Evansville Aces Basketball Tickets

Evansville's inability to win close games last ason prevented the Purple Aces from taking giant step forward. Evansville's 11 wins were !ur more than it posted during the 2003-04 ason, and the Purple Aces went 10-3 at home, heir 6-3 mark in non-conference play was the :st in five seasons.
But a 2-8 record in games decided by five )ints or less kept Evansville at the bottom of e Valley. What it came down to was that the igue's worst defensive team (73.0 ppg) had dif-:ulty getting stops when it needed them most. To put the Purple Aces on the right side of at line, Steve Merfeld and his staff stressed [ding size and strength in the offseason. 'ansville also brought in seven new players, eluding three junior college transfers who could ovide some quick fixes to the Purple Aces' woes. Merfeld's most pressing issue is replacing lards Lucious Wagner and Andre Burton, the :es' most dependable scorers. They corn-tied to average 26 points, nine rebounds and ;ht assists per game last season. The Purple :es do return three juniors who have started e past two seasons in Matt Webster, Bradley rickland and Kyle Anslinger. Webster and Strickland give Evansville a solid iide presence as they combined to average more in 20 points and 10 rebounds last season. The eak-shooting Anslinger has shown he can be ngerous on the perimeter. None of the returning reserves has demon-ated impact ability, which leaves Evansville )king for immediate contributions from newcomers Tory Robertson, Wacey Hall, Shy Ely, Maurice Blakey, Victor Gomez, Arturs Stal-bergs and Jason Holsinger.