Evansville Sports Corp will announce today that Ford Center and Evansville will be the host of the 2015 NCAA Division II Elite Eight and the 2017 NCAA II Cross Country Championships. A press conference has been scheduled for 3:30 p.m. in the lobby of Ford Center to announce the additional tournaments. The venue in downtown Evansville will be the host of this season's Elite Eight in March 2014, in addition to hosting the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament both this past season, and in next February for the second straight year.
A few things stood out to Southern Indiana (5-0) men’s basketball Head Coach Rodney Watson when he was considering recruiting junior college transfer guard Gavin Schumann.
“He could score,” Watson...
Stephanie Carpenter is a senior guard for the Southern Indiana women's basketball team. Carpenter, a Salem, Ill. native, and a pre-criminal justice major currently leads the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) in three-point field goal makes while sitting in the top 25 in NCAA Division II three-point field goal ranks, currently 22nd. Carpenter scored 14 points in the Eagles' 87-57 win over Bluefield State at the Physical Activities Center (PAC) on Saturday. Carpenter converted 4-9 attempts from the field, while going 2-6 from behind the three-point line and has been an major factor in the Eagles' 5-1 start to begin the season. Recently, we sat down with Carpenter asking her thoughts on not only her team and teammates, but USI as well.
To say that Aaron Nelson put on a clinic on Saturday afternoon would be an understatement. The 6-foot-8, 250 pounder scored a career-high 31 points and set a school record with 27 rebounds as the University of Southern Indiana men's basketball team blew past visiting Kentucky State University 92-69.
Lauren DeShaney, a two-time Academic All-GLVC recipient, not only finds success in the classroom but also on the volleyball court. The junior kinesiology major from Appleton,Wis., hopes for a deep run...
At 6-foot-2, Abbey Winter uses her height to gain an advantage on the volleyball court, and family genetics play a big part in it. Winter is one of a line of tall people in her family. Her father stands...
No. 11 Southern Indiana didn’t need any additional motivation after falling behind by 20 to IU Southeast in their final game of the Bill Joergens Memorial Classic on Saturday. After all, the game USI found itself in carries the name of one of the university’s biggest supporters.
This week kicks off many sporting events for USI. On Thursday at 8:30 p.m. the women’s basketball team is set to continue their GLVC Tournament run in the quarterfinal round against Quincy College, while...
Southern Indiana men's basketball forward/center Chuck Jones is looking forward to being back on the court after his season-ending shoulder injury last year.
Jessica Parker ended up with 16 points, shooting 5 of 9 from three-point range while adding a point from the free throw line, leading the Eagles to a dominant 96-68 win over Davis & Elkins College.
