SETTING THE STAGE
Indiana State continues year one of the Greg Lansing era on Saturday afternoon, November 27, when they open up the home portion of the schedule against Buffalo. Tip-off at Hulman Center is 1:05 p.m. (ET). The game will be broadcast live locally on the radio via ESPN Radio 92.7 FM & 1300 AM, with an internet broadcast available on GoSycamores.com. The contest will also be televised locally on the internet on a pay-per-view basis on Sycamore Vision. Additionally live stats for the contest can be found at GoSycamores.com.

THE BUFFALO SERIES
Buffalo leads the all-time series with Indiana State by a 2-1 margin. Buffalo has won each of the last two meetings in the series. ISU drew Buffalo in the Bracketbuster series during the 2003-04 series and hosted the Bulls on February 21, 2004 as Buffalo earned a 64-51 victory. ISU traveled to Buffalo the following year with the Bulls winning 92-64 in the return game. ISU opened the 1975-76 season against Buffalo on November 29, 1975 with a 102-73 victory at Hulman Center. The Sycamores are 1-1 all-time against Buffalo at home.

THE HEAD COACHES
INDIANA STATE: Greg Lansing (South Dakota, '90)
- Overall: 2-3 (First Season)
- at Indiana State: 2-3 (First Season)
- vs. Buffalo: First Meeting
- vs. Missouri Valley Conference: 0-0
BUFFALO: Reggie Witherspoon (Empire State, '95)
- Overall: 191-207 (14th Season)
- at Buffalo: 147-184 (12th Season)
- vs. Indiana State: 2-0

QUICK HITS
- Indiana State is opening up the home portion of the schedule on Saturday, after playing each of its first five games of the season away from Hulman Center. The five-game stretch of road and neutral sites games to open the season is the longest for ISU since playing its first six contests in 1993-94 away from its home court.
- Indiana State's victory over Oral Roberts on November 20 marked the 2,500th contest in the history of the Sycamore basketball program.
- The Sycamores have out-rebounded four of its first five opponents this season. Junior Carl Richard is the Sycamores' leading rebounder, averaging 9.6 caroms per contest and has posted double digit rebounding games twice this season (vs. UT-Pan American & at Ball State).

An Indiana State Win Over Buffalo Would ...
• Be Indiana State's first victory over Buffalo since 1975.
• Give Greg Lansing his first career victory at Hulman Center in his first attempt. Coach Lansing would continue a string of the last three Sycamore head coaches to win their debut at home (Sherman Dillard, Royce Waltman & Kevin McKenna).
• Improve Indiana State to 1-1 this season against members of the Mid-American Conference.
• Extend Indiana State's consecutive home court victories streak to six.

The Indiana State Head Coach
Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing (South Dakota, 1990) is 2-3 (.400) overall in his first season as a head coach, all with the Sycamores. He is 0-0 all-time in MVC games, including a 0-0 mark at home, a 0-0 mark on the road and a 0-0 record in neutral court contests. During his career, he is 0-0 in all home games, 1-2 on the road, 1-1 in neutral court contests and 1-1 in games decided by five points or less. Lansing is 0-0 all-time against Buffalo, including a 0-0 record at Hulman Center. With the Trees, Lansing is 0-1 in overtime games, and 1-0 when holding teams to 60 points or less. Saturday's game is Greg Lansing's sixth game as Indiana State head coach.

Television Particulars
Saturday's game will be televised world-wide on the internet on a pay-per-view basis on GoSycamores.com. Fans should point their browsers to GoSycamores.com for more information on purchasing a subscription to Sycamore Vision.

A Little History
Indiana State is currently in its 115th season of college basketball at the school. The Sycamores are 1,350-1,150 all-time on the hardwood. Indiana State's game at Oral Roberts this season was the historic 2,500th game in the history of the program.

For Home Openers
Indiana State has won eighth of its last 10 home opening contests with its only setbacks in lidlifters at Hulman Center coming against North Texas in 2008 and against Valparaiso in 2001. ISU won its home opener last season against Nebraska-Kearney by the score of 88-58.

