ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (WFIE) - AJ Casey was one of three double figure scorers for the University of Evansville men’s basketball team in Sunday’s 97-59 defeat to Akron in the semifinals of the Paradise Jam.

UE will face the College of Charleston in Monday evening’s 3 rd -place game at 4:30 p.m. CST.

“Akron is a very talented team and program that we strive to emulate. They won 28 games last year and returned most of their guys and we would love to get to that point,” UE head coach David Ragland said. “We played well for most of the first half and we will learn from tonight and be ready for Charleston tomorrow.”

Casey scored 13 points while adding eight rebounds in the contest. Keishon Porter and Bryce Quinet also scored 13 points apiece. Josh Hughes scored seven points. Akro

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