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2009-10 Indiana State Basketball Indiana State Media Relations Follow Indiana State Athletics Ace Hunt, primary contact Website: GoSycamores.com office: (812)-237-4161 Facebook: Facebook.com/Sycamores cell: (812) 243-5568 Twitter: Twitter.com/IndStAthletics e-mail: [email protected] Setting The Stage: Indiana State continues year three of the Kev- GAME INFORMATION in McKenna era on Friday, November 20 when INDIANA STATE vs. COLORADO STATE 2009-10 Schedule the Sycamores return home to face off against Colorado State in the inaugural Mountain Date: Friday, November 20, 2009 NOVEMBER West/Missouri Valley Conference Challenge at Tipoff: 7:05 p.m. (ET) 3 Rose-Hulman (EX) W, 89-50 7 Indianapolis (EX) W, 82-67 Hulman Center. The game will be televised lo- Location: Terre Haute, Ind. 13 Nebraska-Kearney W, 88-58 cally on WFXW-TV in the Wabash Valley. Jason Arena: Hulman Center Dick’s NIT Season Tipoff Pensky and Jim Waugh will call the action on CSU Series: Tied at one. 16 at LSU (1) L, 45-56 television. On the radio airwaves, the game Television: WXFX-TV 17 Milwaukee W, 76-63 will be live on The Crock 92.7 FM as well as Talent: Jason Pensky & Matt Renn Mountain West/MVC Challenge online at GoSycamores.com. Brian Fritz and 20 Colorado State 7:05 p.m. Radio: The Crock 92.7 FM Matt Renn will call the action live on the radio Talent: Brian Fritz & Matt Renn Dick’s NIT Season Tipoff broadcast. The game will also be available as 23/24 NIT Season Tip-off TBA Online: GoSycamores.com a video Web stream on GoSycamores.com on 29 at Arkansas State 3:05 p.m. Tickets: Available/812-237-3737 a pay-per-view basis. DECEMBER 9 Ball State 8:05 p.m. 13 Oral Roberts 2:05 p.m. 19 at Toledo 7:05 p.m. GAMEDAY MATCHUP 23 IUPUI Noon 29 at Southern Illinois * 8:05 p.m. JANUARY 1 Creighton * 2:05 p.m. 3 at Drake * 7:05 p.m. 6 at Bradley * 8:05 p.m. 10 Evansville * 1:35 p.m. 13 Wichita State * 7:05 p.m. 16 at Northern Iowa * 8:05 p.m. 19 at Missouri State * 8:05 p.m. INDIANA STATE SYCAMORES COLORADO STATE 24 Northern Iowa * 2:05 p.m. 28 Southern Illinois * 7:05 p.m. (2-1) (2-1) 31 at Evansville * 3:05 p.m. Ranking: AP/Coaches (-/-) Ranking: AP/Coaches (-/-) FEBRUARY 3 Illinois State * 7:05 p.m. Head Coach: Kevin McKenna Head Coach: Tim Miles 6 at Wichita State * 8:05 p.m. 9 at Creighton * 8:05 p.m. Record at ISU: 28-38 (Third Year) Record at CSU: 16-47 (Third Year) 13 Drake * 2:05 p.m. Career Record: 117-71 (Seventh Year) Career Record: 230-180 (15th Year) 16 Bradley * 7:05 p.m. 19/20 Bracketbusters TBA vs. Colorado State: First Meeting vs. ISU: First Meeting 24 at Illinois State * 8:05 p.m. SID: Ace Hunt SID: Danny Mattie 27 Missouri State * TBA MARCH Overall Record: 2-1 Overall Record: 2-1 4-7 State Farm MVC Tourney TBD Home Record: 1-0 Home Record: 0-0 All Times Eastern 6 at Louisville^ L, 43-83 Road Record: 0-1 Road Record: 0-1 Neutral Record: 1-0 Neutral Record: 2-0 1 MEDIA INFORMATION 2009-10 INDIANA STATE BASKETBALL ROSTER Quick Facts No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Ex. Hometown (Previous School) 0 Brant Leitnaker C 6-10 235 Jr. 2L Lancaster, Ohio (Lancaster) Location .................................................. Terre Haute, Ind. 1 Koang Doluony F 6-7 190 Fr. RS Omaha, Neb. (Bryan) Founded ........................................................................1865 2 Lucas Eitel G 6-4 175 Fr. HS Marshall, Ill. (Marshall) Enrollment .................................................................10,679 3 Rashad Reed G 6-1 200 Sr. 1L Mansfield, Ohio (Vincennes) Nickname .......................................................... Sycamores 5 Josh Crawford C 6-11 220 Sr. 1L Long Beach, Calif. (Oxnard) Colors ...................................................Royal Blue & White 10 Logan Eitel G 6-4 185 Fr. HS Marshall, Ill. (Marshall) Arena ...........................................................Hulman Center 13 Jake Odum G 6-4 170 Fr. HS Terre Haute, Ind. (South Vigo) Capacity ......................................................................10,200 20 Dwayne Lathan G 6-3 190 So. TR Chatham, La. (Louisiana Tech) Affiliation ..................................................NCAA Division I 21 Isiah Martin F/C 6-8 210 Jr. 2L Chicago, Ill. (Morgan Park) Conference................................................ Missouri Valley 23 Harry Marshall G 6-0 190 Sr. 3L Bowling Green, Ind. (Owen Valley) 24 Jordan Printy G 6-4 180 So. 1L Marion, Iowa (Linn-Marr HS) President ...........................................Dr. Daniel J. Bradley 31 RJ Mahurin F 6-8 210 Fr. HS Rockville, Ind. (Rockville) Director of Athletics ...............................Ron Prettyman 32 Aaron Carter G 6-4 195 Jr. 2L Cannelton, Ind. (Perry Central) Faculty Representative .........................Dr. Joe Sanders 34 Carl Richard G/F 6-5 200 So. 1L Chicago, Ill. (Richards) Athletic Department Phone ...............(812) 237-4040 44 Jake Kelly G 6-6 185 Jr. TR Terre Haute, Ind. (Iowa) Ticket Office Phone ................................