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First-Place At Stake Monday As Eagles Host No. 4 Knights
EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball hosts No. 4 Bellarmine University Monday at 5:30 p.m. in a battle for first place in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division at the Physical Activities Center.
USI (14-2, 6-0 GLVC) is off to its best start to GLVC play since going 20-0 in 1996-97 after earning a 72-67 win over Truman State University and a 74-51 victory over Quincy University this past weekend.
Senior guard Tanner Marcum (New Albany, Indiana) led the Screaming Eagles with 18.5 points per game, while senior forward Hannah Wascher(Rantoul, Illinois) and junior guard/forward Kaydie Grooms (Marshall, Illinois) each chipped in 14.5 points per contest.
Grooms leads the Eagles with 16.2 points per game on the season, while Wascher and Marcum are contributing 12.8 and 11.1 points per contest, respectively. Wascher leads USI with 7.9 rebounds per appearance, while junior forward Morgan Dahlstrom (Grayslake, Illinois) is contributing 9.9 points and 7.8 rebounds per outing.
Bellarmine (14-1, 6-0 GLVC), which is under the direction of former USI Hall of Fame coach Chancellor Dugan, is led by senior forward Sarah Galvin and junior guard Raven Merriweather. Galvin averages a team-best 15.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game for the Knights, whose only loss came to No. 1 Ashland University last month, while Merriweather adds 13.2 points per game for the defending GLVC champions.
Following the USI-Bellarmine game, the Eagles host the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Thursday at 5:30 p.m. and No. 19 Lewis University Saturday at 1 p.m. USI is planning a “White-Out†for Thursday’s game against UW-Parkside, while Saturday’s game is Military Appreciation Day for the Eagles.
WSWI 95.7 FM will carry the games live on the radio, while live stats, audio, and GLVC Sports Network coverage can be accessed at GoUSIEagles.com.
USI Women’s Basketball Notes
- Eagles sweep another GLVC road trip.USI Women’s Basketball went 2-0 on the road last week with a 72-67 win over Truman State and a 74-51 triumph over Quincy. Senior guard Tanner Marcumaveraged 18.5 points per game to lead the Eagles, while senior forward Hannah Wascher and junior guard/forward Kaydie Grooms each chipped in 14.5 points per contest. Wascher led USI with 7.0 rebounds per contest.
- Eagles 6-0 in GLVC play for first time in 20 years.USI is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its most successful campaign with a trip down memory lane, at least six games into league play. The Eagles are 6-0 in GLVC play for the first time since they went 20-0 in league play during the 1996-97 campaign.
- Eagles break Curse of Quincy.USI’s win over Quincy Saturday marked the first time the Eagles have earned a win in Quincy, Illinois, since the 1998-99 season. USI was 0-13 at the Pepsi Arena since 1998-99, including 0-12 versus Quincy and 0-1 against Lake Superior State (2004 NCAA II Tournament).
- Battle for first place.When the Eagles host No. 4 Bellarmine Monday, the two teams will be playing for first place in the GLVC East Division. The two teams currently hold a 1.5 game lead over No. 19 Lewis and a two-game lead over Indianapolis in the GLVC East Division.
- Stein earns 300th win in 500th game. Head Coach Rick Steinearned his 300th career win in his 500th career game at the helm of the Screaming Eagles with USI’s 57-39 win over William Jewell. Stein, the all-time winningest coach in program history, has been a part of 462 victories during his 26 years at USI, including 159 in eight seasons as an assistant coach for the Eagles.
- Busy slate.The Eagles are in the midst of a five-game in 10-day span that includes bouts against No. 4 Bellarmine and No. 19 Lewis.
- Stein vs. Dugan.Head Coach Rick Steinsquares off against his former boss, Chancellor Dugan, for the ninth time when USI plays Bellarmine Monday. Stein was an assistant coach under the USI Hall of Famer during her eight-year career with the Eagles. Dugan led the Eagles to the 1997 NCAA II Championship game. The all-time series between the two is tied, 4-4, after USI swept the series in 2014-15 and Bellarmine swept the series last season.
