The Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will meet in executive session at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, November 11, 2024, in the Schroeder Conference Centre located in the EVSC Administration Building, 951 Walnut, IN 47713, Evansville, IN. The session will be conducted according to Senate Enrolled Act 313, Section 1, I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1, as amended. The purpose of the meeting is: initiation of litigation or litigation that is either pending or has been threatened specifically in writing, (b)(2)(B); purchase or lease of property, (b)(2)(D); and discussion of the assessment, design, and implementation of school safety and security measures, plans, and system
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No. 18 VU Mens Basketball vs Kennedy-King final box score
Date: 11/9/2024 Arena: P.E. Complex
Time: 7:00 pm City, State: Vincennes, IN
VISITOR: Kennedy-King ( )
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
NO PLAYER P FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OFF DEF TOT PF TP A TO BK S MIN
4 Jean, Devonate F 0 6 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 19:33
5 Chambers, Keeshawn F 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 21:56
12 Watters, Omari F 3 8 0 0 2 4 1 4 5 5 8 1 2 0 0 26:21
30 Tangeness, Carson F 1 8 1 5 0 0 1 2 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 22:16
0 Kelly, Ladarius G 3 9 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 8 3 5 0 3 30:45
1 Williams, BJ 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 8:21
2 Hudson-Kittler, Jalen 4 8 4 6 7 10 0 2 2 1 19 0 1 0 0 21:44
3 Lige, Stevon 0 2 0 0 3 4 3 1 4 2 3 0 2 0 0 17:15
7 King, Cameron 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 10:52
10 Neal, Matthew 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8:12
11 Cooksey, Chris 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6:31
13 Armour, Matthew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6:14
TEAM REBOUNDS 0 0 0 2
Team Totals 12 52 8 21 14 22 8 15 23 15 46 8 16 1 6 200
Total FG% – 1st: 6/29 0.207 2nd: 6/23 0.261 Game: 0.231 Deadball
3-PT FG% – 1st: 4/12 0.333 2nd: 4/9 0.444 Game: 0.381 Rebounds
Total FT% – 1st: 4/8 0.500 2nd: 10/14 0.714 Game: 0.636 (6,0)
HOME: Vincennes ( )
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
NO PLAYER P FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OFF DEF TOT PF TP A TO BK S MIN
5 Akanmu, Bryan F 5 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 1 10 0 2 0 3 14:04
15 Cooper, Michael F 2 6 0 0 2 2 2 8 10 3 6 1 2 1 1 21:59
4 Calloway, Jalen G 3 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 8 4 1 1 0 18:47
22 Thomas, Lebron G 2 4 1 2 3 4 0 5 5 1 8 6 2 0 0 22:33
33 Williams, Dayton G 3 7 1 4 6 6 4 1 5 0 13 0 2 0 0 26:17
2 Andrews, Christian 2 7 0 3 2 2 0 3 3 0 6 6 1 0 1 17:58
3 Swansey, Meyoh 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 9:40
12 Smith, Taveon 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 11:33
32 Bryson, Travelle 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 8 2 1 0 2 13:43
34 Onye, Darstin 1 1 0 0 4 5 2 3 5 4 6 0 0 1 0 17:30
42 Ochogwu, Kenaz 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 8 1 1 0 1 12:59
50 Elmaraghy, Hussein 5 5 0 0 1 2 1 3 4 1 11 0 0 0 0 12:57
TEAM REBOUNDS 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 33 62 4 16 18 21 15 33 48 16 88 23 13 4 8 200
Total FG% – 1st: 13/30 0.433 2nd: 20/32 0.625 Game: 0.532 Deadball
3-PT FG% – 1st: 0/5 0.000 2nd: 4/11 0.364 Game: 0.250 Rebounds
Total FT% – 1st: 15/16 0.938 2nd: 3/5 0.600 Game: 0.857 (2,1)
Technical Fouls: KKC (0)
: VU (0)
OFFICIALS :
ATTENDANCE : 0
SCORE BY PERIODS 1st 2nd TOTAL
Kennedy-King 20 26 46
Vincennes 41 47 88
Last FG: Kennedy-King 2nd-00:58, Vincennes 2nd-00:08
Largest lead: Kennedy-King by 2 1st-19:33, Vincennes by 43 2nd-02:16
