University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball finishes its three-game homestand Sunday when it hosts Midway University at the Physical Activities Center. Tipoff for the non-conference game is 1 p.m.

Game coverage for all of USI’s regular season games, including live stats, the GLVCSN, and audio broadcasts, is available at GoUSIEagles.com. The games also can be heard on ESPN97.7FM and 95.7FM The Spin.

The Screaming Eagles follow the three-game homestand with a pair of neutral site contests December 18-19 in the Bellarmine University Classic in Louisville, Kentucky. USI is slated to play Northern Michigan University at 4 p.m. (CST) December 18 and 12^th-ranked Barry University at noon (CST) December 19.

USI Men’s Basketball Week 7 Quick Notes:

USI falls in GLVC opener. USI lost a hard fought match-up with top-ranked Bellarmine University, 92-80, at the Physical Activities Center.  USI was led by senior guard Alex Stein and sophomore forward Josh Price, who posted 25 points and 22 points, respectively. Senior guard/forward Nate Hansen rounded out the double-digit scorers with 11 points.

Season and career highs. USI sophomore forward Josh Price posted a season-high with 22 points versus Bellarmine, while junior forward Hugues Mbumba dropped in a 2018-19 a season-best eight points. Sophomore guard Mateo Rivera dished out a career-high seven assists.

Stein in the top five. Senior guard Alex Stein is in the Eagles’ top-four all-time for scoring with 1,612 points. Stein is seven points behind third-place Stan Gouard (1,619 points, 1993-96).

Hansen powers Eagles off the bench. USI senior guard/forward Nate Hansen has powered the Eagles off the bench. Hansen is second on the team in scoring with 12.7 points per game and has led the Eagles in scoring twice (20 points versus Malone; 16 points versus Oakland City). He is also is tied for a team-high in assists with 3.6 per contest.

USI vs. Midway. USI and Midway will be meeting for the first time in the history of the programs on December 16 at the PAC.

Midway in 2018-19. The Midway Eagles are currently 6-5 overall in 2018-19 with a game versus Indiana University Kokomo (December 15) before visiting the PAC. Midway is 3-3 in its last six games.

USI vs. Northern Michigan. Northern Michigan University leads the all-time series with USI, 2-0, both losses coming in the NCAA II Tournament. The Eagles lost to the Wildcats in the 1980 regional in Dayton, Ohio, 93-83, and in the 1993 regional at USI, 86-85.

Nothern Michigan in 2018-19. The Northern Michigan Wildcats are 8-1 overall in the first half of the season and have won their last three-straight. Northern Michigan also has posted wins over the GLVC’s McKendree University (93-70) and Lewis University (77-59) to open the season in the GLVC/GLIAC Challenge November 10-11 in Marquette, Michigan.

USI vs. Barry. USI and Barry will be meeting for the first time in the history of the programs on December 19 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Barry in 2018-19. The 12^th-ranked Barry Buccaneers are 6-1 in the first two months of the 2018-19 season. Barry started the year with five-straight wins before splitting its last two contests. The Buccaneers play Drury University December 16 before taking on USI on a neutral floor on December 19.

The University of Southern Indiana baseball team and Head Coach Tracy Archuleta have announced the incoming signees for the 2020 season, featuring ten athletes, including three from Evansville. All ten athletes have their senior seasons remaining in anticipation of graduation in the spring of 2019.

Alex Archuleta (Evansville, Indiana), Blake Ciuffetelli (Newburgh, Indiana), Michael Conner (Moline, Illinois), Isaac Housman (Evansville, Indiana), Tyler Kapust (Sellersburg, Indiana), Steven Molinet, Jr. (Elberfeld, Indiana), Seth Seniour (Evansville, Indiana), Drew Taylor (Jeffersonville, Indiana), Tyler Wheeler (Sellersburg, Indiana), and Peyton Young (Thorntown, Indiana) have all chosen to join the Screaming Eagles to continue their academic and athletic careers.

“I am very excited to get these young men to campus and watch them mature into great student-athletes,” Archuleta said. “This group has seen a lot of success in their high school and summer careers in baseball and other sports throughout their high school careers.  We hope they can continue that success here at USI.”

Archuleta: Manned the middle infield for Evansville North High School…second-team All-Conference and All-Metro selection…posted a .348 batting average as a junior…son of USI Head Coach Tracy Archuleta.

