Live Blogging: Evansville Purple Aces at Duke Blue Devils 12/20/2017

NCAA MBK: Evansville Purple Aces at Duke Blue Devils ESPN TV Broadcast

Hello and welcome to another edition of ‘Live Blogging on Shish on College Basketball’. Tonight it is a Missouri Valley/ACC clash as the Evansville Purple Aces take on the Duke Blue Devils. The Purple Aces come in with a record of 10-2, while the Blue Devils come in with a record of 11-1.

The Purple Aces are currently tied for the top spot in the Valley with the Loyola of Chicago Ramblers. But the Purple Aces have the higher RPI than Loyola. But neither team has the highest RPI in the conference. That belongs to Northern Iowa. So for Evansville a win against Duke, could help them in their tournament resumé.

As for the Blue Devils. They are looking to continue their dominant play, as they get ready for conference play to resume. They are coming off an 11-day rest, after losing to Boston College, to start their conference play.

Statistically the Purple Aces are averaging 72.3 PPG, while allowing 61.9 PPG. They are rebounding 34.5 RPG, and averaging 14.8 APG.

Meanwhile the Blue Devils are averaging 93.3 PPG, while allowing 75.2 PPG. They are rebounding at 45.4 RPG, and averaging 19.9 APG.

It is the Evansville Purple Aces and Duke Blue Devils, coming up shortly.

Game Location: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, NC

Possible Starting Lineups:

Evansville Purple Aces (10-2):
G: B.Simmons
G: K.J. Riley
G: N. Frederking
F: D. Chatkevicius
​F: E. Kuhlman

Duke Blue Devils (11-1):
G: G. Trent, Jr.
G: T. Duval
G: G. Allen
F: M. Bagley III
F: W. Carter Jr.
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Evansville in purple. Duke in white.

1st Half:
20:00: Duke won the tip. Evansville will get possession arrow in their favor.
19:47: Duvall misses both free throws for Duke.
19:27: Chatkevicius with the layup. UE 2, Duke 0
19:18: Bagley with the 3-point FG. UE 2, Duke 3
18:47: Riley makes a FG. UE 4, Duke 3
18:11: Chatkevicius with the travel violation.
17:41: Allen with the layup. UE 4, Duke 5
17:18: Simmons with the 3-point FG. UE 7, Duke 5
17:10: Duval with the jump shot. UE 7, Duke 7
16:31: Bolden with the dunk. UE 7, Duke 9
15:53: T.V. Timeout #1: UE 7, Duke 9

​​15:53: Bagley makes both free throws. UE 7, Duke 11
15:21: Allen makes a 3-point FG. UE 7, Duke 14
14:43: Carter with the 3-point FG. UE 7, Duke 17
14:12: Chatkevicius with a layup. UE 9, Duke 17
14:02: Carter with the jump shot. UE 9, Duke 19
13:52: O'Donnell with the layup. UE 9, Duke 21
13:52: Purple Aces Timeout #1: UE 9, Duke 21
​​13:38: Federking makes a jump shot. UE 11, Duke 21
13:02: Chatkevicius makes a FG. UE 13, Duke 21
12:49: Carter makes both free throws. UE 13, Duke 23
11:56: T.V. Timeout #2: UE 13, Duke 23

​11:44: Bagley with the dunk for the Blue Devils. UE 13, Duke 25
11:35: Allen with another jump shot. UE 13, Duke 27
11:03: Frederking with a jump shot to stop the Purple Aces bleeding. UE 15, Duke 27
10:32: Carter with a 3-point FG. UE 15, Duke 30
8:59: Jump ball! Evansville gets the possession. Duke will now have the possession arrow, in their favor. 
8:39: Duke is in the Bonus. Blue Devils will shoot 1-and-1, after every free throw. 
7:55: T.V. Timeout #3: UE 15, Duke 30

