Eagles on the road Thursday, celebrate Senior Day Saturday USI plays on ESPNU Thursday versus Tennessee Tech

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball returns to action this week with one on the road and one at home in the Ohio Valley Conference. USI is slated to visit Tennessee Tech University Thursday at 8 p.m. and host Lindenwood University for Senior Night Saturday at 8 p.m.
 
Thursday’s USI-TTU contest will air live on ESPNU and will be the Screaming Eagles second national broadcast of the year. A watch party, sponsored by the USI Varsity Club and the USI Alumni Association, will be at Buffalo Wild Wings on Pearl Drive. Fans wishing to attend the watch party need to register by February 8 (Wednesday).
 
Prior to the USI-Lindenwood game Saturday, USI will honor its seniors – guard Tyler Henry (Brooklyn, New York), guard Jelani Simmons (Columbus, Ohio), forward Jacob Polakovich (Grand Radpids, Michigan), forward Trevor Lakes (Lebanon, Indiana) – in a ceremony prior to the tipoff. The game has been moved a special 8 p.m. start due to Senior Night activities.
 
The Screaming Eagles (13-12, 6-6 OVC) hope to snap a three-game losing streak this week and get back on track. USI fell short during Homecoming Week, falling to Tennessee State University, 80-76, and to Morehead State University, 71-66, in overtime.
 
For the season, sophomore guard Isaiah Swope (Newburgh, Indiana) is USI’s top scorer with 14.2 points per game after averaging 22.5 points last week. Simmons and Lakes follow with 14.0 points and 13.4 points per outing, respectively, while Polakovich is averaging 11.9 points per outing along with grabbing a team-best and OVC-best 12.8 rebounds per game.
 
The Golden Eagles of TTU (11-14, 7-5 OVC) hope to stay hot after their upset win over Southeast Missouri State University Saturday, 82-80.  TTU is 2-3 in the last five games and led by graduate forward Jaylen Sebree, who leads the Golden Eagles with 14.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game.
 
Thursday’s match-up will be the first meeting between the USI and TTU men’s basketball teams.
 
The Lindenwood Lions snapped a seven-game losing streak by sweeping a pair of home games last week. Lindenwood defeated Eastern Illinois University, 80-67, and the University of Tennessee at Martin, 80-75. The Lions are led by senior guard Chris Childs, who is posting 12.9 points per game.

 
All 2022-23 games are normally streamed on ESPN+ in addition to being heard on ESPN 97.7FM and 95.7FM The Spin.
 
Purchase All-Session Passes to the OVC Tournament, Support USI Athletics
 
The Ohio Valley Conference Tournament will be held at the Ford Center in Downtown Evansville March 1 through March 4. USI Athletics is offering a special discount on All-Session Ticket Books through February 24.
 
Purchase a Ticket Book through USI Athletics and attend ALL EIGHT SESSIONS for ONLY $60 (adult single session tickets are $30 & $20 for men’s sessions and $15 for women’s sessions + fees). This special offer allows you to avoid ticket fees AND $30 from each ticket book sold comes back to support USI student athletes. Ticket books purchased through USI Athletics will be available for pickup on campus prior to the first session at the Ford Center on March 1 and specific details on pickup will accompany your purchase confirmation.
 
Plan to purchase your All-Session OVC Tournament Tickets through the University of Southern Indiana Athletics Office (Link) to show your support for Screaming Eagles Basketball!