SETTING THE STAGE
Indiana State continues year two of the Greg Lansing era on Saturday, December 3, when the Sycamores take on Boise State as part of the annual Missouri Valley/Mountain West Conference Challenge. Tip-off is set for 10:00 (ET). The game will be broadcast live locally on the radio via ESPN Radio 92.7 FM, as Brian Fritz describes the action with an internet broadcast available on GoSycamores.com. Additionally live stats for the contest can be found at GoSycamores.com. The game will not be web streamed due to contractual obligations with The Mountain Network.

THE BOISE STATE SERIES
Boise State and Indiana State are meeting for the first time on the hardwood. The game is part of the third annual Missouri Valley/Mountain West Challenge Series. All-time, the MWC holds a 12-7 lead in Challenge Series contests, including Creighton's victory on Wednesday night at San Diego State. In 2009

THE HEAD COACHES
INDIANA STATE: Greg Lansing (South Dakota, '90)
- at Indiana State: 26-15 (Second Season)
- Overall: 26-15 (Second Season)
- vs. Boise State: First Meeting
- vs. MWC: 0-1
BOISE STATE: Leon Rice (Washingto State, '86)
- Overall: 26-14 (Second Season)
- at Boise State: 26-14 (Second Season)
- vs. Indiana State: First Meeting

QUICK HITS
- Indiana State's 6-1 start to the season is its best since starting the 2005-06 campaign with an 8-0 record, and have matched the 6-1 start to the 2000-01 season.
- The Sycamores won their road opener this year at Louisiana-Monroe by the score of 71-59 on November 14. It marked the first time the Sycamores won their road opener since 2005. ISU has won each of their last four true road games dating back to last season.
- Indiana State has won one game by five points or less this season, upping their total of close victories to 36 since 2005.
- RJ Mahurin has recorded a career-best four consecutive double digits scoring games.
- Senior Jordan Printy has 170 career 3-pointers, which is second most all-time in the history of the program. Printy has recorded four consecutive double digit scoring performances.

An Indiana State Win Over Boise State Would ...
• Give Indiana State a 7-1 record to start to the season which would be the best since the 2005-06 campaign when the Sycamores opened that year with an 8-0 mark.
• Improve the Sycamores to 8-8 in games played on the road under Greg Lansing, and would be ISU's fifth consecutive victory in a true road game.
• Give the Sycamores the first ever victory over Boise State in their first game versus the Broncos.
• Give the Sycamores a 2-1 record in MVC/MWC Challenge games (won vs. Colorado State in '09, lost at Wyoming in '10).

The Indiana State Head Coach
Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing (South Dakota, 1990) is 26-15 (.634) overall in his second season as a head coach. He is 12-6 all-time in MVC games, including a 7-2 mark at home and a 5-4 mark on the road. During his career, he is 13-3 in all home games, 7-8 on the road, 6-4 in neutral court contests and 10-3 in games decided by five points or less. Lansing is 0-0 all-time against Boise State, and is 0-1 against the MWC. With the Trees, Lansing is 0-2 in overtime games and 19-0 when holding teams to 63 points or less. Saturday's game is Greg Lansing's 42nd as Indiana State head coach. Lansing is the second head coach to lead the Sycamores to the NCAA Tournament in their rookie campaign in the history of the program, with the other being Bill Hodges leading ISU to a 33-1 record and a Final Four appearance in the 1979 NCAA Tournament. Lansing was just the 14th rookie head coach in the history of the MVC to lead his team to 20 victories during their debut season.

Television Particulars
There will be no webstream of the game on either BroncoSports.com or GoSycamores.com due to contractual obligations with The Mountain Network.

A Little History
Indiana State is currently in its 116th season of college basketball at the school. The Sycamores are 1,374-1,181 all-time on the hardwood. Indiana State's game at Oral Roberts last season was the historic 2,500th game in the history of the program.

Sycamores 6-1 For Best Start Since 2005
Indiana State has opened the 2011-12 campaign with victories over Eastern Illinois, Louisiana-Monroe, Ball State, Green Bay, Texas Tech and Fairfield. The Sycamores are off to a 6-1 start to a season which is its best since the 2005-06 season when the Trees opened with an 8-0 ledger and also matches a 6-1 start to the 2000-01 season.

Triple-Double For Odum And Tournament Record To Boot
Sycamore sophomore guard Jake Odum battled a foot injury while playing three games in four days at the 2011 Old Spice Classic. After two solid performances in the first two days of the event, Odum saved his best for last as he posted 10 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists against Fairfield on November 27. That triple-double was the first by a Sycamore since Larry Bird posted one in 1979 versus Drake and the first by a member of the MVC in 14 seasons. Additionally, the 12 assists are an Old Spice Classic single-game record. His 12 assists is the first double digit assist total in his career and the first by a Sycamore since Michael Menser had 11 against Wichita State in 2001.

Indiana State Goes 2-1 At 2011 Old Spice Classic
Indiana State downed Texas Tech and Fairfield while falling to Minnesota as the Sycamores put together a 2-1 record at the 2011 Old Spice Classic held last week on the campus of Walt Disney World Resort. The Sycamores have now won two games in a row of over members of the Big 12 Conference (Texas Tech and Oklahoma in the 2001 NCAA Tournament). Jake Odum was named to the Old Spice Classic All-Tournament Team. ISU is the third MVC team to play in the event and the third place finish is the highest by any league team.

