Southern Indiana visits Chaney and Valparaiso

By Canadian Press on November 26, 2025.

Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (1-5) at Valparaiso Beacons (4-1)

Valparaiso, Indiana; Wednesday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Valparaiso plays Southern Indiana after Rakim Chaney scored 23 points in Valparaiso’s 90-75 victory against the Cleveland State Vikings.

The Beacons are 3-0 on their home court. Valparaiso is seventh in the MVC in rebounding with 33.4 rebounds. Shon Tupuola paces the Beacons with 6.8 boards.

The Screaming Eagles are 0-2 on the road. Southern Indiana is 1-3 in games decided by 10 points or more.

Valparaiso is shooting 39.5% from the field this season, 5.4 percentage points lower than the 44.9% Southern Indiana allows to opponents. Southern Indiana averages 7.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.3 more makes per game than Valparaiso allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chaney averages 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Beacons, scoring 18.4 points while shooting 53.6% from beyond the arc. Tupuola is shooting 64.5% and averaging 10.8 points.

Ismail Habib is scoring 18.3 points per game and averaging 4.3 rebounds for the Screaming Eagles. Kaden Brown is averaging 11.0 points and 2.0 rebounds.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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