General Name of school: University of Southern Indiana 2014-15 Team Information City/population: Evansville/300,000 (Metro Area) Overall record: 19-8 Founded: 1965 Home record: 13-3 Enrollment: 10,929 (Fall 2015) Nickname: Screaming Eagles Road record: 5-4 School colors: Red, White, Blue Neutral site record: 1-1 Arena/capacity: Physical Activities Center/2,600 Conference record: 12-6/5th GLVC East Division Affiliation: NCAA II Conference Tournament finish: 6th Conference: Great Lakes Valley Final ranking last year: NA President: Dr. Linda L. M. Bennett Alma mater, yr.: Cincinnati, ‘74 Starters returning/lost: 2/3 Athletic Director: Jon Mark Hall Lettermen returning/lost: 5/7 Alma mater, yr.: Murray State, ‘90 Athletic Department phone: 812/464-1846 Athletic Communications Ticket Office phone: 812-465-7165 Athletic Trainer: Scott Hooker Director of Athletic Communications: Ray Simmons Phone: 812-465-1298 Office phone: 812-465-1622 Assistant Athletic Trainer: Laura Heline Home phone: 812-626-6435 Phone: 812-464-1955 Cell phone: 812-760-9582 Asst. Dir. of Athletic Communications: History Dan McDonnell First yr. of Basketball: 1970-71 Office Phone: 812-465-1121 Overall All-Time Record: 888-416 (.681) Cell phone: 812-589-2956 Yrs. in NCAA Tournament/last: 25/2014 NCAA Tournament Record: 32-27 Graduate Asst. Athletic Communications: Last post-season opponent: Michigan Tech (2014) Michael Robertson Result: L 75-70 Office Phone: 812-465-7094 Yrs. in GLVC Tournament/last: 15/2014 Cell Phone: 317-979-6600 GLVC Tournament Record: 30-11 Men's Basketball Contact: Ray Simmons Last GLVC Tournament opponent: Maryville (2015) Athletic Office Fax: 812-465-1129 Result: L 71-72 (ot) Athletic Communications mailing address: 8600 University Blvd. Evansville, IN 47712 Coaching Staff Head Coach: Rodney Watson Alma mater, yr.: Eastern Illinois '82 Record at USI: 139-38 (5 Years) Career record: Same GLVC record: 79-29 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); Clinton Happe (McKendree ’14) Date Opponent Location GLVC Time 11/8 at Illinois State University (Exhibition) Bloomington, IL 2 p.m. D2 Vegas Showdown 11/13 vs. University of Findlay Las Vegas, NV 8:30 p.m. (CST) 11/14 vs. Lake Superior State University Las Vegas, NV 6 p.m. (CST) 11/18 Lees-McRae College Evansville, IN 7 p.m. 11/24 Kentucky State University Evansville, IN 7:30 p.m. Bill Joergens Memorial Classic 11/27 Ohio Valley University Evansville, IN 7:30 p.m. 11/28 Midwestern State University Evansville, IN 7:30 p.m. 12/3 McKendree University Evansville, IN 7:30 p.m. 12/5 University of Illinois Springfield Evansville, IN 3:15 p.m. Bellarmine Classic 12/11 vs. Shaw University Louisville, KY 4:30 p.m. (CST) 12/12 vs. St. Catharine College Louisville, KY 4:30 p.m. (CST) 12/19 Spalding University (Ky.) Evansville, IN 1 p.m. 12/30 Purdue North Central Evansville, IN 7 p.m. 1/7 at Rockhurst University Kansas City, MO 7:30 p.m. 1/9 at William Jewell College (Mo.) Liberty, MO 3:15 PM 1/14 Quincy University Evansville, IN 7:30 p.m. 1/16 Truman State University Evansville, IN 3:15 p.m. 1/18 at Bellarmine University Louisville, KY 7 p.m. (CST) 1/21 at Lewis University Romeoville, IL 7:30 p.m. 1/23 at University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI 3 p.m. 1/28 University of Indianapolis Evansville, IN 7:30 p.m. 1/30 Saint Joseph's College (Ind.) Evansville, IN 3:15 p.m. 2/4 at Drury University Springfield, MO 7:45 PM 2/6 at Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO 3 p.m. 2/11 Maryville University Evansville, IN 7:30 p.m. 2/13 University of Missouri - St. Louis Evansville, IN 3:15 p.m. 2/18 at University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, IL 7:30 p.m. 2/20 at McKendree University Lebanon, IL 3 p.m. 2/25 Bellarmine University Evansville, IN 7:30 p.m. GLVC Tournament 2/28 GLVC Tournament First Round TBA 3/4-6 GLVC Tournament Finals St. Charles, MO NCAA II Midwest Regional 3/12-15 NCAA II Midwest Regional TBA 2015 NCAA Division II Elite Eight 3/23-26 NCAA II Elite Eight Frisco, TX USI opens the 2015-16 campaign, which features a 28-game regular season, with an exhibition game November 8 at Illinois State University. The regular season begins on the road for the second time in three years when the Screaming Eagles fly to Las Vegas, Nevada, to play in the D2 Vegas Showdown November 13-14. The Eagles are slated to play NCAA II Midwest Region opponents University of Findlay and Lake Superior State University. LSSU was an NCAA II Midwest Regional team last spring. Following the neutral site tournament to start the