EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The IU Indianapolis women's basketball team's quest for an in-state road win fell shy to a hot shooting Evansville squad on Thursday night (Nov. 20) as the Jaguars fell to the Purple Aces, 75-58. Evansville (1-4) shot 55 percent from the floor in the second half, including 8-of-11 from three-point range, to flip a three-point halftime deficit into a 17-point win. 

Nevaeh Foster led IU Indy (2-3) with 16 points and Sydney Bolden closed with 11. Camryn Runner paced Evansville with 25 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and Logan Luebbers Palmer added 23 points, hitting 6-of-11 treys. 

Offensively, the Jaguars got off to a slow start, making just one field goal in the game's opening eight minutes as UE built a 12-4 lead. Foster stopped the drought with a wing three and then followed with tough drive down the left side. The Jags closed within three at 14-11 when Kamara Mills scored a hotly contested runner before the hosts scored the final points of the first quarter. 

The second quarter went the way of the Jaguars as they limited Evansville to just seven points in building a 26-23 halftime lead. Defensively, the Jags held the Purple Aces to just three field goals in the second quarter and used buckets from Foster and E'Zaria Adams to take the lead before intermission. 

An 8-0 Evansville run in the early stages of the third quarter gave UE a lead they would never relinquish. The Purple Aces pushed the lead out to 48-36 on a Mireia Mustaros layup before Bolden scored six straight points to make it a two-possession game. The hosts scored the final bucket of the third quarter to extend the lead out to eight. Evansville opened the fourth quarter with a Kylee Norkus three to retake a double-digit lead and never let the Jaguars close from there. 

Evansville finished the game at 46 percent overall and 9-of-19 (47.4 percent) from three while the Jags mustered just 34 percent overall. The Jags also committed 21 turnovers, handing Evansville a 22-12 advantage in points off turnovers. 

Adams tallied eight points off the IU Indy bench and Olivia Smith contributed five points, eight rebounds and five assists. Hailey Smith and Destini Craig each tallied five points apiece as well. 

The Jaguars will return to action on Sunday (Nov. 23) when they trek to Huntington, W.Va., to face Marshall in a 4:00 p.m. tip on ESPN+.