TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Indiana State fell victim to a hot shooting Western Kentucky team on Sunday afternoon inside Hulman Center as the Hilltoppers pulled away late for a 77-59 victory.

The Sycamores saw their three-game winning streak snapped as they fell to 5-5 on the year while Western Kentucky improved to 4-5. 

Junior Brenton Scott scored 17 points and became the 38th member of the Indiana State Basketball 1,000 Point Club in the process. He is the 13th member of the club to either be coached or recruited by seventh-year head coach Greg Lansing. Brandon Murphy posted 11 points and led the way with seven rebounds off the bench. Niels Bunschoten hit the Sycamores' first 3-pointer of the game and ended with nine points.

Western Kentucky hit over 50 percent of their shots in both halves as they connected on 13-of-25 from the field (52 percent) in the opening stanza and came back with a 12-of-22 effort (54.5 percent) in the second half. They finished the game by hitting 53.2 percent of their shots (25-of-47) and were 8-of-14 from 3-point range (57.1 percent). The Sycamores connected on a 12-of-26 shots in the first half (46.2 percent), but were limited to just 10-of-32 shooting after halftime (31.3 percent) and finished with a 37.9 shooting percentage for the game. 

The Hilltoppers held a 38-32 edge in the rebounding battle, although the Sycamores tallied 12 offensive rebounds for the second consecutive contest. Indiana State forced 14 Western Kentucky turnovers and turned that into 20 points. ISU was limited to just 2-of-24 (8.3 percent) shooting from 3-point range.

Scott scored first for the Sycamores as he hit a driving lay-up on the first possession and a jumper from Laquarious Paige staked ISU to a 4-3 lead. A jumper from TJ Bell with 18:24 left in the first half tied the game at 6. Western Kentucky used a 12-2 run to take an 18-8 lead before Murphy converted a pair of free throws to trim the lead down to 18-10. A jumper from Anton Waters gave Western Kentucky a 25-13 advantage, but Scott answered with a field goal of his own to start a 6-0 run which got the Sycamores within 25-19 with 8:06 left before the break. But the Hilltoppers stretched their lead out to 35-24 and ISU used a lay-up from Murphy, a 3-pointer by Bunschoten and then a lay-up from Bunschoten with 16 seconds left to trim their edge down to 35-31 at the half. Scott led the way at halftime with 10 points.

Scott would score first in the second half to make it nine consecutive points by the Sycamores and the Hilltopper lead was whittled all the way down to 35-33. Western Kentucky scored six in a row for an eight point lead before seven in a row from the Sycamores, capped by a Bell lay-up after an offensive rebound got the Sycamores within 41-40 with 15:23 remaining. A 3-pointer from Donovan Franklin with 12:03 on the clock made it 48-46 in favor of WKU and then a pair of Bunschoten charity tosses with 9:21 remaining got the Sycamores within 52-50. A lay-up from Scott made it just a 54-52 deficit with 8:06 remaining, but 13 in a row for the Hilltoppers proved to be too much as they walked out of Hulman Center with a 77-59 victory.

Pancake Thomas led four double figure scorers for Western Kentucky as he tallied 22 points.

Indiana State now pauses for Final Exams before returning to action on Saturday, December 17 at Valparaiso. Tip-off is set for 8:00 p.m. (ET).