SETTING THE STAGE
Indiana State continues year one of the Greg Lansing era on Wednesday evening, December 29, when the Sycamores begin Missouri Valley Conference play against Bradley inside the warmth of Hulman Center. Tip-off is set for 7:05 p.m. (ET). The game will be broadcast live locally on the radio via ESPN Radio 92.7 FM & 1300 AM, as Brian Fritz and Matt Renn describe the action with an internet broadcast available on GoSycamores.com. The game will also be broadcast live on the internet on a pay-per-view basis by Sycamore Vision. Additionally live stats for the contest can be found at GoSycamores.com.

THE BRADLEY SERIES
Bradley leads the all-time series against Indiana State by a 48-25 margin. The two teams split their league matchups last season as ISU won 75-69 at home while the Braves earned a 91-85 victory in Peoria. Both games against Bradley went to overtime one year ago.

THE HEAD COACHES
INDIANA STATE: Greg Lansing (South Dakota, '90)
- at Indiana State: 5-6 (First Season)
- Overall: 5-6 (First Season)
- vs. Bradley: First Meeting
- vs. Missouri Valley Conference: 0-0
BRADLEY: Jim Les (Bradley, '86)
- Overall: 148-125 (Ninth Season)
- at Bradley: 148-125 (Ninth Season)
- vs. Indiana State: 12-5

QUICK HITS
- Indiana State is opening the Missouri Valley Conference slate at home for the first time since 2005 when the Sycamores earned a 69-59 overtime victory against Illinois State.
- Wednesday night's game is the Missouri Valley Conference debut for first-year head coach Greg Lansing.
- The Sycamores have won each of their last eight home games.

An Indiana State Win Over Bradley Would ...
• Give Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing a win in his Missouri Valley Conference debut.
• Improve the Sycamores to 4-0 on the season at Hulman Center and give them nine consecutive home court victories.
• Be Indiana State's second consecutive victory over Bradley at home.
• Give Indiana State a victory in its MVC home opener for the second consecutive season.

The Indiana State Head Coach
Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing (South Dakota, 1990) is 5-6 (.455) overall in his first season as a head coach. 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 3-0 in all home games, 1-4 on the road, 1-2 in neutral court contests and 2-1 in games decided by five points or less. Lansing is 0-0 all-time against Bradley, including a 0-0 record at Hulman Center. With the Trees, Lansing is 0-1 in overtime games, and 4-0 when holding teams to 60 points or less. Wednesday's game is Greg Lansing's 12th as Indiana State head coach.

Television Particulars
Wednesday evening's game can be seen live on the world wide web with a web stream produced by Sycamore Vision available at GoSycamores.com on a pay-per-view basis.

A Little History
Indiana State is currently in its 115th season of college basketball at the school. The Sycamores are 1,353-1,153 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 Valley Openers
Indiana State is beginning its 34th season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference on Wednesday evening at Hulman Center against Bradley. ISU is 13-20 all-time in Valley openers, including a 11-6 mark when opening the league slate at home. ISU won its first-ever MVC opener against Southern Illinois on January 4, 1977 at Hulman Center (66-58). ISU last won a conference opener at home on December 22, 2005 when the Trees earned a 69-59 overtime victory over Illinois State. That game against the Redbirds marks the last time the Sycamores have opened league play at Hulman Center.

Better Lathan Than Never
Dwayne Lathan led the Sycamores with 15 points and nine rebounds with two assists in 36 minutes of action against Purdue at Conseco Fieldhouse. Lathan was 6-of-13 from the field versus the Boilermakers. He connected on a breakaway windwill style dunk early in the second half which inched ISU to within one basket of Purdue and then hit a running jumper in the lane with just over nine minutes left which capped a 7-2 run that got the Trees back to within 47-45.

Powder Blues Were Back Against DePaul
Indiana State wore their powder blue uniforms as the Sycamores earned a 73-51 victory over DePaul at Hulman Center. The victory over the Blue Demons was the second in 13 tries, with the other coming in the 1979 Final Four that gave ISU a berth into the National Championship Game against Michigan State.

Getting To The Glass
The Indiana State basketball team has been extremely efficient on the boards through ten contests this season as they are out-rebounding their opponents by a 36.3 to 32.4 margin. ISU has pulled down more rebounds in 8-of-11 contests this season and has been at least +10 in the rebounding category in four separate contests - Texas-Pan American, at Ball State, at Wyoming and against DePaul. Individually, junior Carl Richard owns an 8.3 rpg average, which is the best mark in the MVC so far this season.

Winning Big!
Indiana State 86-42 victory over Oakland City represents a 44-point margin of victory. That 44-point margin of victory is the largest since taking town Millikin by the score of 113-60 (43 points) on December 29, 1984. Additionally, the Sycamores earned 22-point victory over DePaul earlier this season (73-51) which is the largest for an Indiana State team over a member of a BCS Football Conference since taking down Purdue by the score of 91-63on November 28, 1977.

Perfect At Home
Indiana State has won all three of their home games during the Greg Lansing era and has won each of their last eight home games overall.

There's No Place Like Home
After opening the season with seven of their first eight games on the road, the Sycamores returned home for the first time since hosting Buffalo by taking on DePaul and Oakland City. The last time the Sycamores opened the season with 7-of-8 away from Hulman Center was in the 1993-94 campaign when the Trees opened the year with a 1-7 mark, winning its lone home contest during that stretch against Ball State. Additionally, the Sycamores have played only three of its first eight games inside the state of Indiana (one home game, at Ball State, at Notre Dame). This year's Sycamore team is one of just four Missouri Valley Conference squads all-time to play at least six of their first eight games away from home (the others are 1993-94 Indiana State; 2010-11 Drake and 1998-99 Northern Iowa).

Dwayne Lathan In Top 10 Valley Scoring
Indiana State's Dwayne Lathan currently is leading the team with a 15.2 ppg average, which is good enough for fourth-best in the league.

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. His march up the record book is currently on hold as Printy has missed action in each of the last five contests with an ankle injury.

63 Is The Magic Number
Indiana State is a perfect 4-0 on the season when allowing less than 63 points to the opposition. ISU's best defensive effort this season that was not rewarded with a victory came on the opening weekend when 64 points allowed in overtime against overtime showed up as a defeat. ISU has held four different opponents to 63 points or less this season.

Isiah Martin Ranks Highly For Career Blocked Shots
Indiana State junior Isiah Martin now has 118 blocked shots in his career following his posting of one against Purdue. His current total of 118 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 nine more to catch Djibril Kante who for second place with 127. For the season, Martin is averaging 0.9 blocked shots per game and is one of two Sycamores to rank in the Valley's Top 12. Myles Walker's 1.5 blocks per game average is second while Martin's 0.9 is 11th. As a team, Indiana State is averaging 5.3 blocked shots per game which is the best in the league. ISU had a season-high seven rejections against Buffalo and Oakland City as well as six more against DePaul.

King Of The Four-Point Play
Indiana State senior Aaron Carter has become known as the "King of the 4-Point Play" in Sycamores circles. For the most part, converting a 4-point play is extremely rare, but for Carter it is becoming old hat. Carter has 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, seven times in his Sycamore career, including one against Purdue this past week which gave the Trees a brief 31-29 lead just before halftime. 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.. Carter converted two in one game last season at Missouri State as part of a 24-point second half comeback for Indiana State.

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 travels to Evansville for its first MVC road contest of the season when they travel to the face off against the Purple Aces on New Years Day 2011. Tip-off is set for 8:05 p.m. (ET). The contest will be televised live by MVC TV.