Message from 2021-2022 Editorial Staff:
The first issue of The Spartan Shield was published Oct. 15, 1968. The Shield Staff is celebrating The Shield's 53rd birthday by digitally republishing stories...
USI athletics announced Stan "Superman" Gouard as the new head coach for the men’s basketball team Tuesday afternoon in a Zoom press conference.
He will be the 10th men’s head coach in USI’s history.
“I...
Emmanuel Little’s family encouraged him to play basketball after growing three or four inches in the summer of his eighth-grade year.
Despite his height increase, Little wasn’t considered the...
Clayton Hughes started playing basketball seriously in high school and in one summer was able to gain 17 inches in his jump as a result.
“I was born athletic,” Hughes said. “One summer I just...
The men's basketball team fought hard against the Missouri - St. Louis, narrowly edging out the Tritons on their way to a 67-66 victory.
The Eagles struggled to keep up the Tritons for much of the game,...
Dec. 15
The men’s basketball team defeated the Lincoln Lynxes by 20 points, 81-61. Junior Forward Emmanuel Little compiled a double-double with 18 points and 15 rebounds. Senior Guard Darnell Butleradded...
