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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball continues its three-game stretch away from home Wednesday when the Screaming Eagles travel to face Indiana University at 6 p.m. CT from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana.
Wednesday’s game can be seen on Big Ten+ and heard on The Spin 95.7 FM and WREF 97.7 FM.
The matchup between the Screaming Eagles (7-1) and Hoosiers (5-3) will be the first all-time meeting in the regular season between the two programs. Southern Indiana will be facing its second of three power-conference teams during the non-conference schedule when the Eagles face the Hoosiers Wednesday. USI previously fell 75-51 at the University of Louisville on November 8 in the second game of the season. USI is also slated to travel to the University of Illinois on December 15. Indiana will be the third Big Ten Conference team USI has played since moving to Division I in 2022. The Eagles played against Purdue University and the University of Wisconsin last season in 2023-24.
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The Screaming Eagles enter Wednesday’s contest at Indiana on a six-game winning streak. USI’s 7-1 start to the season is a program-best since making the jump to Division I in 2022. Southern Indiana was able to extend its winning streak with a 2-0 trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico last week at the Puerto Rico Clasico. USI captured a 70-34 win against Youngstown State University and a 71-42 victory over Le Moyne College. The Screaming Eagles were one of four teams out of a 16-team field to go 2-0 at the Puerto Rico Clasico, joining the University of Texas at San Antonio, the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and the United States Air Force Academy.
Junior guard Ali Saunders was Southern Indiana’s leading scorer at the Puerto Rico Clasico, posting 29 total points and 14.5 points per game. Senior guard Vanessa Shafford also averaged double figures in Puerto Rico with 13 points per contest. Both shot over 50 percent from the floor with four made three-pointers each.
This season, Saunders paces USI with 13.4 points per game and leads the team with 4.6 assists, three steals, and over 31 minutes played per outing. Saunders ranks toward the top of the Ohio Valley Conference in each category in addition to a 51.3 shooting percentage. Shafford is second on the team in scoring 12.4 points and just ahead of graduate forward Meredith Raley at 12 points per game. USI is averaging 76 points offensively and holding opponents to 56 points per game.
Following a pair of losses in its first three games, Indiana has picked up wins in four of its last five games and three in its last four. The Hoosiers recorded two wins in three games two weekends ago at the Battle 4 Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas. Indiana has two top-25 wins against Stanford University and Baylor University this season.
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Last time out, Indiana defeated the University of Maine, 78-53, on Sunday in Bloomington, Indiana. After leading by eight at halftime, the Hoosiers created separation by outscoring Maine 25-13 in the third quarter. Indiana shot over 52 percent overall and hit 11 three-pointers. Graduate guard Chloe Moore-McNeil notched a game-high 22 points to lead the Hoosiers, tying her career mark.
Moore-McNeil is fourth on the team this season in scoring at nearly 11 points per outing but leads the squad with three assists and just over two steals per game. The Hoosiers’ leading scorer is junior guard Yarden Garzon with 13.8 points per game. Junior guard Shay Ciezki and junior forward Lilly Meister also average double figures with 11 and 11.6 points per contest, respectively. The Hoosiers average 67.1 points while limiting opponents to 62.9 points per game.
Game coverage information and links can be found on the USI Women’s Basketball page at usiscreamingeagles.com.
