Evansville

Official Name: 
University of Evansville
Nickname: 
Aces
Mailing Address: 

1800 Lincoln Avenue
Evansville, IN 47722

Website: 
www.gopurpleaces.com
Telephone: 
(812) 479-2350
Fax: 
(812) 479-2199
Enrollment: 
2,400
Arena: 

Roberts Stadium
Capacity: 11,600
Year Opened: 1956

School Colors: 
Purple and White
Conference: 

Missouri Valley (since 1995)
Former Member of Ohio Valley (1949-52) and Midwestern Collegiate (1980-94)

Final NCAA Division II Top 10 Rankings: 

(7) 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1972, and 1976

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(5) 1982, 1989, 1992, 1993, and 1999
1-5 record (.167)

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(15) 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1974, and 1976
40-10 record (.800)
Finished first five times (1959-60-64-65-71) and third once (1958)

NIT Appearances: 

(2) 1988 and 1994
1-2 record (.333)

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(4) 1941, 1942, 1951, and 1955
3-4 record (.429)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Arad McCutchan (31 years from 1947-77 when school was classified as a small college, 514-314 record, .622)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Larry Humes (2,236 points from 1964-66 when school was classified as a small college)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Dale Wise (1,197 from 1959-61 when school was classified as a small college)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Scott Haffner (65 points as senior vs. Dayton on 2/18/89)

All-American Selections: 

(2) F Wilfred Gussie Doerner (1942), F Jerry Sloan (1965)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(1) Wilfred Doerner (1942)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Scott Haffner* (65 vs. Dayton)
February 18, 1989 (senior/24.5 ppg)
*Midwestern Collegiate Conference record.

1

2

Total

Evansville

54

55

109

Dayton

35

48

83

Evansville

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Mack

2-6

0-0

2-2

6

Hill

0-0

0-0

1-2

1

Godfread

7-10

0-0

3-7

17

Haffner

23-29

11-13

8-8

65

Shreffler

3-4

0-0

4-4

12

Crafton

2-5

0-0

0-0

4

Bomba

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Blab

1-2

0-0

0-1

2

Jones

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Donald

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Morning

1-1

0-0

0-0

2

Brand

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

39-61

13-17

18-24

109

Percentages

.639

.765

.750

Dayton

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Corbitt

6-9

0-0

7-10

19

Robinson

7-16

0-0

3-5

17

Coffee

1-2

0-0

1-2

3

Grevey

2-5

0-1

5-5

9

Knight

7-11

0-2

2-5

16

Crotty

1-3

0-0

0-0

2

Springer

3-5

2-2

2-2

10

McCracken

0-1

0-0

0-2

0

Pittman

1-3

0-0

3-4

5

Donoher

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Branch

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Howard

1-1

0-0

0-0

2

Totals

29-56

2-5

23-35

83

Percentages

.518

.400

.657
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Harlan Miller

1

1922

2-9

.182

1922

2-9

Charles O. Holton

1

1923

2-8

.200

1923

2-8

John M. Harmon

7

1924-30

59-50

.541

1925

11-2

William V. Slyker

13

1931-43

123-96

.562

1934

15-4

Emerson Henke

3

1944-46

29-22

.569

1946

16-8

Arad McCutchan

31

1947-77

514-314

.622

1965

29-0

Bobby Watson

1

1978

1-3

.250

1978

1-3

Dick Walters

7

1979-85

114-87

.567

1982

23-6

Jim Crews

17

1986-2002

294-209

.584

1989

25-6

Steve Merfeld

5

2003-07

54-91

.372

2007

14-17

Marty Simmons

4

2008-11

51-72

.415

2009

17-14
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,246-972 (.562) from 1920 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Evansville (IN) moved up to major-college status in 1978
  • Evansville's initial year at the Division I level ended in tragedy when Watson and 13 members of his Purple Aces squad perished in a plane crash moments after taking off en route to their fifth game of the season
  • Coaches are unknown for 1919-20 (1-3 record) and 1920-21 (2-8).