Game 2: Indiana State at Belmont4November 14, 2013 Game 24Indiana State at Belmont4Curb Event Center (Nashville, Tenn.) 4November 14, 2013 48:00 p.m. (ET)4OVC Digital Network Indiana State Athletics Media Relations Office Ace Hunt, Media Relations Director [email protected] 401 N Fourth Street, Room 101B, Terre Haute, IN 47809 Office: 812-237-41614 Cell: 812-243-55684 Fax: 812-237-4193 Indiana State (1-0, 0-0 MVC) First Road Test Of Season Awaits As Sycamores SYCAMORES Travel To Belmont Thursday Evening Date Opponent Time/Result SETTING THE STAGE On The Air Nov. 3 Rose-Hulman (EX) W, 73-37 Indiana State continues year four of the Greg Live Television Nov. 9 Ball State W, 82-73 Lansing era on Thursday, November 14 when OVC Digital Network the Sycamores (1-0) travel to Belmont (1-1) Nov. 14 at Belmont 8:00 p.m. Play-by-Play: Kevin Ingram for the first road contest of the season. Tip- Color: Greg Sage Nov. 17 Notre Dame Noon off is set for 8:00 p.m. (ET). The game will be Online: OVCDigitalNetwork.com Nov. 22 Truman State 7:05 p.m. broadcast live on the OVC Digital Network with Kevin Ingram (pbp) and Greg Sage (ana- Nov. 27 vs. Tulsa (1) 11:30 p.m. lyst) on the call. The game can also be heard Nov. 29 TCU/Alaska-Anchorage (1) 4/9:30 p.m. Radio on the radio via WIBQ 98.5 FM and along the Nelligan Sports Marketing Radio Nov. 30 Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout (1) TBA Nelligan Sports Marketing Radio Network WIBQ 98.5 FM with Brian Fritz (pbp) and Matt Renn (analyst) Dec. 7 at Eastern Illinois 3:00 p.m. Play-by-Play: Brian Fritz on the call. There will be a live audio stream Color: Matt Renn Dec. 14 at Missouri-Kansas City 3:05 p.m. available on GoSycamores.com. Live statistics Online: GoSycamores.com Dec. 18 at Saint Louis 8:00 p.m. can also be found on GoSycamores.com. Dec. 21 IUPUI 3:35 p.m. Dec. 28 Belmont 1:05 p.m. THE BELMONT SERIES Jan. 1 Loyola * 3:05 p.m. Indiana State owns a 3-0 record in the all-time series against Belmont, including a record of 1-0 on the road. All three contests came between 1954-57. Jan. 4 at Evansville * 8:00 p.m. Jan. 8 at Drake * 8:05 p.m. THE HEAD COACHES Jan. 11 Bradley * 1:05 p.m. INDIANA STATE: Greg Lansing (South Dakota, 1990) - at Indiana State: 57-44 (Fourth Season) Jan. 15 Missouri State * 7:05 p.m. - Overall: 57-44 (Fourth Season) Jan. 18 at Wichita State * 4:00 p.m. - vs. Belmont: First Meeting Jan. 22 at Loyola * 8:00 p.m. - vs. MVC: 29-25 BELMONT: Rick Byrd (Tennessee, 1976) Jan. 25 Illinois State * 6:05 p.m. - Overall: 664-349 (33rd Season) Jan. 29 at Southern Illinois * 8:05 p.m. - at Belmont: 572-294 (28th Season) Feb. 1 at Northern Iowa * 8:00 p.m. - vs. Indiana State: First Meeting Feb. 5 Wichita State * 8:05 p.m. QUICK HITS Feb. 9 Drake * 3:05 p.m. - Indiana State was 14-2 last season when holding teams to 63 points or less and is 40-3 when Feb. 12 at Bradley * 8:00 p.m. doing so under fourth-year head coach Greg Lansing (and 15-0 when limiting teams to 53 or Feb. 15 Southern Illinois * 1:05 p.m. less). - Indiana State has earned 46 close victories (five points or less) since 2005. Under Greg Lansing, Feb. 19 Evansville * 7:05 p.m. the Sycamores are 20-10 in close games. Feb. 22 at Missouri State * 1:00 p.m. - Jake Odum now has 455 career assists which ranks him fifth on the Indiana State Career List. He Feb. 26 at Illinois State * 8:05 p.m. is one of eight Sycamores to be in ISU Top 10 for both assists and steals in a career. - Jake Odum now has 1,139 career points scored as he tossed in 17 against Ball State in the Mar 1 Northern Iowa * TBA season opener. Odum is the 35th member of the ISU 1,000-point club and is just the eighth Mar 6-9 MVC Tournament (2) TBD Sycamore to reach that mark during his junior season. - The Sycamores defeated a pair of nationally-ranked teams last season — a road win over No. 14 Wichita State on January 29 as well as a home court win over No. 13 Creighton on February 6. All Times Eastern - Jake Odum made 175 free throws last season and moved into the ISU Top 10 for most charity * - Missouri Valley Conference Game tosses made in a single-season at Bradley (finished in fifth place) while his 227 free throw at- tempts were fifth all-time. He made 19 in a row prior to a first half miss against Wichita State on February 19. (1) Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, Alaska) (2) MVC Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.) 