TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Indiana State men's basketball won its fifth-straight game to move to 18-3, 9-1 Missouri Valley Conference in an overtime win inside Hulman Center against Bradley University, 95-86.

Ryan Conwell led Indiana State in scoring with 22 points, shooting 7-for-13 from the floor and knocked down four three-pointers. Isaiah Swope recorded with 19 points with five rebounds and six assists. Robbie Avila was two points shy of having four consecutive 20-point games, finishing with 18 points, seven rebounds and tied his career-high in steals with three. Jayson Kent scored 17 points on 7-for-10 shooting and amassed 16 rebounds, including five on the offensive glass. Julian Larry rounded out the five Sycamores in double figures with 14 points on 5-for-8 shooting from the field and dished out six assists.

Indiana State and Bradley went back-and-forth in the first half until ISU took a six-point lead at the 12:43 mark, 14-8. Bradley tied the game at 23 apiece with 4:22 remaining. The Braves claimed a one-point lead with 2:37 left in the first half, 27-26, then the Sycamores went on a 7-0 run with five points from Swope to reclaim a six-point, 33-27 lead. Bradley made one bucket to cut the deficit to four, making a 33-29 ballgame at the break.

Bradley opened the second half on fire, making 13 of the first 14 shots in the half, including a perfect 6-for-6 from beyond the arc. Despite Bradley being near perfect from the field, the Sycamores kept pace and trailed by only five points with 11 minutes to play, 63-58. Coming out of the under-eight media timeout, the two teams exchanged buckets until Indiana State grabbed a seven-point lead off back-to-back buckets by Avila and Swope, 74-67 with 5:43 remaining. The Braves cut the deficit and tied the game with 1:19 left in the game at 76-76. A dunk by the Braves gave them a 78-76 lead, followed up with clutch free throws to force the game into overtime at a score of 78-78.

The Sycamores dominated overtime, outscoring the Braves 17-8 while shooting 5-for-6 from the floor and a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line. In the first 2:30 of overtime, the Sycamores held a one-possession advantage, 86-83. In the final 2:30 of overtime, Indiana State used a 12-3 outbreak and controlled the rest of the game. Avila knocked down a three from just left of the top of the key, followed by an Xavier Bledson triple from the right wing. A Bradley bucket cut the lead to 89-86 with 1:37 left in overtime, only for Swope to score on back-to-back layups and Bledson to knock down the final two clutch free throws to give the Sycamores the 95-86 victory.

News & Notes

• Indiana State continued the streak of the best record in the Coach Josh Schertz era with 18-3 overall and 9-1 in the Missouri Valley.
• The Sycamores are 9-0 at home this season.
• Saturday's attendance number was recorded at 8,223, marking the highest number of fans in attendance this season.
• The 95 team points marks the 10^th time this season ISU has scored 90+ points.
• The Sycamores tied its career-low in turnovers with six, matching the previous lowest set versus Missouri State on January 16.
• Indiana State finished shooting 50.8% as a team from the field, the fourth time in the last five games the team finishing better than 50%.
• The 33 made field goals by the Sycamores ties for third-best this season (38 vs IUPUI, 35 vs Southern Indiana, 33 vs Rice).
• Bradley finishing shooting 71.4% (20-for-28) from the floor in the second half, including 7-for-9 from deep.
• Jayson Kent recorded a career-high 16 rebounds, beating his previous record set against Northern Iowa on January 7 with 13. This is the eighth time this season Kent has grabbed 10+ rebounds. Kent played in all 45 minutes on Saturday.
• Isaiah Swope recorded a career-high six assists.
• The Sycamores are 14-2 when four-plus players finishing in double-digit scoring and 7-1 when at least five players score 10+ points.
• There were 11 lead changes in the 45 minutes played with 13 ties.
• Jayson Kent: 45:00 minutes played - 0 turnovers.
• Isaiah Swope: 42:37 minutes played - 0 turnovers.
• Ryan Conwell: 43:39 minutes played - 1 turnover.

Postgame Press Conference Presented by Team Green Law - Coach Josh Schertz


Postgame Press Conference Presented by Team Green Law - Isaiah Swope, Ryan Conwell, Jayson Kent


Postgame Radio Interview Presented by Dorsett Automotive with Joey O'Rourke


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