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Estella Dean Home & Y Factor Studio open on Saturday, November 26
Businesses Expand Into A New Home In The Historic Ridgeway Building At 313 Main St.
Estella Dean Home and Y Factor Studio have relocated to a new home at 313 Main St. and will host a grand opening on November 26. The location will be open Monday – Saturday, 8 AM – 5 PM.
Estella Dean Home, a home and gift store, will occupy the first floor. The store is ready for the season, with a curated collection of holiday décor, home furnishings and accessories, and gift items. The second floor will house the commercial and residential interior design team of Y Factor Studio. Y Factor is a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) Certified, full-service interior design firm that offers comprehensive interior design services from consultation to installation.
Community members can shop at Estella Dean Home during Small Business Saturday hosted by the Downtown Evansville Economic Improvement District (EID) on Saturday, November 26, or during their regular hours.
Jennifer Scales is the owner and has been an interior designer for 15 years. She began as the sole practitioner and now employs seven professional interior designers and ten people. “In 2010, I purchased the Old Gus Doerner’s Building at 207 Main St. Our business has rapidly grown through the years. Our new location will also allow us to grow our team and provide even more space for design consultations, meetings, and experiences. Being Downtown proved to be everything we dreamt it would be!â€
“Expansions like Estella Dean Home speak first to the talents of Jennifer and her team, but also to the important role experiential retail plays in creating a more vibrant neighborhood. We congratulate Jennifer and her team on their expansion and look forward to many more years of success and collaboration,†said Josh Armstrong, president, EID.
Eagles finish Gotham Classic at Bowling Green USI reaches halfway point of road swing
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball completes the Gotham Classic and reaches the halfway point of a four-game road swing with a visit to Bowling Green State University Saturday in Bowling Green, Ohio. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. (CST) Saturday.
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The games will be streaming on ESPN+ in addition to being heard on ESPN 97.7FM (http://listentotheref.com) and 95.7FM The Spin (http://957thespin.com).
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USI enters Saturday’s match-up with a 2-3 mark after stumbling on the road at St. Bonaventure University Tuesday evening, 80-66. Sophomore guard Isaiah Swope (Newburgh, Indiana) led USI with 21 points in the loss.
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Senior guard Jelani Simmons (Columbus, Ohio) leads the Eagles with 14.4 points per game, followed by forward Jacob Polakovich (Grand Rapids, Michigan), who is posting 11.7 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. Graduate forward Trevor Lakes (Lebanon,Indiana) and Swope are third and fourth on the team with 11.6 and 11.4 points per outing, respectively, while junior guard Tyler Henry (Brooklyn, New York) finishes the double-digit scorers with 10.6 points per contest.
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Bowling Green is 2-3 after losing to the University of Notre Dame, 82-66, Tuesday night. The Falcons were led in the guard Samari Curtis with 14 points. For the season, guard Leon Ayers leads the Falcons with 19.0 points and 5.4 rebounds per contest. He is followed by Curtis
with 13.8 points per games.
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USI and Bowling Green State University are meeting for the first time in the history of the programs.
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The visits to Bowling Green is the halfway point of a four-game road swing for the Eagles. Following this week’s action, the Eagles make stops at Western Illinois University November 30 and at Chicago State University December 4.
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USI will not return to the friendly surroundings of Screaming Eagles Arena until December 7 when the Eagles host Anderson University (IN) at 7 p.m. to start a two-game homestand. The Eagles will finish the homestand December 11 when they welcome Indiana State University for a 3 p.m. contest.
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Hostilo Hoops Community Classic On Tap For UE Men
Aces Set For Three Games In Three DaysÂ
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah, Georgia will be the scene of the Hostilo Hoops Community Classic, which will see the University of Evansville men’s basketball team open play on Friday evening against South Alabama.  The tip is set for 5:30 p.m. CT at Enmarket Arena with the Purple Aces Radio Network and BeTheBeast having the coverage.
