TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State men's basketball continues the home schedule this weekend as the Sycamores welcome Earlham College to the Hulman Center as the Sycamores on Saturday, November 14. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET and will be carried live on 105.5 The Legend. There will not be an ESPN+ stream for the game.
 
Game Day Festivities and Promotions
Ham Raffle Giveaway – Courtesy of Baesler's Market
Indiana State Athletics partnered up with Baesler's Market for a "Get Your Ham from Sycamore Sam" raffle giveaway on Saturday night. Tickets will be pulled throughout the game with fans getting their ham delivered to their seats from Vice President/Director of Athletics Nathan Christensen and Sycamore Sam throughout the game.
 
Youth Night
Youth Night at the Hulman Center features all kids 8th Grade and Younger able to receive a free upper-level ticket to the Saturday night game against Earlham.
 
Recapping Last Game
An early 14-point swing put Milwaukee in the driver's seat early and the Sycamores were unable to fight their way all the way back into the contest on Wednesday night inside the Hulman Center as Indiana State fell to the visiting Panthers, 82-73.
 
The Sycamores kept the game within striking distance throughout the first half, cutting the deficit down to 23-18 on back-to-back Mitchell three-pointers, while a Jackson Cooper jumper put the score at 23-20 with 9:44 to play in the first half. The three-point margin was the closest Indiana State was able to get the game the rest of the first half as Milwaukee went into the break with the 44-37 lead.
 
The Panthers started to pull away in the second half, going up 55-46 on a Nate Malosa six-point run with 14:51 to play. Indiana State rallied back again as Kade Speckman threw down the dunk and Chance Puryear added his second three-pointer of the half to make it a 55-51 game, but MKE responded with a 10-0 run on their way to holding a double-digit lead the rest of the way in claiming the 82-73 win.
 
Maguire Mitchell hit 7-of-11 from the floor and 4-of-6 from the three-point line on his way to a team-high 19 points in the contest. Karmani Gregory added 15 points and six assists, while Jackson Cooper chipped in 14 points and six assists in the loss. Chance Puryear finished the game with 10 points and nine rebounds off the bench.
 
Double-Digit Points to Open Indiana State Career Indiana State Debuts
Karmani Gregory was back in double-digits in the scoring column for the third consecutive game as the redshirt senior continued his early season scoring prowess. After making his Sycamore debut with 29 points against Charlotte (Nov. 2), he followed up with 20 points on the road in the victory over Ball State (Nov. 6). The Palmetto, Fla. native continued to have the scoring touch this week against Milwaukee finishing with 15 points on 5-of-14 shooting on Wednesday against the Panthers.
 
Gregory becomes the first Sycamore since Isaiah Swope (2023-24) to score double-digit points in each of the first three games of his Indiana State career. Swope accomplished the feat against SMWC (26), Alabama (17), and IUPUI (16), before a seven-point game against Rice ended his streak in the fourth game of the 2023-24 season.
 
Most Recent Times A Sycamore Scored Double-Digits in First Three Games at ISU

• Karmani Gregory: 2026-27 vs. Charlotte (29), at Ball State (20), vs. Milwaukee (15)
• Isaiah Swope: 2023-24 – vs. SMWC (26), at Alabama (17), vs. IUPUI (16)
• Courvoisier McCauley: 2022-23 – Green Bay (23), Ball State (14), North Dakota State (30), East Carolina (16), Kansas City (18)
• Cameron Henry: 2021-22 – Green Bay (15), Purdue (10), Hanover (18), Old Dominion (14), Oklahoma (25), New Mexico State (10)

Keeping Possession
Indiana State sits among the nation's best at keeping control of the ball through the first three games of the season. The Sycamores are 51st overall in the NCAA Division I rankings allowing just 10.0 turnovers per game with two games below the double-digit mark on the year.
 
The Sycamores turned the ball over seven times in the opener against Charlotte, before coughing it up 14 times at Ball State. This past Wednesday, possession was back with the Sycamores as Indiana State recorded just nine turnovers in the game against the Panthers.
 
Indiana State is currently +2.7 in turnover margin on the season.
 
Hitting from Deep
Indiana State sits among the Missouri Valley's top three-point shooting teams over the early part of the season. The Sycamores are converting at a 35.0% clip from behind the arc on the year to sit 129th in the NCAA Division I and fourth overall among MVC teams.
 
Maguire Mitchell is currently listed among the tops in the Valley in both three-pointers per game and total three-pointers made, sitting on the national leaders in both categories. Mitchell is averaging 2.33 conversions per game with seven overall on the year.
 
Mitchell currently leads six different Sycamores who have hit at least one three-pointer in the 2026-27, including Jackson Cooper who converted his first collegiate three-pointers against Ball State.
 
Sitting Among the NCAA's Best
Karmani Gregory has already made his mark on the program and currently sits among the nation's best in multiple scoring categories following his first three games. Gregory is currently listed among the NCAA's Top 100 in eight different individual statistical categories on the season.
 
Gregory Among NCAA Top 100

• 43rd – Field Goal Attempts (49)
• 44th – Points Per Game (21.3)
• 48th – Minutes Per Game (35:09)
• 63rd – Assists Per Game (5.7)
• 71st – Free Throws Made (17)
• 72nd – Assists (17)
• 73rd – Points (64)
• 74th – Free Throw Attempts (23)
• 96th – Field Goals (21)

About the Opponent
Earlham was selected 10th overall in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference's preseason poll as announced by the organization in October. The Quakers received 10 total votes from the conference coaches in the poll heading into their first season under head coach Daniel Ellis.
 
Four Quakers were tabbed as "Athletes to Watch" by the conference office ahead of the 2026-27 season. Connor Smith, Chase Newton, Jake Kolbay, and Keegan Ladines were all named to the watch list. Smith is the veteran of the group returning with 17 starts among 21 games played, averaging 7.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.
 
