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General 2018-19 Team Information Name of school: University of Southern Indiana Overall record: 20-11 City/population: Evansville/300,000 (Metro Area) Home record: 14-1 Founded: 1965 Road record: 4-6 Enrollment: 11,021/ (Fall 2018)* Neutral site record: 2-4 Nickname: Screaming Eagles Conference record: 11-7/3rd GLVC East Division School colors: Red, White, Blue Conference Tournament finish: Lost in Quarterfinals Arena/capacity: Physical Activities Center/2,600 Final ranking last year: Unranked Affiliation: NCAA II Starters returning/lost: 3/2 Conference: Great Lakes Valley Lettermen returning/lost: 7/3 President: Dr. Linda L. M. Bennett Alma mater, yr.: Cincinnati, ‘74 Athletic Communications Athletic Director: Jon Mark Hall Dir. of Athletic Communications/ Alma mater, yr.: Murray State, ‘90 Men's Basketball Contact: Ray Simmons Athletic Department phone: 812/464-1846 Office phone: 812-465-1622 Ticket Office phone: 812-465-7165 Home phone: 812-626-6435 Athletic Trainer: Scott Hooker Cell phone: 812-760-9582 Phone: 812-465-1298 Asst. Dir. of Athletic Communications: Dan McDonnell Assistant Athletic Trainer: Laura Heline Office Phone: 812-465-1121 Phone: 812-464-1955 Cell phone: 812-589-2956 History Graduate Asst. Athletic Communications: Harrison LaLone First yr. of Basketball: 1970-71 Student Asst. Athletic Communications: David Gibson Overall All-Time Record: 952.443 (.692) Office Phone: 812-465-7094 Yrs. in NCAA Tournament/last: 26/2017 Athletic Office Fax: 812-465-1129 NCAA Tournament Record: 32-28 Athletic Communications mailing address: Last post-season opponent: Findlay (2017) 8600 University Blvd. Evansville, IN 47712 Result: L 70-69 Yrs. in GLVC Tournament/last: 18/2018 GLVC Tournament Record: 31-14 Last GLVC Tournament opponent: Drury (2018) Result: L 79-72 Coaching Staff Head Coach: Rodney Watson Alma mater, yr.: Eastern Illinois '82 Record at USI: 203-65 (9 Years) Career record: Same GLVC record: 115-47 (9 Years) Basketball Office phone: 812-465-1639 Best Time/Day to reach coach: Mornings Assistant coaches: Brent Owen (USI '09 M'12); Kevin Gant (USI '12) Date Opponent H/A/N Location GLVC Time 11/1/2018 Indiana University A Bloomington, IN 6 p.m. (CDT) 11/3/2018 Butler University A Indianapolis, IN TBA GLVC/GMAC Crossover 11/9/2018 Hillsdale College N Springfield, IL 5:30 p.m. 11/10/2018 Malone University N Springfield, IL 1 p.m. 11/17/2018 Martin Methodist College (Tenn.) H Evansville, IN 3 p.m. 11/23/2018 Lake Superior State University N Indianapolis, IN Noon (CDT) 11/27/2018 Oakland City University H Evansville, IN 7 p.m. 12/1/2018 Bellarmine University H Evansville, IN 7:30 p.m. 12/16/2018 Midway University (Ky.) H Evansville 1 p.m. Bellarmine Classic 12/18/2018 Northern Michigan University N Louisville, KY 4 p.m. (CST) 12/19/2018 Barry University N Louisville, KY Noon (CST) Bill Joergens Memorial Classic 12/29/2018 King University (Tenn.) H Evansville, IN 1 p.m. 12/30/2018 Ohio Valley University H Evansville, IN 3:15 p.m. 1/3/2019 Maryville University A St. Louis, MO 7:30 p.m. 1/5/2019 University of Missouri-St. Louis A St. Louis, MO 3 p.m. 1/10/2019 Truman State University H Evansville, IN 7:30 p.m. 1/12/2019 Quincy University H Evansville, IN 3:15 p.m. 1/17/2019 Rockhurst University A Kansas City, MO 7:30 p.m. 1/19/2019 William Jewell College A Liberty, MO 3 p.m. 1/24/2019 Missouri S&T H Evansville, IN 7:30 p.m. 1/26/2019 Drury University H Evansville, IN 3:15 p.m. 2/2/2019 Bellarmine University A Louisville, KY 7 p.m. (CST) 2/7/2019 University of Indianapolis A Indianapolis, IN 6:45 p.m. (CST) 2/9/2019 Lewis University A Romeoville, IL 3 p.m. 2/14/2019 McKendree University H Evansville, IN 7:30 p.m. 2/16/2019 University of Illinois Springfield H Evansville, IN 3:15 p.m. 2/21/2019 Lewis University H Evansville, IN 7:30 p.m. 2/23/2019 University of Indianapolis H Evansville, IN 3:15 p.m. 2/28/2019 University of Illinois Springfield A Springfield, IL 7:30 p.m. 3/2/2019 McKendree University A Lebanon, IL 3 p.m. GLVC Tournament 3/7-10/2019 Great Lakes Valley Conference N Edwardsville, IL NCAA II Tournament 3/16-19/2019 NCAA II Midwest Region Tournament N TBA 3/27-30/2019 NCAA II Elite Eight N Evansville, IN Screaming Eagles to play exhibition games at Indiana and Butler EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Southern Indiana men's basketball team announces the exciting, action- packed 30-game slate for 2018-19 that includes exhibition visits to Indiana University and Butler University before tipping off a 28-game regular season. The exhibition slate begins with a visit to Indiana University November 1 