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University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball finishes its three-game homestand Thursday and Saturday when it hosts Truman State University and Quincy University at Screaming Eagles Arena. Tip off Thursday versus Truman State is 7:30 p.m., while start time Saturday versus Quincy is 3:15 p.m.
Game coverage for USI Men’s Basketball in 2019-20, including live stats, video, and audio broadcasts, is available at GoUSIEagles.com. The games also can be heard on ESPN 97.7FM and 95.7FM The Spin.
USI will host its seventh annual Hoops for Troops Military Appreciation game Saturday to honor members of the United States Armed Forces when the Eagles host Quincy. Veterans, military personnel and their guests will receive up to five free tickets per veteran to the games with their military identification or proof of service at the front of the Screaming Eagles Arena ticket window. This event is sponsored by the American Legion Post 324 and the USI Student Veteran Association.
USI Men’s Basketball Week 10 Quick Notes:
USI wins third-straight to open homestand. USI extended its winning streak to three games with a 72-69 homestand opening win over McKendree University. USI had four players in double-digits, led by junior forward Emmanuel Little with 21 points. Junior guard/forward Clayton Hughes and senior guard Joe Laravie followed with 13 points each, while junior guard Mateo Rivera rounded out the double-digit scorers with 11 points.
USI in the GLVC. While the Eagles rose into a tie for sixth in the GLVC standings and two games out of fourth, USI climbed to sixth in the GLVC point standings that determine the qualifiers for the conference post-season tournament. The top eight in the point standings qualify for the GLVC Tournament in March.
Leading the Eagles in 2019-20. Junior forward Emmanuel Little leads four USI players averaging in double-digits with 15.9 points per game with junior forward Josh Price following with 13.4 points per outing. Little also leads the team with 7.6 rebounds, while Price follows with 7.5 per contest. Junior guard Mateo Rivera and senior guard Joe Laravie close out the USI double-figure scorers in 2019-20 with 11.9 and 11.7 points per game.
Little closing on 1,000 points. Junior forward Emmanuel Little is closing in on 1,000 points. He has 941 during his two-plus seasons. USI has had 20 1,000-point scorers in the history of the program. The junior forward also has moved into the top 10 in rebounding this season, ranking eighth with 591 boards.
USI leaders at home. Junior forward Emmanuel Little is USI’s top scorer at home with 16.6 points per game. Little is followed by junior forward Josh Price with 15.8 points per contest, while junior guard Mateo Rivera and senior guard Joe Laravie are posting 11.9 and 11.7 points per contest at home, respectively.
USI vs. Truman State. USI leads the all-time series versus Truman State University, 6-2 overall and 5-1 in the GLVC, after the only meeting last year in the Physical Activities Center, 80-65. USI also held a 5-0 series lead in the PAC. Junior forward Emmanuel Little and senior guard/forward Kobe Caldwell had 13 points each in the 2018-19 meeting, following guard Alex Stein’s team-best 25 points.
Truman State in 2019-20. The Bulldogs of Truman State enter Thursday’s game tied for second in the GLVC standings and fourth in the GLVC point standings with an 11-5 overall record, 7-1 in the league. Truman State won its last outing over Quincy University, 84-70, on the road.
USI vs. Quincy. USI leads the all-time series versus Quincy University, 32-10, after winning, 78-56, at the Physical Activities Center in 2018-19. The Eagles have had the advantage at home, 20-4, and in the GLVC, 30-8. Guard Alex Stein led USI in the 2018-19 victory with 19 points, while junior forward Emmanuel Little had a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Quincy in 2019-20. The Quincy Hawks start the weekend 10-6 overall and 4-4 in the GLVC after falling to Truman State Monday. Quincy had won four-straight before the loss on Monday and visits McKendree Thursday before coming to USI.
Below find Gov. Eric J. Holcomb’s public schedule for January 22, 2020.
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Wednesday, January 22: AIM Newly Elected Officials Boot Camp Luncheon
WHO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gov. Holcomb
Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer
WHAT:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The governor will participate in a Q&A.
WHEN:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 22
WHERE:         The Westin Hotel – Grand Ballroom
50 South Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Attorney General Curtis Hill has filed a second amicus brief supporting the constitutionality of an Ohio law prohibiting medical providers from performing abortions sought specifically because unborn children have Down syndrome.
Previously, Attorney General Hill filed an amicus brief asking the full 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to consider this matter after a three-judge panel upheld an injunction against the law. Now that the whole court has agreed to hear the case, Attorney General Hill is asking it to reverse a lower court’s ruling that the Ohio law is unconstitutional.