season, USI opens the home schedule with Lees-McRae College November 18. The USI-Lees McRae matchup begins the six-game non-conference home schedule that includes the ninth-annual Bill Joergens Memorial Classic November 27 and 28. The 2015 Bill Joergens Memorial Classics features USI, Bellarmine University, which advanced to the NCAA II Elite semifinals in March, Midwestern State University, which reached the finals of the NCAA II South Central Regional, and Ohio Valley University. USI concludes the 2015 non-conference calendar in December with the Bellarmine Classic against Shaw University (December 11) and St. Catharine University (December 12) and home contests at the PAC versus Spalding University on (December 19) and Purdue University North Central (December 30) For a second year, the GLVC action features an 18-game conference schedule that includes at least one game against every school in the league and home-and-home series with selected teams from the GLVC East Division. The 2015-16 home-and-home slate includes East Division rivals McKendree University (December 3 at the PAC; February 20 in Lebanon, Missouri), the University of Illinois Springfield (December 5 at the PAC; February 18 in Springfield, Illinois), and Bellarmine University (January 18 in Louisville, Kentucky; February 25 at the PAC). The remainder of USI’s home conference schedule includes match-ups with Quincy University (January 14), Truman State University (January 16), the University of Indianapolis (January 28), Saint Joseph’s (January 30), Maryville University (February 11), and the University of Missouri-St. Louis (February 13). The road portion of January and February’s GLVC slate includes Rockhurst University (January 7), William Jewell College (January 9), Lewis University (January 21), the University of Wisconsin-Parkside (January 23), Drury University (February 4), and Missouri University of Science & Technology (February 6) “The GLVC regular season will be as strong of a test for us as it is every year,” said Watson. “The conference has produced our region’s representative in the NCAA II Elite Eight each of the last six seasons and we need to join that group.” The GLVC Tournament is slated to begin February 28 at campus sites before completing the final three rounds March 3-6 at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri. The NCAA II Midwest Regional is set for March 11-15, while the NCAA II Elite Eight moves to Dallas, Texas, March 22-26 after a two-year stint in Evansville. USI has won 20-or-more games in 20 of the last 23 seasons and has reached 25-or-more wins six of the last 14 years. USI has a record of 139-38 (.785) and won a pair of GLVC championships under the direction of Head Coach Rodney Watson since 2009-10. USI has six teams on the schedule that appeared in the 2015 NCAA Division II Tournament (Drury, Bellarmine, Indianapolis, UW-Parkside, Lake Superior State, and Midwestern State). A total of 19 teams on the schedule were in their respective conference tournaments. The schedule includes 11 teams with winning records. USI’s all-time record against teams on the schedule is 375-200 (.652). The Eagles have opened the last 29 seasons with a victory. The Eagles have won each of the last 31 home openers. USI has a home record of 494-82 (.858) since moving into the PAC in 1980-81. Players NO. NAME POS. HT. WT CL. HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Jeril Taylor G 6-4 195 Jr. Louisville, KY / Pleasure Ridge Park /Rend Lake 3 Bobo Drummond G 5-10 175 Jr. Peoria, IL / LaLumiere Academy / Wright State 10 Jacob Norman F 6-5 210 Fr. Evansville, IN / Reitz 13 Terrence Tisdell F 6-7 240 Jr. Cape Girardeau, MO / Cape Central / John Wood 20 Alex Stein G 6-3 185 Fr. Evansville, IN / Reitz 21 Brett Benning G 6-5 19 So. Davis, IL / Dakota 23 Travis Britt G 6-3 190 Sr. Rantoul, IL / Rantoul Coffeyville 24 George Edwards F 6-6 260 Sr. Chicago, IL / Foreman North / Casper 30 Cortez Macklin G 6-3 170 Jr. Louisville, KY / Pleasure Ridge Park /Rend Lake 31 Kyle Aiton G 6-2 190 Jr. Newburgh, IN / Castle /Wabash 32 Shane Seniour F 6-8 235 Sr. Newburgh, IN / Castle / Parkland 33 Davis Carter C 7-1 220 So. Denver, CO / Denver Science&Technology / Western Nebraska 50 Emmanuel Audu F 6-7 215 So. Lagos, Nigeria / Beta College / Carl Albert State 55 Joe Godfread F 6-8 260 Jr. Evansville, IN / Elkhart / IU South Bend Coaching Staff NAME TITLE Rodney Watson Men's Basketball Head Coach Brent Owen Assistant Men's Basketball Coach Kevin Gant Assistant Men's Basketball Coach Clinton Happe Graduate Asst.