Eagles MBB hope for restart in OVC

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball hopes to restart its season in Ohio Valley Conference action, beginning with visits to Southeast Missouri State University Friday and Lindenwood University Sunday. Tipoff at SEMO is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and at Lindenwood is slated for 2:30 p.m. in St. Charles, Missouri.

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USI, which is 3-10, finished a tough non-conference slate with an 81-50 loss at Southern Illinois University December 22. Sophomore guard/forward AJ Smith (Edwardsville, Illinois) led the Eagles with 14 points and 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season.  
 
Overall last week in the win over the University of Saint Francis and the loss at SIU, Smith led USI last week with 15.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in the two contests. Junior forward Jack Mielke (Downers Grove, Illinois) followed with 13.0 points per contest, while sophomore Ryan Hall (Kettering, Ohio) rounded out the double-digit scorers with 10.5 points per game.
 
Through 13 games of the season, junior guard Jeremiah Hernandez (Chicago, Illinois) and Smith lead USI in scoring with 12.5 points and 11.6 points per game, respectively. Smith also leads the team with 9.5 rebounds per contest.
 
The Redhawks of SEMO were 4-8 in non-conference action after losing to Illinois State University December 21 on the road, 85-64, but is .500 over the last six games. The Lions of Lindenwood defeated Rockford University, 81-54, December 22, and are 6-7 overall in the run up to OVC play.
 
USI trails the all-time series with SEMO, 4-3, after splitting the OVC matchups last year. The Eagles took the opening game at Screaming Eagles Arena, 86-81, but lost in Cape Girardeau, 85-80.
 
After last season sweep, USI leads the all-time series with Lindenwood, 6-0. The Eagles took the opening meeting in St. Charles, 81-65, and completed the sweep at Screaming Eagles Arena, 74-64, for one of two OVC series sweeps last season.
 
Following this week’s OVC road games, USI comes home to host Tennessee State University January 4 and Tennessee Tech University January 6 at Screaming Eagles Arena.

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