TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- History was celebrated and created at Hulman Center on Saturday afternoon before visiting Loyola scored eight of the game's final 12 points to down Indiana State, 75-71 in front of 4,328 fans.

A record crowd of over 50 Sycamore Basketball alumni came back to celebrate their careers and the memories as well as contributions of Clarence Walker were honored in front of the faithful during the course of the day. Halftime belonged to the former players but the first media timeout belonged to the memory of Walker whose family was on hand for the celebration which included the proclamation by Mayor Duke Bennett that Saturday, February 10, 2018 be known as "Clarance Walker Day" in Terre Haute. 

On this day, a 17-year old record fell when Jordan Barnes drained his first 3-pointer of the game at the 12:02 mark to push him past Michael Menser who previously held the ISU single-season 3-point mark of 92 set during his senior campaign of 2000-01. Barnes now has 97 for the season -- the best in the history of the program and now just three away from cracking the Top 5 in the MVC. He needs only three more to catch Creighton's Kyle Korver who buried 100 -- also during the 2000-01 season -- for fifth in the history of the Valley. Barnes finished with a team-best 17 points to lead the team.

Brenton Scott scored 16 points and hauled in a team best six rebounds to go with four assists as he became just the fourth Sycamore in the history of the program to score at least 1,700 career points. He now joins Larry Bird, John Sherman Williams and Jerry Newsom as the only four in the history of ISU Basketball to reach the 1,700 point mark.

ISU splits the season series with Loyola and fell to 11-15, 6-8 MVC while the Ramblers improved to 21-5, 11-3 MVC to keep hold of their lead in the league standings. 

Loyola hit 14-of-22 shots in the second half (63.6 percent) as they overcame a 36-31 halftime deficit in the victory. ISU hit 24-of-59 shots (40.7 percent) in the game. The Sycamores held a 30-19 edge in points off turnovers as well as a 12-4 cushion in second chance points. Ont he glass, the Sycamores won the battled 32-27.

For the third consecutive game, the Sycamores hit more than 80 percent of their free throws as they connected on 13-of-15 for the game (86.7 percent). Over the last three games, ISU is 42-of-49 (85.7 percent) from the charity stripe. Barnes has connected on each of his last 23 attempts and was 2-of-2 today against the Ramblers.

A steal from Scott and the lay-up by Qiydar Davis staked the Sycamores to an early 2-0 lead. A conventional 3-point play by Aundre Jackson with 11:11 on the clock pushed the Ramblers ahead 21-14, but ISU came back with six in a row including a trifecta by Scott to trim the Loyola lead down to 21-20. The two Barnes free throws and then a Clayton Hughes offensive rebound and lay-up with 3:52 on the clock gave ISU the 31-27 lead. Scott drained a jumper just inside the paint with 24 seconds left for the 36-31 halftime lead.

Davis scored first for the Sycamores with a defensive rebound and then lay-up for the 38-31 advantage, but Loyola scored five in a row to trim the ISU cushion down to two points. Tyreke Key answered with a 3-pointer to reestablish the five-point lead.

A 7-0 Loyola run was capped by Jackson at the 12:08 mark to push the Ramblers ahead 54-48 but Barnes came back with consecutive 3-pointers to knot the game at 54. Trailing by two points , Scott drained a triple with 4:34 remaining and the shot clock running out which push ISU ahead 65-64. The Sycamores would go ahead twice more before a lay-up from Donte Ingram tied the game at 67 with 3:37 remaining.

Loyola went ahead 70-67 but Murphy came back with a second chance lay-up with one minute to go which made it a one-point game. Marques Townes answered with a jumper at the 39 second mark and that would be as close as the Sycamores would get in falling 75-71.

The Ramblers put five scorers in double figures, led by 17 from Donte Ingram.

Indiana State now hits the road for a key MVC road matchup with Drake on Wednesday, February 14 at 8 pm (ET) in Des Moines, Iowa. The game will be broadcast live worldwide on The Valley on ESPN3.