Earlham made its 2026-27 season debut this past Monday, falling to Wilmington College in the annual Quaker Bowl Rivalry Game. Raphael Aniya led the way with 19 points and seven rebounds, while Connor Smith had 13 points and a team-high eight boards in the loss. Lijah Whitaker also scored double-digits with 10 points in the game.
 
Rose-Hulman is the lone common opponent between the two teams this season with Earlham taking on the Fightin' Engineers twice in HCAC regular season play. The Sycamores topped RHIT, 81-59, in exhibition play prior to the start of the 2026-27 regular season.
 
Last Time Against the Quakers
The last time the Sycamores and the Quakers lined up against each other came back in the 1927 season with Indiana State topping EC twice 36-24 and 31-30 in the two games played on the season.
 
All-Time Against Earlham
Friday's game marks the 19th time the two programs have lined up against each other all-time according to current records on hand. Earlham leads the all-time series, 10-7 over the Sycamores, although Indiana State won each of the last two games in the series after sweeping both contests in 1927. The inaugural contest back in 1907 does not record a decision in the game to explain the discrepancy in the series record.
 
Last Five Against Earlham

• 1925 at Earlham - W, 33-26
• 1925 at Earlham - L, 25-49
• 1926 at Earlham - L, 25-48
• 1927 at Earlham - W, 36-24
• 1927 at Earlham - W, 31-30 

Against the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Indiana State has lined up against six of the 10 current members of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference and has posted winning recorded against four of them according to current Sycamore records on hand. The Sycamores last took on a member of the HCAC in the regular season back on Nov. 14, 2021, with a 90-49 victory over Hanover.
 
Indiana State has winning records over Hanover, Manchester, Rose-Hulman, and Anderson in program history.
 
Against the HCAC (Last Game)

• Anderson – 5-3 (Dec. 1965 – W, 67-65)
• Earlham – 7-10 (1927 – W, 31-30)
• Franklin – 13-23 (Dec. 4, 1954 – L, 67-64)
• Hanover – 20-5 (Nov. 14, 2021 – W, 90-49)
• Manchester – 10-4 (Nov. 27, 1982 – W, 113-76)
• Rose-Hulman – 30-21 (1932 – W, 37-21)

Returning to the Schedule
Indiana State features four returning regular season opponents from the 2025-26 season, as well as their second consecutive year in taking on Butler in a preseason exhibition to highlight the early portion of the schedule. The Sycamores host Charlotte (Nov. 2), Milwaukee (Nov. 11), SIUE (Dec. 2), and Southern Indiana (Dec. 6), while traveling to Ball State (Nov. 6).
 
Indiana State went 4-1 during the 2025-26 regular season against the returning opponents topping SIUE, Ball State, Southern Indiana, and Milwaukee, while falling in the season opener against Charlotte.
 
2025-26

• at Butler – Oct. 29 (L, 105-80)
• at Charlotte – Nov. 3 (L, 92-76)
• Ball State – Nov. 22 (W, 70-52)
• at Milwaukee – Dec. 14 (W, 70-68)
• at SIUE – Nov. 10 (W, 64-55)
• at Southern Indiana – Dec. 7 (W, 77-55)

2026-27

• at Butler – Oct. 18 (L, 81-74)
• Charlotte – Nov. 2 (L, 78-70)
• at Ball State – Nov. 6 (W, 69-66)
• Milwaukee – Nov. 11 (L, 82-73)
• SIUE – Dec. 2 (7 p.m.)
• Southern Indiana – Dec. 6 (1 p.m.)

New Look Roster
It's a new-look Indiana State roster on the floor under head coach Matthew Graves as the Sycamore head coach heads into his third season at the helm of the program. The Sycamores returned just redshirt freshman Martin Kaupanger to the floor from the 2025-26 squad, while welcoming nine transfers, five freshmen, and international big man Alessio Calamita to the roster this year.
 
Preseason MVC Poll, Watch List
The Sycamores were not listed among the top six teams receiving votes in the 2026-27 preseason MVC men's basketball poll but did feature two players on the preseason All-Conference Watch List heading into the year.
 
Guard Karmani Gregory and forward Jackson Cooper were among the list of players recognized among the tops in the conference heading into the season and the players represented Indiana State at the two-day media day event held inside the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo. over October 13-14.
 
Gregory is a former All-Conference guard transferring in from USC Upstate where he finished among the Big South's scoring leaders, while adding team-highs in assists (91) and steals (33). Cooper, an All-American forward, transferred in from NAIA Oregon Tech where averaged a team-high 17.7 points per game, while finishing seventh overall in NAIA with 174 total assists.
 
All-Americans on Roster
Indiana State men's basketball added two players that bring All-American status to the program with Jackson Cooper and EJ McQuillan both joining the roster in 2026-27. Cooper earned NAIA Second Team All-American honors following a standout 2025-26 campaign at Oregon Tech where he led the team in scoring (17.7), rebounds per game (7.7), and assists per game (5.8) while finishing seventh in the NAIA with 174 total assists.
 
McQuillan earned NAIA Second Team All-American honors following a standout 2025-26 campaign at LSU Alexandria where he averaged 20.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, while shooting 38.5% from the three-point line. He highlighted his year by tying the LSUA single-game points record with 41 against Texas Wesleyan on October 31.
 
Season Tickets Remain On Sale, Upper Level-Single Game Tickets Available
Season tickets remain on sale for the entirety of the 2026-27 slate. For more information on season tickets, contact Mason LaGrange, Manager for Sales and Service, by calling 812-237-8972 or emailing mason.lagrange@indstate.edu. Fans can also call 877-ISU-TIXS or email ISU-Tickets@indstate.edu.

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