16 UIndy Greyhounds
vs. 20 Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles
Thursday, Jan. 9, 7:30 p.m. ET, Nicoson Hall

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16 UIndy Greyhounds
vs. McKendree Bearcats
Saturday, Jan. 11, 4:00 p.m. ET, Lebanon, IL

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ON TAP
The No. 16 UIndy men's basketball team wraps up its three-game home stand on Thursday evening against No. 20/25 Southern Indiana before heading to McKendree on Saturday afternoon. 

The Screaming Eagles have gotten the best of the Greyhounds each of the past four meetings, while UIndy will bring a perfect 11-0 mark into its pad matchup against the Bearcats.

ABOUT SOUTHERN INDIANA
Southern Indiana dropped eight spots in the latest coaches poll on Tuesday, and is now ranked No. 20 heading into the weekend with a 9-2 record. The Screaming Eagles have picked up important in-region victories this season, including then-No. 25 Drury last week. 

The Screaming Eagles dominated their non-conference slate, primarily against G-MAC programs. Southern Indiana earned victories over Hillsdale and Malone during its first weekend, while also cruising to wins against Kentucky Wesleyan, Ohio Valley and Tiffin. 

Emmanuel Little has been on a tear this season, going for 17.1 points and 8.2 board per game for Southern Indiana. Overall as a team, the Screaming Eagles have been near untouchable on the glass, with Josh Price adding 8.7 per contest to the team's conference-leading 42.2 rebounds each game. Price is also averaging 15.6 points per game, while Joe Laravie (12.7) and Mateo Rivera (11.6) are each in double figures.

Head coach Rodney Watson is in his 11th season in Evansville. The Screaming Eagles have recorded eight 20-win seasons under Watson, including 26 victories and a national semifinal berth in 2019.

HOUNDS V. SCREAMING EAGLES
Southern Indiana has dominated the series against UIndy, claiming 58 wins in 80 matchups. The Screaming Eagles have won each of the past four games, with two being decided by single digits. In last season's PAC finale, Southern Indiana's Alex Stein drilled a buzzer-beating jumper just moments after Jimmy King tied the game with a 3-pointer.

ABOUT MCKENDREE
The Bearcats are now 7-4 on the season after picking up a win over No. 25 Drury last Saturday afternoon in Lebanon. It was the second top-25 win of the season for McKendree, who also dropped then-No. 9 Southern Indiana back in December to open league play. 

However, the Bearcats have been quite average against DII programs this season, as three of the team's seven wins have come at the expense of two DIIIs and one NAIA squad. Along with its wins over Southern Indiana and Drury, McKendree has defeated in-region's Northern Michigan and Lincoln. 

Logan Kohrmann leads one of thee Bearcats in double figures, averaging 16.6 points to go with his 5.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game this season. In 11 contests, Kohrmann is shooting 53.1 percent from the floor as a senior, while also drilling 39.3 percent of his 3-point attempts. Bryson Bultman leads the team with 7.3 rebounds, while also dishing out a team-best 42 assists. 

Head coach Chris Foster is in his second season at McKendree, and previously spent four years at GLVC-rival Truman.

HOUNDS V. BEARCATS
UIndy is unblemished in its all-time series against McKendree, earning an 11-0 record since the teams' first meeting in 1962. Since McKendree joined the GLVC in 2013, the Greyhounds have limited the Bearcats to just 66.4 points per game.

LAST TIME OUT
UIndy men's basketball failed to overcome a slow start last Saturday, dropping 79-69 decision to the Illinois Springfield Prairie Stars at Nicoson Hall. UIS drilled 43.8 percent of its attempts from 3-point range, while UIndy could only muster seven deep balls on 26 tries.

The Prairie Stars were on a mission in the opening 20 minutes, nailing eight of their first 11 attempts from beyond the arc to build a 39-21 advantage. Trevor Lakes and Marcus Latham each scored seven points, with the former sinking a trio from the charity stripe just before the half to squeeze the deficit down to 15.
 
UIndy maintained its charge late into the second half, getting within single digits after Lakes' only 3-pointer of the contest. A free throw from Jimmy King put the Greyhounds within five, but the Prairie Stars made the stops when necessary to hold off the raging UIndy squad before the final buzzer.

