Evansville 76, at Belmont 63

CORALVILLE, Iowa (Interstat) — In a stunning reversal of fortune and statistical probability, the Evansville Purple Aces women’s basketball team authored a decisive 76-63 victory over the Belmont Bruins on Friday night in a quarterfinal game of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament at Xtream Arena. The outcome defied both recent history and predictive metrics, as Belmont entered the contest with a 20-11 record and had been projected by advanced analytics with a 98.2% probability to win. Evansville, which finished the regular season 8-24, had lost both prior meetings to the Bruins this season, including an overtime defeat just six weeks… Read more...