DAYTON, Ohio – Despite facing a 16-point deficit after the first quarter, the University of Evansville women’s basketball team battled back against Wright State on Sunday, outscoring the Raiders over the final three quarters, but ultimately fell short by a score of 69-60.
Camryn Runner (Cicero, Ind./Hamilton Heights) led the Aces with 16 points, while Logan Luebbers Palmer (Union, Ky./Randall K. Cooper) scored in double figures for the third game in a row with a season-high 13. Freshman Georgia Ferguson (Waterloo, Ontario/Cairine Wilson Secondary School) added nine points for the highest scoring total of her young collegiate career.
Wright State got off to a hot start, opening up a 9-0 lead in the first 2:20 of action. Runner steadied things for the Aces, scoring her team’s first four points to make it 11-4, but the Raiders extended their lead to 16 at the end of the quarter.
The Purple Aces got their offense going in the second quarter, shooting four-for-six from three-point range to get back in the game. Evansville ended the quarter on an 8-1 run, with Luebbers Palmer and Elle Snyder (Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe) knocking down three-pointers and Runner hitting a jumper to make the score 38-25 heading into halftime.
Wright State got their lead back up to 19 in the first four and a half minutes of the third quarter, but the Purple Aces would not go down without a fight, continuing to chip away. A basket from Jelena Savic (Melbourne, Australia/Kurunjang Secondary College) and a transition three by Sydney Huber (Cedar Falls, Iowa/Mount Vernon) made it 48-34 and forced a Raiders timeout with 4:54 to go in the quarter. In the Aces’ final possession of the third, Luebbers Palmer buried a contested three to keep it within striking distance heading into the fourth.
Evansville came out of the gates hot in the final period, with Snyder, Ferguson and Runner all getting buckets before another three by Luebbers Palmer brought the score to 59-51 with 5:18 remaining. A layup by Runner cut the deficit to six with 4:04 left, and following a Raiders basket, Lubbers Palmer responded to make it a six-point game once again with 2:36 to go. However, that was as close as the Aces would get, as the Raiders were able to hang out to secure a nine-point win.
Evansville shot 38.9% from three on the afternoon, their highest three-point shooting clip of the season, led by a 3-for-3 performance from Luebbers Palmer. The Purple Aces out-rebounded the Raiders 41-31, paced by BreAunna Ward (St. Louis, Mo./John Burroughs School) with seven.
The Aces return to Meeks Family Fieldhouse on Thursday for the regular season home opener, taking on IU Indy. Tip-off is set for 6 PM.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball used big runs early to outdistance Loras University, 91-74, Sunday afternoon at Liberty Arena. The Screaming Eagles go to 1-3 in the non-conference schedule, while Loras is 2-1. USI exploded after the opening tip, flying out to an 11-0 lead before three minutes were gone in the game. The Eagles connected on their first four shots, including three-pointers by senior guard Ismail Habib, senior guard/forward Steven Clay, and junior guard Kaden Brown. Senior forward Ola Ajiboyeadded a dunk to complete the scoring during the run. The offensive explosion would continue to a 27-point advantage when Clay connected on his third three-pointer of the half to give the Eagles a 30-13 margin. The advantage would expand to as many as 21 points (37-16) before USI settled for a 44-29 halftime lead. Habib and Clay dominated during the opening half with both reaching double-digits before the intermission. Habib had 16 points on a blistering five-of-seven from the field, four-of-six from beyond the arc, and two-of-three from the stripe. Clay followed with 10 points on a perfect three-of-three from the field, all three-pointers, and one-of-two from the line. USI maintained the first-half margin during the final 20 minutes, leading once by 20 points (91-71) and by 19 points five times in cruising to the 91-74 final. Senior guard Trey Thomas led the way with a team-best 18 points during the second half. Overall in the scoring column, Habib led USI with 21 points by adding five more in the second half. He finished the game six-of-nine from the field, five-of-eight from long range, and four-of-five from the line. Thomas followed with 20 points, while Clay and junior forward Tolu Samuels rounded out the double-digit scorers with 13 points and 11 points, respectively. Next Up For USI: USI is on the road for its next two contests, playing in the Boardwalk Battle in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Screaming Eagles are slated to open the tournament against the University of the Incarnate Word Thursday at 11:30 a.m. (CT) and either the University of Illinois Chicago or High Point University Saturday. Game time on Saturday is 4 p.m. (CT) for the consolation bracket and 6 p.m. (CT) for the championship. UIW has started the season 2-1 and is playing Indiana University at 4:30 p.m. (CT). The Cardinals opened the year with a 98-64 loss to Colorado State University before posting wins over Jarvis Christian University, 104-60, and Southwestern Christian University, 109-70. UIC is 3-1 overall after starting the year with a win and has won its last two outings. High Point is also 3-1 in 2025-26, starting the year with a three-game winning streak and falling in its last outing, and plays Canisius University Monday before traveling to Daytona Beach. USI’s game with UIW and potential game with UIC or High Point will be the first meeting all-time in the history of the program.
