Evansville at Loyola-Chicago 2/20/19 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The Purple Aceshave been playing horrible on the season and only have managed to snag 4 wins in the MVC, but also 10 wins overall. What is even worse is the fact the Purple Aces have dropped 17 games overall and 10 of those have been in the conference play. The Purple Aces are coming into this game after losing the last game they played against Northern Iowa by a score of 73-58.

On the season the Purple Aces have been able to score at a clip of 70.3 points a game, but the defense is giving up 72.5 points a game. The Purple Aces have ended up getting 12.5 assist a game, but the defense has been able to pull down 34.6 boards a game. The Ramblers are coming into the game here playing decent and find themselves in a 3 way tie for first place with a 9-5 record on the year. However, the Ramblers are a team that is only 16-11 overall and the leader is the Drake squad with a 20-7 record. The Ramblers in the last game was a very close loss to the other team they are tied with in Missouri State 65-61.

The Ramblers are coming into this game with an offense that is not the strongest in the nation with 66.4 points a game being scored. However, the defense for the Ramblers is amazing with 60.9 points a allowed. The Ramblers have ended up getting 13.9 assist a game, but have been bad rebounding at 29.8 boards a game.