University of Southern Indiana Athletics

The Screaming Eagles posted a program-best 29-4 record on its way to the University’s first-ever national championship. The team featured GLVC Player of the Year and NCAA Division II Player of the Year Stan Gouard. In the national championship game, which was viewed by more than three million people live on CBS, the Eagles came back from 22 points to defeat the University of California-Riverside, 71-63.

Team members included student athletes Shawn Aldridge, Cortez Barnes, Scott Boyden, Kevin Caldwell, Neil Coyle, Larry Eady, Chad Gilbert, Stan Gouard, Marc Hostetter, Brian Huebner, Joel Thomas, Tim Tooley, and Ken Troutman. The coaching staff consisted of Head Coach Bruce Pearl, Assistant Coach Rick Herdes.

Season Statistics

1994-95 Record: 29-4 (15-3 GLVC)
Home Record: 14-1; Road Record: 7-3; Neutral Record: 8-0
NCAA II GREAT LAKES REGIONAL CHAMPIONS;
NCAA II NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

USI     OPPONENT            OPP 117     IUPU INDIANAPOLIS    99  89     IUPU Indianapolis    83  92    #WINONA STATE         79 107    #TAMPA               101 105     SIU-Edwardsville    124  90    *NORTHERN KENTUCKY    96  96    @Cameron              68 107    @Washburn            103 (ot) 125    *INDIANAPOLIS         88

USI     OPPONENT            OPP 100    *Lewis                72  81    *Saint Joseph's       74 109     SIU-EDWARDSVILLE     90 117    *KENTUCKY WESLEYAN    83 114    *KENTUCKY STATE       82  70    *BELLARMINE           64  85    *Ashland              71  97    *IUPU Ft. Wayne       90  77    *SAINT JOSEPH'S       57

USI     OPPONENT            OPP 114    *LEWIS                81 126     PURDUE-CALUMET       66  90    *Kentucky Wesleyan    97  76    *Bellarmine           72 (ot) 105    *Kentucky State       63  98    *IUPU FT. WAYNE       90  86    *ASHLAND              74  97    *Northern Kentucky   101  99    *Indianapolis         89

USI     OPPONENT            OPP  95    +HILLSDALE            86 102    +Kentucky Wesleyan    67 102    +Northern Kentucky    94 108    !New Hampshire        93  89    !Norfolk State        81  71    !Calif.-Riverside     63

*GLVC; #Kenny Kent Toyota National Shootout; @High Desert Classic (Las Vegas, NV); +NCAA Great Lakes Regional (in Cincinnati, Ohio); !NCAA Elite Eight (in Louisville, Ky.)