INDIANA STATE at NORTH TEXAS UNT Coliseum (9,797) > Denton, Texas December 6, 2017 > 8:00 p.m. (ET)

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1 OPENING TIP Series Record: North Texas leads 5-1 Last Meeting: 11/23/08 (UNT 80, ISU 69, H) Series Streak: UNT has won 2 in a row. TV Broadcast: C-USA.tv Talent: Dave Barnett (PxP), Hank Dickenson (Color) Radio: WIBQ (97.9 FM) Talent: Brian Fritz (pxp), Matt Renn (color) Live Stats: GoSycamores.com SCHEDULE Date Opponent TV Time/Result O28 at Purdue (EX) L, N3 Marian (EX) ESPN3 W, N10 at Indiana BTN Plus W, N16 vs. Auburn (1) ESPNU L, N17 vs. Old Dominion (1) ESPNU L, N19 vs. Ohio (1) ESPN3 L, (4ot) N22 Missouri-St. Louis ESPN3 W, N25 Ball State ESPN3 L, N29 Air Force ESPN3 W, D6 at North Texas C-USA.TV 8 PM D9 Indianapolis ESPN3 4 PM D12 Green Bay ESPN3 7 PM D16 at Western Kentucky Fox College Noon D22 Elon ESPN3 6 PM D28 Valparaiso * MVC TV 7 PM D31 at Illinois State * ESPN3 4 PM J3 at Loyola * NBC Chicago 8 PM J6 Drake * ESPN3 2 PM J10 Northern Iowa * MVC TV 7 PM J14 at Missouri State * ESPN3 3 PM J17 at Evansville * ESPN3 8 PM J20 Illinois State * ESPN3 2 PM J24 at Southern Illinois * ESPN3 8 PM J28 Bradley ESPN3 2 PM J31 at Valparaiso * ESPN3 8 PM F3 at Northern Iowa * MVC TV 4 PM F6 Missouri State * MVC TV 7 PM F10 Loyola * ESPN3 2 PM F14 at Drake * ESPN3 8 PM F17 Southern Illinois * ESPN3 2 PM F21 Evansville * ESPN3 7 PM F24 at Bradley * TBA TBA M1 MVC Tournament (2) TBA TBA M2 MVC Tournament (2) TBA TBA M3 MVC Tournament (2) TBA TBA M4 MVC Tournament (2) TBA TBA * - Missouri Valley Conference Game (1) (Charleston, S.C..); (2) (St. Louis, Mo..) INDIANA STATE QUICK FACTS Location... Terre Haute, Ind. Enrollment... 13,711 Nickname...Sycamores Colors... Royal Blue & White Arena... Hulman Center (10,200) President... Dr. Daniel J. Bradley Director of Athletics... Sherard Clinkscales Website...GoSycamores.com All-Time Record...1,470-1,279 (.535) Facebook...Indiana State Sycamores Twitter...@IndStMBB Instagram...@IndStMBB INDIANA STATE at NORTH TEXAS UNT Coliseum (9,797) > Denton, Texas December 6, 2017 > 8:00 p.m. (ET) Indiana State Basketball Notes INDIANA STATE 3-4 Overall; 0-0 MVC Head Coach... Greg Lansing Alma Mater...South Dakota (1990) Indiana State Record (8th Season) Career Record (8th Season) Lansing vs. North Texas...First Meeting Associate AD / Communications... Ace Hunt Hunt ...ace.hunt@indstate.edu Hunt Cell Official Website...GoSycamores.com NORTH TEXAS 4-5 Overall; 0-0 C-USA Head Coach...Grant McCasland Alma Mater...Baylor (1999) UNT Record (First Season) Career Record (Fourth Season) McCasland vs. ISU...First Meeting Communications...Justin Glover Glover ...Justin.Glover@unt.edu Glover Phone Official Website...MeanGreenSports.com SETTING THE STAGE Indiana State Basketball hits the road on Wednesday, December 6 against North Texas of Conference-USA. Tip-off is set for 8:00 pm (ET) from UNT Coliseum, dubbed The Super Pit and will be televised via a pay-perview web stream on C-USA.tv. The game will also be broadcast on WIBQ 97.9 FM as well as streamed (audio) on GoSycamores.com. Indiana State is 3-4 on the season coming off a victory against Air Force in the MVC/Mountain West Challenge. Brenton Scott and Jordan Barnes each scored 25 points in the game. UNT has dropped a pair of road games in a row and enter the game with a 4-5 record. The Mean Green are led by Roosevelt Smart who averages 17.1 points per game. QUICK HITS - Indiana State is when holding teams to 63 points or less under eighth-year head coach Greg Lansing (and 18-0 when limiting teams to 53 or less). - Indiana State has earned 65 close victories (five points or less) since Under Greg Lansing, the Sycamores are in close games. - Greg Lansing is just the sixth head coach in the history of the program to record at least 100 victories at the helm of the Sycamores as he owns 123. He recently passed Glenn Curtis for third on Indiana State s all-time career list and needs 11 more to tie Royce Waltman for second. - Indiana State played Ohio in a four overtime game to close out the Gildan Charleston Classic on