Screaming Eagles have 15 home games in upcoming campaign

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Southern Indiana men's basketball team tips-off the 2011-12 campaign with an exhibition game at the Big 10 Conference's Purdue University before opening a regular season calendar that includes 15 home games at the Physical Activities Center.

 

The schedule also includes a home-and-home series with NCAA Division II national champion and GLVC rival Bellarmine University, along with the home-and-home series with the rest of the GLVC East Division -- Kentucky Wesleyan College, the University of Indianapolis, Northern Kentucky University, Saint Joseph's College, Lewis University, and the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.  

 

USI's home schedule also includes home dates with Drury University and Missouri University of Science & Technology from the GLVC West Division. The Eagles are on the road against the West's William Jewell College and Rockhurst University.

 

USI, Bellarmine, Drury, KWC, UIndy, and NKU were NCAA Division II Tournament teams a year ago.

 

GLVC play starts the first week of December for USI when it travels to Lewis on December 1 and the UW-Parkside on December 3.

 

“The GLVC will be as strong as ever,” said Head Coach Rodney Watson. “The East Division of the GLVC may be the toughest in all of college basketball.

 

“Bellarmine is the defending national champion, while USI, NKU, KWC, and Indianapolis were NCAA II Tournament teams,” concluded Watson.

 

In addition to the nine conference games at the PAC, USI hosts the Bill Joergens Memorial Classic and four additional non-conference foes. The fifth annual Bill Joergens Memorial Classics pits the Screaming Eagles and Bellarmine versus Malone University and Indiana University-Southeast.