TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Indiana State Sycamores dropped a 77-62 decision to Coastal Carolina in the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tipoff this evening (Nov. 23) at E.A. Diddle Arena on the campus of Western Kentucky University.

The Sycamores fell to 3-2 on the season while Coastal improves to 4-1.

Sophomore Dwayne Lathan paced the Sycamores with 14 points, hitting a pair of field goals and was 9-of-11 from the free throw line. Lathan was named the MVC Newcomer of the Week earlier today by the league office. Lathan has now reached double figures scoring in all of four of the Indiana State contests that he has participated in.

Marshall was 4-of-9 from the field and hit both of free throws to score 11 points.

Turnovers plagued ISU in the contest as 18 miscues resulted in 17 Coastal Carolina points. The rebounding battle was knotted at 33, with ISU hauling in 10 offensive rebounds.

The Sycamores tickled the nets on 21-of-53 shots from the field, for a 39.6 percent mark. ISU was 4-of-15 (26.7 percent) from 3-point range. Coastal Carolina became ISU's first opponent this season to eclipse the 40 percent shooting mark as the Chanticleers hit 23-of-52 shots, a 44.2 percent clip.

ISU was led in rebounds by Josh Crawford who had six while Lathan and Brant Leitnaker recorded five each.

Both teams made tracks to the free throw line in the contest as 42 fouls were called among the two teams. ISU was 16-of-22 but Coastal connected on 27-of-32 from the field. Joseph Harris was 13-of-14 in the game for the Chanticleers from the free throw line. Harris paced Coastal with 22 points as he was one of four players to reach double figures scoring.

ISU led briefly before the half on a jump shot by Jordan Printy at the 3:59 mark, 25-23. A pair of Harris free throws knotted the score at 25, but Leitnaker's layup made it 27-25. Aaron Carter hit a free throw with 2:59 left before the break for a 28-27 lead, but a 3-pointer by Logan Johnson gave Coastal a lead they would never relinquish at the 2:25 mark.

The Sycamore defense held Coastal Carolina without a field goal from the 12:19 mark of the first half until 6:23, as six Chanticleer free throws were all that they could muster. Offense was at a premium for both teams as it turns out as the Sycamores were only able to score nine points themselves during the stretch, hitting just two field goals and five charity tosses.

It was a one point contest at the half as Printy drilled a 3-pointer to make it 34-33 heading into intermission.

Coastal opened the game up with an 8-0 run out of the halftime locker room for a 42-33 lead with just under 18 minutes left in the game. The Sycamores responded with a jumper by Marshall and triple by Lathan to make it 4-38 but that would be as close as Indiana State would come the rest of the game. Coastal used a 10-1 run to just over 13 minutes left to take what proved to be a commanding 52-39 lead.

The Sycamores return to action on Tuesday, November 24 when Indiana State will face host WKU inside Diddle Arena. Tipoff is slated for 8:00 p.m. (ET) and the game can be heard live on The Crock 92.7 FM as well as online at GoSycamores.com.