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“I called for our legislators to convene to ensure Hoosiers’ voices in Washington, DC are not diluted by the democrats’ gerrymandering. Our state senators need to do the right thing and show up to vote for fair maps. Hoosiers deserve to know where their elected officials stand on important issues.” – Governor Mike Braun
Indiana Senate Republicans announced Friday that they were rejecting President Donald Trump’s push for congressional redistricting — a move immediately blasted by Gov. Mike Braun and Trump allies.
Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray said in a statement Friday afternoon that the Senate won’t take up the issue, as was expected in an unusual December session.
“Over the last several months, Senate Republicans have given very serious and thoughtful consideration to the concept of redrawing our state’s congressional maps,” Bray said in a statement released by his office. “Today, I’m announcing there are not enough votes to move that idea forward, and the Senate will not reconvene in December.”
Indiana lawmakers were scheduled to meet starting Dec. 1 to consider drawing more Republican-leaning U.S. House districts ahead of next year’s midterm elections — following a months-long pressure campaign by Trump’s administration and his supporters.
If the decision by Senate Republicans stands, Indiana would become the first GOP-led state to outright turn down Trump’s wish to squeeze out more Republican-friendly congressional seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Gov. Mike Braun addresses reporters on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse. (Niki Kelly/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Braun endorsed Trump’s push and called for legislators to convene Nov. 3 in a special session to redraw the congressional maps. Legislative leaders delayed that to Dec. 1.
“I called for our legislators to convene to ensure Hoosiers’ voices in Washington, D.C., are not diluted by the Democrats’ gerrymandering,” Braun said in a statement released by the governor’s office Friday. “Our state senators need to do the right thing and show up to vote for fair maps. Hoosiers deserve to know where their elected officials stand on important issues.”
This could be the first time in decades that legislators have not abided by a governor’s call for a special session. The state Constitution and code don’t explicitly require it.
In response to a request for comment from Republican House Speaker Todd Huston, his spokeswoman replied: “As we’ve said previously, the House does have the votes to support redistricting.”
The White House did not immediately comment Friday or respond to messages seeking reaction to Bray’s announcement, though Politico reported that Trump was summoning Indiana Republicans to D.C. for Oval Office visits.
Debate focused on Senate Republicans
Redistricting supporters wanted Indiana lawmakers to craft a map with all nine Indiana congressional districts favoring Republicans based on 2020 census data.
The current congressional maps drawn by Republicans in 2021 maintained a 7-2 GOP majority — with Democrat Frank Mrvan holding the 1st District in northwest Indiana and Democrat Andre Carson holding the 7th District, which covers much of Indianapolis.
“Prayer, people, and partnerships power change. We’re about collaboration, not division. We’re about independent thinking — not taking orders from Washington,” Carson said in a Friday statement. “Hoosiers do things differently. I want to thank Senator Bray and all the Republican and Democratic members of the Indiana Statehouse who held firm on Hoosier values. This is a win for all of us.”
Indiana’s entire GOP U.S. House delegation had lined up in support of the maneuver. And some were reacting Friday afternoon to the announcement.
