EVANSVILLE, Ind. - With the holidays drawing closer, the University of Evansville women's basketball team welcomes Austin Peay into Meeks Family Fieldhouse at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening in Evansville's final home game of 2018.
The Purple Aces return home after falling to Dayton on the road 69-30 on Saturday evening. Building an early advantage, Evansville outscored the Flyers, 16-3, taking a 13-point advantage with 3:31 remaining in the first quarter. Dayton responded with an 11-0 run to close the period, cutting its deficit to just two points at the end of the first quarter. The run continued for Dayton who moved in front and took a 34-21 lead at the break in route to the Flyers' 69-30 win.