EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men's Basketball concludes the four-game road swing and the regular season with visits to Morehead State Tuesday and Little Rock Saturday. Tipoff times on Tuesday and Saturday are 6:30 p.m. (CT) and 3:30 p.m., respectively.
Both games are scheduled to be streamed on ESPN+. All USI games are aired live on
ESPN 97.7FM and
The Spin 95.7FM.
The Screaming Eagles (7-21, 4-14 OVC) are coming off back-to-back wins for the first time since November, the first time in the Ohio Valley Conference this year, and the first time on the road during 2025-26. USI opened the road trip with a 77-70 victory at Western Illinois and a 70-68, dramatic win at Eastern Illinois.
USI junior guard/forward
Amaree Brown led the Screaming Eagles offensively with 20.0 points per game, including a team-high 18 versus WIU and 22 at EIU. Senior forward
Ola Ajiboye posted 12.5 points a game, while senior guard
Ismail Habib rounded out the double-digit scorers with 10.5 points per outing.
For the season, Habib has been posting 15.2 points per game to lead USI in scoring. Brown is second with 14.5 points per outing, while senior guard
Cardell Bailey is third on the team in scoring with 12.9 points per contest this season.
During the final week of the regular season, USI Head Coach
Stan Gouard will be in search of his 300
th career win. Gouard has compiled a 299-212 record as a head coach (71-95 at USI; 228-117 at UIndy) in 18 seasons.
Morehead State (17-12, 13-5 OVC) is tied for first in the OVC and has won five-straight games. The MSU Eagles are coming off a sweep of EIU, 73-70, and WIU, 81-59.
MSU leads the all-time series with USI, 6-1, after taking the last three meetings, including the first matchup this year at Liberty Arena, 64-60.
Little Rock (11-18, 8-10 OVC), which will host MSU before USI, had a dramatic win over UT Martin, 67-65, and a loss to Southeast Missouri State, 70-65, last week. The Trojans have lost eight of the last 10 games.
Little Rock leads the all-time series with USI, 5-2, after taking the first meeting, 77-62, at Liberty Arena to open OVC action in December.
