EVANSVILLE — Rick Stein faces a familiar problem going into the 2025-26 season. Just not a recent one.

The University of Southern Indiana women's basketball program quickly established itself as one of the best in the Ohio Valley Conference the last two years. The issue at hand? The bulk of that roster has finally moved on. Four of its top five scorers either graduated or transferred following a run to the WNIT Super 16 .

Thus, Stein is attempting to reload for Year 27 at his alma mater.

The Screaming Eagles enter the season with the same aspirations and expections. The prevoius three years proved they could compete at the Division I level. But what does that look like with seven new players?

"Our learning curve is big," Stein said. "We’ve been blessed the last three years to have mo

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