USI Men’s Basketball reveals 2024-25 schedule​​​​​​​

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball revealed its 2024-25 schedule, beginning with a visit to DePaul University November 4. The 2024-25 home opener is slated for November 7 when USI hosts Bucknell University for the first of 15 contests at Screaming Eagles Arena this year.

Following the home opener versus Bucknell, the 2024-25 home non-conference schedule includes South Dakota State University (November 22), Indiana State University (November 25), East/West University (December 1), and Shawnee State University (December 15).

The home portion of the Ohio Valley Conference schedule will feature Tennessee State University (December 19), the University of Tennessee at Martin (December 21), Morehead State University (December 31), Lindenwood University (January 16), Western Illinois University (January 18), Tennessee Tech University (February 1) the University of Arkansas Little Rock (February 6), Southeast Missouri State University (February 8), Eastern Illinois University (February 20), and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (February 20).

The Screaming Eagles have a challenging road slate following the season-opener at DePaul. USI follows up the trip with a visit to Marshall University (November 11) to begin three-straight on the road, continuing to Bellarmine University (November 13) and Purdue University Fort Wayne (November 16). The final non-conference game of 2024-25 is a trip to Southern Illinois University (December 7).

In OVC play, this year’s conference road slate includes stopovers at Tennessee Tech (January 2), SEMO (January 9), Little Rock (January 11), SIUE (January 23), EIU (January 25), Morehead State (January 28), WIU (February 13); Lindenwood (February 15), UT Martin (February 27), and Tennessee State (March 1).

In the history of the USI Men’s Basketball program, the Eagles are 112-123 all-time versus the 2024-25 opponents. USI is 99-69 against former GLVC-rivals Bellarmine University (53-46) and SIUE (46-23). The Eagles are playing Bellarmine for the first time since the Knights moved to Division I in 2020.