UE women’s basketball begins 2024-25 season at IU Indy

The Aces begin a new season campaign on Tuesday evening with their first game of the 2024-25 season. After a tough 2023-24 season that saw UE go 4-28, Evansville is hoping to rebound to double-digit wins over the course of the winter. The Aces start on the road in a return visit to the IU Indy Jaguars after they made their way to Evansville in 2023. This is the first time UE has been to the Jungle in a decade after the programs last visit in 2014.

IU Indy finished the 2023-24 season with a 7-23 record going 5-15 in Horizon League play. The Jaguars ended the season in the Horizon League tournament with a 73-50 loss to Youngstown State. IU Indy enters the new season with a handful of familiar faces including Second Team All-Horizon League guard/forward Katie Davidson. Davidson was named to the Preseason All-League Second Team in the Horizon League preseason vote after leading the team in scoring in 23-24 averaging 16.4 points per game. The Jaguars also return forwards Faith Stinson, Alexa Hocevar, and guards Logan Lewis and Camron Blank.

Evansville had a strong exhibition showing last week in Meeks Family Fieldhouse against the Division III Franklin College Grizzlies. The Aces beat the Grizzlies 86-60 with sophomore forward Maggie Hartwig leading the way on offense. Hartwig scored 26 points and 14 rebounds in her return to action on Wednesday evening. Hartwig was UE’s third leading scorer in 2023-24, averaging 11.5 points a contest along with 7.5 rebounds for second on the team.

Along with Hartwig, Evansville returns six players from the 2023-24 roster. This includes senior guards Alana Striverson, Julia Palomo and Madlena Gerke, sophomore point guard Tene Smith, junior forward Mae Dozier, and senior forward Anica Skrivan. The Aces welcome eight new faces to their roster with freshman guards Avery Kelley, Camryn Runner, Kaiden Kreinhagen, Kylee Norkus, Logan Luebbers Palmer, and Elle Snyder along with forward transfers Mira Hanna and Claudia Clement.