EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men's Basketball renews its rivalry with Bellarmine University Wednesday when it visits Knights Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, in the I-64 Showcase. Tipoff is slated for 5:30 p.m. (CST).
 
The Screaming Eagles, who are 0-3 to start the year, will be making their first appearance at Knights Hall since the 2019-20 season. USI holds a 53-46 all-time series lead over their former Great Lakes Valley Conference rival.   
 
Bellarmine is 0-2 to start the 2024-25 campaign, losing to Virginia Commonwealth University, 84-65, and Virginia Military Institute, 76-71.
 
The USI-Bellarmine contest is the second and final game of the I-64 Showcase, which started Monday when the Eagles visited Marshall University. USI got the first bucket of the game before Marshall took control and built second-half leads of as many as 21 points.
 
USI tried to rally in the second half, cutting the deficit to as few as nine points three times, but eventually fell, 77-63. USI junior guards Damoni Harrison and Sam Kodi led the way for the Eagles with 20 points and 16 points, respectively. Sophomore forward Stephen Olowoniyi rounded out the double-digit scorers with 10 points and produced USI's first double-double of the season with 11 rebounds.

Through three games, Harrison leads the team in scoring with 17.3 points per contest, while Olowoniyi is grabbing a team-best 8.0 rebounds per outing. 
 
The three-game road swing will come to a conclusion Saturday when USI visits another former GLVC rival, Purdue University Fort Wayne. The Eagles-Mastodons contest tips off at 6 p.m. (CST) in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
 
The Mastodons are 1-1 to start the 2024-25 campaign, defeating Bluffton University, 99-47, and falling at the University of Central Florida, 75-68. Purdue Fort Wayne plays Bethune-Cookman University at home Thursday before hosting USI Saturday.
 
USI has the upper hand in the all-time series, leading 25-15, but Purdue Fort Wayne has won the last two since the Screaming Eagles moved to Division I. The series, when played in Fort Wayne, is tied 9-9 all-time.
 
All of the action of USI's road swing can be seen live on ESPN+. The game can also be heard on ESPN 97.7FM (http://listentotheref.com) and 95.7FM The Spin (http://957thespin.com).
 
USI resumes its home schedule November 22 when it welcomes the University of South Dakota to Liberty Arena to start a three-game homestand. Tickets are on sale now at USIScreamingEagles.com.