Indiana State vs Evansville Prediction College Basketball Picks 1/4/25

The Indiana State Sycamores and the Evansville Purple Aces meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Ford Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Indiana State vs. Evansville prediction.

Indiana State Recap

The Indiana State Sycamores come into this game looking to bounce back from a 90-89 loss to Bradley to fall to 8-6 overall this season. After this game, Indiana State will head on the road to take on Valparaiso.

Sycamores Lose Back-To-Back Games

Samage Teel leads the Sycamores in scoring and assists with 17.7 PPG and 4.4 APG along with 4.6 RPG while Jaden Daughtry has 12.1 PPG with 4.6 RPG as well on the year as the only other double-digit scorer for Indiana State so far this season. Markus Harding’s added 8.8 PPG with 4.9 RPG while K’mani Doughty has 9.2 PPG with 3.1 RPG. Camp Wagner has 8.4 PPG as well this season. As a team, Indiana State is averaging 84.6 PPG on 49.4% shooting from the field, 35.9% from three and 75.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the Indiana State Sycamores will win

• Indiana State has won 15 of its last 16 games against Evansville.
• Evansville has lost 27 of its last 33 day games against the Missouri Valley Conference.

Evansville Recap

The Evansville Purple Aces come into this game looking to build on back-to-back wins after a 68-53 win over Southern Illinois last time out to improve to 5-9 on the year. After this game, Evansville will welcome Illinois State to town.

Purple Aces Win Back-To-Back Games

Gabriel Pozzato leads the Aces in scoring with 15.4 PPG along with 3.8 RPG while Cam Haffner has 13.3 PPG. Tayshawn Comer has 12.4 PPG with 3.4 APG, leading the Aces in assists while also 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 6.4 RPG and 3 APG to lead the Aces in rebounding. Joshua Hughes also has 7.2 PPG and 5 RPG on the year. As a team, Evansville is averaging 65.1 PPG on 41.8% shooting from the field, 28.7% from three and 67.1% from the foul line this season.

Why the Evansville Purple Aces will win

• Evansville has won four of its last five day games at Ford Center following a road win.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Indiana State’s last 11 games have produced a total of 154+ points.
• Each of Evansville’s last eight games have produced a total of 144 or fewer points.

Indiana State vs. Evansville Prediction

I’m on Indiana State here. I may just be a hater of Evansville but I’m still not sold on the Aces for beating up on two bottom tier teams in the MVC so far this season. Indiana State isn’t a world-beater like last year’s team, but they’re still the better team in this matchup and I just don’t think you can keep getting away with winning games by scoring 60 points or less. Give me Indiana State in this one.