Score tied: 1 times, Lead changed:
VU Womens Basketball vs Kennedy-King final box score
Date: 11/9/2024 Arena: P.E. Complex
Time: 5:00 pm City, State: Vincennes, IN
VISITOR: Kennedy-King ( )
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
NO PLAYER P FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OFF DEF TOT PF TP A TO BK S MIN
5 Odom, Serinity F 6 15 0 0 4 8 9 5 14 3 16 0 3 0 1 31:40
40 Ryce, Jokeyla C 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 5 8 4 0 0 2 0 2 26:35
2 Kennedy, Tylen G 4 17 1 3 2 6 0 2 2 3 11 1 9 0 4 32:40
23 Hill, Leandra G 4 10 0 0 1 3 2 3 5 4 9 1 6 0 2 18:12
25 Gonzalez, Marina G 0 6 0 0 1 2 1 3 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 35:54
3 Little, Yvonne 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 5 0 2 12:36
10 Bussle, Talia 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 5 0 1 17:07
15 White, Sherry 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4:51
24 Cloma, Exsencia 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 3 20:25
TEAM REBOUNDS 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 15 68 1 3 9 23 19 20 39 20 40 3 37 1 16 200
Total FG% – 1st: 4/29 0.138 2nd: 11/39 0.282 Game: 0.221 Deadball
3-PT FG% – 1st: 1/1 1.000 2nd: 0/2 0.000 Game: 0.333 Rebounds
Total FT% – 1st: 6/14 0.429 2nd: 3/9 0.333 Game: 0.391 (12,3)
HOME: Vincennes ( )
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
NO PLAYER P FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OFF DEF TOT PF TP A TO BK S MIN
15 Pricop, Delora C 8 14 1 2 1 2 4 4 8 4 18 2 0 1 2 25:24
4 Chico, Marta G 4 11 1 4 0 0 1 4 5 2 9 1 3 0 5 23:55
5 Gant, Kiera G 3 6 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 9 6 4 2 4 24:23
13 Dixon, Netala G 9 15 1 2 2 3 1 5 6 2 21 5 1 1 2 29:02
30 Johnson-Corley, KenneG 9 14 1 3 2 3 1 12 13 3 21 2 5 1 3 28:25
0 Thomas, Ahmya 4 7 1 2 5 5 4 1 5 4 14 9 6 1 9 26:53
10 Huggins, Yanni 5 8 1 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 11 2 1 0 0 18:46
12 Washington, Emani 2 4 2 2 2 2 1 3 4 0 8 5 4 2 2 23:12
TEAM REBOUNDS 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 44 79 10 22 13 18 13 31 44 19111 32 24 8 27 200
Total FG% – 1st: 26/40 0.650 2nd: 18/39 0.462 Game: 0.557 Deadball
3-PT FG% – 1st: 4/10 0.400 2nd: 6/12 0.500 Game: 0.455 Rebounds
Total FT% – 1st: 10/13 0.769 2nd: 3/5 0.600 Game: 0.722 (4,5)
Technical Fouls: KKC (0)
: VU (0)
OFFICIALS :
ATTENDANCE : 0
SCORE BY PERIODS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Kennedy-King 8 7 13 12 40
Vincennes 29 37 29 16 111
Last FG: Kennedy-King 4th-01:14, Vincennes 4th-00:42
Largest lead: Kennedy-King NONE, Vincennes by 75 4th-06:59
Score tied: 0 times, Lead changed: 0 times
Haffner posts top game of UE career
Haffner posts top game of UE career
Aces defeat Brescia by a final of 96-49
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Junior Cam Haffner put forth the top effort of his Purple Aces career to pace the University of Evansville men’s basketball team to a 96-49 win over Brescia at the Ford Center on Saturday.
Haffner connected on six field goal tries while adding a pair of triples and two assists. Tayshawn Comer was the leading scorer in the contest, finishing with 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting while Gabriel Pozzato added 18 points. He was 8-for-13 from the field while recording four assists, three steals, and two boards.
Tanner Cuff set a new career-best with 14 rebounds while picking up eight assists and six points. He was 3-for-3 from the field.
Brescia had the early momentum, taking a 5-0 lead to open the game. Gabriel Pozzato turned a steal into a dunk before knocking down a triple to tie the game. After starting the game 0-for-6 from the field, the Aces made six in a row to open a 15-6 lead. Tayshawn Comer recorded five points during the run while Josh Hughes added a triple.