- Scouting the opposition (Bellarmine).Senior forward Sarah Galvin averages a team-best 15.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game for the Knights, whose only loss came to No. 1 Ashland last month. Junior guard Raven Merriweather adds 13.2 points per game for the defending GLVC champions.
- Last year against Bellarmine.After suffering a four-point loss at Bellarmine, USI ended the regular-season with a 28-point setback to the Knights at the PAC. Junior guard/forward Kaydie Grooms averaged 14.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game to lead USI.
- Marcum leads GLVC in assist-to-turnover ratio.Senior guard Tanner Marcumleads the GLVC with her 2.8 assist-to-turnover ratio. The next closest player to Marcum in the GLVC has a 2.0 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- USI in statistical rankings.USI begins the week leading the GLVC in 12 statistical rankings and is in the top six of 16 GLVC statistical categories. The Eagles also ranked in the top 25 of 11 NCAA Division II statistical rankings last week.
- Record book watch.Several players are starting to make appearances in USI’s record books:
–Tanner Marcum ranks 18th in scoring (900);
–Kaydie Grooms is 23rd in scoring (827) and 19th in blocks (41);
–Randa Harshbarger is 10th in assists (214);
–Hannah Wascher is 12th in blocks (55) and 40th in scoring (553);
–Morgan Dahlstrom is tied for 22nd in blocks (33).
PROTECT YOUR PATENT IDEA OR INVENTION FROM INFRINGEMENT
All of that changed in May of this year when the U.S. Supreme Court held that the patent venue statute (28 USC 1400(b)) requires that, in most instances, an action for infringement be brought against an alleged corporate infringer “only in its State of incorporation.†TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, 137 S.Ct. 1514 (2017).
The decision was a major victory for startups and small companies who now no longer run the risk of being hauled into court in a distant forum simply because someone in that jurisdiction may have viewed their website or purchased their product. The case was also a huge blow to the restaurant and hotel industry in East Texas towns like Marshall and Tyler where litigants and lawyers frequently traveled for hearing before the District Courts, and the plethora of patent-holding companies that purchase patents for the purpose of squeezing quick settlements out of other companies and are “headquarted†in or “reside†in Marshall and Tyler.
Only a month after the landmark TC Heartland decision a Judge from the Eastern District of Texas issued a decision that arguably expanded the Supreme Court’s ruling, and, if adopted, may have stemmed the flow of patent cases out of the Eastern District. In that case, the District Court applied a four-factor test for determining whether the defendant had a “regular and established place of business†in the district. The District Court’s application of that four-factor test concluded that Cray did in fact have a “regular and established place of business†in the Eastern District of Texas based solely on the fact that two sales employees of Cray worked from their homes within the district.
That decision was appealed to the Federal Circuit, where, in September, the four-factor test of the Eastern District was struck down in favor of a narrower three-prong test for determining if venue is proper. Specifically, in In re Cray, the Federal Circuit found that:
“(1) there must be a physical place in the district;†(i.e. an actual business location of the defendant where business is conducted)
“(2) it must be a regular and established place of business;†(i.e. more than just sporadic or irregular business activity) AND
“(3) it must be the place of the defendant†(i.e. a place that the defendant corporation, not its employee, exercises control over).
Not surprisingly, after application of the three-prong test, the Federal Circuit found that the two employees working from their home for Cray did not meet the standard.
The Federal Circuit sent the case back to the Eastern District for a determination of the proper venue for transfer. Cray is a Washington corporation with its principal place of business located there. It also maintains facilities in Bloomington, Minnesota; Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; Pleasanton and San Jose, California; and Austin and Houston, Texas. Interestingly, Cray requested transfer to Wisconsin (Chippewa Falls) and Raytheon is now requesting transfer to the Western District of Texas (Houston, Austin). Given that Cray admittedly has offices in both places and did not seek transfer to its home office in Washington, it will be interesting to see in which one of Cray’s “homes†the case ends up.
