TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State plays its second home game in a four-day span Friday night, as the Sycamores square off with Wright State inside Hulman Center.
 
Friday's game will tip at 7 p.m. and will air on ESPN+, with Chris Machado (play-by-play) and Nyah Wilson (analyst) on the call.
 

Indiana State Women's Basketball vs. Wright State
Date	Friday, November 13 | 7 p.m. ET
Location // Venue	Terre Haute, ind. // Hulman Center (9,000)
Game Notes	Indiana State Notes // Wright State Notes
Live Stats	Live Stats Link
Watch	ESPN+
Tickets	Lower Level - $7
Social Media	@IndStWBB // @IndStAthletics

 
Last Time Out
It was a tale of two halves Tuesday night inside Hulman Center, with Indiana State overwhelming visiting IU Indy in the final 20 minutes to claim an 86-74 victory in the Sycamores' home opener.
 
Amerie Flowers led a balanced effort for the Trees with 18 points and 12 rebounds off the bench, while Aaliyah Youngblood also came off the bench to tally 17 points and seven steals. Karsen Marshall and Ashley Singhateh finished with 13 and 12, respectively, with both hitting buzzer-beating threes to close out the middle two quarters. Saroiya Ajomale added 11 points in less than 10 minutes of action, while Singhateh dished out a game-high eight assists to go alongside her double-digit scoring.
 
Indiana State started slow, as the visitors built a double-digit lead by the end of the first quarter. Things got worse for the Trees, who lost starting point guard Eanae Dagons early in the second and fell behind by as many as 17. From there, it was all Indiana State, though. Back-to-back threes from Ajomale and Marshall, the latter's at the halftime buzzer, keyed a 9-2 run to pull the Trees within 10 at the break. The Sycamores went on a 19-3 run to close the third, as Youngblood and Singhateh combined for 14 in the frame including another buzzer-beating trey to go ahead 61-57. Indiana State kept its foot on the gas pedal, opening the fourth with a 19-2 run to put the game out of reach.
 
Flipped The Script
After trailing by as many as 17 points in the second quarter of its home opener against IU Indy, Indiana State had a reversal of fortunes in the last 20 minutes of play. The Sycamores outscored the Jaguars 51-29 across the last two quarters of play, including a 38-5 run spanning the last 6:04 of the third quarter and the first 6:20 of the fourth quarter.
 
Indiana State's defense played a significant role in the turnaround, as the Trees held IU Indy to a 32.3 percent mark from the field (10-for-31) and a 28.6 percent clip from behind the arc (4-for-14). The Sycamores, on the other hand, were 55.9 percent from the field (19-for-34) and 66.7 percent from 3-point range (4-for-6).
 
Doubling Up
Indiana State junior forward Amerie Flowers became the first Sycamore to post a double-double during the 2026-27 season, coming off the bench to finish with 18 points and 12 rebounds against IU Indy. Flowers' 18 points and 12 boards in the home opener were both season-high marks, with both numbers representing season highs for a Sycamore this season.
 
Flowers was efficient across both halves for the Sycamores, tallying 11 points and five rebounds in the first half and seven points and seven rebounds in the second half. The junior post player has recorded six or more rebounds in three of the first four games and leads the Sycamores with 7.3 rebounds per game.
 
YB Taking Over
Indiana State junior guard Aaliyah Youngblood has been a thorn in opposing players' sides on the defensive end, leading the MVC with three steals per game through the first four games.
 
Youngblood posted the best game of her early Sycamore career in the home-opening win over IU Indy, tallying seven steals to go alongside a season-high 17 points. The seven steals were the most in a game by anyone in the MVC this season, and the most by a Sycamore in a game since Del'Janae Williams tallied seven steals in a win over Chicago State on Dec. 1, 2021.
 
At The Horn
Indiana State has found a propensity for beating the buzzer this season, with the Sycamores already recording four buzzer-beaters through their first four games. Two of the Sycamores' four buzzer-beaters came in the home-opening win over IU Indy.
 
Ashley Singhateh is responsible for two of those buzzer-beating plays, knocking down threes to beat the third quarter horn against both Seton Hall and IU Indy. Karsen Marshall beat the halftime horn against IU Indy with a trey, while Jayci Allen converted a fastbreak layup just before the first quarter buzzer at Seton Hall.
 
IU Indy At A Glance
Wright State enters Friday's game at 1-2 overall. The Raiders have losses to Loyola Chicago (73-71) and No. 2/2 Michigan (109-52), while their win came against Ohio Christian (109-25).
 
Jayden Terry leads the Raiders with 16.7 points per game, with five different players averaging at least 10 points per game for Wright State. Paula Sevilla averages a team-high 9.5 rebounds per game, while Olivia Brown has dished out 5.3 assists per game. Terry also leads the team with four steals per game.
Kari Hoffman is in her sixth season as head coach at Wright State and owns a 51-104 record at the helm of the Raiders. Hoffman owns a career head coaching record of 157-142 across 11 seasons, having previously spent five seasons as head coach at Cedarville.
 
Series History Against Wright State
Indiana State is 4-5 all-time against Wright State, though the Sycamores won the last meeting two seasons ago in Dayton.
 
Head coach Marc Mitchell is 1-0 against Wright State in his career, with the 2024 win over the Raiders being his first win as Indiana State head coach.
 
Last Meeting Against Wright State (Nov. 12, 2024)
Keslyn Secrist led a quartet of Indiana State players in double-figures with 18 points, as the Sycamores topped Wright State 68-51 inside the Nutter Center for their first win of the 2024-25 season.
 
Chloe Williams and Saige Stahl added career-highs of 16 and 14, respectively, with Stahl also adding a career-high 12 rebounds for her first career double-double. Deja Jones matched her career high of 12 points and also dished out a career-high eight assists for the Sycamores, who trailed for less than 90 seconds in the game and led by as many as 24.
 
Indiana State's four double-digit scorers contributed to an early 9-0 run to put the Sycamores ahead for good midway through the first, and the Trees' pressure held Wright State in check for the opening 20 minutes. Jones, Secrist and Williams combined for 21 points in the first half, outscoring Wright State in the process as Indiana State took a double-digit lead into the intermission. Wright State cut the Sycamores' lead down to seven early in the third, but the Trees responded with a 19-6 run to take full control of the game, with Williams scoring eight during the run. Stahl kept the pressure up with eight points and six rebounds in the fourth, with Secrist adding six in the last 10 minutes as Indiana State picked up its first win of the season.
 
Up Next
Indiana State closes its three-game homestand Tuesday night with a 7 p.m. tip against Bellarmine.
 
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