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SETTING THE STAGE
Indiana State continues year two of the
Greg Lansing era on Saturday, December 10, when the Sycamores take on Maryville inside Hulman Center. Tip-off is set for 1:05 (ET). The game can be seen live on WAWV-TV in Terre Haute with Jason Pensky and Jim Waugh on the call. The game will also be broadcast live locally on the radio via ESPN Radio 92.7 FM, as Brian Fritz and Matt Renn describe 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 also be shown live on Sycamore Vision on a pay-per-view basis.
THE MARYVILLE SERIES
Maryville and Indiana State are meeting for the first time on the hardwood.
THE HEAD COACHES
- at Indiana State: 26-16 (Second Season)
- Overall: 26-16 (Second Season)
- vs. Maryville: First Meeting
- vs. GLVC: First Meeting
MARYVILLE: Kevin Carroll (Berry, '00)
- Overall: 13-20 (Second Season)
- at Maryville: 13-20 (Second Season)
- vs. Indiana State: First Meeting
QUICK HITS
- Indiana State's 6-2 start to the season is its best since starting the 2005-06 campaign with an 8-0 record, and have matched the 6-2 start to the 2000-01 season.
- The Sycamores have connected on a total of 10 3-pointers in two of its last three games (Minnesota, at Boise State).
- Despite coming off the bench in all but one game this season (Fairfield), senior
Dwayne Lathan has led the team in scoring in three of eight games this year.
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Carl Richard was a perfect 3-of-3 on his 3-point attempts at Boise State.
- Indiana State has won one game by five points or less this season, upping their total of close victories to 36 since 2005.
- Senior
Jordan Printy has 171 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 Maryville Would ...
• Give Indiana State a 7-2 record to start to the season which would be the best since the 2005-06 campaign when the Sycamores opened that year with an 8-1 mark.
• Be the Sycamores first victory over Maryville - in the two team's first-ever meeting.
• Improve the Sycamores 14-3 inside Hulman Center under second-year head coach
Greg Lansing, and extend its current home court winning streak to five games.
• Give the Sycamores a perfect 4-0 start to home court play for the second consecutive season.
The Indiana State Head Coach
Indiana State head coach
Greg Lansing (South Dakota, 1990) is 26-16 (.619) 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, 7-9 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 Maryville, and is 0-0 against the GLVC. 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 43rd 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
Saturday's game will be available live locally on WAWV-TV in the Wabash Valley. The contest will also be web streamed live on Sycamore Vision, which is a pay-per-view service provided by GoSycamores.com. Fans should point their web browsers to GoSycamores.com for subscription and pricing information.
A Little History
Indiana State is currently in its 116th season of college basketball at the school. The Sycamores are 1,374-1,182 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 6-2 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 6-2 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 6-2 start to the 2000-01 season.
Lathan Leads At Boise State
Indiana State senior swing man
Dwayne Lathan led the team with 17 points and four rebounds as the Sycamores dropped a close one on the road against Boise State by the score of 74-65 as part of the MVC/MWC Challenge Series. Lathan hit 6-of-10 shots from the field, including a pair of 3-pointers and three free throws to score his 17 points. Lathan added four rebounds, two steals and an assist in 31 minutes of action off the bench.
Walk This Way
Myles Walker has been force for the Sycamores in his last two games as he is averaging 13 points and five rebounds per game. Walker tallied a career-high 16 points in the final game against Fairfield and then came back with 10 more In just 15 minutes of play at Boise State. Walker battled foul trouble of most of the game against the Broncos. Over the last two games, Walker has hit 12-of-18 shots from the field (66.7 percent).
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.
Odum Close To Second Triple-Double At Boise State
One game removed from posting the first triple double by a Sycamore since the 1979 season, sophomore
Jake Odum nearly did the impossible and posted one in consecutive games as he scored nine points, pulled down eight rebounds and dished out six assists in 34 minutes of action at Boise State. Only Larry Bird posted a triple-double in consecutive contests for the Sycamores as he opened the 1976-77 campaign with triple-doubles against both Chicago State and St. Ambrose.
Road Warriors
Indiana State saw its road winning streak of four games snapped with a 74-65 loss at Boise State as part of the Missouri Valley/Mountain West Conference Challenge Series on December 3. The Sycamores had downed Illinois State, Southern Illinois and Northern Iowa on the road to end last season and began this year with a road victory over Louisiana-Monroe to keep the string alive. The Sycamores are 7-9 under second-year head coach
Greg Lansing on the road, and have won six of their last 10 road contests.
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 over Thanksgiving Weekend 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 171 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 112 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 4-2 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 and Boise State, but fell to each. Under second-year head coach
Greg Lansing, the Sycamores are 16-4 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 at the Old Spice Classic. 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.
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
Indiana State travels to Vanderbilt on Saturday, December 17 in Nashville, Tenn. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. (ET). The game will be televised on Comcast Sports South as well as ESPN3.
