Northern Iowa at Evansville 1/26/22 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The Northern Iowa Panthers visit the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana on Wednesday for a Missouri Valley Conference clash with the Evansville Purple Aces. Northern Iowa dropped to 9-9 overall and 5-3 in MVC play following its 82-74 overtime loss to the Drake Bulldogs on Saturday. The leading scorer in the loss for Northern Iowa was AJ Green with 27 points.

AJ Green is the leading scorer for Northern Iowa with an average of 18.3 points per game, while Trae Berhow is the leading rebounder with an average of 5.0 rebounds per game and Bowen Born is the leader in assists with an average of 2.1 assists per game. Northern Iowa has three players averaging double-figures in scoring and as the team in scoring average of 74.9 points per game.

Evansville improved to 5-13 overall and 1-6 in MVC play following its 56-53 victory over Illinois State on Sunday. Shamar Givance was the leading scorer for Evansville with 18 points. The victory avenged a Friday night loss of 38 points to Illinois State. Evansville snapped a six-game losing streak with the victory on Sunday.

Shamar Givance is leading Evansville in scoring and assists with averages of 14.3 points and 3.7 assists per game, while Jawaun Newton is the second-leading scorer and the leading rebounder with averages of 13.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. Evansville has two players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 59.3 points per game.