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Eagles set for top-10 showdown Monday
The 10th-ranked University of Southern Indiana men’s basketball team begins a week that could determine control of the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division with an NCAA Division II top-10 showdown versus ninth-ranked Bellarmine University Monday at 7:30 p.m. Live coverage of one of the GLVC’s longest running rivalries, including live statistics, video, and audio, can be found on GoUSIEagles.com.
The Screaming Eagles (16-0, 6-0 GLVC) are coming off a thrilling two-game road swing that featured a 111-89 victory at Truman State University and a last-minute 88-85 win over 24th-ranked Quincy University. The victories extended USI’s season-opening winning streak to 16 games, tying for second-best in the history of the program.
Senior guard Jeril Taylor (Louisville, Kentucky), who scored a school-record 50 points in the win over Truman, leads the Eagles with 21.0 points per game, 22.5 points per conference outing. Sophomore guard Alex Stein (Evansville, Indiana) is second with 17.7 point per contest, while junior forward Julius Rajala (Finland) and senior guard Bobo Drummond (Peoria, Illinois) round out the double-digit scorers with 12.6 and 10.8 points per outing, respectively.
Bellarmine(13-3, 5-1 GLVC) is coming off of a 1-1 conference weekend, defeating Quincy in overtime, 103-96, and losing to Truman, 77-72. The Knights are 3-2 in their last five games since coming back from the holiday break.
USI leads the all-time series with Bellarmine, 50-38, with the teams splitting the last eight games. The Knights, however, won the last year’s series, taking two of three from the Eagles. Taylor led the Eagles against the Knights in last year with 19.0 points per game, followed by Drummond and Stein with 13.0 points per contest each.
The USI-Bellarmine top-10 showdown begins a big week for the GLVC East Division. The top four teams in the GLVC East — USI, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside (14-1, 6-0 GLVC), Lewis University (11-5, 6-0 GLVC), and Bellarmine — face each other in six games that could that could determine control of the division with just over a month left in the regular season.
The Eagles finish this week by hosting UW-Parkside Thursday at 7:30 p.m. for its annual United Way “White Out Game” and Lewis Saturday at 3:15 p.m.
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Eagles Dominate Distance Events to Open Indoor Season
Four University of Southern Indiana Men’s Track and Field team members earned wins in its indoor season-opener Saturday at the Little Giant Open, hosted by Wabash College.
With senor Chase Broughton‘s (Marengo, Indiana) time of eight minutes, 36.09 seconds leading the way, the Screaming Eagles swept the top-five of the 3,000-meter run. Broughton, junior Bastian Grau (Höchstadt, Germany), and Junior James Cecil (Owensboro, Kentucky) finished within a quarter of a second of each other. Rounding out the top five were freshman Eli Hill (Bloomington, Illinois) and freshman Austin Nolan (Evansville, Indiana) in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Six USI runners earned top-10 finishes in the mile with freshman Javan Winders (Mansfield, Tennessee) taking the top spot. Winders’ time of 4:21.81 bested the field by nearly two and a half seconds. Senior Noah Lutz (Evansville, Indiana) and sophomore Darin Lawrence (Indianapolis, Indiana) finished third and fourth, respectively.
Finishing within 10 seconds of each other, seven USI runners earned top-10 finished in the 800-meter run. Grau and Broughton took the top two spots with times of 1:58.84 and 1:57.27, respectively.
Senior thrower Jalen Madison (Washington, Indiana) took the top spot in the weight throw with the second best mark in school history at 52’01.80″. Madison topped his own career-high set last year at the Tom Hathaway Distance Carnival. The senior also finished 13th in the shot put.
