Aces fever on the rebound  UE basketball attendance fluctuates
with wins  It's a Tuesday night at Roberts Stadium and the
University of Evansville men's basketball team is holed up in
the locker room with head coach Marty Simmons.  It's 45 minutes
before children line the court to give high fives to Aces
players as they trot out of the tunnel behind male cheerleaders
hoisting purple A-C-E-S banners.  Hardcore Aces fans  UE backers
love their basketball team   n What: University of Evansville
basketball double-header (women vs. Creighton at 4 p.m., men vs.
Indiana State at 7:05 p.m.)  n Where: Roberts Stadium  n
Tickets: $16, $11, $8 (18-and-under, 65-and-over), $25 for
family of four  See Steve Ford's previews of the games on Pages
C1-C2.  Ruth Ann Scott, left, holds her 9-month-old
granddaughter, Penelope Scott, as her other granddaughter, Avery
Scott, 3, watches Ace Purple give a high-five to Jakob Scott, 9,
before the UE men's basketball game against Northern Iowa at
Roberts Stadium last season.  Photo by