Up 19-11, Evansville went on a 14-0 run to open a 33-11 lead. Cam Haffner scored five during the rally while Connor Turnbull hit a triple. The lead for UE reached as many as 26 in final minute of the period before the Aces took a 48-23 lead into the break. Comer led everyone with 12 points in the half while Haffner had 10. Cuff had eight boards and five assists in the opening 20 minutes.
Things continued to go the Aces way in the second half as the lead reached as many as 53 points in the final nine minutes before UE took the victory by a final of 96-49. UE shot 56.3% in the game while holding the Bearcats to 29.2%. Evansville outrebounded Brescia by a final of 50-32.
Ramondo Battle II scored eight points off the bench with Connor Turnbull and Trent Hundley adding seven and six, respectively. Battle hauled in six boards while Turnbull had a game-high three blocks. Weston Aigner added five points in the final minutes.
Leading the way for Brescia was Damian Garcia. He scored 18 points while tying for the team high with four caroms.
UE is back on the road Wednesday, traveling to Middle Tennessee State.
USI hits the road for I-64 Showcase Screaming Eagles visit Marshall, Bellarmine in showcase
USI hits the road for I-64 Showcase
Screaming Eagles visit Marshall, Bellarmine in showcase
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- USI Game Notes at Marshall
- USI at Marshall Game Information
- USI at Bellarmine Game Information
- OVC Men’s Basketball Website
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball starts week two of the 2024-25 season by playing in the I-64 Showcase next week, beginning with a visit to Marshall University Monday in Huntington, West Virginia. The USI-Marshall matchup, scheduled for a 6 p.m. (CST) tip, opens a three-game road swing for the Screaming Eagles.
The second and final game of the I-64 Showcase is Wednesday when USI visits Bellarmine University for a 5:30 p.m. (CST) contest in Louisville, Kentucky. USI will be making its first appearance at Knights Hall since the 2019-20 season. The Eagles hold a 53-46 all-time series lead over their former Great Lakes Valley Conference rival.
The three-game road swing will come to a conclusion November 16 when USI visits a second former GLVC rival in Purdue University Fort Wayne. The Eagles-Mastodons contest tips off at 6 p.m. (CST).
All of the action from USI’s upcoming road swing can be seen live on ESPN+. The game can also be heard on ESPN 97.7FM (http://listentotheref.com) and 95.7FM The Spin (http://957thespin.com).
The Eagles hope to get into the win column after a pair of heartbreaking overtime losses to start the season. USI opened with an 80-78 overtime loss to DePaul University Monday and a 75-69 overtime setback to Bucknell University Thursday.
Junior guard Jayland Randall has led the Eagles in scoring in the first two games, posting 19.5 points per game, while sophomore forward Stephen Olowoniyi is averaging 17.5 points per contest.
Marshall began its season with a 90-57 victory over Davis & Elkins College. Marshall is set to host the University of Toledo Saturday before hosting USI. Bellarmine opened the 2024-25 campaign with an 84-65 victory over Virginia Commonwealth University November 4 and is playing Virginia Military Institute at home November 9, prior to playing USI in the I-64 Showcase.
USI resumes its home schedule November 22 when it welcomes the University of South Dakota to Liberty Arena to start a three-game homestand. Tickets are on sale now at USIScreamingEagles.com.
Williams leads No. 18 Trailblazers to big win with perfect shooting game
VINCENNES, Ind. – The No. 18-ranked Vincennes University Trailblazers opened up their weekend slate at the 2024 McDonald’s Classic Friday night inside the Physical Education Complex.
The Blazers went wire-to-wire over Richard J. Daley College in a 112-59 victory aided by 25 points on a perfect nine for nine from the floor shooting performance out of freshman Dayton Williams (Louisville, Ky.).
Vincennes got the offense going early Friday night, jumping out to an early 24-7 advantage before extending their lead even further with a 14-0 scoring run to take a 38-12 lead midway through the first half.
Vincennes continued to add pressure down the stretch of the opening 20 minute period, outscoring Daley 14-5 to end the first half with a 56-23 lead over the Bulldogs.
VU continued to roll into the second half, using an early 8-0 run to get the Trailblazer lead to 72-28 before later using a 9-0 scoring run to take an 88-36 advantage.
