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The Evansville Purple Aces Mens Basketball Team’s season isn’t quite over just yet. After falling in the Missouri Valley quarterfinals to Drake last week, the Aces were announced as one of the 16 teams in the College Basketball Invitational Tournament Monday morning. The Aces finished the season with a 16-17 record. Round One games of the CBI tip off on March 23rd in Daytona Beach Florida, with the Championship game set for March 27th.
USI Women’s Basketball won the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament over the weekend at Ford Center in downtown Evansville. They beat UT Martin in the championship game, 81-53. Yesterday morning, the team celebrated on campus with a pep rally at Screaming Eagles Arena with fans, students, and faculty. Due to NCAA rules, USI will not be able to play in the Division 1 NCAA Tournament. The rule states that teams must sit out the NCAA Tournament for their first 4 years after switching to Division 1. USI joined the OVC in 2022. The Screaming Eagles will still get some postseason play as they will participate in WNIT.
The Indiana Tourism Association is hosting its annual conference at Bally’s Casino and Hotel in Evansville. There will be over 250 Indiana tourism professionals there for networking and learning opportunities. This year is the first time the event is being hosted in Evansville. Presentations and speakers are scheduled through Wednesday afternoon.
Posey County Emergency Management posted on Facebook that this week is severe weather preparedness week, which includes a statewide test tornado drill this morning. They remind the community that this is a great time to review personal weather safety plans for at home, work, school, on the road, and elsewhere.
On Saturday night, a Missouri man was arrested after getting into a high-speed vehicle crash in Posey County. According to a press release, troopers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver, later identified as Amir Tuzlakovic, sped up and continued east at a high rate of speed. Troopers clocked the vehicle going 95 mph on I-64, which later reached as high as 130 mph. The vehicle exited I-64 at the Poseyville exit, drove left of center on SR 165 at the exit ramp, and struck a 1997 Ford F250 pickup truck that was traveling north. The driver of the pickup truck had to be extricated by the Poseyville Volunteer Fire Department. The driver was a 52-year-old male from Owensville who was transported to Deaconess Midtown Hospital. Tuzlakovic was arrested and taken to the Posey County Jail where he is currently being held on bond. He faces several charges.
The Indianapolis Colts and wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. have agreed to a three-year, $70-million contract extension worth up to $71.5 million…with $46 million fully guaranteed. Indianapolis originally placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on Pittman Jr. toward the end of that period, with the hope of coming to terms on a long-term contract extension this offseason. Now the Colts will be keeping their best wide receiver around for the foreseeable future. Pittman Jr. has been Indy’s best and most productive wide receiver in each of the last three seasons. Just last season, the 26-year-old recorded career-highs in receptions (109) and receiving yards (1,152) to go along with four touchdowns.
Coming up tonight in local sports, it’s a pretty quiet evening in terms of high school and local college action. In professional sports, from the NBA, the Indiana Pacers play at the Oklahoma City Thunder at 7:00 PM. The Pacers sit at 36-29 on the season.