Evansville at Drake 2/22/21 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The Evansville Purple Aces visit The Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday to play the Drake Bulldogs. Evansville dropped to 8-12 overall and 6-8 in the Missouri Valley Conference following its 87-73 loss on Wednesday to the Indiana State Sycamores. Evansville has lost four straight and has fallen to fifth in the MVC standings. 

Jawaun Newton is the leading scorer for Evansville with an average of 13.1 points per game, while Jax Levitch is the leading rebounder with an average of 5.1 per game Shamar Givance is the leader in assists with an average of 4.2 per game. Evansville is scoring an average of 64.5 points per game while shooting 43.3% overall and 37.7% from 3-point territory

Drake is 21-2 overall and 12-2 and the Missouri Valley Conference following its 77-69 victory over the Northern Iowa Panthers. Drake has won two straight and has moved to within one game of first place Loyola-Chicago in the MVC standings. Drake has won each of its first 18 games in the regular season but is just 3-2 over the last five.

ShanQuan Hemphill is the leading scorer for Drake with an average of 14.1 points per game, while Roman Penn is the second leading scorer and leader in assists with averages of 11.5 points and 5.6 assists per game. Darnell Brodie is the leading rebounder with an average of 7.3 per game. Drake is scoring an average of 78.7 points per game while shooting 49.3% overall and 36.4% from 3-point territory.