Ciuffetelli: Pitcher at Castle High School…second-team All-Conference and All-Metro team selection as a junior…member of conference, sectional, and regional championship team in 2018…went 8-3 over 60.1 innings with a 1.39 ERA, posted 59 Ks as a junior.

Conner: Corner infielder for Moline Senior High School…earned varsity letters for baseball and basketball…won Western Big 6 championships in 2017 and 2018.

Housman: Pitcher at Reitz Memorial High School…plays four sports: baseball, basketball, football, and bowling…three-sport academic All-City (baseball, bowling and football)…posted a 4-2 record in 38.2 innings pitched with a 1.99 ERA and 36 Ks as a junior…member of Reitz’s 2018 sectional championship and regional runner-up squad.

Kapust: Catcher from Silver Creek High School…two-time All-Area selection (first-team in 2017, honorable mention in 2016)…member of back-to-back sectional-championship squads, semi-state championship in 2018.

Molinet, Jr.: Outfielder from Tecumseh High School in Lynnville, Indiana…played baseball and basketball…currently in the top ten of his class academically.

Seniour: Center fielder from Evansville North High School…earned varsity letters in baseball, basketball and football…member of the 2018 sectional-championship team in basketball.

Taylor: Outfielder at Jeffersonville High School…hit for a .423 average, knocking in 20 runs, including four home runs, as a junior…All-State honorable mention in 2018…two-time first-team All-Conference and All-Area selection…member of three consecutive conference-title teams.

Wheeler: Middle infielder and pitcher from Silver Creek High School…led his team in ERA and fielding percentage over the past two seasons.

Young: pitcher from Western Boone High School…has earned multiple varsity letters in baseball, basketball and football…voted team captain seven times between his three sports.

University of Southern Indiana senior goalkeeper Emily Hopkins (Greenfield, Indiana) was named third-team Scholar All-North/Central Region in an announcement by the United Soccer Coaches (USC). The Scholar All-Region honor is the first of Hopkins’ career and the first for USI women’s soccer.

Hopkins led the defense with a 0.98 goals against average (GAA) in 19 games and 1828 minutes of action. She also had 11 wins (a career high) and seven shutouts during 2018.

In addition to being named Scholar All-Region in 2018, Hopkins was twice named the USC Player of the Week and GLVC Defensive Player of the Week before finishing the regular season by being named third-team All-GLVC.

The senior goalkeeper, who is a three-time Academic All-GLVC honoree, finished her four-year USI career ranked third in program history for saves (292), GAA (1.17), and shutouts (19.3). Hopkins also was concluded her tenure at USI with a 27-23-10 record.

USI, as a team, finished 2018 with a 12-5-3 overall record, 9-3-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference; clinched a GLVC regular season championship for the first time in program history; tied a team record with a seven-match winning streak; set a team record with eight-straight home victories; was regionally ranked for the first time since 1999; hosted its first GLVC Tournament match since 2010; and advanced to the GLVC final four for the first time since 1999.

• Have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) throughout his career;
• Start more than 50 percent of all games and be an elite player as supported by playing honors (i.e., all-conference) or contributions to the success of his/her team;
• Plays for a current United Soccer Coaches College Services member institution
• Be a junior or above in athletic standing at the current institution;
• And be in his or her second year at the current institution if a transfer student.

The national academic honor caps off a heavy awards season for Rickey in 2018. The junior midfielder has been named second-team All-American, Scholar All-American,  first-team All-Midwest Region, and Scholar All-Region by USC; Midwest Region Player of the Year; and first-team All-Midwest Region by the Division 2 Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA); and Offensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Conference by the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

This season, Rickey led the Eagles in scoring with 28 points on a team-high 11 goals and six assists this fall. He also had a team-high five game-winning goals.

Katzman, who was named second-team D2CCA All-Region and USC third-team All-Region, spearheaded the Eagles defensive back line that had a 0.98 team goals against average and helped post eight shutouts.

The Eagles completed the 2018 campaign with a 13-4-1 record; ranked 15th nationally in the final regular season poll; captured their first GLVC regular season crown since 1990; their highest regional ranking since 1982; and their third appearance in the NCAA II Tournament.  USI also hosted their first NCAA II Regional since 1982.