Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball

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Evansville Purple Aces
Basketball current event.svg 2024–25 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team
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University University of Evansville
Head coach Robyn Scherr-Wells (4th season)
Conference Missouri Valley
Location Evansville, Indiana
ArenaMeeks Family Fieldhouse
(capacity: 1,800)
Nickname Purple Aces
ColorsPurple, white, and orange [1]
     
Uniforms
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Home
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Away
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Alternate
NCAA tournament appearances
1999, 2009
Conference tournament champions
1999, 2009
Conference regular-season champions
2008

The Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team represents the Purple Aces of the University of Evansville, located in Evansville, Indiana, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They play in the Missouri Valley Conference. [2]

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History

Evansville began play in 1969. The Purple Aces have (as of the end of the 2015–16 season) an all-time record of 484–650. They played in the North Star Conference from 1983 to 1986 and the Midwestern Collegiate from 1986 to 1994 before joining the Missouri Valley Conference in 1994. They made the NCAA Tournament in 1999 and 2009, losing in the First Round each time. They have won the MVC Tournament twice (1999, 2009), winning the latter after finishing the regular season 15–19. They have made the WNIT in 2000 and 2008, getting to the Second Round in the latter year. They have made one appearance in the Women's Basketball Invitational (2014). [3]

NCAA tournament results

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
1999 #13First Round#4 LSUL 69−78
2009 #15First Round#2 Texas A&ML 45−80

References

  1. Missouri Valley Conference Style Guide (PDF). August 29, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. "University of Evansville".
  3. "2016–17 Evansville Women's Basketball Info Guide".