Cockfield, a junior college transfer, was 8-of-13 from the field for a game-high 22 points. Redshirt-sophomore Connor Kern also finished in double figures as he posted 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting. Senior Tamas Bruce led A-State (0-1) on the glass as he had eight boards to go along with eight points. Ryan Taylor paced Evansville (1-0) with 21 points.
A-State shot 40.7 percent (24-59) on the night and struggled to 5-for-19 (26 percent) from 3-point range. Evansville shot 45 percent (23-51) from the field while also struggling beyond the arc (5-17/29 percent), but went 26-for-34 (77 percent) at the charity stripe compared to 10-of-12 (83 percent) for A-State
The Red Wolves won the battle on the boards 36-34 and 12 offensive boards led to 15 second chance points for A-State.