The Trailblazers closed out the game strong, crossing the century mark on the scoreboard for the first time this season and closing out the big 112-59.
“Well it’s always better when the ball goes in,” VU Hall of Fame Head Coach Todd Franklin said. “We haven’t hit a lot of shots from the outside when we played in jamborees or our first two games of the season, even though we’ve had the capability of shooting it well in the preseason before we started playing.”
“I tried to so some things this week to just get it more solid,” Franklin added. “Keep it simple. It’s, here’s what your doing and it’s real basic and really simple and we’re going to make sure that we’re there. Maybe that helped out with the balance a little bit. When guys are balanced when they shoot it instead of, I probably had them moving around trying to do too much for a young team like this. We tried to get back to basics and tried to be a little more physical in the block.”
“We tried to be a little more simple in our movements outside,” Franklin said. “Just worry about spacing and simple actions and it worked for tonight.”
Vincennes was led offensively by a big night by freshman Dayton Williams, who finished with 25 points, six rebounds, three assists and three blocks on a perfect nine of nine shooting from the floor, including hitting seven of seven from three-point range.
Freshman Kenaz Ochogwu (E. Providence, R.I.) just missed out on a double-double, making a big impact off the bench to end his night with 19 points and eight rebounds.
Sophomore Michael Cooper (Minneapolis, Minn.) recorded his first VU double-double with 15 points and a team-high 11 rebounds on the night.
Sophomore Bryan Akanmu (Paris, France) also finished the night with 15 points, four rebounds and three steals, while freshman Travelle Bryson (Anderson, S.C.) came off the bench to score in double figures, ending with 13 points and six rebounds.
Sophomore and 2024 NJCAA All-American Lebron Thomas (Bishopville, S.C.) distributed the ball well all night, finishing the game with a team-high 11 assists, along with six points and five rebounds.
Freshman Jalen Calloway (Chicago, Ill.) just missed out on scoring in double figures in the first start of his collegiate career, scoring nine points, with seven assists and six rebounds.
“I thought there was a number of good things in the box score tonight,” Franklin said. “I didn’t think we moved our feet defensively very well in the second half. We were okay in the first half. In the second half I thought we started hopping instead of getting down and moving them. Particularly at the four-spot. Their four was attacking us and I’m not really pleased with that but there were a lot of good things out there.”
Eagles open road schedule with loss at No. 17 Louisville
Eagles open road schedule with loss at No. 17 Louisville
LOUISVILLE – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball was dealt a 75-51 loss by No. 17 University of Louisville on Friday night in Louisville, Kentucky, as the Screaming Eagles faced their first top-25 opponent as a Division I program to open their 2024-25 road schedule. Both teams moved to 1-1 on the season following Friday’s contest.
Southern Indiana came out from the opening tip with good looks on the offensive end. Junior guard Ali Saunders scored USI’s first five points in the opening quarter, including a triple three minutes into the game that had USI within two, 7-5. In the middle of the first, the Screaming Eagles kept it within one possession thanks to five made free throws by graduate forward Meredith Raley. Southern Indiana took its first lead, 13-12, with 3:30 left in the first on a three-pointer by senior guard Vanessa Shafford. The Eagles led 21-17 with under a minute left in the first, but Louisville closed the quarter with a 5-0 run to lead by one going into the second quarter.
The Cardinals built onto their lead with a 15-0 run to start the second period, intensifying their full-court defense and forcing turnovers. Trailing 40-21, it took six minutes before Southern Indiana snapped the drought with two unanswered baskets from sophomore forward Amiyah Buchanan and Saunders. The Eagles then turned up their defense and produced stops, holding Louisville scoreless for nearly four minutes until the Cardinals hit a three with 17 seconds left in the first half. Louisville forced USI into 11 second-quarter turnovers and held USI to only four points in the frame, leading to a 43-25 advantage for the Cardinals at halftime.
Coming out of the locker room, Louisville picked up where it left off in the second quarter by organizing a 10-0 run early in the third quarter. Raley converted a strong layup for Southern Indiana’s first points of the second half near the halfway point of the third stanza. Later, freshman guard Lexi Sepulveda provided a boost off the Southern Indiana bench, scoring a pair of layups in the last four minutes of the third. However, the Cardinals had stretched their lead to 62-36 heading to the fourth quarter.
