Led by Tayshawn Comer's 19 points, the Evansville Purple Aces defeated the Illinois State Redbirds 69-51 on Wednesday night. The Purple Aces improved to 6-10 with the victory and the

Evansville Purple Aces (4-9, 1-1 MVC) at Southern Illinois Salukis (5-8, 0-2 MVC) Carbondale, Illinois; Wednesday, 2 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Salukis -8.5; over/under is 139.5 BOTTOM

Illinois State Redbirds (10-5, 2-2 MVC) at Evansville Purple Aces (5-10, 2-2 MVC) Evansville, Indiana; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Evansville takes on Illinois State after Tayshawn Comer scored 24 points in Evansville's 66-62 loss to the Indiana State Sycamores.

BOTTOM LINE: Evansville hosts Illinois State after Tayshawn Comer scored 24 points in Evansville’s 66-62 loss to the Indiana State Sycamores. The Purple Aces have gone 4-4 at home. Evansville ranks fifth in the MVC in team defense, allowing 70.1 points while holding opponents to 42.4% shooting.

Evansville 8-24 (Haffner 4-9, Hughes 2-5, Tesch 1-2, Comer 1-4, Berridge 0-1, Cuff 0-1, Turnbull 0-2). Rebounds_Illinois St. 31 (Davis 7), Evansville 29 (Turnbull 10). Assists_Illinois St. 9 (Walker,

Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (11-4, 3-1 OVC) at Southeast Missouri State Redhawks (4-9, 2-2 OVC) Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Thursday, 6:15 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Southern Indiana visits Southeast Missouri State after Triniti Ralston scored 25 points in Southern Indiana's 83-79 loss to the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles.