SETTING THE STAGE
Indiana State continues year two of the Greg Lansing era on Tuesday, January 10, when the Sycamores continue Missouri Valley Conference play against Evansville (7-7, 2-2 MVC). Tip-off is set for 7:05 (ET) inside the Hulman Center. The game can be seen live locally on WAWV-TV 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 be web streamed world-wide on a pay-per-view basis via the Sycamore Vision service on GoSycamores.com.

THE EVANSVILLE SERIES
Indiana State leads the all-time series against the Purple Aces by the count of 78-76, with Tuesday evening's contest being the 155th meeting in the all-time series, which is the most times the Sycamores have faced an opponent in the history of the program. At home, ISU is 49-27 against Evansville.

THE HEAD COACHES
INDIANA STATE: Greg Lansing (South Dakota, '90)
- at Indiana State: 30-19 (Second Season)
- Overall: 30-19 (Second Season)
- vs. Evansville: 1-2
- vs. MVC: 13-9
Evansville: Marty Simmons (Evansville, '97)
- Overall: 157-151 (11th Season)
- at Evansville: 58-79 (Fifth Season)
- vs. Indiana State: 4-5

QUICK HITS
- The Sycamores are 5-1 this season when scoring at least 68 points and are a perfect 7-0 when holding teams to 63 points or less.
- ISU is 7-0 this season when senior Myles Walker grabs at least five rebounds while they are 7-3 when Jake Odum plays 32 or minutes.
- 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 183 career 3-pointers, which is second most all-time in the history of the program.
- The Evansville game is Greg Lansing's 50th as head coach of the Sycamore basketball program.

An Indiana State Win Over Evansville Would ...
• Improve the Sycamores to 17-4 at home under second-year head coach Greg Lansing and give the Sycamores eight wins in their last nine MVC home contests
• Give Indiana State two consecutive victories over Evansville.
• Give the Sycamores six wins in their last 10 home games against the Purple Aces.
• Be the Sycamores' 79th all-time victory over Evansville, which would be the most for ISU against any other opponent in the history of the program.

The Indiana State Head Coach
Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing (South Dakota, 1990) is 30-19 (.612) overall in his second season as a head coach. He is 13-9 all-time in MVC games, including a 8-3 mark at home and a 5-6 mark on the road. During his career, he is 16-4 in all home games, 8-11 on the road, 6-4 in neutral court contests and 10-3 in games decided by five points or less. Lansing is 1-2 all-time against Evansville, and is 0-1 inside Hulman Center. With the Trees, Lansing is 0-2 in overtime games and 22-0 when holding teams to 63 points or less. Tuesday's game is Greg Lansing's 50th 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
The Evansville game will broadcast live locally in the Wabash Valley on WAWV-TV. Saturday's game will also be televised live world-wide on the internet as part of the Sycamore Vision pay-per-view web stream service. For subscription information, fans should point their browsers to GoSycamores.com.

A Little History
Indiana State is currently in its 116th season of college basketball at the school. The Sycamores are 1,378-1,185 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.

Lathan Leads ISU At Northern Iowa Against Missouri State
Senior Dwayne Lathan averaged 16 points and pulled down 3.5 rebounds per game as the Sycamores traveled to Northern Iowa and hosted Missouri State this week. Lathan hit 13-of-21 shots from the field (61.9 percent) and was 4-of-8 (50 percent) from 3-point range. He added one assist, two blocked shots and three steals for the Sycamores. Lathan led ISU in scoring in both games, first with 15 points off the bench at UNI. He hit 7-of-10 shots from the field with a pair of steals. He had 16 points in just his second start of the season at home against Missouri State with four rebounds, one assist and two blocked shots with one steal. Through four games of MVC play, Lathan is averaging a team-high 16.3 ppg and has hit 24-of-43 field goal attempts (55.8 percent). His 5.3 rebounds per game in league play is second on the team to Carl Richard, who is averaging 6.3 boards per conference contest.

Jake Odum Nationally-Ranked In Assists and Steals While Near The Top Of The Valley In Both
Indiana State sophomore guard Jake Odum leads the Missouri Valley Conference with a 5.9 assists per game average. That mark is ranked 27th nationally. Odum recorded a career-high 12 assists against Fairfield as part of the Old Spice Classic. Odum is second in the MVC in steals per game with a 2.0 average, which ranks 50th nationally.