142013-14 Indiana State Basketball Notes Game 2: Indiana State at Belmont4November 14, 2013 Media Services 2012-13 Indiana State Basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Ex. Hometown (Previous School) GoSycamores.com 0 Jake Kitchell F/C 6-10 247 Jr. 2L Union Mills, Ind. (South Central HS) 1 Alex Etherington G/F 6-5 205 Fr. HS Cicero, Ind. (Hamilton Heights HS) The Official Home of Sycamore Athletics ISU Athlet- 2 Lucas Eitel G 6-3 195 Sr. 3L Marshall, Ill. (Marshall HS) ics and Sycamore basketball information can be ac- 3 Manny Arop G/F 6-5 215 Sr. 1L Edmonton, Alberta (Gonzaga) cessed online at all times. Complete statistics, notes, 4 Brenton Scott G 6-1 185 Fr. HS Fort Wayne, Ind. (Northrop HS) recaps, features and archives, as well as live video, 5 Justin Gant F 6-9 230 Jr. 2L Terre Haute, Ind. (North Vigo HS) are available at GoSycamores.com. 11 Devonte Brown G 6-2 195 So. 1L Killeen, Texas (Ellison HS) 12 Dawon Cummings G 6-3 175 Sr. 1L Kansas City, Mo. (Coffeyville JC) 13 Jake Odum G 6-4 180 Sr. 3L Terre Haute, Ind. (South Vigo HS) Social Media 15 Demetrius Moore F 6-7 230 Jr. TR Paxton, Fla (Northwest Florida State) Indiana State basketball information can be found 22 Brandon Burnett G 6-6 225 So. 1L Tucson, Ariz. (Cienega HS) on facebook.com/Sycamores as well as twitter.com/ 30 Mike Samuels C 6-11 290 Jr. RS Bushkill, Pa. (Wabash Valley College) IndianaStateMBB 32 Khristian Smith G/F 6-6 215 So. 1L Indianapolis, Ind. (Pike HS) 42 TJ Bell F/C 6-8 240 Fr. RS Charleston, Ill. (Charleston HS) Radio Show Head Coach: Greg Lansing (South Dakota ‘90) Head coach Greg Lansing will join play-by-play voice Associate Head Coach: Lou Gudino (Indiana ‘97) Brian Fritz every Monday for the Greg Lansing Radio Assistant Coaches: David Ragland (S. Indiana, ‘03), Marcus Belcher (SIU, ‘04) Show at 6 p.m. The show will take place live from Director of Basketball Operations: Rex Parker (Loras, ‘09) 7th & Elm Bar & Grill in Terre Haute and will air on The Indiana State Head Coach WIBQ 98.5 FM in the Wabash Valley. Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing (South Dakota, 1990) is 57-44 (.564) overall in his fourth season as a head coach. He is 29-25 all-time in MVC games, including a 20-7 mark at home and a 9-18 record on the Interview Availability road. During his career, he is 33-10 in all home games, 14-26 on the road, 10-7 in neutral court contests and 20-10 in games decided by five points or less. Lansing is 0-0 against Belmont, and is 0-0 against the Each day on game week, ISU players will be available Bruins on the road. With the Trees, Lansing is 4-4 in overtime games and 40-3 when holding teams to at Hulman Center 30 minutes after each practice ses- 63 points or less. Lansing has led the Sycamores to the postseason in each of his first three seasons with sion. Coach Greg Lansing will be available at this the Sycamores (2011 NCAA, 2012 CIT, 2013 NIT). Saturday’s game will be Greg Lansing’s 101st as Indiana time or upon prior arrangements with the ISU Ath- State head coach. Lansing is the second head coach to lead the Sycamores to the NCAA Tournament in their rookie campaign in the history of the program, with the other being Bill Hodges leading ISU to a letics Media Relations Office. Please call Ace Hunt at 33-1 record and a Final Four appearance in the 1979 NCAA Tournament. Lansing was just the 14th rookie (812) 243-5568 to confirm practice times or sched- head coach in the history of the MVC to lead his team to 20 victories during their debut season. ule an interview with coach Lansing or Sycamore student-athletes through the week. All interviews Television Particulars The Belmont game will be covered on the internet with a free web stream provided by the OVC Digital are to be coordinated through the Media Relations Network. The broadcast can be found on OVCDigitalNetwork.com or as a direct link on GoSycamores. Office. This allows the staff to arrange the interview com. when it best suits the student athlete’s and report- er’s schedules. Please contact the Media Relations A Little History Indiana State is currently in its 118th season of college basketball at the school.