The Southern Indiana basketball game on February the 15th was a great one to attend as they played a very good opponent, University of Missouri St. Louis who is currently ranked number 19. It was homecoming here on campus which creates a great atmosphere itself. At halftime of the basketball game, the homecoming king and queen were announced for everyone to hear. It was a good week to be followed up by the game with events all week leading up to king and queen announcement on Saturday. It was a very good basketball game from the tip off that started the game, it was always back and forth. The arena was packed with all fans rooting for the screaming eagles and the student section was buzzing with students all participating in the craziest fan contest. Who doesn’t want to be known as Southern Indiana’s craziest fan on campus? That is a title one should love to have, and everyone was doing their best to win the contest and hopefully bring in a screaming eagles basketball win at the same time. The eagles were up thirty-four to twenty-three at halftime and was looking very promising get a win over a ranked opponent. UMSL came out ready to play in the second half, but Southern Indiana’s game never went away. At the end of the game it was tied sixty-six to sixty-six with only four seconds remaining. Mateo Rivera, a starting guard for us knocked down his last free throw for us with four seconds remaining to give the team a one point edge. UMSL went down and tried to get the game winning shot as fast as possible and they couldn’t get it done. They did not get a shot off before time expired. Southern Indiana won the homecoming game this year over a very good GLVC ranked team to help their tournament resume.
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