If Redbirds HC Ryan Pedot wants to speed up the Purple Aces, good luck. After taking some especially heavy beatings in December, third-year Evansville HC David Ragland decided to slow the Aces pace even further, practically to a crawl. Mind, Evansville has been trending under since Thanksgiving (now nine straight), but Ragland has started to fluster Valley foes with games that have become root canals, allowing just 52 pg while winning two of three, as Ragland has unleashed EKU transfer G Tayshawn Comer, who has scored 25 pg the last two. Like Indiana State on the weekend, Illinois State would prefer to run, which has helped the Redbirds win six of seven. It just won't be that easy at Ford Center. Play ISU-Evansville Under