EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women's Basketball released its 2024-25 schedule, beginning November 4 with a home matchup against Brescia University (Ky.) USI will host 15 home dates at Screaming Eagles Arena this year.
 
Following the November 4 home opener to tip off the season, USI will hit the road for consecutive games against the University of Louisville (November 8) and Murray State University (November 12).
 
Southern Indiana will then return to Screaming Eagles Arena for three straight contests against Indiana University Southeast (November 15), Saint Louis University (November 17) and Northern Kentucky University (November 23). USI and Northern Kentucky will renew their series history as former Great Lakes Valley Conference rivals, meeting for the first time since 2011-12.
 
The Screaming Eagles' trip to the Puerto Rico Clasico will follow the three-game homestand. USI will play Youngstown State University November 29 and Le Moyne College November 30 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
 
Southern Indiana will flip the calendar with another road contest against a major conference opponent on December 4 at Indiana University. After a December 7 home game against Oakland City University and fall semester final exams, the Screaming Eagles take on another Big Ten Conference foe on the road at the University of Illinois on December 15.
 
"We have put together another extremely tough non-conference schedule that will challenge our team early and often," USI Women's Basketball Head Coach Rick Stein said. "Road games at perennial top-10 teams Louisville and Indiana as well as at Illinois, the reigning WBIT (Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament) champions, will provide great and tough road experiences for our basketball team.
 
Stein added, "I am also super excited for our fans as they will have five non-conference home opportunities to see our team early in the season, including when the reigning WNIT (Women's National Invitation Tournament) champions Saint Louis and former GLVC rival Northern Kentucky come to Screaming Eagles Arena. With the addition of the Puerto Rico Classic on the schedule, we will have a full slate of very tough games to help us prepare for Ohio Valley Conference play starting at home right before Christmas."
 
As announced previously by the Ohio Valley Conference, the home portion of the OVC schedule features Tennessee State University (December 19), the University of Tennessee at Martin (December 21), Morehead State University (December 31), Lindenwood University (January 16), Western Illinois University (January 18), Tennessee Tech University (February 1), the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (February 6), Southeast Missouri State University (February 8), Eastern Illinois University (February 20), and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (February 22).
 
This season's conference road slate is Tennessee Tech (January 2), Southeast Missouri (January 9), Little Rock (January 11), SIUE (January 23), Eastern Illinois (January 25), Morehead State (January 28), Western Illinois (February 13), Lindenwood (February 15), UT Martin (February 27), and Tennessee State (March 1).
 
In the history of the USI Women's Basketball program, the Eagles are 123-122 all-time in the regular season against the 2024-25 schedule (4-3 vs. Brescia (Ky.); 1-5 vs. Murray State; 13-10 vs. IU Southeast; 2-5 vs. Saint Louis; 19-38 vs. Northern Kentucky; 27-11 vs. Oakland City; 2-2 vs. Tennessee State; 2-2 vs. UT Martin; 3-1 vs. Morehead State; 2-2 vs. Tennessee Tech; 4-12 vs. Southeast Missouri; 2-2 vs. Little Rock; 8-0 vs. Lindenwood; 3-0 vs. Western Illinois; 29-25 vs. SIUE; 2-4 vs. Eastern Illinois).
 
For the complete 2024-25 USI Women's Basketball schedule, visit USIScreamingEagles.com. USI Men's and Women's Basketball season ticket information can be found at USIScreamingEagles.com/tickets.