Whaddya know! The Purple Aces were finally rewarded for several close-but-no-cigar efforts in the Valley with Saturday's win at Indiana State. Though Evansville looks a near sure-thing to be playing on the first day of Arch Madness at St Louis in March, it has proven a tough out, and took down the Sycamores minus top scorer F Connor Turnbull, who has missed recent action after playing limited minutes for a few games with knee issues, with 6-9 Saint Louis transfer AJ Casey (19.3 ppg last three) among those picking up the slack. Meanwhile, note the Braves' only road win in the Valley required triple OT at Terre Haute, as home edge has worked in every other Bradley MVC game to date. Play Evansville.