Evansville vs UIC Prediction 2/22/25 College Basketball Picks

The Evansville Aces and the UIC Flames meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Credit Union 1 Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Evansville vs. UIC prediction.

Matchup History

The UIC Flames won the first meeting between these two teams this season back on January 22nd, 2025, by a final score of 78-67, making it four wins in the last five head-to-head meetings since UIC joined the MVC from the Horizon League back in 2023.

Evansville Recap

The Evansville Aces come into this game looking to build on their 79-74 win over Indiana State in their last game to sit at 11-17 on the year. After this game, Evansville will head home for a game against the Drake Bulldogs.

Aces Win Back-To-Back Games To Try To Keep Top-4 Hopes Alive

Tayshawn Comer leads the Purple Aces in scoring with 15.9 PPG and in assists with 4.1 APG along with 3.7 RPG while Gabriel Pozzato has 15.4 PPG with 4 RPG so far this season. Cam Haffner has 12.7 PPG with 3.6 RPG, capping off the trio of double-digit scorers for Evansville up to this point in the year. Tanner Cuff has 8.6 PPG with Cuff logging a team-high 6.6 RPG and 3.4 APG to lead the Aces in rebounding. Joshua Hughes also has 7.7 PPG and 5 RPG while Connor Turnbull has 8.5 PPG with 4.4 RPG on the year. As a team, Evansville is averaging 66.8 PPG on 43.2% shooting from the field, 30.4% from three and 68.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the Evansville Purple Aces will win

• UIC has lost five of its last six games.
• Evansville has won three of its last four road games.

UIC Recap

The UIC Flames come into this game looking to bounce back from a 74-57 loss at the hands of Drake in their last game to slip to 15-12 on the year. After this game, UIC will head on the road for a game against Northern Iowa.

Flames Looking To Avoid Burning Out

Javon Jackson leads the Flames in scoring with 12.5 PPG along with 2.9 APG and 1.7 SPG while Sasa Ciani has 10 PPG with a team-high 7.7 RPG to lead the Flames on the glass so far this season. Ahmad Henderson II has 11.4 PPG with 2.8RPG and 2.7 APG while Tyem Freeman’s added 10.5 PPG with 4.1 RPG. Jordan Mason’s added 10.3 PPG with 3.3 RPG and a team-high 3.2 APG to lead the Flames in assists and to cap off the scoring in double figures for UIC so far this season. Filip Skobalj has 8.7 PPG with 3.1 RPG while Modestas Kancleris also has 8.1 PPG with 6.5 RPG as well on the year. As a team, UIC is averaging 77.6 PPG on 46.5% shooting from the field, 35.3% from three and 71.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the UIC Flames will win

• The home team has won each of UIC’s last four games.
• Evansville has lost 22 of its last 25 Saturday road games against the Missouri Valley Conference.

Evansville vs. UIC Prediction

I’m going to take a shot on Evansville and the points in this game. I get why UIC would be favored here at home, but I still think this is also partially a stigma that’s attached with Evansville for being the laughing stock of the Missouri Valley conference for so many years. The Flames have been a great team for a lot of the year, but they’ve cooled off in a big way down the stretch and I was kind of surprised to see that Evansville’s as high in the MVC standings as they are, with a win here putting them in 5th in the conference. I’ll take my chances with Evansville and the points here.