TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State men's basketball picked up a win at home over the visiting Chicago State Cougars, 97-61, inside Hulman Center on Friday night.
 
Just as the last outing, the Sycamores surged in the second half and scored 62 points in the last 20 minutes en route to the 36-point victory in front of the Sycamore faithful.
 
The Sycamores and Cougars went back-and-forth through the first eight minutes of action, with Samage Teel draining a triple to tie the game at 11 with 12:37 left in the half. After another tie at 17 each with 9:44 to play, Chicago State went on an 8-0 run, with six-of-eight coming from the paint. Jaden Daughtry and Teel halted the run with two baskets to cut the deficit to three points with just under five minutes remaining in the half.
 
Two buckets from the Cougars increased their lead to eight points before Jahni Summers and Doughty each made a three-pointer in two-straight possessions, followed by a pair of Markus Harding free throws to knot the game back at 30.
 
Summers connected with Harding on a dunk, followed by a Teel triple to cap a 13-0 Sycamore run heading into halftime with Indiana State on top 35-30.
 
After an exchange of points to open the second half through the first 90 seconds, the Sycamores went on an 18-4 run to lead 58-39 with 12:59 to play. Doughty and Summer opened the run with a layup and a three-pointer, then later Teel scored six-straight off a triple and an and-one. Aaron Gray made a layup and knocked down a three, which was sandwiched by a Summers layup.
 
About two minutes later Summers knocked a ball loose which was picked up by Bruno Alocen. Alocen passed ahead to Summers who hit Gray running the wing on the fastbreak for a vicious one-handed slam to force a Cougar timeout with the Sycamores ahead 62-43 with 11:03 on the clock.
 
After five minutes went by on the clock, Tyran Cook knocked a ball loose that was recovered by Gray, then was kicked out to Alocen who then found Harding for a pick-and-roll leading to a two-handed dunk.
 
The Sycamore defense pressed on, as Harding swatted a shot which led to an alley-op from Alocen to Gray at the other end of the court.
 
The Sycamores didn't stop there as the next four made baskets were all three-pointers from Alocen, Harding, Jayan Walker, and Cooper Bean; Tyran Cook added on a layup cap a 14-0 run in 2 minutes 30 seconds. Bean made a pair of free throws and Merritt Alderink a layup to send the Sycamores on their way to the 97-61 victory.
 
Samage Teel led all scorers with 20 points on 6-for-9 shooting from the floor, including a 4-for-6 effort from deep, while grabbing six rebounds for the second-straight game. Markus Harding secured his first career double-double with 16 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. Harding shot 6-for-8 from the field, dished out three assists, and swatted a pair of shots. Jahni Summers made 5-of-10 from the field with 3-of-5 coming from beyond the arc. Aaron Gray scored 12 points on 5-for-8 shooting from the floor.

• In the second half, the Sycamores scored 62 points which was more than Chicago State's full-game total (61).
• The Sycamores shot a season-best 56.77% (34-for-60) from the field and 45.5% (15-for-33) from three-point range.
• Markus Harding had a career-high 11 rebounds along with a season-high 16 points to give him his first double-double in his career.
• Indiana State recorded back-to-back 90-point games: 97 against Chicago State and 94 at Ball State.
• The Sycamore defense held Chicago Stare to 4-of-26 from deep.
• Friday night's game is the second game in a row with a season-low 13 turnovers.
• The win over Chicago State is the second-straight game with 20+ assists.
• Indiana State recorded its third game in a row this season shooting 50% or better from the field, and the second game in a row shooting 44% from the three.
• Aaron Gray scored the most points in his Indiana State career (12).
• The Sycamore offense recorded its third game this season with 13 turnovers, which is the season low.
• Samage Teel, Markus Harding, and Aaron Gray finished a combined 18-for-26 (69.2%) from the floor, including 7-for-13 (53.9%) from beyond the arc. Teel recorded his third 20-point game this season.
• Indiana State kept its fast-paced offense on display scoring 26 points from fastbreaks, the highest of the season.
• Cooper Bean tallied 5 points on the night for his first career points as a Sycamore.
• Jahni Summers had season-high five rebounds.

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