Former basketball star overcomes adversity, goes pro
December 6, 2017
Before Aaron Nelson started donning the uniforms of professional basketball teams, he had much to overcome.
The 26-year-old Chicago Heights native was blessed with his on-the-court skills, but parts...
He’s back.
Nate Hansen is finally back.
The junior guard/forward has played in two games since being suspended for the first three games of the season for a “violation of team rules.”
In those...
One of the advantages the University of Southern Indiana men’s basketball team has over other Division II teams is the size of its forwards.
Last seasons starters, Julius Rajala and DayJar “Day...
Five miles and a 13-minute drive are all that separate the campuses of Reitz High School and the University of Southern Indiana.
That short distance is how far from USI Alex Stein, Jacob Norman and...
Kyle Aiton still loves basketball, even though he left the USI men’s team with a year of eligibility still on the table. However, he doesn’t love everything that goes into being a college basketball...
Kevin Gant is ready to use his experience as an athlete at USI in his new role on the coaching staff.
The new assistant men's basketball coach played for three years under head coach Rodney Watson and...
The men's basketball team beat Quincy University Thursday night 68-62.
Quincy held strong in the first half, at one point leading by five, until there was about eight and a half minutes left to play,...
While many students were binge-watching Netflix, catching up on sleep and preparing for another semester, the men’s and women’s basketball teams spent winter break putting in work on the court.
The...
The USI men’s basketball team has performed well up to this point.
With an overall record of 11-4 and a 4-3 record in the GLVC, I wonder how the rest of the season will play out.
The Eagles started...
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...
On Aug. 26, the Men’s Basketball Team announced the hiring of Clinton Happe as its new graduate assistant to replace Blake Woodard.
Woodard is now at Millikin University in Illinois, where he has accepted...
