Model Predictions
| Model | Wichita State Shockers | Evansville Purple Aces | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 58.7% | 41.3% | - | ✓ |
| Bradley-Terry | 74.2% | 25.8% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 91.7% | 8.3% | -13.2 | ✓ (6.8 off) |
| Pythagorean | 78.5% | 21.5% | - | ✓ |
| Efficiency | 96.1% | 3.9% | - | ✓ |
| Adjusted Efficiency | 94.3% | 5.7% | - | ✓ |
| Log Adjusted | 94.3% | 5.7% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Evansville Purple Aces -20 (41-61). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Wichita State Shockers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Baker * | 34 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 8-9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 17 | - |
| T. Cotton * | 34 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - |
| E. Wessel * | 32 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | - |
| D. Carter * | 25 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 17 | - |
| F. VanVleet * | 17 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | - |
| S. Morris | 15 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | - |
| Z. Brown | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| R. Kelly | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | - |
| B. Wamukota | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| R. Holland | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| J. Walker | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - |
| T. Glass | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| J. Simon | 2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
| R. Nurger | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| C. Henderson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - |
Evansville Purple Aces
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.J. Balentine * | 37 | 6-17 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | - |
| Blake Simmons * | 35 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Mislav Brzoja * | 30 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | - |
| Egidijus Mockevicius * | 28 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | - |
| Duane Gibson * | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - |
| Jaylon Brown | 19 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Adam Wing | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Jaylon Moore | 7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | - |
| Christian Benzon | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Taylor Stafford | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| David Howard | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
* = starter