(St. Louis, MO) – Purple Aces are making history and re-writing record books. In Friday’s 66-55 win over Illinois State two Evansville (16-3, 5-1) stars moved their names into prominent places in Valley and Aces’ lore.
Egidijus Mockevicius – gopurpleaces.com
Egidijus Mockevicius, the nation’s leading rebounder, grabbed 20 rebounds and in so doing passed Evansville icon Jerry Sloan as the second greatest rebounder in UE history. The 6’10 senior from Lithuania has gathered 1,056 caroms and trails only Dale Wise’s 1,197.
D. J. Balentine topped the 20 point mark for the 11th time this season, finishing with 25 points and passing Wichita State’s Cleo Littleton for ninth on the Missouri Valley’s all time scoring list. Balentine’s total of 2,168 is 48 points shy of eighth place currently held by Creighton’s Doug McDermott.
D. J. Balentine
Balentine, who scored just 291 points as a freshman has averaged over 20 points per game his last three seasons for Head Coach Marty Simmons. The senior from Kokomo, Indiana has a reasonable shot at topping Colt Ryan (# six in the Valley all-time) as the top scoring Purple Ace of all time. Ryan finished his Evansville career with 2,279 points.
The Aces are idle until Tuesday’s home game with Loyola.
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Three more road wins so far in @ValleyHoops as @BradleyUMBB @BelmontMBB & @UIC_MBB capture road wins. Looks like @DrakeBulldogsMB will do so too. #FatherHarry
Well @RacersWBB followed the men's example and swept Iowa in the @ValleyHoops race! Racers are 6-1 & if @BelmontWBB holds on to their Iowa sweep, the Bruins and Racers will be tied for first. What a trip for those two teams! #FatherHarry
After today's action, @EIUWBB is 8-0 in @OVCSports play. 4 teams @usiwbb @TTUWBB @LRTrojans @LindenwoodWBB are tied at 6-2. Six other teams are under .500. Great race to the finish lies ahead. #FatherHarry
Really entertaining game between @BelmontMBB & @UEAthletics_MBB. Under four minutes left in a one point game. Gabriel Pozzato back in the Aces' lineup. Rogers is playing like I've expected. Triples are dropping. It's fun and @kylejpeach bringing it on #ThePlus #FatherHarry
