Saturday's contest between the Evansville Purple Aces (13-9, 4-7 MVC) and Valparaiso Beacons (6-16, 2-9 MVC) at Athletics-Recreation Center has a good chance to be a tight matchup, as our computer prediction projects a final score of 72-71, with Evansville securing the victory. Game time is at 4:00 PM ET ET on February 3. Based on our computer prediction, Evansville is projected to cover the point spread (0.5) versus Valparaiso. The two teams are expected to fall short of the 144.5 over/under.
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Evansville vs. Valparaiso Odds
Favorite | Spread | Total | Over Total Odds | Under Total Odds | Favorite Moneyline | Underdog Moneyline |
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Evansville | -0.5 | 144.5 | -115 | -105 | -110 | +-110 |
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Evansville vs. Valparaiso Prediction
- Prediction: Evansville 72, Valparaiso 71
Evansville Betting Info
- Against the spread, in conference games, the Purple Aces are 5-6-0 this year.
- This season, five of the Purple Aces' 11 MVC games have hit the over.
- This season, the Purple Aces have been favored five times and won four of those games.
- Evansville has a record of 4-1 when it's favored by -110 or more by bookmakers this season.
- In nine games this season, the Purple Aces and their opponents have gone over 144.5 total points.
- The average point total in Evansville's matchups this year is 146.5, 2.0 more points than this game's over/under.
Evansville's Top Players
Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
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Ben Humrichous | 14 | 15.8 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
Yacine Toumi | 22 | 12.0 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
Kenny Strawbridge | 21 | 9.4 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
Chuck Bailey III | 21 | 9.3 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Antonio Thomas | 22 | 8.1 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
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Valparaiso Betting Info
- The Beacons are 8-3-0 against the spread in MVC play this year.
- The Beacons have seen eight of their 11 MVC games hit the over.
- The Beacons have won in two, or 13.3%, of the 15 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
- This year, Valparaiso has won two of 16 games when listed as at least -110 or better on the moneyline.
- The Beacons have played 10 games this season that have had more than 144.5 combined points scored.
- The average total for Valparaiso's games this season is 140.8 points, 3.7 fewer points than this game's over/under.
Valparaiso's Top Players
Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
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Isaiah Stafford | 19 | 17.5 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
Cooper Schwieger | 22 | 11.4 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Jahari Williamson | 20 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
Darius DeAveiro | 22 | 8.9 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
Jaxon Edwards | 22 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
Evansville vs. Valparaiso Scoring Insights
- The Purple Aces are averaging 73.5 points, only 0.8 more than the 72.7 the Beacons concede.
- When Evansville scores more than 72.7, it is 8-3 against the spread and 10-2 overall.
- Valparaiso is 6-3 against the spread and has a 5-5 record overall when conceding less than 73.5 points.
- The Beacons average 68.1 points, just 4.9 fewer than the Purple Aces concede.
- Valparaiso has a 3-0 ATS record and 2-2 overall record when scoring more than 73.0 points.
- Evansville has an ATS record of 7-0 (and is 8-0 overall) when conceding fewer than 68.1 points.
- The Purple Aces have posted 12 more points than their opponents this season (0.5 per game), while the Beacons have been outscored by 100 (4.6 per game).
Evansville vs. Valparaiso Rankings
Evansville Rank | Evansville AVG | Valparaiso AVG | Valparaiso Rank | |
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203rd | 73.5 | Points Scored | 68.1 | 316th |
226th | 73.0 | Points Allowed | 72.7 | 213th |
207th | 35.2 | Rebounds | 34.6 | 250th |
312th | 7.1 | Off. Rebounds | 8.7 | 198th |
254th | 6.7 | 3pt Made | 7.1 | 216th |
128th | 14.0 | Assists | 12.0 | 280th |
182nd | 11.5 | Turnovers | 11.0 | 131st |
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