TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State women's basketball has signed two more athletes for the 2020-21 season, head coach Vicki Hall announced on Wednesday.
 
The two signees - both hailing from junior colleges - will be juniors for the 2020-21 season with two seasons of eligibility remaining.
 
The two signees for the spring are guards and they will join incoming freshman Kallyn Stumbo who was signed in November, bringing the 2020 signing class to a total of three athletes.
 
Natalia Lalic is a 5-foot-11 guard from Adelaide, Australia that spent the past two seasons at Mineral Area College, earning First Team All-Region 16 and First Team All-MCCAC Conference honors as a sophomore and Second Team All-MCCAC Conference honors as a freshman. As a sophomore, Lalic averaged 11.2 points per game and made 75 three-pointers, good enough for 33rd in the nation. She also boasted a 1.9 assist-to-turnover ratio which was 58th in the nation. During her freshman campaign, Lalic averaged 12 points per game with 63 made triples and a 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio.
 
"Natalia is a pure shooter," Hall said. "It's fun to watch her shoot the ball, she is very fluid and accurate. She is also 5-foot-11 and will be bring us some height in the guard position. Nat is skilled and loves to compete. We are very excited to have her coming to Indiana State."
 
Essy Latu is a 5-foot-10 guard from Queensland, Australia that spent the past two seasons at Central Wyoming College. Latu joins the Sycamores as the all-time leading scorer at Central Wyoming College with 914 points and holds the single-season scoring record with 484 points in a season and the school record for most threes made in a career at 139. Latu was named to North All-Region Team in both 2018-19 and 2019-20. As a sophomore, Latu averaged 19.4 points per game, good for 20th in the nation, and connected on 79 triples at a clip of 39.9%, both of which were 25th and 41st nationally, respectively. During her freshman season, Latu averaged 14.3 points per game while making 60 threes at 45.1% which was eighth in the country.
 
"Essy is a scorer and she can play positions 1-4," Hall said. "She is 5-foot-10 and is a very aggressive player on both ends of the floor. Essy has a knack for being around the ball all the time. She is very capable of making big plays and I think she will help us be able to score at a greater rate this year."
 
Lalic and Latu will join November signee Kallyn Stumbo in the class of 2020. Stumbo, a 5-8 point guard, hails from Milford, Iowa where she attends Okoboji High School. As a junior, the Iowa native averaged a double-double with 16.5 points and 10.4 rebounds to go along with 6.1 assists and 2.6 steals per-game.
 
Stumbo earned numerous accomplishments during her junior season, including being named a unanimous First Team All-Siouxland Conference honoree, an IGCA All-District team for 3A Northwest Iowa, an IBCA All-Region team honoree, an Iowa Press Sports Writers Association All-State First Team honoree, an IGCA All-State First team honoree, a Des Moines Register 3A All-State First Team honoree, a Northwest Iowa Review First Team honoree, a Sioux City Journal All-Northwest Iowa First Team honoree, the school record holder for Career Assists (441), has reached 1,000 points and was named the Okoboji team MVP.
 
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