“This is simply unacceptable,” posted U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd. “Democrats are gaining ground in their states before our eyes and Indiana state senators are rolling over and letting the left overtake us. What will it take for Republicans to WANT to WIN?”
Without a December reconvening, lawmakers will also delay any updates to Indiana’s tax code past the Jan. 1 start of the 2025 filing season. Gov. Mike Braun’s special session order asked legislators to also bring the state’s tax code in line with recent, major federal changes — warning of “discrepancies” between Indiana and federal law that could complicate 2025 tax filings.
Indiana still conforms to federal tax law as of Jan. 1, 2023, and the Department of Revenue has warned that dozens of federal changes enacted via the One Big Beautiful Bill Act have “direct implications” for returns filed in 2026. Now, any updates would have to be addressed once the General Assembly convenes in January.
Undecided state senators had become the target of advertising campaigns, including digital, cellphone, television and mail ads from pro-redistricting groups.
Eight Republican senators among the 40-member caucus had come out publicly against redistricting, with 13 having announced their support, before Bray’s statement Friday.
Trump ally Marty Obst — leader of the pro-redistricting group Fair Maps Indiana — said he expected political repercussions for Bray and others.
“It’s a shame Senator Bray blocked the Special Session,” Obst told the Indiana Capital Chronicle. “It’s clear he does not support President Trump’s agenda. Senators should show up and do their jobs and vote on redistricting.
“Like elections, decisions have consequences. I anticipate those consequences to be severe,” said Obst, who held top roles in Trump’s 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns and was a senior political adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence.
Of the 25 state Senate seats up for election in 2026, 22 are now held by Republicans, who now command a 40-10 Senate majority.
Bray has been the top Senate Republican — as selected by his GOP colleagues — since late 2018. He was reelected last year by voters to a Senate term that runs until November 2028.
“I don’t think this is necessarily as damaging as it might feel” for Bray, said Laura Merrifield Wilson, a political science professor at the University of Indianapolis. “A lot of the polls indicated a 2-to-1 majority of Hoosiers opposing this,” Wilson said, though she acknowledged “vocal Hoosiers in support, too.”
“He may have been making a decision for what he sees as the greater good of the institution and his colleagues, even though it might be a short term setback, challenge and risk for his own immediate future,” Wilson told the Capital Chronicle.
Bray is accountable to more than constituents, though. There typically aren’t changes to the caucus’ leadership team between general elections, but the pro tem’s break with the governor and Trump administration could present an opportunity for his members.
“If there are ambitious state senators who are looking to maneuver around the (leader), maybe this is a time they want to do it, Wilson said.
She also noted tension among the different branches of government is not unprecedented, citing the Legislature’s rocky relationship with former Gov. Eric Holcomb.
“He was able to still very effectively pursue his agenda while in office,” Wilson said. “Having a little bit of tension isn’t necessarily a stop-gap for progress either.”
Redistricting foes hail decision
Senate Minority Leader Shelli Yoder, D-Bloomington, celebrated the decision, saying in a statement that “Washington insiders pressured the Governor to rig Indiana’s congressional maps in the middle of a decade for one reason.”
“They were afraid of voters. They were afraid of losing power the honest way,” Yoder said. “… Now that this reckless idea has collapsed, our focus can return to where it should have been all along. Hoosiers. Their budgets. Their safety. Their health. Their future.”
Sen. Liz Brown tweeted this meme on Friday after the announcement the Senate won’t convene in December. (Screenshot from X)
The pro-redistricting campaigns came as a recent statewide poll of 800 registered voters found 51% did not support redistricting now — with 45% “strongly” opposed. About 39% supported the prospect, but just 23% “strongly” backed it.
The poll was sponsored by the group Indiana Conservation Voters, which started an anti-redistricting campaignsoon after the possibility emerged in August with Vance’s first trip to Indianapolis pushing the issue.
Megan Robertson, the group’s executive director, called the pro-redistricting campaigns the product of Washington consultants trying to stir up voter anger.