November 19, It marked the first quadruple overtime game for the Sycamores since a 1986 contest against Butler. - Senior Brenton Scott owns 222 trifectas in his career which is second-best in the history of the program. He is one of just three Sycamores to record at least 200 career 3-pointers. He only trails Michael Menser by 61 for the school record. - Indiana State s win over Indiana by 21 points was the largest margin of victory in Assembly Hall by an unranked opponent since Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing owns a school record five victories over nationally-ranked teams during his tenure, a new standard set on December 7, 2016 in the win over No. 15 Butler. Additionally, he owns six victories over Power 5 schools, with all of those coming against on a neutral site or on the road. - Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing led the Sycamores for the 200th time against Missouri-St. Louis in 2016 and then it was his 100th career home game against the same opponent in He is one of just four head coaches at Indiana State to coach at least 200 games. Duane Klueh, Royce Waltman and Gordon Stauffer are the others.

2 Media Services GoSycamores.com The Official Home of Sycamore Athletics. ISU Athletics and Sycamore Basketball information can be accessed online at all times. Complete statistics, notes, recaps, features and archives, as well as video, are available at GoSycamores.com. Social Media Indiana State basketball information can be found on facebook.com/sycamores as well on both Twitter and Instagram Radio Show Head coach Greg Lansing will join playby-play voice Brian Fritz every Monday for the Greg Lansing Radio Show at 6 p.m. The show will take place live from 7th & Elm Bar & Grill in Terre Haute and will air on WIBQ 97.9 FM in the Wabash Valley. Interview Availability Each day on game week, ISU players will be available at Hulman Center 30 minutes after each practice session. Coach Greg Lansing will be available at this time or upon prior arrangements with the ISU Athletics Media Relations Office. Please call Ace Hunt at (812) to confirm practice times or schedule an interview with coach Lansing or Sycamore student-athletes through the week. All interviews are to be coordinated through the Media Relations Office. This allows the staff to arrange the interview when it best suits the student athlete s and reporter s schedules. Please contact the Media Relations Office in advance to make your interview requests. Media are not permitted to contact studentathletes on their own at any time. MVC Teleconference All ten league head coaches are available on the league s weekly coaches teleconference on Monday (beginning Jan. 4) during the conference regular season. The call begins at 11:15 a.m. and coach Lansing will make his weekly appearance at the start of the call. Media members may call to join the teleconference Indiana State Basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Ex. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Demonte Ojinnaka G Sr. 1L Silver Spring, Md. (Cloud County CC) 2 Jordan Barnes G So. 1L St. Louis, Mo. (Christian Brothers HS) 3 Trey Knight III G So. 1L Cedar Park, Texas (Cedar Park HS) 4 Brenton Scott G Sr. 3L Fort Wayne, Ind. (Northrop HS) 5 Bronson Kessinger F So. 1L Corydon, Ind. (Corydon Central HS) 10 Ethan Claycomb F Fr. RS Vincennes, Ind. (Lincoln HS) 11 Tyreke Key G Fr. HS Celina, Tenn. (Clay County HS) 12 Cooper Neese G Fr. TR Cloverdale, Ind. (Cloverdale HS) 13 Clayton Hughes G Fr. HS Jackson, Tenn. (Hargrave Military) 20 Daniel Huenermann F/C Fr. HS St Gallen, Switzerland (Kantonschule Am Burggaben) 23 Tyeshon Martin G Fr. HS Yonkers, N.Y. (New Rochelle HS) 24 Matt Deady G Fr. RS Terre Haute, Ind. (South Vigo HS) 25 Qiydar Davis G Gr. TR Atlanta, Ga. (Louisiana Tech) 34 Brandon Murphy C Sr. 3L Montgomery, Ala. (Carver HS) 35 Devin Thomas F Jr. TR Richmond, Ind./Mineral Area College 41 Emondre Rickman C Jr. 2L Collinsville, Ill. (Collinsville HS) ** Pronunciation Guide On Bottom Left Of Page 4 Of This Release ** Head Coach: Greg Lansing (South Dakota 