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scott and vorst at charlotte
76
Indiana St. INS 0-1,0-0 MVC
92
Winner Charlotte CLT 1-0,0-0 American
Indiana St. INS
0-1,0-0 MVC
76
Final
92
Charlotte CLT
1-0,0-0 American
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Indiana St. INS 37 39 76
Charlotte CLT 45 47 92

Game Recap: Basketball | | Justin Fish/Nick Rush | GoSycamores.com

Indiana State drops season opener at Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Indiana State men's basketball dropped the first game of the 2025-2026 season to the Charlotte 49ers, 92-76, in Charlotte. The Sycamores next play Illinois Tech for their home opener on Thursday, November 6th.
 
Ian Scott secured a double-double and led the Sycamores with 24 points on 9-of-10 shooting from the field and 2-of-2 from three. He also led with a team-high 11 rebounds. He added in two steals and a block. Derek Vorst scored 14 points on 4-of-4 shooting from the field and 6-of-10 from the stripe. Camp Wagner added 12 points. Xavier Hall chipped in nine assists.
 
The 49ers struck first, but the Sycamores responded quickly with three threes coming from Wagner, Scott, and Markus Harding to push an early Sycamores lead to 11-6 with 16:43 remaining in the first half. The 49ers came back and took the lead before a feed from Hall led to the first dunk of the season, courtesy of Scott, at 13:25 to make it a 14-13 game.
 
A scoring drought for the Sycamores allowed Charlotte to take a 21-15 lead before the media timeout at 11:45. Charlotte then used a nine-point swing to push the 49ers' lead to 36-20 with just under seven minutes left in the half. The 49ers dominated the offensive glass through this point in the game and capitalized to lead 43-26.
 
The Sycamores starting building momentum and used a 9-1 lead to close out the half with contributions from Scott, Wagner, and Bruno Alocen as the Sycamore defense held the 49ers to 0-for-5 from the field. Wagner's triple with 59 seconds left in the half made the score 45-37, and that remained as both teams went for the halftime break.
 
At the half, Indiana State shot 51.9% (14-for-27) from the field and 33.3% (4-for-12) from three at the half. Charlotte shot 50.0% (17-for-34) and 54.5% (6-for-11) from three. The 49ers capitalized on nine offensive rebounds with seven second-chance points.
 
A deep Wagner three opened the half and made it a five-point game, 47-42. Sterling Young ended a 6-0 49er run with a layup to make it a 53-44 game in favor of Charlotte with 17:02 remaining.
 
Charlotte worked to a 13-point lead, but the Sycamores cut it down to eight with 12:34 remaining. A few minutes later, Scott hauled in his tenth rebound with 9:49 left to give him his first double-double of the season.
 
More second-chance points for the 49ers pushed their lead to 10, but Vorst slammed home another dunk at the under-eight timeout at 7:44 as Charlotte clung to their lead, ahead 71-63.
 
Charlotte used an eight-point unanswered run as part of a stretch to lead 83-68 with 5:05 remaining in the game. The 49ers continued to slowly build their lead, going up 20, 88-68 with 3:49 to play before taking the 92-76 victory.
 
News & Notes
  • Indiana State shot 47.4% from the field (27-for-57), 26.9% from three (7-for-26), and 71.4% from the line (15-for-21). CLT finished 47.7% from the field, 47.6% from three, and 66.7% from the line.
  • The Sycamores were out-rebounded 45-24, including giving up 18 offensive rebounds.
    • Charlotte's 45 rebounds are the most since last year's season opener against Florida Atlantic, when the Owls also grabbed 45 boards.
  • Indiana State in the last 14:39 of the game went 1-for-10 from beyond the arc.
    • In that time span, the Sycamores scored 27 points as Derek Vorst (11) and Ian Scott (11) combined to score 22 of the team's 27.
  • Ian Scott recorded his first double-double of the season in his first NCAA game as a Sycamore. 
    • Four of his 11 rebounds were offensive rebounds.
    • He finished 9-of-10 from the field and 2-of-2 from three.
  • Derek Vorst scored 14 points on a perfect 4-for-4 from the field, setting a new career high in points scored.
  • Xavier Hall tallied nine assists in his debut.
  • Enel St. Bernard, Sivert Wærstad Nordheim, Sterling Young, Ian Scott, Xavier Hall, and Zyair Greene all made their first debut for the Sycamores.
  • The game marks the first-ever meeting between the two teams. 
 
Up Next
Indiana State plays Illinois Tech at home on Thursday, November 6th, with a 7 p.m. ET tip-off.
 
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