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GAME NOTES (Updated 12/24)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Southern Indiana men's basketball team entered the top 10 nationally for the first time this season by rising to 10th in the NABC/Division II Top 25 poll released today. This is the highest ranking for the Screaming Eagles since they were eighth last January during the 2008-09 season.
The Eagles have started the season with a 10-0 mark, including a pair of wins in the GLVC. USI also has won its last three games by an average of 52.7 points and surpassed the century mark in each game.
Leading the way this season is senior guard Jamar Smith (Peoria, Illinois), who is dropping in 23.4 points per game. Smith, who is dropping in 4.6 three-point field goals per game, also is averaging 26.0 points per contest during December.
USI is idle until December 29 when it welcomes Brevard College to the PAC for a 7:30 p.m. match-up. Brevard has begun 2009-10 with a 5-2 mark and recently had its five-game winning streak stopped by Belmont Abbey College at home on December 17.
The December 29 game will be the first meeting between USI and Brevard.
NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Dec. 22, 2009 – Regular season poll #5)
1. Central Missouri (8 first place votes) 10-0
2. Florida Southern 9-0
3. Augusta State, Ga. 9-0
4. Indiana, Pa. 7-0
5. Arkansas Tech 10-0
6. Seattle Pacific, Wash. 8-0
7. Kutztown, Pa. 5-0
8. Minnesota State 10-0
9. Midwestern State, Texas 11-0
10. Southern Indiana 10-0
11. Southwest Baptist, Mo. 11-2
12. Rollins, Fla. 8-1
13. Fort Hays State, Kan. 9-1
14. Cal Poly Pomona 4-1
15. Valdosta State, Ga. 10-2
16. Western Washington 11-1
17. Kentucky Wesleyan 11-1
18. BYU-Hawaii 6-2
19. Montevallo, Ala. 10-0
20. Drury, Mo. 8-2
21. Bentley, Mass. 7-2
22. Quincy, Ill. 10-0
23. Stillman, Ala. 5-0
24. Augustana, S.D. 9-1
25. (tie) Mesa State, Colo. 9-1
25. (tie) West Chester, Pa. 9-0
Others receiving votes: Metropolitan State (Colo.) 6, Stonehill (Mass.) 4, West Virginia State 4, Anderson (S.C.) 3, Findlay (Ohio) 3, Francis Marion (S.C.) 2, Texas A&M-Kingsville 2, Winona State (Minn.) 2, Slippery Rock (Pa.) 1, Southwest Minnesota State 1.
