Game Notes

EVANSVILLE, Ind.—The University of Southern Indiana women's basketball team is looking to build a new winning streak when it visits Kentucky Wesleyan College Thursday at 5:15 p.m. at the Sportscenter in Owensboro, Kentucky.

USI (14-3, 5-1 GLVC) also hosts No. 22 Quincy University Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Physical Activities Center. Game coverage, including video, audio, and live stats, can be found at www.gousieagles.com.

The Screaming Eagles are looking for their second straight victory when they visit the Panthers of KWC Thursday after defeating Maryville University 83-66 Saturday in St. Louis, Missouri. USI saw its 12-game winning streak come to an end last Thursday as it fell to Missouri University of Science and Technology, 73-51, in Rolla, Missouri.

USI had six players score at least eight points in its victory over Maryville Saturday. Sophomore guards Rinesha Soaper and Cootie Leeberg sparked the Eagles off the bench, scoring 14 and 12 points, respectively.

Overall, the Eagles saw their bench outscore Maryville's reserves 43-33 and gained a 38-20 advantage in points in the paint.

For the season, junior guards Ellen Young and Amie Newhart continue to lead the Eagles offensively. Young is currently eighth in the GLVC with 14.6 points per game, while Newhart, who is 19th in the league with 12.4 points per appearance, is third in the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.17) and free throw percentage (.882).

Newhart, who also is ninth in the conference with a team-best 3.7 assists per outing, is eight points away from entering the top 20 all-time at USI in career points.

USI leads the all-time series with Kentucky Wesleyan, 40-24, and is 13-3 in the series since 2000 after besting the Panthers, 65-61, at the PAC last season. Young and Soaper led the Eagles with 18 and 14 points, respectively, while junior forward Amanda Harnist led the Panthers with a team-high tying 14 points.

Harnist is averaging 9.7 points and a team-best 6.8 rebounds per contest this year, while freshman guard Lauren Goffinet leads the team with 10.6 points per appearance. The Panthers are looking to stop a three-game losing streak after falling to Drury University and Missouri S&T on the road last week.

USI is looking for its first win in Owensboro since defeating Kentucky Wesleyan 82-68 February 24, 2005. The Eagles are 0-2 at the Sportscenter dating back to the 2005-06 season.

Thursday's game is the first of three games in a five-day stretch that sees USI host Quincy before traveling to Springfield, Missouri, to take on GLVC West Division-leading Drury Monday evening (6 p.m.).

The Eagles trail Quincy, 17-16, in the all-time series and are 6-15 in the series since 2000 after dropping both games to the Lady Hawks last season. USI also trails the all-time series to Drury, 6-2, after splitting the season-series with the Panthers last year.

Quincy (11-3, 2-3 GLVC), which hosts the University of Missouri-St. Louis Thursday, snapped a three-game losing streak with its 79-70 win at Missouri Western State University last Saturday.

Drury (13-3, 5-0 GLVC), the winner of six straight games, visits the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Thursday and hosts Missouri S&T Saturday before its bout with USI next Monday.