Evansville Purple Aces (2-7, 0-1 MVC) at Northern Iowa Panthers (2-4, 0-1 MVC)
Cedar Falls, Iowa; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Northern Iowa -11.5; over/under is 130.5
BOTTOM LINE: Northern Iowa hosts the Evansville Purple Aces after Bowen Born scored 22 points in Northern Iowa's 68-53 loss to the Bradley Braves.
The Panthers have gone 2-0 in home games. Northern Iowa ranks seventh in the MVC with 23.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Tytan Anderson averaging 7.3.
The Purple Aces are 0-1 in MVC play. Evansville has a 1-0 record in games decided by less than 4 points.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Born is scoring 20.5 points per game with 2.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists for the Panthers. Anderson is averaging 12.5 points and 10.0 rebounds while shooting 41.5% for Northern Iowa.
Kenny Strawbridge is scoring 16.4 points per game and averaging 3.4 rebounds for the Purple Aces. Yacine Toumi is averaging 10.0 points for Evansville.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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