7:53: Goldwire with a 3-point FG. UE 15, Duke 33
6:39: Trent with the layup. UE 15, Duke 35
6:09: Carter with the layup. UE 15, Duke 37
6:04: Purple Aces Timeout #2: UE 15, Duke 37
6:04: According to ESPN, the Purple Aces have committed 10 turnovers in tonight's game. 
5:42: Duval with a layup. UE 15, Duke 39
5:30: 18 of Duke's 39 points are off Purple Aces turnovers.
5:26: Simmons makes 1 of 2 free throws. UE 16, Duke 39
5:16: Trent with the 3-point FG. UE 16, Duke 42
4:33: Allen makes a 3-point FG. UE 16, Duke 45
4:13: Jump Ball! Duke ball. Evansville will have the possession arrow, in their favor. 
3:51: T.V. Timeout #4: UE 16, Duke 45

​3:51: Bagley makes 1 of 2 free throws. UE 16, Duke 46
3:10: Bagley makes both free throws. UE 16, Duke 48
2;57: Chatkevicus with the dunk. UE 18, Duke 48
2:47: Carter with the jump shot. UE 18, Duke 50
1:36: Carter with a layup and the foul. UE 18, Duke 52
1;36: Carter with the free throw. UE 18, Duke 53
1;05: Shot Clock Violation called against Purple Aces. 
:55: Bagley dunks it home. UE 18, Duke 55
:35: Allen with a 3-point FG. UE 18, Duke 58
:00: The 1st Half is mercifully over for the Purple Aces, who will have the possession arrow in their favor. 

Halftime: 
UE 18, Duke 58

Scores:

Scoring: W. Carter, Jr. (Duke) 17 points
Rebounding: Bagley III (Duke)  5 rebounds
Assists: Goldwire (Duke) 5 assists

Halftime Thoughts
Well Evansville is playing with 8 players, due to injury. Duke is jobbing Evansville in the 1st Half. 

2nd Half:
19:15: Trent with the 3-point FG. UE 18, Duke 61
18:35: Carter with a 3-point FG. UE 18, Duke 64
18:05: Bagley with a layup. UE 18, Duke 66
17:57: Purple Aces Timeout #3: UE 18, Duke 66
​17:38: Carter with the 3-point FG. UE 18, Duke 69
17:20: Kuhlman with the 3-point FG. UE 21, Duke 69
17:04: Carter with the dunk. UE 21, Duke 71
16:34: Trent with another 3-point FG. UE 21, Duke 74
15:57: T.V. Timeout #1: UE 21, Duke 74

12:45: Duke leading UE 78-27. 
11:50: Duke scored 35 of 82 off turnovers. 
11:42: T.V. Timeout #2: UE 27, Duke 82
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​10:03: Duke now increased the lead to 87-31, over Evansville.
7:35: Bagley missed a 3-point FG. 
6;38: T.V. Timeout # 3: UE 35, Duke 91
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​Duke will restart their conference schedule on Saturday Dec. 30th, as they will face Florida St. They will Pittsburgh, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, and North Carolina twice. 

4:26: Purple Aces Final Timeout: UE 35, Duke 98
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Evansville will start their conference play against Illinois St. on Saturday. They will also play Loyola of Chicago Next Saturday in Chicago. 

3:40: Robinson hits a 3-point FG, to get the Blue Devils to break 100 points. UE 35, Duke 101

I think the Washington Generals played a more competitive game then the Purple Aces tonight. And it is not all their fault. They are depleted. As a few UE players are benched due to injury. The Purple Aces are hoping they will be on full strength on Saturday when they face the Redbirds of Illinois St. 

Final:
UE 40, Duke 104
UE: (10-3)
Duke: (12-1)

Final Leaders:
Scoring: Carter (Duke) 27 points
Rebounding: Bagley 7 rebounds
Assists: Duval (Duke) 8 assists

Final Thoughts:
Duke looks like they can't wait to restart their conference portion of the schedule. As for Evansville, they will forget about tonight, the university will thank them for earning the institution some revenue for playing Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium. and go on to play Illinois St. 

This is Paul Shishkoff, Jr. This has been 'Live Blogging on Shish on College Basketball'. Thanks for visiting this page.  
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