(812) 237-3737 First Year of Basketball ..............................................1896 Head Coach: Kevin McKenna (Creighton ‘93) Website ...............................................GoSycamores.com Associate Head Coach: Greg Lansing (South Dakota ‘90) Assistant Coaches: Lou Gudino (Indiana ‘97) and Deryl Cunningham (Kansas State ‘94) Graduate Manager: Jordan Altman (Creighton ‘05) Media Relations MBB Contact ........................................................ Ace Hunt Office Phone ............................................... 812-237-4161 ABOUT THE COACHES Cell Phone ................................................... 812-243-5568 E-mail [email protected] Kevin McKenna (Creighton ‘93) is in his third season as the head coach at Indiana State (28-38). In his Media Relations Fax ................................. 812-237-4913 first season with the Sycamores, McKenna led the team to its highest win total since the 2000-01 season Press Row Phone ...................................... 812-237-3654 and an impressive 12-2 record at home in the Hulman Center. Last season, he led the Sycamores to six Mailing Address: victories in their final seven regular season games, including three consecutive league road wins in the Indiana State Athletics Media Relations 401 N. 4th Street span of 10 days. McKenna came to Indiana State after spending nine seasons as an assistant coach at Terre Haute, IN 47809 Creighton, where he helped the Bluejays advance to four NCAA tournament appearances. From 2001- 05, McKenna spent four years as the head coach (89-33) at NCAA Division II Nebraska-Omaha, where he Gameday Services guided the Mavericks to four consecutive 20-win seasons and three appearances in the NCAA Division II Statistical and informational materials including Tournament. McKenna is one of just two NCAA Division I head men’s basketball coaches who have won pre-game notes, halftime and final game box scores, an NBA World Championship (with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1982). Florida International’s Isiah Thomas play-by-play and shot charts, quickie stats and post- game quotes are provided by the ISU Athletics Media is the other. He is the only NCAA Division I men’s basketball head coach to earn both an NBA and CBA Relations Office. Halftime box scores and shot charts Championship and is the only person in the history of the Missouri Valley Conference to win a MVC will be distributed courtside, while final boxes and Regular Season Title , MVC Tournament Championship, NBA Championship and CBA title. McKenna has stat packages will be available in the media work room. never faced Colorado State nor a member of the Mountain West Conference as a head coach. Postgame Procedure Tim Miles (University of Mary ‘89) Despite a pair of injury-plagued seasons to begin his tenure at Prior to the end of the game, Athletics Media Relations personnel will entertain interview requests. Colorado State, Miles, his staff, and the team beat the odds time and time again, taking the first steps Following a 10-minute cooling off period, the visiting to re-establishing Colorado State men’s basketball as a power in the Mountain West Conference, and head coach, Indiana State head coach Kevin McKenna on a national stage. In 2007-08, Miles first year with the program, he led a roster that featured just and select Indiana State players will be available in the Media Room located in the hallway on the east one returning starter to early season success, including a tournament championship at the BP Top of side of the court. the World Classic in Fairbanks, Alaska. His second season at Moby proved to be just as fruitful as the Rams continued to make strides. He led the Rams to early season victories over Montana and Northern Interview Policy All requests for player interviews must be made Colorado, both of which had beaten the Rams the previous year. through the Athletics Media Relations office. Players have been instructed to conduct no interviews unless SERIES HISTORY they have been set up in this manner. Interviews with Indiana State and Colorado State are battling on the hardwood for the just third time on Friday evening. head coach Kevin McKenna are arranged through the Athletics Media Relations Office by calling (812) 237- The Rams and Sycamores have split the previous two meetings, with the home team winning on each oc- 4161. It is best to arrange an interview during the casion. Friday night’s game is the first in the series since the 1981-82 season when the Rams took a 65-59 morning. victory in Fort Collins. The Sycamores won the initial meeting in the series, 72-65 on December 2, 1979. 2 A WIN OVER COLORADO STATE WOULD ... NATIONAL POLLS • Give Indiana State a victory in the inaugural Mountain West/Missouri Valley Conference Challenge. BYU downed Bradley Associated Press (Week 1) last Friday night in the first meeting of this year’s nine meeting series between the two conference.