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Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles
women's basketball
Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles; women's basketball
	2024–25 Southern Indiana Screaming Eagle women's basketball team
University	University of Southern Indiana
Head coach	Rick Stein (25th season)
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Location	Evansville, Indiana
Arena	Screaming Eagles Arena ; (capacity: 4,800)
Nickname	Screaming Eagles
Colors	Blue, white, and red;
NCAA tournament runner-up
	Division II: 1997
NCAA tournament Final Four
	Division II: 1997
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
	Division II: 1997, 2001
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
	Division II: 1997, 2001, 2002
NCAA tournament appearances
	Division II: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022
Conference tournament champions
	OVC: 2024; GLVC: 1998, 2001, 2002
Conference regular season champions
	OVC: 2024

The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles women's basketball team represents the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, Indiana, United States. The Screaming Eagles currently compete in the NCAA Division I Ohio Valley Conference, having started a transition from Division II on July 1, 2022. Under NCAA rules for reclassifying programs, the Screaming Eagles will not be eligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until the 2026–27 season. The Screaming Eagles will be eligible to play in the WNIT, which unlike its men's counterpart is not operated by the NCAA.

The team is currently led by twenty-three-year head coach Rick Stein and play their home games at Screaming Eagles Arena.

Postseason appearances

NCAA Division II

During their time in NCAA Division II, the Screaming Eagles were selected to play in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament twelve times. They were selected for the 2020 tournament, but it was not held due to the cancellation of the tournament with the COVID-19 pandemic. They had a combined record of 8–11.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1995	Regional Semifinals	Oakland	L 69–88
1996	First Round Regional Semifinals	Oakland Bellarmine	W 84–83 L 80–89
1997	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Michigan Tech Northern Michigan Delta State UC Davis North Dakota	W 66–48 W 78–67 W 70–55 W 70–62 L 78–94
1998	Regional Semifinals	Michigan Tech	L 92–94 (2OT)
2001	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight	Gannon Northern Michigan Columbus State	W 84–79 W 86–77 L 73–79
2002	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Hillsdale Northern Kentucky	W 84–63 L 66–69
2004	First Round	Lake Superior State	L 86–100
2010	First Round	Drury	L 48–71
2015	First Round	Ashland	L 61–81
2018	First Round	Lewis	L 64–72
2020	First Round	Ashland	N/A
2022	First Round	Walsh	L 63–75