Indiana State University Athletics

Game 3 at Grand Canyon | Game 4 vs. UC Irvine
Game 3: Grand Canyon	Friday, Nov. 23, 2018 | 2 p.m. ET/Noon MT | Phoenix, Ariz. | GCU Arena
	TV/Video: YouTube | Live Stats
Game 4: UC Irvine	Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018 | 2 p.m. ET/Noon MT | Phoenix, Ariz. | GCU Arena
	TV/Video: None | Live Stats
Full Match Notes	Indiana State | Grand Canyon | UC Irvine
Series History
	Grand Canyon: First Meeting
	UC Irvine: First Meeting
Social Media	@IndStWBB | #MarchOn | Facebook | @IndStWBB | YouTube

PHOENIX – With 10 days off and a Thanksgiving meal in between, the wait between games two and three for Indiana State's women's basketball team will finally end Friday when the Sycamores tip off action at the Grand Canyon Thanksgiving Classic in Phoenix.
 
Indiana State (2-0) will play host Grand Canyon (1-2) on Friday at 2 p.m. ET/Noon MT before facing UC Irvine (2-0) on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET/Noon MT. Friday's game will be broadcast on GCU's YouTube page while there will be no broadcast Saturday. Live Stats, linked from GoSycamores.com, will be available for both games as well periodic updates on the team's twitter feed, @IndStWBB.
 
Series History

• This will be the first meeting between Indiana State and Grand Canyon.
• The Sycamores are 4-1 all-time against the Western Athletic Conference.
• This will also be the first meeting between Indiana State and UC Irvine.
• The Sycamores have never faced a team from the Big West Conference before.

 
Five Things to Know

1. A New Destination and a Homecoming
   While Indiana State has never traveled to the state of Arizona before in the program's history, this weekend's trip will be a homecoming for one Sycamore. Alexis Delgado is a Phoenix native that attended Tolleson Union High School before spending two years at Phoenix (Junior) College.
2. In-Season Tournaments are Tough Too
   Postseason tournaments aren't the only thing that are tough to win. Indiana State is looking to win its first in-season tournament/challenge since the 2014-15 season. Despite the program's success, especially in the first decade of the 2000s, the Sycamores have only claimed two in-season tournament titles since 2000. That came at the 2004-05 USF Shootout in Tampa, Florida and the 2014-15 St. John's Holiday Classic in New York.
3. Don't Call It a Comeback
   Despite a 2-0 record, the start of the 2018-19 hasn't been easy for the Sycamores. In both games so far, Indiana State has had to rally back from a halftime deficit to claim a win. ISU trailed by five at Marshall on Nov. 7 and trailed by 10 at Saint Louis on Nov. 13, also trailing by 10 entering the final quarter against the Billikens.
4. Tierra Webb Among Nation's Best Early On
   Granted we are only two games into the season but Tierra Webb is off to a hot start in assist-to-turnover ratio. She enters the week in Arizona ranked sixth nationally with a 7.00 ratio, recording seven assists and just one turnover so far this season.
5. No Home November
   Due to planned renovations to the Hulman Center, Indiana State will be road warriors for the month of November this season. The Sycamores will open the 2018-19 season with five straight games away from home (four true road games and one neutral contest) and will not play a home game in the Wabash Valley until hosting IUPUI on Dec. 3. This marks the first time since the 1982-83 season that the Sycamores will not have a home game in the month of November.

 
For the latest information on the Sycamore Women's Basketball team, make sure to check out GoSycamores.com. You can also find the team on social media including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.