MILWAUKEE -- Alverno College, winner of two of its last three games, will take on the hosts Eagles of Edgewood College in a Northern Athletics Conference North Division game Tuesday evening at the Todd Wehr Edgedome in Madison, in the Inferno's lone game of the week.
Edgewood (4-8, 3-3 NAC) has lost its last two games -- 66-49 to UW-Whitewater and 62-53 at MSOE -- and has posted just one victory in its last five, a 37-34 neutral-site win over University of California-Santa Cruz back on Dec. 30.
The Eagles come into the game as one of the best rebounding teams in the conference, and are tops with 17.0 offensive rebounds per contest. Alternately, the host team has the lowest shooting percentage in the NAC, connecting on just 28.9 of its attempts from the floor.
The two North Division foes split the series last season, as Edgewood took a 50-43 victory at Alverno, and the Inferno took one back, 65-55, on the Eagles' home court as Gabby Allen became the Inferno's all-time leading scorer in the game.
Alverno (5-8, 2-5) trails in the all-time series 12-2, but has gone 2-2 in the last two seasons versus the Eagles.
Edgewood will provide a live webcast of the game, set for a 7 p.m. tipoff, via edgewoodcollegeeagles.com.