SITTING ON THE THRONE
Redshirt-senior Jimmy King has already etched his name in the program record book with his assist numbers, but the Indianapolis native sits just seven points from becoming the 42nd UIndy men's hoopster to surpass 1,000 in his career. 

Speaking of assists, King ranks fourth in program history with 424 helpers and is 123 dimes from matching the all-time record of 547, held by Ron Rutland.

RINSE, LATHAM, REPEAT
Marcus Latham has embraced the bench role during his senior campaign for the Greyhounds, scoring double digits in each of the past seven games as a reserve. The Alton, Ill., native recorded a season-high 28 points at Lake Superior State on Dec. 17 in the comeback victory, notching 34 minutes of game time. The senior shot 10 of 18 from the field, while going a perfect 7 for 7 from the charity stripe. Latham now ranks second on the team with 14.5 points per game.

WE GROW BASKETBALL HERE
On March 25, 2020, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame will announced its annual induction class. UIndy hall of famer and basketball great Dick Nyers, a 1952 graduate of Manual High School, will become the fourth Greyhound inducted into the prestigious shrine. 

Nyers' name is scattered across the program record book, most prominently featured as the seventh leading scorer with 1,754 career points as a Greyhound. Among other categories, Nyers ranks second all-time in free-throw attempts, second in free throws made and 11th in field goals made. The Manual alum also holds the single-season free throws made record with 180 successful attempts from the charity stripe.

LIVING LEGACY
UIndy freshman guard Ben Nicoson is a fourth-generation Greyhound, following in the footsteps of Angus (great grandfather), Dan (grandfather) and Brent (father). Nicoson Hall, home of UIndy basketball, is named after Angus, who is the program's all-time wins leader as a coach with 483 victories.

Ben is currently averaging 9.7 minutes per game in his freshman season, and drew his first-ever start against Lake Superior State.

2020 VISION
UIndy head coach Stan Gouard announced the addition of two members to its 2020 recruiting class on Wednesday as part of the early signing period. Matthew Ambrose (Kildeer, IL) and Keegan O'Neill (Montgomery, IN) will both begin their senior seasons at their respective high schools this winter. 

Ambrose was named All-Area by three separate publications as a junior before choosing UIndy as his collegiate destination. Ambrose led Adlai E. Stevenson High School with 16 points/game, while grabbing seven boards and handing our four assists each contest.

O'Neill rounds out the small early-signing class for the Greyhounds, who comes from Montgomery, Ind. The 6-8, 245 lb. big man has averaged double figures the last two seasons with Barr-Reeve, including 15.4 points/game as a sophomore. As a junior, O'Neill averaged 11 points and six rebounds per game.

HOMEGROWN HOUNDS
UIndy has five players from the Indianapolis area, including Jesse Bingham (Warren Central) and Jimmy King (Roncalli). Overall, head coach Stan Gouard has 11 players from the state of Indiana.

GLVC POINT RATING SYSTEM
For the third straight season, the GLVC will determine its conference standings by using a designated point rating system. Points shall be awarded for each conference contest.

The eight teams with the highest ratings at the end of the regular season will qualify for the postseason tournament. There are no automatic qualifying bids to divisional champions, nor is there a number of tournament bids allocated for each of the three five-team divisions. Team ratings, which will be determined by total points divided by league games played, may not be comparable with other teams in the league given each team's bye this season. A given team's win or loss early in the conference season will have an assigned point value based on their opponent's winning percentage, although that point value is likely to fluctuate should that opponent improve or weaken throughout the remainder of the conference season.

7 points – win over a .750 or better team on the road
6.5 points – win over a .750 or better team at home
6 points – win over a .500 or better team on the road
5 points – win over a .500 or better team at home
4.5 points – win over a .250 or better team on the road
4 points – win over a .250 team or better at home
3.5 points – win over an under .250 team on the road
3 points – win over an under .250 team at home
2.5 points – loss at home or on the road to a .750 or better team
2 points – loss to a .500 or better team at home or on the road
1 point – loss to a .250 or better team at home or on the road
.5 points – loss to an under .250 team on the road
0 points – loss to an under .250 team at home