Women’s basketball ready to recoup
Taylor O'Neil Hall, Sports Editor
November 4, 2017
What started out promising ended horribly. The USI women’s basketball team entered the GLVC Tournament in March as the tournament’s No. 2 seed with a 14-2 record since the start of 2017 and a 24-4 record overall. The Lady Screaming Eagles won the GLVC East by two games and with a win against UI...
Eagles triumph in Play4Kay game
February 20, 2015
The women's basketball team played their annual Play4Kay game Thursday where and beat the University of Indianapolis 68-49. The Play4Kay game is special to the team and they all love being a part of it. Senior forward Mary O'Keefe said the cause hits close to home for them. Play4Kay is used to raise awareness for the ...
Stein’s son signs on for 2015-16 men’s basketball season
Bradie Gray
December 3, 2014
USI basketball signed another Stein. Alex Stein, son of the women’s head basketball coach and former USI men’s basketball player Rick Stein, signed his national letter of intent to play Southern Indiana Basketball late last month. The six-foot-three Reitz guard was second team All-Metro and...
Fall Festival gives exposure to basketball teams
October 7, 2014
A tradition started in 2003 by former Men's Head Basketball Coach Rick Herdes has stayed strong throughout the years. Every year, the USI basketball teams are introduced on the main stage at the Fall Festival for all attendees to see. When current Men's Head Basketball Coach Rodney Watson took over i...
GLVC moves tournaments to Missouri
Bradie Gray
September 29, 2014
The location of this season’s Great Lakes Valley Conference basketball tournaments has both Rodney Watson and Rick Stein disappointed, to say the least. After two consecutive years of holding the GLVC basketball tournaments at the Ford Center in downtown Evansville, the ball games have been moved tw...
Eagles blow past Davis & Elkins to capture second victory
Zane Clodfelter
November 20, 2013
When Davis & Elkins College freshman guard Stephanie Wooten scored a basket to give the Senators a 2-0 lead, the Eagles found themselves down early at the Physical Activities Center (PAC). The deficit didn’t last long, as Southern Indiana followed with a 16-0 run, capped by a Jessica Parker...