Evansville visits Western Kentucky following Boone’s 22-point game

Evansville Purple Aces (4-5) at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (5-2)

Bowling Green, Kentucky; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Hilltoppers -12.5; over/under is 148.5

BOTTOM LINE: Western Kentucky faces Evansville after Armelo Boone scored 22 points in Western Kentucky’s 75-70 win against the Wichita State Shockers.

The Hilltoppers have gone 3-0 in home games. Western Kentucky is third in the CUSA scoring 86.4 points while shooting 44.3% from the field.

The Purple Aces are 0-1 on the road. Evansville averages 12.2 turnovers per game and is 2-2 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.

Western Kentucky is shooting 44.3% from the field this season, 1.4 percentage points higher than the 42.9% Evansville allows to opponents. Evansville averages 6.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.4 fewer made shots on average than the 8.7 per game Western Kentucky gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Teagan Moore is scoring 20.3 points per game and averaging 6.6 rebounds for the Hilltoppers. Cameron Haffner is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers.

Connor Turnbull is averaging 13.1 points and two blocks for the Purple Aces. Joshua Hughes is averaging 10.2 points and 5.6 rebounds.

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