“The authority to prevent the spread of abortion as a tool for eugenics is a compelling state interest that Indiana, Kentucky, and other states have asserted via anti-discrimination laws similar to the Ohio law at issue here,†Attorney General Hill said. “Subject in some states to court rulings, 11 states have enacted a variety of statutes precluding abortions based solely on discrimination against the fetus, such as on grounds of race, sex, or disability.â€
Eugenics is defined as “the science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics.†Historically, the concept has been used to justify vile and grisly acts. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has stated that disability-selective abortions “perpetuate notions of stereotyping disability as incompatible with a good life.â€
“Permitting abortion on the basis of an unborn child’s disability not only denies equal human worth but also gradually eliminates certain categories of the disabled from society,†Attorney General Hill said. “Iceland has reached a nearly 100 percent elimination rate for babies with Down syndrome. The United States and other developed countries are not far behind.â€
The amicus brief, co-led by Indiana and Kentucky, is also joined by 16 other states.
The three-judge panel misinterpreted U.S. Supreme Court precedents, Attorney General Hill said, when it invalidated the Ohio law based on the erroneous understanding that Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey established a “categorical” right to abortion.
“The Supreme Court has never extended the holding of Roe or Casey to apply when a woman is willing to bear a child but wishes to terminate her pregnancy because she finds a particular child unacceptable,” Attorney General Hill said.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider an Indiana anti-eugenics law invalidated by the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Yet, in a concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas offered a compelling 20-page analysis detailing the historical link between abortion and the progressive movement’s goal of creating a more desirable human population. “Given the potential for abortion to become a tool of eugenic manipulation,†Justice Thomas wrote, “the Court will soon need to confront the constitutionality of laws like Indiana’s. . . . With today’s prenatal screening tests and other technologies, abortion can easily be used to eliminate children with unwanted characteristics.â€
Todd Lickliter Named New Head Men’s Basketball Coach At UE
Aces Add Former National Coach Of The Year
 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville has announced the hiring of former National Coach of the Year Todd Lickliter as head coach of the Purple Aces men’s basketball team. Lickliter inked a multiyear deal with the university and will assume the position immediately. He will be on the sideline when the Aces face Drake on Wednesday evening.
“My family and I are excited to have the opportunity to rejoin the Evansville community,†Lickliter said. “I am humbled by the chance to lead the Purple Aces program and thankful to reunite with this outstanding group of student-athletes. It is a privilege to be a part of a program with a rich history and tradition.â€
Lickliter is familiar with the Evansville program and players after spending the 2018-19 season as an assistant coach. He took an active role in coaching a young Aces squad last season. Facing a great deal of turnover while assisting the staff in the implementation of a new system, Lickliter helped guide Evansville to the best record for a first-year staff since 1978. The Aces began Missouri Valley Conference play with a double-overtime win against Drake before earning their most decisive win of the season when they defeated defending Final Four participant Loyola by a 67-48 final at the Ford Center.
As the head coach at Butler University from 2001 through 2007, Lickliter brought record-breaking success to the Bulldog program. In his first season at the helm, he directed the team to a then-school record of 26 victories and its third Horizon League regular-season championship in a row. His squad also reached the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in 53 years. Lickliter’s success only got better as he led Butler to a pair of Sweet 16 appearances in 2003 and 2007. In 2007, his team fell to eventual National Champion Florida by just eight points.
Over his first two seasons at the helm of the Bulldog squad, Lickliter won a total of 53 games. It marked the third-most wins in NCAA history by a men’s head coach in the first two years of work, trailing only Bill Guthridge (58 wins) of North Carolina and NC State’s Everett Case, who posted 55 wins.
His top honor came in 2007 as he was named the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) National Coach of the Year. CollegeHoops.net named him as the High-Major Coach of the Year that same season. He left the program with the top three single-season win totals in school history. Lickliter became the head coach at the University of Iowa in 2007 and led the program at Marian University in 2012. In his second season with the Knights, he led them to the most conference wins in school history along with the #1 scoring defense in NAIA Division II. After leaving Marian, he joined the Boston Celtics as a scout.
Prior to assuming the head coaching position at Butler, Lickliter worked two stints as an assistant at Butler while serving as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan from 1997-99. In his initial period at Butler, Lickliter worked with his college coach – Joe Sexson for the 1988-89 campaign and returned to the program from 1999 through 2001, working with Barry Collier and Thad Matta. At EMU, he assisted on the 1998 team that won the Mid-American Conference Championship behind future NBA star Earl Boykins.
The 1979 graduate of Butler University is a native of Indianapolis, where he played for his father Arlan at North Central High School. He played one season at Central Florida before transferring to Butler. Todd and wife Joez have three sons – Ry, Garrett, and John.
