Evansville at S. Indiana

Fourteen first-half points at Belmont on Monday were Southern Indiana's fewest since November 2023. Southern Indiana shot 6-for-30 before the break and lost 72-54, though they won the rebounding battle 41-36. They also went 4-for-21 from three, with Kaden Brown making all four on 10 attempts. Everyone else was 0-for-11. That was a cold night with one shooter carrying it, and Wednesday looked nothing like it. They beat Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, which is not a Division I program, 112-42 and shot 52.3 percent. Southern Indiana won seven games last season and has three players back from that team, plus 11 portal arrivals. Brown is one of the returners, healthy again after a season-ending injury in January. Evansville opened Monday at home against IU Kokomo, another non-Division I opponent, and won 80-70. That margin is 60 points smaller than the one Southern Indiana put up against its own. The Aces have one game on the board and Southern Indiana has two, so the sample leans toward the underdog. Side with Southern Indiana on the spread tonight, a team with a 14-point half and a 58-point half already on its game log.