Richard Leads Way For Indiana State On Road Against Ball State & Oral Roberts
Carl Richard averaged 14.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game as ISU split a pair of contests against Ball State and Oral Roberts. Richard hit 14-of-25 shots from the field (56 percent), including one 3-pointer. He tallied 17 rebounds over the two-game stretch with four assits, one blocked shot and three steals. Richard began the week at Ball State with the first Sycamore double-double of the season as he posted 19 points and 10 rebounds. He hit 9-of-13 shots from the field with four assists in 34 minutes of action. He added 10 more points in the road victory over Oral Roberts to go with seven rebounds and a pair of steals in 31 minutes of action.

Jake Odum Continues Strong Sycamore Debut
Redshirt freshman Jake Odum averaged 8.5 points and 4 rebounds per game as ISU split a pair of road contests against Ball State and Oral Roberts. Odum went 4-of-6 from the field, hit a 3-pointer and was 8-of-10 from the field. He added five assists and three steals in an average of 27 minutes played per game. Odum came up big for ISU at Oral Roberts with 10 points and five rebounds, including three rebounds in the final minute to help secure the road victory. He also was 7-of-8 from the free throw line versus ORU, including a perfect 6-for-6 in the final minute.

Notching An Oklahoma Road Victory
Indiana State kept up its winning ways against Oral Roberts with a 74-69 road victory versus the Golden Eagles. ISU has now won each of the last three meetings in the series, including their first on the road. ISU also won its first game in the state of Oklahoma since February 14, 1980 when the Sycamores took down then Valley-member Tulsa, 70-66. The win at Oral Roberts was also the first road victory for first-year head coach Greg Lansing.

Welcome Back Valley Champions
Indiana State opens the home portion of the 2010-11 schedule on Saturday, November 27 when they host Buffalo. The Sycamores will honor the 1999-00 & 2000-01 Missouri Valley Conference Championship teams at halftime on the 10th anniversary of ISU's back-to-back Valley Championship teams. This comes on the heels of a historic weekend for the program as ISU won the 2,500th game in the history of the program at Oral Roberts.

Getting To The Glass
Indiana State has been extremely strong on the boards this season as ISU has pulled down a total of 187 rebounds while the opposition has just 163. ISU is averaging 37.4 caroms per game while the five opponents are averaging 32.6. Leading the way for ISU has been the performance on the boards of Carl Richard, who is averaging 9.6 rebounds per game, including a total of 16 offensive rebounds. Indiana State has outrebounded four of its five opponents this season. The Sycamores are one of eight Valley teams to hold a positive rebounding margin so far this season. Richard's 9.6 rebounds per game is currently tops in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Printy Moving Up Indiana State 3-Point List
Indiana State junior Jordan Printy currently has 113 career 3-pointers and needs just two more to tie David Moss' 115 which is 10th on the ISU all-time list. Printy is one of just 14 Sycamores in the history of the program to hit at least 100 3-point field goals in a career.

Isiah Martin Ranks Highly For Career Blocked Shots
Indiana State junior Isiah Martin now has 116 blocked shots in his career following his two at Oral Roberts. His current total of 116 blocks ranks third all-time in the history of the program as he recently passed Nate Green for third (109). The Indiana State school record is 168, set by DeCarsta Webster from 1975-78. Martin needs 11 more to catch Djibril Kante who for second place with 127. For the season, Martin is averaging 1.6 blocked shots per game and is one of two Sycamores to rank in the Valley's Top 5. Myles Walker's 1.8 blocks per game average is second while Martin's 1.6 is fourth. As a team, Indiana State is averaging 5.2 blocked shots per game while is the best in the league.

Kelly One Of The Top Scorers In The Missouri Valley
Indiana State senior Jake Kelly leads the Sycamores with his 12.0 ppg average, which ranks in a tie for 12th in the Missouri Valley Conference rankings. Dwayne Lathan is averaging 11.8 ppg following his 21-point outburst at Oral Roberts and ranks 15th.

King Of The Four-Point Play
Indiana State senior Aaron Carter has become known as the "King of the 4-Point Play" in the Sycamores circles. For the most part, converting a 4-point play is extremely rare, but for Carter it is becoming old hat. Carter converted a 4-point play, defined as being fouled in the act of shooting a successful 3-point field goal and then converting the free throw, six times in his Sycamore career. Carter posted a pair as a sophomore and had four last year, including one with 3:42 to play in the first half against Drake this past week. Carter converted two in one game earlier this season at Missouri State as part of a 24-point second half comeback for Indiana State.