After Louisville pushed its lead further early in the fourth quarter, Southern Indiana received two layups from post players in Raley and Buchanan. The Cardinals extended their lead to as high as 33 in the fourth, but the Screaming Eagles kept fighting down the stretch. Sepulveda scored twice on fast-break opportunities, and USI’s defense battled late with a couple of steals and taking a charge. Five unanswered points by sophomore guard Triniti Ralston in the last 40 seconds brought the Eagles to within 24, 75-51, before the final buzzer.
Southern Indiana shot 38 percent (21-56) for the game with three triples (3-15). USI went 6-12 at the charity stripe. The Eagles finished with 20 turnovers but also forced Louisville into 19 turnovers. Saunders paced USI and tied a game-high with 15 points on 7-15 shooting with four rebounds and three assists. Raley notched 10 points and four boards.
Louisville finished the game at 45 percent (29-64) from the floor with eight made threes (8-25). The Cardinals were also 50 percent (9-18) at the free-throw line. Louisville won the rebounding battle, 45-31. Graduate forward Olivia Cochran matched a game-high 15 points, and freshman guard Tajianna Roberts tallied 11 points.
The Screaming Eagles continue their road swing Tuesday at Murray State University for an 11 a.m. tipoff. The game can be seen with a subscription to ESPN+ and heard on The Spin 95.7 FM. Additional coverage can be found at usiscreamingeagles.com.
THUNDERBOLTS COME BACK FROM 3-0 DOWN, DEFEAT PEORIA 4-3
Williams leads No. 18 Trailblazers to big win with perfect shooting game
Williams leads No. 18 Trailblazers to big win with perfect shooting game
VINCENNES, Ind. – The No. 18-ranked Vincennes University Trailblazers opened up their weekend slate at the 2024 McDonald’s Classic Friday night inside the Physical Education Complex.
The Blazers went wire-to-wire over Richard J. Daley College in a 112-59 victory aided by 25 points on a perfect nine for nine from the floor shooting performance out of freshman Dayton Williams (Louisville, Ky.).
Vincennes got the offense going early Friday night, jumping out to an early 24-7 advantage before extending their lead even further with a 14-0 scoring run to take a 38-12 lead midway through the first half.
Vincennes continued to add pressure down the stretch of the opening 20 minute period, outscoring Daley 14-5 to end the first half with a 56-23 lead over the Bulldogs.
VU continued to roll into the second half, using an early 8-0 run to get the Trailblazer lead to 72-28 before later using a 9-0 scoring run to take an 88-36 advantage.
The Trailblazers closed out the game strong, crossing the century mark on the scoreboard for the first time this season and closing out the big 112-59.
“Well it’s always better when the ball goes in,” VU Hall of Fame Head Coach Todd Franklin said. “We haven’t hit a lot of shots from the outside when we played in jamborees or our first two games of the season, even though we’ve had the capability of shooting it well in the preseason before we started playing.”
“I tried to so some things this week to just get it more solid,” Franklin added. “Keep it simple. It’s, here’s what your doing and it’s real basic and really simple and we’re going to make sure that we’re there. Maybe that helped out with the balance a little bit. When guys are balanced when they shoot it instead of, I probably had them moving around trying to do too much for a young team like this. We tried to get back to basics and tried to be a little more physical in the block.”
“We tried to be a little more simple in our movements outside,” Franklin said. “Just worry about spacing and simple actions and it worked for tonight.”
Vincennes was led offensively by a big night by freshman Dayton Williams, who finished with 25 points, six rebounds, three assists and three blocks on a perfect nine of nine shooting from the floor, including hitting seven of seven from three-point range.
Freshman Kenaz Ochogwu (E. Providence, R.I.) just missed out on a double-double, making a big impact off the bench to end his night with 19 points and eight rebounds.
Sophomore Michael Cooper (Minneapolis, Minn.) recorded his first VU double-double with 15 points and a team-high 11 rebounds on the night.
Sophomore Bryan Akanmu (Paris, France) also finished the night with 15 points, four rebounds and three steals, while freshman Travelle Bryson (Anderson, S.C.) came off the bench to score in double figures, ending with 13 points and six rebounds.
Sophomore and 2024 NJCAA All-American Lebron Thomas (Bishopville, S.C.) distributed the ball well all night, finishing the game with a team-high 11 assists, along with six points and five rebounds.
