Purple Aces Headed to Bahamas

Editor: The following is part of a press release from gopurpleaces.com.

(Evansville, IN) – An exciting trip awaits the University of Evansville men’s basketball team in its non-conference slate this season as the Purple Aces will take part in the Islands of the Bahamas Showcase. Evansville opens the tournament on Friday, November 24 with an 8 p.m. ET game against East Carolina.

UE joins a field that includes defending Atlantic Sun regular season and tournament champion Liberty along with George Washington from the A-10, East Carolina from the AAC and Rice from Conference USA for the third-annual “The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase” on Nov. 22-24, 2019 in Nassau. The event will feature 12 total games during the three-day event. The field and pairings for the tournament were released Thursday by the event’s organizer, bdG Sports.

“I am very excited for our program to have the opportunity to play in the Islands of the Bahamas Showcase,” Aces head men’s basketball coach Walter McCarty said.  “It will give us valuable tournament experience early in the season while providing an early test for our guys against some top notch competition.”

The full 2019 field includes:

•           East Carolina (American Athletic Conference)
•           Evansville (Missouri Valley Conference)
•           George Washington (Atlantic 10 Conference)
•           Liberty (Atlantic Sun Conference)
•           Milwaukee (Horizona League)
•           Morgan State (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)
•           Rice (Conference USA)
•           UMKC (Western Athletic Conference)

The schedule for the opening round of the tournament on Friday, Nov. 22 is as follows:
•           11 a.m. ET – Liberty vs. Morgan State
•           2 p.m. ET – Rice vs. Milwaukee
•           5 p.m. ET – UMKC vs. George Washington
•           8 p.m. ET – Evansville vs. East Carolina