90) Associate Head Coach: Marcus Belcher (SIU, 04) Assistant Coaches: Terry Parker (Louisiana Tech, 07), Brett Carey (UNC-Asheville, 01) Director of Basketball Operations: James Schmeits (Nebraska Wesleyan, 09) Graduate Managers: Luke Brenneman (Purdue, 16) The Indiana State Head Coach Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing (South Dakota, 1990) is (.523) overall in his eighth season as a head coach. He is all-time in MVC games, including a mark at home and a record on the road. During his career, he is in all home games, on the road, in neutral court contests and in games decided by five points or less. With the Trees, Lansing is in overtime games and when holding teams to 63 points or less. This is Lansing s firstever meeting against North Texas. Lansing led the Sycamores to the postseason in each of his first four seasons at the helm (2011 NCAA, 2012 CIT, 2013 & 2014 NIT). 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 33-1 record and a Final Four appearance in the 1979 NCAA Tournament. Lansing was just the 14th rookie head coach in the history of the MVC to lead his team to 20 victories during their debut season. Lansing holds the school record for most victories over a nationally-ranked team (five) in the history of the program. Lansing is currently third on the Indiana State all-time coaching victories list with 123 and needs 11 more to tie Royce Waltman for second. A Little History Indiana State is in its 122nd season of college basketball at the school. The Sycamores are 1,470-1,279 all-time on the hardwood. Television Particulars The North Texas game will be broadcast live on C-USA.tv. This is a pay-per-view web stream service provided by North Texas and Conference USA. Sycamore fans may purchase the stream by visiting C-USA.tv and signing up. A one time fee of $6.95 will be charged to view the contest. Indiana State In The MVC / Mountain West Challenge Series The Missouri Valley/Mountain West Conference Challenge returned last week for the third consecutive year on all of the 10 member schools schedules. The Sycamores are now 4-3 all-time in the challenge after defeating Air Force by the score of in Terre Haute. Indiana State won its initial game in the challenge against Colorado State (at home) in 2009 then dropped road contests to Wyoming and Boise State as well an overtime decision to New Mexico State in This marked the first time the Sycamores have played Air Force in the challenge. Indiana State s 4-3 record in the challenge is tied with Northern Iowa for the best mark among the current league membership. The Sycamores three game winning streak in the challenge is the best in the league. Brenton Scott and Jordan Barnes Pace Sycamores With 25 Points Each Against Air Force Indiana State senior Brenton Scott recorded his first career double-double as part of a victory over Air Force in the MVC / Mountain West Challenge. Scott scored 25 points and added 11 rebounds Indiana State Basketball Notes

3 A Win Over North Texas Would... Be the Sycamores first victory over the Mean Green since December 10, 1999 as part of the Indiana Classic in Bloomington. Be the Sycamores first-ever victory over the Mean Green in Denton. Give the Sycamores a victory in the state of the Texas for the first time since January 5, a double overtime victory at then MVC member West Texas State by the score of This is the Sycamores first trip to Texas since a Nov. 30, 1989 game at Rice (77-75 overtime loss). with four assists, three steals and two blocked shots. He hit 10-of-19 shots from the field, including four 3-pointers. Scott hit a pair of early 3-pointers en route to scoring 14 of his points before the break. The Sycamores led by as many as nine points in the first half, including a steal and fast break lay-up from Scott with 4:07 remaining which drove the lead up to eight points. Scott buried a key 3-pointer at the 3:58 mark of the second half to push the Sycamore lead into double digits at as part of a 10-0 run which sealed the victory over Air Force. Barnes got hot down the stretch in the second half as he also scored 25 