Freshman Jalen Calloway (Chicago, Ill.) just missed out on scoring in double figures in the first start of his collegiate career, scoring nine points, with seven assists and six rebounds.
“I thought there was a number of good things in the box score tonight,” Franklin said. “I didn’t think we moved our feet defensively very well in the second half. We were okay in the first half. In the second half I thought we started hopping instead of getting down and moving them. Particularly at the four-spot. Their four was attacking us and I’m not really pleased with that but there were a lot of good things out there.”
“It was great to see Kenaz,” Franklin added. “Kenaz has got talent. He has ability, he’s just raw, young and doesn’t know. We’re trying to make it simple for him now and just play the heck out of this and if he does then he can help us and somewhere down the line he can help us a lot, if he can really work and learn.”
“I thought we were more explosive down there,” Franklin said. “We had a little more pop and a little more oomph. Somebody might feel us a little bit better than they did last weekend with him getting more minutes. We challenged all of them and if you are not playing hard or if you give up something easy, you’re coming out and that’s what we are going to do.”
“We’re really trying to get fundamental, simple and tough,” Franklin added. “I think with a new ball club like this, that’s what we are going to have to do and we may have to do it forever. I don’t know if we will move past that, but we are going to try to get solid. We got the turnovers down a little bit until we got a little sloppy late and started throwing it around. I think some of that also helps. But that’s just how it is. That’s how we are going to have to play and how we are going to have to be with this new squad.”
“I think we can be a good ball club,” Franklin said. “You can see that out there. There are just things that we have to clean up and keep pushing. I think all of JuCo is in a pile. You can see it with all the teams that lost last week, Triton got beat today. Everybody is just kind of there and who is going to focus in, harden up and work their tail off and improve over these next two to three months and try to separate from the pack. I think everybody is basically in the same pack and we’re included in that. We’re trying to get across to our team that it’s all about being tough and fundamental and trying to be energetic about that and competing your tail off and I thought we did better at that tonight.”
The Trailblazers will look to continue this momentum into their next game when VU closes out the weekend against Kennedy-King College tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. eastern on Homecoming Night at Vincennes University.
The Kennedy-King Statesmen fell in the first game of the McDonald’s Classic Friday evening 82-77 to Olney Central College.
“I just want to be better,” Franklin said. “I’d like to be a lot better. I’m not really saying that I’m going to be patient with little incremental improvements, no. We want to be right. We want to be competitive and tough. We want to play 40 minutes and we want to get closer to playing 40 minutes right.”
“I didn’t think we responded really well to the back-to-back last weekend,” Franklin added. “That’s something you do when you’re young and new and haven’t toughened up enough. So we’ll see tomorrow because Kennedy-King did a nice job against Olney today in a very competitive game. They are about in that level where we’ve seen a lot of teams in that level.”
“They are more than capable of beating us if we don’t play well,” Franklin said. “So, it’s a competitive basketball game. We’ll see how we respond and come to shoot around tomorrow. Are we better tomorrow than we were tonight. I hope a lot better and I think we were better tonight than we were last weekend. We just have to race that race all year long and see where it gets us. But that’s what I want to see tomorrow.”
VINCENNES BOX
VINCENNES (112): Bryan Akanmu 7-9 1-3 15, Michael Cooper 7-11 0-0 15, Jalen Calloway 4-10 1-2 9, Lebron Thomas 2-6 2-2 6, Dayton Williams 9-9 0-0 25, Christian Andrews 0-1 0-0 0, Meyoh Swansey 0-8 0-0 0, Taveon Smith 2-4 0-1 4, Travelle Bryson 5-10 0-0 13, Darstin Onye 0-3 0-0 0, Kenaz Ochogwu 9-14 1-4 19, Hussein Elmaraghy 3-4 0-0 6, Team 48-89 5-12 112.
Richard J.Daley – 23 36 – 59
VU (2-1) – 56 56 – 112
Three-point goals: VU 11 (Williams 7, Bryson 3, Cooper). Rebounds: VU 54 (Cooper 11). Assists: VU 33 (L. Thomas 11). Steals: VU 16 (Akanmu 3). Blocked Shots: VU 4 (Williams 3). Turnovers: VU 16. Personal Fouls: VU 13. Fouled out: None.