Givance and Newton lead Aces in road loss to Loyola By Aaron Hancock | February 7, 2021 at 10:22 PM CST - Updated February 7 at 10:22 PM
CHICAGO, IL. (WFIE) - The junior duo of Shamar Givance and Jawaun Newton combined to score 33 points in a hard-fought 69-58 defeat at Loyola on Sunday afternoon inside Gentile Arena.
Givance recorded 17 points while going 5-for-5 from the line while Newton knocked down 8 out of 11 attempts to finish with 16. Noah Frederking connected on four of his five outside tries to finish with 14 for the Purple Aces (8-10, 6-6 MVC). Loyola (17-3, 12-1 MVC) had four players finish in double figures, led by Braden Norris, who led all players with 19 points. Cameron Krutwig finished with another double-double, posting 14 points and 11 boards.
UE holds Valpo to 18 second-half points
Aces overcome 16-point deficit to defeat Crusaders By Bethany Miller and Makayla Neukam | February 1, 2021 at 9:30 PM CST - Updated February 1 at 10:38 PM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Four University of Evansville men’s basketball players reached double figures in an exciting comeback that saw the Purple Aces overcome a 16-point first half deficit to defeat Valparaiso by a final of 58-51 on Monday night at the Ford Center.
A 19-4 stretch in the first half saw Valparaiso (6-11, 3-5 MVC) open up a 28-12 lead. Evansville (8-8, 6-4 MVC) was able to cut that deficit to nine points at halftime before holding the Crusaders to just 18 second-half points on the way to a 7-point win. Jawaun Newton and Shamar Givance scored 12 points apiece. Newton was an efficient 6-for-8 from the field while Givance was credited with 5 assists and 5 rebounds. Jax Levitch was a perfect 3-for-3 from long range on his way to 11 tallies while Noah Frederking finis
Newton, Bobeâs efforts not enough as Bradley gets past UE
Aces and Braves play again Sunday at 3 p.m. By Aaron Hancock | January 16, 2021 at 10:34 PM CST - Updated January 16 at 11:10 PM
PEORIA, Ill. (WFIE) - Jawaun Newton and Gage Bobe recorded career scoring highs but their efforts were not enough to overcome a red-hot Bradley squad, who shot 61.4% and held off the University of Evansville menâs basketball team by a final of 69-60 on Saturday afternoon inside Carver Arena.
Just seven days ago, Newton matched his career scoring tally with 19 against Illinois State and bettered that mark by three today. He knocked down 9 of his 14 field goal attempts and went 4-for-6 from 3-point range for the Purple Aces (6-7, 4-3 MVC). Playing his top total of 26 minutes, Gage Bobe hit three triples on his way to nine points, which tied his 9-point effort against UT Martin in December.