points. Barnes connected on a career-high six 3-pointers and added four rebounds with three assists. It marked the first time since January 14, 2017 that a pair of Sycamores each scored 20 points in the same game when Matt Van Scyoc and Barnes did it inside Hulman Center against Missouri State. Greg Lansing All Alone In Third Place For Most Wins At Indiana State Indiana State s win over Air Force was career victory No. 123 for eighth-year head coach Greg Lansing. He is now all alone in third place all-time at ISU, moving past Glenn Curtis with a win over the Falcons. He needs 11 more wins to catch Royce Waltman for second at 134 and the school record is held by Duane Klueh who owns 182 career victories. Lansing also owns 65 victories in Missouri Valley Conference play which is just four off the school record of 69 held by Indiana State s second all-time winningest head coach Royce Waltman ( ). Lansing has led the Sycamores to the MVC Championship Game twice in his tenure. Brenton Scott Is 2nd All-Time In 3-Pointers & Top 10 In Scoring Indiana State senior Brenton Scott is just the third Sycamore to ever record at least 200 career 3-pointers. He now sits at 222 for his career. Scott has joined school record holder Michael Menser ( ) who owns 283 career trifectas and Jordan Printy ( ) who hit 215 as the only Sycamores to post at least 200 career trifectas. Scott moved into 10th place on the ISU all-time scoring list with his 11 points against Ohio and now has 1,398 career points which is No. 10 on the ISU all-time list. He needs 24 more to catch Carl Nicks and Duane Klueh who are in a tie for eighth-best all-time at 1,432 points. Record Breaking Four Overtime Game Closes Out Gildan Charleston Classic Indiana State went to four overtimes in their third and final game of the Gildan Charleston Classic. This was the first game to reach double overtime game for the Sycamores since an win at home over Eastern Illinois on December 21, Additionally, it became the first Sycamore game to reach triple overtime since 2011 at Wichita State. The game against Ohio is only the second to go quadruple overtime with the other on December 27, 1986 against Butler. The Sycamores have played a total of seven overtime games in the last seasons, including two which went multiple overtime periods. In the Ohio game, the Sycamores had 79 field goals attempts which are the most for the program since they had 75 against Middle Tennessee State in Additionally, the Ohio game was the first time the Sycamores had six players reach double figures scoring since the triple overtime game at Wichita State in Sycamores Post Dominating Victory In Season Opener At Indiana Indiana State enjoyed a tremendous start to the season with a victory over in-state rival Indiana inside Assembly Hall. The 90 points scored represent the most by a Sycamore team in the all-time series with the Hoosiers -- topping the previous best of 72 set in a 2005 win inside Hulman Center. ISU won that game by five points, 72-67, which until Friday night was the Sycamores largest margin of victory in the series. The Sycamores have now won four of the last six meetings in the all-time series dating back to Indiana State s last win inside Assembly Hall back in It was the Sycamores first win in the series since The Sycamore victory broke a string of 32 wins in a row for the Hoosiers in their home opener and was ISU s first win on the road in a season opener since a 2014 overtime victory at IUPUI Pointers Most Ever By A Visitor To Indiana s Assembly Hall Indiana State was solid in many areas at Indiana, beginning with 3-point shooting as they hit 17-of-26 National Polls Associated Press -- Top 25 (Dec. 4, 2017) Team Record Points 1 Duke (65) ,625 2 Kansas 7-0 1,525 3 Michigan State 7-1 1,500 4 Villanova 8-0 1,434 5 Florida 5-1 1,301 6 Wichita State 6-1 1,197 7 Texas A&M 7-0 1,192 8 Kentucky 7-1 1,174 9 Notre Dame 7-1 1, Miami 7-0 1, North Carolina Gonzaga Xavier Minnesota Virginia Arizona State Cincinnati West Virginia Seton Hall TCU Purdue Nevada Baylor Tennessee USC Others Receiving Votes: Texas Tech 82, UCLA 