“We are grateful that Senate leaders listened to Hoosiers and closed the door on mid-decade redistricting,” Robertson said in a statement Friday. “Families across our state have been clear: they want leaders focused on the real challenges they’re facing every day, not partisan power plays.”
Freshman Rep. Andrew Ireland, of Indianapolis, is among several Republicans in the House who have been outspoken in support of potential redistricting.
Ireland continued his calls on Friday, saying in a post to X that “Indiana cannot sit on the sidelines on redistricting while Democrats in California, Virginia, and Illinois are working to gerrymander away more Republican seats in Congress.”
State Sen. Liz Brown, R-Fort Wayne, was also one of the loudest supporters of redistricting and she took to social media to call Indiana a state of “cowards.”
“This is bad news for our conservative values. If Democrats take control of Congress, we will see impeachment hearings, woke ideology and higher taxes thrust upon Indiana and the rest of the country. Indiana will be blamed. And how cowardly that we couldn’t even take a vote. This is the time to stand up to Democrats who wish ill upon us, not cower to their demands,” Brown said.
“I will be face to face with my colleagues on Tuesday for Organization Day. I believe we can – and we must – consider all options for getting redistricting back on the table. Now’s a good time for folks to get off the sidelines.”
EVANSVILLE, IN — A charming holiday tradition is back! The 8th Annual Christkindlmarkt, hosted by the Germania Männerchor Foundation, will fill 916 N. Fulton Avenue with old-world magic on Saturday, November 22 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
This beloved event transforms the historic hall into a cozy German village, brimming with handcrafted treasures, artisan gifts, and mouthwatering German favorites. Guests can enjoy everything from twinkling ornaments and local crafts to savory food and steaming cups of traditional Glühwein (mulled wine).
And of course—it wouldn’t be Christkindlmarkt without a visit from Santa & Mrs. Claus! Families can also enjoy festive children’s crafts and photo opportunities.
Admission is free, making it the perfect way to kick off the holiday season. But beneath the warm lights and festive cheer lies a deeper purpose.
Supporting the Next Generation of German Language & Music Scholars
All proceeds from Christkindlmarkt support the Harold Griese Scholarship Fund, awarded annually by the Germania Männerchor Foundation to a local high school student pursuing German language studies or choral music in college.
“The Christkindlmarkt is more than a holiday event to celebrate German heritage, it is about investing in the young people who will carry that heritage forward,” said Jody Wassmer, Foundation President. “Every moment spent at Christkindlmarkt helps support a student’s dream. That’s what makes this event truly special.”
Bidding begins at 8 AM, Monday, Nov. 17 for the 6th Annual Foster Care in the U.S. Online Auction. There are many one-of-a-kind and even once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to purchase items such as a cut of a Taylor Swift-signed guitar, a ride in a 1977 limited-edition “Smokey and the Bandit” Trans Am, and a variety of other experiences and items. All bids must be in by Friday, Nov. 21 at 6 PM CST.
Proceeds from the auction will help fund the work of the organization’s I Am Tomorrow Today (IATT) Project supporting local young adults working toward a brighter future.
Among them is Alanna’s—a remarkable 18-year-old who transitioned from homelessness into a path of independence and career development with the support of Foster Care in the U.S. Alanna joined the IATT Project in March 2025. Since then, she has completed financial literacy and driver education programs, and in July, she became the first female technician at McMahon Exterminating in the company’s 50-year history. Now, she’s preparing to pursue HVAC certification at Ivy Tech.
“Alanna’s journey is a powerful reminder that with opportunity and support, young people can thrive,” said Jessica Angelique, Founder and CEO of Foster Care in the U.S. “Our auction gives the community a way to stand beside people like Alanna and fuel their momentum forward.”
Foster Care in the U.S. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Evansville serving young adults transitioning out of foster care and those facing housing instability.
Indianapolis – The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) will begin issuing full SNAP benefits . Eligible recipients can expect the funds to be available on their EBT cards starting Sunday, November 16. If your regular issuance date has passed, your benefits will be available on Sunday, November 16.
