Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Evansville Purple Aces
46 – 84
FINAL Conference
UIC Flames
Missouri Valley Conference · Ford Center · February 19, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UIC -8.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money EVAN +310 / UIC -395
Model Predictions
Spread Total EVAN win
Actual UIC +38 130 Lost
Massey UIC -8.2 (-29.8) — —
Massey Totals — 139.4 (-9.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 22% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 16% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UIC -8.7 (-29.3) 138.9 (-8.9) 22% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UIC -7.8 (-30.2) 139.4 (-9.4) 20% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UIC -7.8 (-30.2) 137.2 (-7.2) 23% ✓
Baseline ML UIC -8.4 (-29.6) 139.6 (-9.6) 23% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 21, 2026 UIC 76 – 49 EVAN
Feb 22, 2025 UIC 82 – 77 EVAN
Jan 23, 2025 UIC 78 – 67 EVAN
Feb 22, 2024 UIC 88 – 79 EVAN
Feb 1, 2024 EVAN 77 – 60 UIC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EVAN UIC
Overall 7-25 19-16
Conference 3-17 12-8
Home 5-10 9-5
Away 1-12 7-9
Neutral 1-3 3-2
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 65.8 73.9
Avg Pts Against 78.3 71.2
Massey -7.6 (#288) 3.6 (#117)
Bradley-Terry -1.63 (#312) 0.15 (#154)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.87 (#295) 0.35 (#141)
RPI 0.436 (#302) 0.513 (#150)
Shooting & Four Factors EVAN UIC
FG% 42.3% 43.4%
3PT% 32.1% 30.6%
REB / G 30.9 36.3
OREB / G 7.9 13.3
AST / TO 0.93 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.0% 48.5%
TOV% 19.5% 17.8%
ORB% 23.2% 36.8%
FT Rate 22.6% 27.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.5% 49.7%
Opp TOV% 16.2% 20.4%
DRB% 69.7% 66.7%
Opp FT Rate 23.2% 25.8%

Game Analysis

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