TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Indiana State Basketball head coach Greg Lansing announced today (May 23) that Qiydar Davis (pronounced KEY-dahr) has elected to join the Sycamores as a graduate transfer from Louisiana Tech.

"We are excited about welcoming Qiydar into the Sycamore Family," head coach Greg Lansing said. "This is the first time we have recruited the graduate transfer that has become so prevalent today.  Q brings a toughness, a serious work ethic and tremendous experience to our team. He is a bigger wing player that is extremely athletic and can defend multiple positions. Offensively he will be able to expand his game here playing alongside our talented team. He has had to deal with some adversity in his college career with injuries and has handled it very well. He has been well coached and has had to work in the programs he has played at."

Davis is a native of Atlanta, Ga., and has the last three seasons at Louisiana Tech. Prior to then he played at Indian Hills Community College and Pensacola State College. He is 6-5, 215 and will play the wing position for the Sycamores.

"I am really happy for Terry Parker in landing a young man from his home town as well as from a school he played at," Lansing continued. "We added play-making, skill and athleticism in this recruiting class.  I'm really excited to get them all here in June and get to work."

In 2016-17, Davis started in five games at small forward before suffering a season-ending knee injury at Cal on Nov. 30. He averaged 5.0 points and 2.8 rebounds per game and scored a season-high eight points against Alabama State, hitting a pair of 3-pointers. He pulled down a season-best six rebounds at Nebraska on Nov. 19. In 2015-16, Davis saw action in the first seven games of the year before seeing that season cut short due to an injury. He averaged 10.6 points and 6.7 rebounds per game as he posted his first career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds against North Carolina Central. Played 40 minutes in a double overtime victory over Jackson State while notching a career high 17 points to go with 14 rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots.

He made his Louisiana Tech debut in 2014-15 when he played in 29 games and enjoyed a breakout performance with 17 points and nine rebounds against Presbyterian in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. In the Conference USA Tournament semifinals against Alabama-Birmingham, Davis posted eight points and three rebounds and recorded eight points and rebounds in the NIT against Central Michigan.

Prior to his time at Louisiana Tech, Davis spent the 2013-14 campaign at Indian Hills Community College who went 34-3 and was ranked No. 1 nationally for most of the season. The team averaged 108.9 points per game and advanced all the way to the finals of the National Tournament. In the national championship game, Davis scored eight points and pulled down nine rebounds. For the season he averaged 6.3 points and 3.2 rebounds per game and registered seven double-digit scoring games despite seeing less than 20 minutes of action in any of them.

Before Indiana Hills, he played in 2012-13 at Pensacola State College where he posted 14.4 points per game and connected on 47.9 percent of his shots to go with a 6.4 rebounds per game average. In 25 games played, Davis scored in double digits 22 times, including a season-best 26 points. He recorded at least three steals in five games. For his efforts, he was named Second Team All-Panhandle in 2013 and was a member of the All-Freshman team. He prepped at Flora McDonald Academy.

Davis joins earlier signees in time for the 2017-18 season including: fall signees Tyreke Key (Celina, Tenn./Clay County High School), Devin Thomas (Richmond, Ind./Mineral Area College) and Daniel Huenermann (St. Gallen , Switzerland/ Kantonschule am Burggraben) as well as fellow spring signee Clayton Hughes (Jackson, Tenn./Hargrave Military).