junior, Guard, 7.8 ppg, 3.1 apg, 3.5 rpg
David Howard, Junior, Forward, 2.0 ppg
Harris Brown, Freshman, Guard, 1.3 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 74.3 (146th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 65.3 (33, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.0 (9, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.5 (43, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.6 (339, 10)   
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.4 (73, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.4 (77, 3)
Rebound Margin:  3.1 (81, 2)
Assists Per Game:  17.5 (8, 1)
Turnovers Per Game:  12.5 (154, 3)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2015    CIT      First Round win over IPFW
2015    CIT      Second Round win over Eastern Illinois
2015    CIT      Quarterfinal win over Louisiana Lafayette
2015    CIT      Semifinal win over Tennessee-Martin
2015    CIT      Championship win over Northern Arizona
2013    CIT      First Round win over Tennessee State
2013    CIT      Second Round win over Eastern Kentucky
2013    CIT      Quarterfinal win over Canisius
2013    CIT      Semifinal loss to East Carolina
2011    CBI      First Round win over Hofstra
2011    CBI      Second Round loss to Boise State
2009    CIT      First Round loss to Belmont
1999    NCAA Round of 64 loss to Kansas
1994    NIT      First round loss to Tulane
1993    NCAA Round of 64 loss to Florida State
 
*all team stats through 3/6