ORLANDO, Fla. -- Indiana State ended its run at the 2016 Advocare Invitational with yet another game which was decided by a single possession as the Sycamores fell 80-77 to Quinnipiac at the HP Fieldhouse on the campus of the Walt Disney World Resort.

The Sycamores fell to 2-4 while Quinnipiac improved to 1-4. While Indiana State dropped all three of its games in Orlando, those three decisions were be a total of eight points and all were decided on the final possession. Of Indiana State's first six games in 2016-17, the Sycamores have seen five of those games either be decided by one possession or reached overtime.

Brenton Scott led the team with 24 points as he hit a trio of 3-pointers. Scott moved up to fifth on the ISU career 3-pointers made chart and now has 151 which is two ahead of Chad Adkins (1996-99). He added five rebounds and four assists. Senior TJ Bell earned his first start of the season and once again posted a career-high as he tallied 14 points on a 6-of-9 shooting effort and was a perfect 2-of-2 from the free throw line. Everett Clemons filled the stat sheet by scoring 10 points and adding, seven assists, five steals and four rebounds.

For the third game at the Advocare Invitational, the Sycamores owned the edge in shooting percentage as they hit 30-of-65 shots from the field (46.2 percent) while holding Quinnipiac to 29-of-63 (46.0 percent). The Bobcats held a 43-32 edge in the rebounding battle. ISU limited their turnovers to just nine and forced 15 Quinnipiac miscues on the strength of seven steals. The Sycamores scored 25 points off of Bobcat errors during the game and held an 8-2 advantage in fast break points.

Bell started strong inside by scoring on each of the Sycamores' first two possessions for the quick 4-0 lead. Quinnipiac used an 8-0 run to turn a one-point deficit into a 17-10 lead with 12:21 left in the first half, but Jordan Barnes connected on a 3-pointer to draw within 17-13. Clemons made it a two-point game on a steal and lay-up, but Mikey Dixon answered for the Bobcats for the 20-15 lead. 

A steal and lay-up from Donovan Franklin was followed by a Clemons jump shot with 7:58 remaining in the half which gave the Sycamores a 23-22 lead. It was all part of a 12-0 run which was capped by a 3-pointer from Scott at the 5:28 mark as ISU owned a 31-22 advantage. Bronson Kessinger hit a lay-up to answer a Bobcat score and reestablished a 33-24 advantage. Quinnipiac scored 11 of the final 13 points but the Sycamores held a 35-33 lead at the half. Bell led the way with eight points.

Bell would score first for the Sycamores at the 18:05 mark of the second half to stretch the lead to 37-33. A jumper by Scott two minutes later established a 41-35 advantage. Leading 44-38 after a Bell steal and Clemons fast break lay-up, Quinnipiac scored seven in a row to take a 45-44 lead with 13:47 remaining. Scott hit a lay-up to answer, but two buckets in a row for the Bobcats gave them a 49-46 lead with 12:33 remaining.

Consecutive field goals by Franklin and Matt Van Scyoc (which eventually was a conventional 3-point play), gave the Sycamores a 51-49 lead. An 8-0 Quinnipiac run gave them a 57-51 lead with just over 10 minutes remaining and their largest lead of the game came at t 66-58 with just under seven minutes to go. Franklin stopped the bleeding with a 3-pointer  at the 6:35 mark to draw within 66-61.

Scott hit a jumper with 1:59 to go to cut a six-point deficit down to 75-71. Abdulai Bundu hit 1-of-2 charity tosses, but Van Scyoc countered with a 3-pointer from the corner to get the Sycamores within 76-74 with 1:24 remaining. Bell grabbed a defensive rebound and with 44 seconds remaining, Scott another 3-point shot as the Sycamores took a 77-76 lead. Chaise Daniels answered with a jumper and tacked on a pair of free throws for the 80-77 lead. 3-pointers by Franklin and Clemons at the buzzer fell short as Quinnipiac won by three.

Mikey Dixon led the way with 21 points for Quinnipiac.

Indiana State returns to action inside Hulman Center on Wednesday, November 30 as they host Northern Illinois at 8:00 p.m. (ET).