in Bloomington, Indiana, and concludes at Butler University November 3 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Screaming Eagles will be visiting Indiana for the second time since 2013 and are visiting Butler for the first time since a regular season game in 1984-85. USI tips off the regular season on a neutral court for the fourth-straight season when the Eagles play in the GLVC/GMAC Crossover hosted by the University of Illinois Springfield. The Eagles, who are slated to play five neutral site games this season, begin the crossover with Hillsdale College (November 9) and conclude with Malone University (November 10). The 14-game home schedule commences with a short one-game homestand versus Martin Methodist College November 17 before a third neutral site game when USI and Lake Superior State University play at the University of Indianapolis November 23. Following the USI-LSSU game, the Eagles return to campus for a three-game homestand that has the Great Lakes Valley Conference opener with Bellarmine University (December 1) sandwiched between a pair of non-conference games. The homestand starts with Oakland City University (November 27) and concludes with Midway University (December 16). USI returns to a neutral floor December 18-19 when the Eagles play in the Bellarmine Classic in Louisville, Kentucky. The Eagles are slated to play Northern Michigan University and Barry University during the classic. The 2018-19 non-conference schedule comes to a conclusion when USI hosts King University (December 29) and Ohio Valley University (December 30) to close out the calendar year. USI restarts the GLVC schedule with the New Year when it travels to Maryville University (January 3) and the University of Missouri-St. Louis (January 5). The remainder of the GLVC road schedule includes Rockhurst University (January 17); William Jewell College (January 19); Bellarmine (February 2); Indianapolis (February 7); Lewis University (February 9); Illinois Springfield (February 28); and McKendree University (March 2). The home portion of the GLVC home schedule includes Truman State University (January 10); Quincy University (January 12); Missouri University of Science & Technology (January 24); Drury University (January 26); McKendree (February 14); Illinois Springfield (February 16); Lewis (February 21); and Indianapolis (February 23). The GLVC Tournament is slated for March 7-10 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Vadalabene Center. The NCAA II Midwest Regional is set for March 16-19, while the NCAA II Elite Eight moves to the Ford Center, March 27-30. Schedule Notes: USI has won 20-or-more games in 22 of the last 26 seasons and has reached 25-or-more wins seven of the last 17 years. USI has a record of 203-65 (.772) and won a pair of GLVC championships under the direction of Head Coach Rodney Watson since 2009-10. USI has seven teams on the schedule that appeared in the 2017 NCAA Division II Tournament (Hillsdale, Lake Superior State, King, Barry, Truman, Bellarmine, Drury). A total of 16 teams on the schedule were in their respective conference tournaments. The schedule includes 15 teams with winning records in 2017-18. USI's all-time record against teams on the schedule is 356-155 (.697). The Eagles have won each of the last 34 home openers. USI has a home record of 532-88 (.858) since moving into the PAC in 1980-81. Ticket prices for 2018-19: Season Chairbacks - $140.00; Season Bench - $85.00. USI Men’s Basketball Roster NO. NAME POS. HT. WT CL. HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Kobe Caldwell G/F 6-5 200 Jr. Bowling Green, KY / Warren Central / Utah 1 Kourtlandt Martin G 6-0 170 Jr. Evansville, IN / Central / Carl Sandburg 2 Jacob Norman F 6-5 210 Sr. Evansville, IN / Reitz 3 Mateo Rivera G 6-2 190 So. Indianapolis, IN / North Central 4 Braden Fitzjerrells G 5-7 165 Jr. Mt. Vernon, IL / Mt. Vernon / Southwestern Illinois 5 Nate Hansen G/F 6-4 200 Sr. Evansville, IN / Reitz / Vincennes 13 Humaad Khan G 5-9 150 So. Evansville, IN / Day School 14 Emmanuel Little F 6-6 215 So. Indianapolis, IN / North Central 20 Alex Stein G 6-3 190 Sr. Evansville, IN / Reitz 23 Glen Rouch G/F 6-6 200 Fr. Boonville, IN / Boonville 30 Josh Price F 6-8 250 So. Indianapolis, IN / Shortridge / Indiana East 31 Tyler Dancy F 6-7 273 Fr. Belleville, IL / Belleville West 33 Chance Coyle G/F 6-4 190 Fr. Bloomington, IN / Bloomington South 35 Hugues Mbumba F/C 6-7 220 Jr. Lubumbashi, Congo / St. Ignatius / Vincennes Langdon Briles F 6-4 193 Fr. Nashville, IL / Nashville David Simmons G 6-3 195 Sr. Henderson, KY / Henderson County / Middle Tennessee State Gehrig Wynn G 5-10 160 Fr.