Preseason Missouri Valley Conference Predictions
The Indiana State basketball team has received a seventh place predicted finish as announced today (Oct. 26) by the league office. The annual preseason poll was conducted earlier this month by the conference's head coaches, media panel and sports information directors.
The Sycamores finished in a tie for fifth place last year in the league standings and received the No. 6 seed at the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in St. Louis. ISU finished the 2008-09 campaign with a 17-15 overall record and a 9-9 mark in league play.

Wichita State garnered 33 first place votes and are picked to win the league with 382 points. Missouri State took home one first place vote and is slated to finish second (313 points) while 2010 NCAA Sweet Sixteen qualifier Northern Iowa received three first place votes and is picked third (289 points). In fourth is Creighton with 282 points while Bradley received the final two first place votes and tallied 264 points. Illinois State was sixth with 165 points while the Sycamores had 136 in seventh. Drake was eighth with 121 points, Southern Illinois was ninth with 120 and Evansville rounded out the poll with 73 points.

The MVC preseason team included Kwadzo Ahelegbe (Northern Iowa), Kenny Lawson, Jr. (Creighton), Sam Maniscalco (Bradley), Toure Murry (Wichita State) and Kyle Weems (Missouri State). The honorable mention squad included Taylor Brown (Bradley), J.T. Durley (Wichita State), Adam Leonard (Missouri State), Colt Ryan (Evansville), Seth VanDeest (Drake) and Andrew Warren (Bradley).

Sycamores Sign Devonte Brown & Justin Gant
Indiana State basketball head coach Greg Lansing landed two in his first official recruiting class during the Early Signing Period as Devonte Brown & Justin Gant inked a national letters of intent and will join the Sycamore program next season as incoming freshmen.

Brown is a native of Killeen, Texas where he is a senior guard for Killeen Ellison High School. He is 6-3, 185 and averaged 15 points, seven rebounds, four steals and three assists per game at Ellison during his junior season, one year after he earned a starting role for the Screaming Eagles. Brown played shooting guard for 22-11 Ellison last season, leading it to the Texas 5-A playoffs as Killeen's best team in that class. Brown will switch and play point guard during his senior season at Ellison.

Gant is a 6-8, 210 power forward who has been a three-year starter for head coach Todd Woelfle at Terre Haute North Vigo High School. Gant was third in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference in scoring, averaging 17 points per game for the 17-7 Patriots. Gant averaged 17 on a team that scored 50 points per game, one of the best percentages among MIC leaders as far as percentage of points he provided for his team. He also averaged 8 rebounds per game. He played AAU basketball for the Spiece Select 2011 team. Gant averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds per game for Spiece. He also played for the Indiana Elite team between his sophomore and junior seasons at North.

Sycamores Return To Postseason In 2010
Indiana State made its first appearance in the postseason by accepting an invitation last year to the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) by traveling to Saint Louis since participating in the 2001 NCAA Tournament when the Sycamores downed No. 4 seeded Oklahoma in the first round by the score of 70-68 (OT). ISU is 38-20 all-time in postseason play. The Sycamores won the 1950 NAIB National Championship, downing Delta State, Arkansas State, Baldwin-Wallace, Tampa and East Central Oklahoma. The Sycamores have appeared in the 1942 & 1943 National Intercollegiate Tournament, the 1946, 1948, 1949 & 1950 NAIB National Tournament, the 1952, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1962 & 1963 NAIA National Tournament; the 1966, 1967 & 1968 NCAA College Division Tournament; the 1977 & 1978 National Invitation Tournament; and the 1979 & 2001 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship. ISU made a run to the 1979 NCAA Final Four behind the star power of Sycamore legend Larry Bird, falling in the national championship contest to Michigan State, 75-64 in a game that is still the highest rated television basketball broadcast of all-time.

Up Next
Indiana State hits the road to take on Notre Dame on Tuesday, November 30 at 7:30 p.m. (ET). The game can be heard live locally on ESPN Radio 92.7 FM & 1300 AM as well as online at GoSycamores.com. ISU last faced off against the Fighting Irish in 1947-48 under the direction of legendary head coach John Wooden.