“I would like to thank President Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz, Mark Spencer and the administration at the University of Evansville for the opportunity to coach these young men. We will strive to uphold the Aces rich tradition and bring pride to the UE community,†Lickliter added.
The University of Evansville just announced the firing of Walter McCarty, effective immediately.
On December 26, 2020, Coach McCarty was placed on administrative leave pending an external investigation by a renowned law firm.
The alleged charges of alleged sexual misconduct and violations of the university’s Title IX policy were the reasons given for Coach MeCarty firing.
Since then, UE alleged that they have also received additional reports of alleged misconduct by McCarty.
It’s been announced that Bennie Seltzer will continue to serve as interim Head Coach of Men’s Basketball until a new head coach is appointed.
This is a developing story.
A felon on parole for robbery discarded a handgun during a traffic stop and fled from a sheriff’s deputy.
On Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at approximately 4:25 pm a Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office deputy working federally funded traffic enforcement overtime conducted a traffic stop in the area of St. Joseph Avenue and Maryland Street. During the course of the stop an occupant ran from the vehicle, tossing a handgun to the ground as he fled.
Deputies chased the suspect on foot, but were unable to apprehend him. Additional deputies and officers from the Evansville Police Department set up a perimeter in an effort to contain the suspect. Although he was not located, the suspect was later identified as Shane S. James of Evansville.
Mr. James served 1.5 years in prison on a robbery charge before being paroled in late December of 2019. As a convicted felon, Mr. James is prohibited by law from carrying a handgun.
Should you see Mr. James, please do not approach him. Call 911 from a safe location and be ready to provide a street address, vehicle and clothing description and a direction travel.
Shane Stetson James (pictured above). White Male, 5-08, 135, 20 years old. Multiple tattoos visible around his neck and down both arms. Last seen wearing a blue and white plaid shirt and blue jeans.
Presumption of Innocence Notice: The fact that a person has been arrested or charged with a crime is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.
 University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball withstood a second half comeback by McKendree University to post a 72-69 victory Monday evening at Screaming Eagles Arena. USI, avenges an early season road loss to the Bearcats in December, goes to 12-4 overall and 4-4 in the GLVC, while McKendree is 9-7, 4-4 GLVC.
USI was red hot from the field after the opening tip, hitting the first three shots and six-of-eight in building an early eight point lead, 15-7. McKendree would make a run of their own midway through the opening 20 minutes and knotted the game at 20-20.
After USI and McKendree traded a couple of buckets, the Eagles took command and built a 10-point lead, 35-25, with a 13-3 run that was capped off by a three-pointer from well beyond the arc by junior guard/forward Clayton Hughes. The lead would reach as many as 12 points, 39-27, on a Hughes layup with 2:21 left before the Eagles went into halftime with the lead, 42-32.
USI junior forward Emmanuel Little led the offensive attack during the first half with 13 points, getting to the line eight times and converting seven. Hughes joined Little in double-digits by the break with 10 points.
The second half opened with a bang as senior guard Joe Laravie put the Eagles up by a game-high 13 points, 45-32, with an old fashion three-point play at 19:44. The Bearcats’ offense followed with an 8-0 run to cut the Eagles advantage to five points, 45-40, with 16:48 to play
USI would maintain a five-to-nine point margin for the next six minutes until McKendree pulled to within two points, 53-51, with 10:46 left after a 6-0 spurt. The Bearcats continued to close the gap until they took the lead, 63-62, with 3:33 left on the clock. USI regained the lead, 64-63, before McKendree posted its final lead and largest of the second half, 66-64, with 2:52 left.
Little and Hughes took over to give the Eagles back the lead, 70-66, by combining for seven points and three rebounds in just over a minute. Junior guard Mateo Rivera sealed the victory for USI with a jumper with 56 ticks left on the clock as the Eagles closed out the 72-69 victory.
USI had four players reach double-digits in the scoring column with Little leading the way with 21 points. The junior guard, who grabbed a team-high eight rebounds, was five-of-10 from the field and took advantage of 12 trips to the stripe, converting 11.
Huhges and Laravie followed with 13 points each, while Rivera rounded out the double-digit scorers with 11.
The Bulldogs of Truman State raised their record to a 11-5 overall record, 7-1 in the league after defeating Quincy University, 84-70, Monday evening in Quincy, Illinois.
USI leads the all-time series versus Truman State, 6-2 overall and 5-1 in the GLVC, after the only meeting last year in the Physical Activities Center, 8-65. Little and senior guard/forward Kobe Caldwell had 13 points each in the 208-19 meeting, following guard Alex Stein’s team-best 25 points.
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