Ace Hunt
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THE DEPAUL SERIES
DePaul leads the all-time series against Indiana State by an 11-1 margin, with the two teams last meeting on November 29, 2008 in Chicago. The Blue Demons won that matchup 75-70. The two teams met on the grandest stage on March 24, 1979 in the NCAA Final Four with ISU winning its only matchup by the score of 76-74 to earn a berth into the national championship contest against Michigan State. ISU and DePaul first met in 1945.

THE HEAD COACHES
INDIANA STATE: Greg Lansing (South Dakota, '90)
- at Indiana State: 3-5 (First Season)
- Overall: 3-5 (First Season)
- vs. DePaul: First Meeting
- vs. Missouri Valley Conference: 0-0
DEPAUL: Oliver Purnell (Old Dominion, '75)
- at DePaul: 3-4 (First Season)
- Overall: 397-283 (23rd Season)
- vs. Indiana State: 1-0

QUICK HITS
- The Indiana State Sycamores will be wearing their "throwback" powder blue jerseys tonight against DePaul to help commemorate the 1979 Final Four in which the Blue Demons & Sycamores locked horns in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- The Sycamores last downed a current member of the BIG EAST when they defeated Cincinnati by the score of 84-63 on December 15, 1983 at Hulman Center.

An Indiana State Win Over DePaul Would ...
• Be Indiana State's Second Victory Over DePaul In 13 Tries (The Other Was In The 1979 NCAA Final Four)
• Give ISU its first victory over a current member of the BIG EAST since December 15, 1983 (over Cincinnati at ISU).
• Extend ISU's current home court winning streak to seven games.
• Improve ISU to 2-0 at home under first-year head coach Greg Lansing.

The Indiana State Head Coach
Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing (South Dakota, 1990) is 3-5 (.375) 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 1-0 in all home games, 1-4 on the road, 1-1 in neutral court contests and 2-1 in games decided by five points or less. Lansing is 0-0 all-time against DePaul, including a 0-0 record at Hulman Center. With the Trees, Lansing is 0-1 in overtime games, and 2-0 when holding teams to 60 points or less. Saturday's game is Greg Lansing's ninth as Indiana State head coach.

Television Particulars
Wednesday's game will be televised live locally on WFXW-TV (Which is Channel 38 over-the-air; Channel 8 on Time Warner Cable and Channel 38 on Dish Network). The game will also be televised nationally on Sycamore Vision, which is available on a pay-per-view basis on GoSycamores.com.

A Little History
Indiana State is currently in its 115th season of college basketball at the school. The Sycamores are 1,351-1,152 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.

Powder Blues Are Back Wednesday Night
The Sycamores host DePaul on Wednesday night which will be the 13th meeting in the all-time series. ISU's one victory in the series came in 1979 when the Sycamores downed the Blue Demons by the score of 76-74 in the national semifinals as part of ISU's run to the national championship contest against Michigan State. To commemorate the rematch of former Final Four opponents, the Sycamores will wear their powder blue throwback uniforms on Wednesday, just like their counterparts did during the magical 33-1 campaign in 1978-79.

Better Lathan Than Never
Indiana State junior swingman Dwayne Lathan paced Indiana State with 18 points at Wyoming as part of the Missouri Valley/Mountain West Challenge. Lathan finished the contest with a 5-of-11 shooting mark, hitting a trio of 3-pointers and was 5-of-7 from the free throw line. He also added five rebounds in 31 minutes of action.

Walk This Way
Indiana State junior college transfer Myles Walker tallied six points and pulled down nine rebounds at Wyoming. Walker's team-leading rebounding total included a total of five offensive boards with a blocked shot in 26 minutes of action.

Four In Double Figures Scoring At Notre Dame
Dwayne Lathan led a total of four players in double figures scoring at Notre Dame as the Irish came away with an 81-72 victory over the Sycamores. Lathan has 22 points while Jake Kelly posted a Sycamore-high 17 points. Carl Richard added 14 and Myles Walker posted 10 in the contest. Notably, Indiana State committed a season-low seven turnovers and forced 12 Irish miscues which resulted in 12 ISU points.

Getting To The Glass
The Indiana State basketball team has been extremely efficient on the boards through eight contests this season as they are out-rebounding their opponents by a 35.9 to 32.9 margin. ISU has pulled down more rebounds in 5-of-8 contests this season and has been at least +10 in the rebounding category in three separate contests - Texas-Pan American, at Ball State and at Wyoming. Individually, junior Carl Richard owns an 8.4 rpg average, which is the best mark in the MVC so far this season.

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 two contests with an ankle injury.

Home, Sweet Home!
After opening the season with seven of their first eight games on the road, the Sycamores return home for the first time since hosting Buffalo on November 27 when they host DePaul and Oakland City this week. 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).

Isiah Martin Ranks Highly For Career Blocked Shots
Indiana State junior Isiah Martin now has 117 blocked shots in his career following his posting of one against Wyoming. His current total of 117 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 10 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 1.7 blocks per game average is second while Martin's 1.3 is fifth. As a team, Indiana State is averaging 5.5 blocked shots per game which is the best in the league. ISU had a season-high seven rejections against Buffalo.

Jake Kelly & Dwayne Lathan In Top 10 Valley Scoring
Indiana State's Dwayne Lathan currently is leading the team with a 13.5 ppg average, which is good enough for seventh-best in the league. Right behind Lathan is Jake Kelly, who has posted 12.8 ppg so far this season and is ranked in ninth in the MVC statistical rankings.

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.

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 returns home to face off against Oakland City at Hulman Center on Sunday, December 12. Tipoff is slated for 3:35 p.m. (ET) after the completion of the women's contest against USC-Upstate. The game is "Howl In The Hulman Center Day" as there will be several opportunities throughout the doubleheader to support The Terre Haute Humane Society.