TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Cold shooting proved to be too much to overcome for Indiana State as the Sycamores fell to the visiting Missouri State Bears, 81-62 in front of 4,040 fans inside Hulman Center.

ISU dropped to 11-14, 6-7 MVC while Missouri State improved to 16-10, 6-7 MVC.

Jordan Barnes tied Michael Menser's single-season 3-point shooting record as he connected on four trifectas in the game to give him 92 for the year -- the same amount Menser enjoyed during his senior campaign of 2000-01. Barnes finished with 12 points.

Brenton Scott led the way for Indiana State as he recorded 19 points, hitting 5-of-7 treys in the game. Brandon Murphy added 10 points with five rebounds as he went 8-of-9 from the free throw line. Devin Thomas and Emondre Rickman each had six rebounds in the game.

The Sycamores would hit just 7-of-29 shots in the first half (24.1 percent) while finishing the game with a 19-of-63 mark (30.2 percent). Indiana State connected on a total of 10 3-pointers but were limited to a 35.7 standard from distance. For the second consecutive game, the Sycamores hit over 80 percent of their free throws (82.4 percent) after connecting on a season-best 88.2 percent (15-of-17) in the win at Northern Iowa.

The Bears scored the game's first nine points before Scott connected on a jumper with 14:57 on the clock to trim the Missouri State lead down to seven points. Matt Deady had a steal and fast break dunk with 14:19 remaining which whittled the advantage down to 9-4. After Qiydar Davis drew the Sycamores within 13-8, the Bears went on a 7-0 run to take a 20-8 lead with 10:07 to go. Barnes responded with back-to-back triples which got ISU within 20-14, but the Bears answered with six in a row to run their lead back out to 12 points. A pair of Brandon Murphy charity tosses at the 5:16 mark got ISU as close as seven points, but Jarred Dixon's lay-up with seven seconds on the clock staked Missouri State to a 36-25 lead at the break.

The first five points of the second half belonged to the Bears, before Barnes drained a triple with 17:42 left to trim the lead down to 41-28. After Missouri State stretched their cushion out to 14 points, ISU scored five in a row including a put back by Emondre Rickman and then a trifecta by Scott to make it 45-36 with just over 14 minutes to go.

A lay-up from Tanveer Bhullar pushed the lead out to 50-36, but Scott countered with a 3-pointer and then grabbed a steal which led to the record tying 3-pointer by Barnes at the 12:07 mark to get ISU within eight at 50-42. Nine of the next 11 points belonged to the Bears as they raced out to a 59-44 lead with 10:10 remaining. The Sycamores would get as close as 11 points on a couple of occasions before Alize Johnson put a cap on the game with a trey on their final possession as the Bears earned the 81-62 victory. 

Johnson led three double figure scorers for the Bears as he tallied 28 points, hitting a total of five 3-pointers.

Indiana State hosts league-leading Loyola on Saturday, February 10 inside Hulman Center. The game begins at 2 pm (ET) as the program welcomes back over 40 alums who have donned the Royal Blue & White over the years.