Carl Richard Ranks Ninth All-Time In Sycamore Rebounding Record Book
Senior Carl Richard pulled down five rebounds against Missouri State which gives him 643 for his career and is in ninth place all-time in the history of the Sycamore basketball program. Richard needs 18 more to catch Rick Williams (1973-76) for eighth place on the ISU all-time list.

Sycamore Success Inside Hulman Center Under Greg Lansing
The Sycamores are now 16-4 (.800) inside Hulman Center under second-year head coach Greg Lansing. The Sycamores have won seven of their last eight home games. Additionally, the Sycamores have won eight of their last 11 MVC games at home.

The Sycamore Century Club
Indiana State and Evansville are facing off for the 155th time on Tuesday evening. Evansville is one of just six schools that Indiana State has faced at least 100 times in the 116-year history of the program. Below are the schools that Indiana State has faced at least 100 times throughout the years.

Indiana State Century Club:
1. Evansville 155
2. Ball State 126
3. Butler 122
3. Eastern Illinois 122
5. Southern Illinois 117
6. Illinois State 105

Printy Moving Up Indiana State 3-Point List
Indiana State junior Jordan Printy currently has 183 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 100 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 6-3 on the season when the Sycamores' starting five outscores the opponents' starting five. ISU's starters outscored the opponent's twice against Louisiana-Monroe and against Green Bay plus Texas Tech, Fairfield and Maryville this season and won. ISU starters outscored Minnesota, Boise State and Missouri State, but fell to each. Under second-year head coach Greg Lansing, the Sycamores are 18-5 when the ISU starting five scores more than their opponent's counterparts.

63 Is The Magic Number
The Sycamores win by the score of 50-35 over Louisiana-Monroe was ISU's seventh this season in which they have held an opponent to 63 points or less. Indiana State is 7-0 this season when holding an under that total. Under second-year head coach Greg Lansing, the Sycamores are a perfect 22-0 when allowing less than 63 points to the opposition (including a 10-0 mark when holding teams to 53 or less). The Sycamores are allowing 61.1 points per game this year, which ranks third best in the MVC.

Four In A Row Against Bradley
Indiana State's 77-66 victory over Bradley was the Sycamores' fourth in a row over the Braves, which is the longest active winning streak for the Sycamores against a member of the MVC. The four game winning streak against Bradley is its longest against the Braves since a four-game winning streak against them from 1991-1993. ISU has won four or more games in a row against Bradley just three times since the series began in 1968.

Defense Sets The Tone Against The Warhawks
The 35 points allowed by the Sycamore defense against Louisiana-Monroe is the fewest an ISU team has allowed since the shot clock was adopted prior to the 1985-86 campaign. The previous best defensive showing came as part of a 38-37 defeat at the hands of Long Beach State on Dec. 23, 2004 as part of the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii. Additionally, the Sycamores improved to a perfect 22-0 under Lansing (7-0 this season) when holding teams under 63 points, including a 10-0 mark when limiting teams to 53 points or less.

Sycamores Down Nationally-Ranked Vanderbilt On The Road
Indiana State's win over No. 25 Vanderbilt was its first over a nationally-ranked opponent since a 72-64 home court victory over No. 14 Butler on December 9, 2006. The win over Vanderbilt was the first for the Sycamores over a nationally-ranked road opponent since a 63-60 win over No. 15 Indiana in Assembly Hall on December 12, 1999. The win over Vanderbilt was also the first by a Sycamore team over a member of the Southeastern Conference since a 1984 home court victory over the Commodores.

Road Warriors
Indiana State has won five of their last eight true games dating back to last season. The Sycamores downed Illinois State, Southern Illinois and Northern Iowa on the road to end last season and began this year with a road victories over Louisiana-Monroe and No. 25 Vanderbilt, with the defeats coming at Boise State on December 3 , at Drake on December 28 and at Northern Iowa on January 4. The Sycamores are 8-11 under second-year head coach Greg Lansing on the road, and have won seven of their last 13 road contests.

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 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.

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 continue their busy week of MVC play with a road contest at Southern Illinois on Friday, January 13. Tip-off is set for 8:05 p.m. (ET). The weekend continues on Sunday, January 15 when ISU hosts Wichita State at 8:00 p.m. (ET). The game against the Shockers will mark the return of ESPN cameras to Hulman Center for the first time in over a decade.