Indiana State Opens Tournament Play With A Win Over BCS School For First Time Since 1973
Indiana State's victory over Texas Tech in the opening round of the 2011 Old Spice Classic marked the second consecutive year that the Sycamores have opened an early season multi-team event with a win. ISU downed Texas Pan-American in the opening game of a tournament at Loyola-Chicago last season. Prior to the victory over Texas Tech, the last time a Sycamore team opened a tournament such as the Old Spice Classic with a win over a BCS school came on December 27, 1973 when ISU downed Florida State in the first game of the Bear Classic, played on the campus of Mercer University in Macon, Ga.

Printy Moving Up Indiana State 3-Point List
Indiana State junior Jordan Printy currently has 170 career 3-pointers and recently passed Eddie Bird for second 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. Printy needs 113 more to tie Michael Menser for first on the ISU all-time 3-point list with 283. Additionally, Printy is the older brother of Iowa women's basketball sophomore Jaime Printy who was the 2010 Big Ten Freshman Of The Year. The Iowa women's basketball team received an at large bid into the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament also last season made Jordan and Jaime the only brother/sister combo in the Big Dance in 2011.

Good Starter On The Battery
Indiana State is 4-1 on the season when the Sycamores' starting five outscores the opponents' starting five. ISU's starters outscored the opponent's at Louisiana-Monroe and against Green Bay plus Texas Tech and Fairfield this season and won. ISU starters outscored Minnesota but fell to the Golden Gophers Under second-year head coach Greg Lansing, the Sycamores are 16-3 when the ISU starting five scores more than their opponent's counterparts.

63 Is The Magic Number
Indiana State is 4-0 this season when holding an opponent to 63 points or less. Under second-year head coach Greg Lansing, the Sycamores are a perfect 19-0 when allowing less than 63 points to the opposition (including a 9-0 mark when holding teams to 53 or less).

"Justin" Case
Freshman Justin Gant came off the bench to average 3.0 points and 1.8 rebounds as ISU went 3-1 against Green Bay, Texas Tech, Minnesota and Fairfield this past week. Gant hit 4-of-8 shots from the field, including his lone 3-pointer and was 3-of-3 at the free throw line. He added an assist, four blocked shots and a steal. Gant scored four points versus Green Bay, and then three each against Texas Tech and Fairfield plus two versus Minnesota. He added two blocked shots versus Green Bay and one each against Minnesota and Fairfield.

Road Warriors
Under second-year head coach Greg Lansing, the Sycamores are 7-8 in all road games and have won each of their last four true road games dating back to last season and including this year's 71-59 victory at ULM. With its win over ULM, the Sycamores won their first road game of the year for the first time since 2005 and have now won each of their last three road games over Sun Belt Conference foes dating back to 2009.

New King Of The Four-Point Play
Indiana State redshirt freshman RJ Mahurin learned a few trick from Aaron Carter, a graduated player who had eight career four-point plays. Mahurin posted two 4-point plays during his freshman season, one each in ISU's games against Drake and Bradley. His two 4-point plays have each come in the first half of the two contests in which he has been fouled while stepping out for a 3-pointer, has been fouled and has converted the ensuing free throw. Mahurin was fouled on a 3-point attempt against Illinois State, and made all three of his free throws. He is already at it again this year as he was fouled on a 3-point attempt against Ball State, missed the shot, but made all three of his awarded free throws. Mahurin was fouled on a 3-point attempt against Minnesota, but missed the ensuing free throw.

Jake Odum Named To Preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference Squad; Sycamore Picked Third
Jake Odum was one of two sophomores league wide to be named to the 2011-12 Preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference Team as voted upon this fall by league head coaches, media and sports information directors. Odum was named to the league's honorable mention squad as well as to the all-freshman, all-newcomer and all-defensive squads one year ago as a freshman. Odum headlined a group of five players selected to the 2011-12 MVC Preseason All-Conference Team. Joining Odum were Creighton's Doug McDermott, Wichita State's Toure' Murry, Evansville's Colt Ryan and Missouri State's Kyle Weems. Weems is the league's preseason player of the year. As a team, Indiana State was picked to finish third in the Missouri Valley Conference race behind Creighton and Wichita State. The Sycamores third place prediction is tied for its highest since the league began using preseason polls in 1985.

Sycamore Signees
Indiana State second year head coach Greg Lansing announced a pair of signees during the NCAA Early Signing Period in November of 2011. ISU has inked TJ Bell (Charleston, Ill./Charleston HS) and Rhett Smith (Sullivan, Ind./Sullivan HS) to national letters of intent and they will begin their Sycamore careers as freshman in time for the 2012-13 campaign.

Bell is a 6-8 guard/forward who will begin his senior season at Charleston (Ill.) High School later this month. He was listed early in his career as one of the Top 25 players in the state of Illinois and averaged 13.9 points as well as 8.2 rebounds as a junior. Bell was named to the All-Apollo Conference in 2011 for his Charleston team which finished with a 16-13 record.

Smith is a 6-7 post player who will begin his senior campaign next week for Sullivan High School and head coach Jeff Moore. He has been the Golden Arrows leading scorer each of his first three seasons of playing at the varsity level. He averaged 17.3 points per game last season as a junior despite missing playing time due to a hand injury. Smith connected on 61.6 percent of his shots from the field. He scored a season-best 28 points against West Vigo during the 2010-11 campaign.

Up Next
The Sycamores return to action on Saturday, December 10 when they host Maryville (Mo.) inside Hulman Center. Tip-off is slated for 1:05 p.m. (ET).