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Aces defeat Southern Illinois in big Senior Day win

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In what may have been the top team performance of the season, the University of Evansville men's basketball team led wire-to-wire as they earned a 75-44 Senior Day win over Southern Illinois at the Ford Center.

Evansville (17-14, 7-11 MVC) opened the game on a 7-2 run and added to the lead from there, going up by as many as 34 points in the largest margin of win in a league game for UE since defeating Bradley, 67-35, on January 9, 2016. Box Score (PDF) "We asked our guys to play for the seniors today and they did a great job today.