In his first event as an Eagle, junior Daniel Gibson (Normal, Illinois) posted a top-10 finishes in three separate events. In the long jump, Gibson earned a distance of 16’05.40″, finishing in 10th. In the pole vault, Gibson cleared 10’05.40″ to earn a fifth-place finish. With a distance of 39’09.00″ in the shot put, Gibson sealed another fifth-place finish.
USI returns to action January 20-21 when it competes at the Gladstein Invitational in Bloomington, Indiana, and the University of Indianapolis Collegiate Invitational in Indianapolis.
Martin, Long Distance Runners Find Success at Little Giant Open
Junior Jenna Martin (Evansville, Indiana) earned two victories at the indoor season opening Little Giant Open, while three long distance races were filled with Screaming Eagle runners.
Martin posted a pair of victories in the long jump and the 60-meter dash. Martin earned the victory in the long jump with distance of 17’02.20″, while she also earned the victory in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.20 seconds.
Six Screaming Eagles placed in the top-10 of the 3,000-meters, including a third-place finish from senior Bailey Knable (New Albany, Indiana) with a time of 10 minutes, 58.31 seconds. Freshman Ellie Tjelmend (Springfield, Illinois) also earned a top-five finish with her time of 11:05.76, finishing fifth.
In the mile run, seven of the top-10 finishers were USI runners. Sophomore Hope Jones (Cumberland, Indiana) was the top-finishing Eagle in second with a time of 5:21.33. Senior Carly Whitesell (Zionsville, Indiana) finished just over a second later to secure a top-three finish. Rounding out the top-five were sophomore Micalah Booher (Pendleton, Indiana) and junior Jessica Lincoln (Palatine, Illinois).
Again in the 800-meter run, seven USI runners earned top-10 finishes, including sophomores Kate Henrickson (Booneville, Indiana) and Allison Rollins (Evansville, Indiana) taking the top-two spots. Jones earned another top-five finish with a time of 2:32.92 and a fifth-place finish.
Sophomore Hilary Paxson (Liberty Center, Indiana) ended the day with top-5 finishes in the weight throw and shot put. Paxson’s toss of 46’04.70″ was good enough for 2nd in the weight throw, while her she finished 4th in the shot put with a throw of 37’02.40″.
In the rest of the field events, freshman Rylie Smith (Floyd Knobs, Indiana) finished second in the pole vault clearing 09’05.80″.
USI returns to action January 20-21 when it competes at the Gladstein Invitational in Bloomington, Indiana, and the University of Indianapolis Collegiate Invitational in Indianapolis.
Man Arrested after Attacking Family and Firing Handgun
- On Saturday, January 14, 2017 at approximately 3:15 PM the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fight in progress at 6050 Maggie Valley Drive. The 911 operator advised the responding sheriff’s deputies that there was an open phone line at the residence over which voices could be heard yelling for someone to put a gun down.
- Upon arrival deputies spoke to the residents and learned that the suspect, Mr. Justin Swart, had left the home just prior to their arrival. The victims (who are all family members) advised that Mr. Swart had been arguing about auto parts with a family member when he began tearing up the residence. Mr. Swart then went to his bedroom and armed himself with a handgun. Mr. Swart then reportedly began waving the gun around and walked to the front porch of the home where he discharged the handgun in front of the victims. Mr. Swart surrendered the weapon to a family member, but then grabbed one of the victims by the throat and began to strangle him. All of these events occurred within the view of a small child who lives at the residence.
Mr. Swart was located one street over and taken into custody without incident. He remains lodged at the Vandeburgh County Jail with no bond pending an initial appearance.
ARRESTED:
Justin Matthew Swart, 31, of Evansville. Criminal Recklessness with a Firearm as a Level 6 Felony, Battery – Domestic in the Presence of a Child <16 as a Level 6 Felony, Battery – Strangulation as a Level 6 Felony, Neglect of a Dependant as a Level 6 Felony.