Weekend Outlook
– Evansville and South Alabama are set to meet for the 5th time in their histories and the first contest since 1994; UE has won three of the first four match-ups
– Robert Morris will be the second opponent on Saturday evening in the second meeting between the schools (UE won a meeting in December of 1996)
– For the first time on the hardwood, the Purple Aces take on Fairfield in Sunday’s finale
Last Time Out
– In another hard-fought contest, Evansville gave UCF all it could handle before a late stretch gave the Knights a 76-56 win
– Kenny Strawbridge Jr. was the leading scorer in the contest, totaling 20 points on 8-of-19 shooting
– Antoine Smith Jr. and Blaise Beauchamp scored nine apiece
– UE scored the opening six points of the game and would trail by just five at the break…in the second half, UE got within two points before the Knights pulled away
Back in Form
– Kenny Strawbridge Jr. reached the 20-point mark for the third time this season as he scored 20 at UCF
– He attempted a career-high 19 shots
– For the season, he ranks 10th in the Valley with 16.2 points per game
– He has attempted at least 13 shots in all five games
– Knocking down 9 of his 17 attempts, Strawbridge scored 23 points to lead UE to a 78-74 win at Miami Ohio
Scorching the Nets
– Blaise Beauchamp averaged just 4.67 points per game in the opening three games but has rebounded to average 12.5 points in the last two
– At SMU, he scored a season-high 16 points while hitting four triples (he hit a total of three triples in the first three games)
– Beauchamp followed that up with 9 points at UCF while adding two more treys
– He played a season-high 33:42 in the contest in Dallas
Leader on the Boards
– For the second time this year, Marvin Coleman II tied his career-high with 12 rebounds at UCF after doing the same against SEMO
– His average of 7.6 rebounds per game is 5th in the MVC
– Coleman is averaging 7 PPG on the season and hit that mark at UCF while draining a triple to complete the first half
– He connected on three of his four free throw attempts in the final seconds to ice the season-opening victory at Miami Ohio
Scouting the Opponent
– South Alabama comes into the weekend tournament with a 1-3 record, but the Jaguars have played well against top competition
– Following a 97-59 win over Mobile in the season opener, the Jaguars fell by just six at New Mexico
– USA dropped a 10-point game to Alabama before coming up just four points short at Oklahoma
– Isaiah Moore paces the Jaguars with 19.5 points per game while chipping in 4.0 rebounds
– Kevin Samuel checks in with 11.5 points and a team-best 9.3 caroms per contest
By The Numbers: Trends And Takeaways From The General Assembly Election Races
By The Numbers: Trends And Takeaways From The General Assembly Election Races
- By Jack Sells, TheStatehouseFile.com
- Nov 25, 2022
INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana General Assembly came to work at the Statehouse Tuesday for Organization Day, and elected officials—both new and old—filled the chambers.
This election cycle, Republicans lost a seat in the House, but it ended up evening out, as they added another in the Senate. This gives them 70 of the 100 House seats and 30 out of 40 in the Senate.
Indiana senators take the oath of office, led by Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush. Tuesday was Organization Day, the first official day of the Indiana General Assembly’s legislative period.
By Tabby Fitzgerald, TheStatehouseFile.com
This solidifies the GOP’s supermajority status in both chambers for another two years and, for those who follow Indiana politics, makes the party breakdowns nice, round numbers that are easy to remember.
A closer look at some of the numbers around the races reveal some other interesting tidbits and patterns.
Margin of victory
The average margin of victory, not counting uncontested races, was higher in the House races—30.2 percentage points—than in the Senate—27.
Not only did Republicans win more often, when they did, it was more convincing. In the House, the GOP averaged wins of 35 percentage points compared to 19.1 for the Democrats, and in the Senate, the breakdown was 28.9 and 17.9, respectively.
(Excluded from these averages are the House District 81 and 90 races, as write-in candidates took less than 2% of the vote in each case, giving the winners, Rep. Mike Speedy, R-Indianapolis, and Rep. Martin Carbaugh, R-Fort Wayne, massive margins of victory.)
Four of the five biggest wins came from Republicans, but with a 65.2-percentage-point margin of victory, Rep. Vanessa Summers, D-Indianapolis, had the largest triumph.
A repeat appearance since 2020 on this hypothetical top-five list comes from Rep. Craig Snow, R-Warsaw. Snow won by 56.2 percentage points in 2020 (good for second-biggest margin), was redistricted and then won this year by 63 percentage points (good for third-best).
Two years ago, Rep. Rita Fleming, D-Jeffersonville, had only a third-party candidate to face off against and won handedly—by 55.2 percentage points. This year, her reelection attempt was no sure bet.
Not everyone can be a big winner—or a winner at all
The closest races were also all for House seats. And they were closer than in 2020, with five races determined by 2 percentage points or less.
View from the public gallery of the Indiana House Chamber prior to the start of the session Tuesday. The room was packed for Organization Day, the first official day of the 123rd General Assembly.
