PHOENIX – Indiana State men's basketball sophomore Robbie Avila and junior Isaiah Swope have been named to the 2024 Lou Henson All-America Team for mid-major basketball.
 
Avila wrapped up his sophomore campaign averaging 17.4 points per game, 6.6 rebounds per game, and 4.1 assists per game. The 6-10 center shot 53.6% from the floor, including 39.4% from beyond the arc. Avila saw improvements in nearly every category between his freshman season to sophomore season. Avila moved into ninth place in single-season scoring with 644 points. The Oak Forest native also crossed the 1,000-point mark, becoming the 42nd Sycamore to reach the feat. He notched his career high of 35 points at Evansville to help the ISU clinch a share of the MVC regular season title. He recorded six double-doubles and 14 games with 20+ points.
 
Swope during most of the season was ranked nationally in various three-point categories. He finished the season with the fourth-most three-pointers in the nation with 113, placing him second in the single-season total three-pointers made at Indiana State (Jordan Barnes, 117). He finished 43.3% from the field with a 36.2% clip from deep. Swope scored 587 points this season, finishing his third season of collegiate hoops with 1,315 points in his career. The Newburgh, Ind. native recorded the first 30-point game of the season for the Sycamores at UIC, scoring 30 points with six triples. Earlier in the season, Swope recorded his lone double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds in nonconference action at Northern Illinois.
 
Indiana State wrapped up the 2023-24 season as the NIT runners-up with a 32-7 overall record, 17-3 in conference play, MVC regular season champions, and recorded the second-best season in program history behind the 33-win 1978-79 season.
 
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