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Wallace's buzzer-beater sends Aces past KWC

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - In its only exhibition of the season, the University of Evansville women's basketball team earned an 81-80 win over Kentucky Wesleyan on a buzzer-beater by freshman Makayla Wallace on Sunday afternoon inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.

"This is what we wanted. We haven't played an exhibition game in a long time and to get our team, we're young, we're super young, to get them out in this environment and bright lights, we find out a lot about ourselves," said Aces' women's basketball head coach Matt Ruffing. "Kentucky Welseyan, hats off, they should have won this game.