By Sydney Byerly, TheStatehouseFile.com
The people of House District 62 really had incoming Republican Rep. Dave Hall and Democrat Penny Githens biting their nails, as Hall received 12,990 votes—just 40 more than Githens.
Other close wins included Rep. Mitch Gore, D-Indianapolis, by 2%; incoming GOP Rep. Kyle Pierce by 1.8% (over former Rep. Terri Austin); Fleming by 1.2%; and Democrat Victoria Garcia Wilburn by 1%.
Election Days are likely especially nerve wracking for Gore, as he also had a close victory in 2020, winning only 51.3% to 48.7%.
Uncontested races
After two straight election cycles of 31 uncontested House races, there were 42 in 2022—44 if you count the House District 81 and 90 races.
Maybe less surprising was the fact that these races favored Republicans by a count of 31 to 13—which means that as many House races as Democrats won in total, Republicans won unchallenged.
This has been an emerging trend over the last four years. In 2020, the GOP took more uncontested races than Democrats, but in 2018, 21 Democratic wins were uncontested versus only 10 for Republicans.
For each party, around 44% of their wins were unchallenged in the House.
Looking at a smaller sample size in the Senate, eight of the GOP’s 22 wins were uncontested, while none of the Democrats’ three wins went without an opponent.
Also notably, while there were more one-candidate contests, third-party candidates stepped up in five cases, becoming the second option. This was after the 2020 election in which only one Libertarian took home the consolation prize of second place.
FOOTNOTE: Jack Sells is a reporter at TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
Hostile Hoops Community Classic On Tap For UE Men
Hostilo Hoops Community Classic On Tap For UE Men
Aces set for three games in three days
 SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah, Georgia will be the scene of the Hostilo Hoops Community Classic, which will see the University of Evansville men’s basketball team open play on Friday evening against South Alabama.
Tip is set for 5:30 p.m. CT at Enmarket Arena with the Purple Aces Radio Network and BeTheBeast having the coverage.
Weekend Outlook
– Evansville and South Alabama are set to meet for the 5th time in their histories and the first contest since 1994; UE has won three of the first four match-ups
– Robert Morris will be the second opponent on Saturday evening in the second meeting between the schools (UE won a meeting in December of 1996)
– For the first time on the hardwood, the Purple Aces take on Fairfield in Sunday’s finale
Last Time Out
– In another hard-fought contest, Evansville gave UCF all it could handle before a late stretch gave the Knights a 76-56 win
– Kenny Strawbridge Jr. was the leading scorer in the contest, totaling 20 points on 8-of-19 shooting
– Antoine Smith Jr. and Blaise Beauchamp scored nine apiece
– UE scored the opening six points of the game and would trail by just five at the break…in the second half, UE got within two points before the Knights pulled away
Back in Form
– Kenny Strawbridge Jr. reached the 20-point mark for the third time this season as he scored 20 at UCF
– He attempted a career-high 19 shots
– For the season, he ranks 10th in the Valley with 16.2 points per game
– He has attempted at least 13 shots in all five games
– Knocking down 9 of his 17 attempts, Strawbridge scored 23 points to lead UE to a 78-74 win at Miami Ohio
Scorching the Nets
– Blaise Beauchamp averaged just 4.67 points per game in the opening three games but has rebounded to average 12.5 points in the last two
– At SMU, he scored a season-high 16 points while hitting four triples (he hit a total of three triples in the first three games)
– Beauchamp followed that up with 9 points at UCF while adding two more treys
– He played a season-high 33:42 in the contest in Dallas
Leader on the Boards
– For the second time this year, Marvin Coleman II tied his career-high with 12 rebounds at UCF after doing the same against SEMO
– His average of 7.6 rebounds per game is 5th in the MVC
– Coleman is averaging 7 PPG on the season and hit that mark at UCF while draining a triple to complete the first half
– He connected on three of his four free throw attempts in the final seconds to ice the season-opening victory at Miami Ohio
Scouting the Opponent
– South Alabama comes into the weekend tournament with a 1-3 record, but the Jaguars have played well against top competition
– Following a 97-59 win over Mobile in the season opener, the Jaguars fell by just six at New Mexico
– USA dropped a 10-point game to Alabama before coming up just four points short at Oklahoma
– Isaiah Moore paces the Jaguars with 19.5 points per game while chipping in 4.0 rebounds
– Kevin Samuel checks in with 11.5 points and a team-best 9.3 caroms per contest