Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball

Evansville Purple Aces
Evansville Purple Aces
	2024–25 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team
University	University of Evansville
Head coach	Robyn Scherr-Wells (4th season)
Conference	Missouri Valley
Location	Evansville, Indiana
Arena	Meeks Family Fieldhouse ; (capacity: 1,800)
Nickname	Purple Aces
Colors	Purple, white, and orange;
Uniforms
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]

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

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1999	#13	First Round	#4 LSU	L 69−78
2009	#15	First Round	#2 Texas A&M	L 45−80

References

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

External links

Official website

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[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".

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v t e Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball
Venues	Roberts Municipal Stadium (1969–2011) Ford Center (2011–2017) Meeks Family Fieldhouse (2017–present)
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

v t e University of Evansville
Located in: Evansville, Indiana
Athletics	Evansville Purple Aces Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's soccer German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium Ford Center
Awards	Richard Wilbur Award
Related	Men's basketball team plane crash Harlaxton Manor
Founded: 1854

v t e Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball
Teams	Belmont Bruins Bradley Braves Drake Bulldogs Evansville Purple Aces Illinois State Redbirds Indiana State Sycamores Missouri State Lady Bears Murray State Racers Northern Iowa Panthers Southern Illinois Salukis UIC Flames Valparaiso Beacons
Tournament & awards	Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament Jackie Stiles Player of the Year
Seasons	1983–84 1983–84 1984–84 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24