75, Rhode Island 73, Creighton 53, Louisville 50, Texas 32, Alabama 21, SMU 15, Mississippi State 11, Kansas State 10, Arizona 10, Georgia 9, Washington State 9, Oklahoma 7, Providence 6, Florida State 6, Clemson 5, Valparaiso 5, Georgetown 4, Oklahoma State 3, UT Arlington 3, Western Kentucky 2, Towson 1. Coaches Poll -- Top 25 (Dec. 4, 2017) Team Record Points 1 Duke (30) Kansas (1) Michigan State (1) Villanova Florida Wichita State Kentucky Notre Dame Texas A&M North Carolina Miami Virginia Gonzaga Xavier Minnesota West Virginia Cincinnati Arizona State Seton Hall TCU Purdue Baylor UCLA Nevada USC Others Receiving Votes: Texas Tech 61, Louisville 40, Creighton 36, Tennessee 24, Arizona 23, Oklahoma 19, Virginia Tech 19, Rhode Island 18, Texas 18, UT Arlington 15, Florida State 13, Syracuse 13, Saint Mary s 10, Butler 8, Michigan 7, Alabama 6, Georgia 4, Kansas State 4, Vermont 3, Providence 2, Missouri 2, Boise State 1, San Diego State 1, SMU 1, Washington State Indiana State Basketball Notes

4 ISU By The Numbers Team Highs Points...94, vs. Ohio ( ) Field Goals Made...32, vs. Ball State ( ) Field Goal Att...79, vs. Ohio ( ) Field Goal Pct %, at Indiana ( ) 3 Point Field Goals...17, at Indiana ( ) 3 Point Field Goal Att...31, vs. Air Force ( ) 3 Point Pct %, at Indiana ( ) Free Throws Made...29, vs. Ohio ( ) Free Throws Att...38, vs. Ohio ( ) Free Throw Pct %, at Indiana ( )...55, vs. Ohio ( ) Assists...15, twice (Last, ) Steals...12, vs. Air Force ( ) Blocked Shots... 9, vs. Ohio ( ) Turnovers... 21, vs. Auburn ( ) Fouls...26, vs. Ball State ( ) Player Highs Points...25, Scott & Barnes vs. Air Force ( ) Field Goals Made... 10, Brenton Scott vs. Air Force ( ) Field Goal Att... 19, Brenton Scott vs. Air Force ( ) 3 Point Field Goals...6, Scott & Barnes (Last, ) 3 Point Field Goal Att... 12, Jordan Barnes vs. AFA ( ) Free Throws Made...12, Devin Thomas vs. Ohio ( ) Free Throws Att...15, Devin Thomas vs. Ohio ( )... 15, Qiydar Davis vs. Ohio ( ) Assists...9, Jordan Barnes, vs. Ball State ( ) Steals...3, Davis & Scott (Last, ) Blocked Shots... 5, Devin Thomas vs. Ohio ( ) Turnovers...6, Twice (Last, ) 20 + Point Scoring Games Brenton Scott...2 (vs. Air Force on ) Jordan Barnes...1 (vs. Air Force on ) Double Digit Scoring Games Tyreke Key...5 (vs. Air Force on ) Jordan Barnes...5 (vs. Air Force on ) Qiydar Davis... 5 (vs. Ball State on ) Brenton Scott...4 (vs. Air Force on ) Brandon Murphy...2 (vs. UMSL on ) Devin Thomas...2 (vs. Ohio on ) Bronson Kessinger... 1 (vs. Ball State on ) Emondre Rickman...1 (vs. Ohio on ) Double-Double Games Qiydar Davis...1 (vs. Ohio on ) Brenton Scott...1 (vs. Air Force on ) Pronunciation Guide Demonte Ojinnaka...OH-gin-knock-ah Bronson Kessinger...KESS-in-ger Daniel Huenermann...HUE-ner-man Matt Deady... DAY-dee Qiydar Davis...KEY-dar attempts (65.4 percent) from long range. The 17 3-pointers are the most by an opponent against Indiana inside Assembly Hall and fell just one shy of the Sycamore school record of 18 set in 1988 against Arizona State. Brenton Scott Named To Missouri Valley Conference Preseason First Team Indiana State senior Brenton Scott was named Missouri Valley Conference Preseason First Team one year after taking home All-Missouri Valley Conference Third Team honors. He was the Valley s Freshman of the Year in Scott finished the regular season ranked second in the league with a 15.9 ppg average and was 16th with 5.0 rebounds per game. His 1.6 steals per game ranked in a tie for fourth while his pointers per game was tied for the most in the league. Scott averaged 4.7 defensive rebounds per game to rank in a tie for seventh-best in the MVC this season. In league play, Scott s 13.3 ppg was good enough for 10th in the league while his 1.4 steals per game was fifth. He averaged pointers per game to rank tied for fourth while his 4.4 defensive rebounds per game was ranked 11th. He scored 25 points and hit the final free throw with 1.5 seconds remaining to down No. 15 Butler inside Hulman Center. Indiana State With A Pair Of Top 10 Career Scorers In Their Respective High School States A pair of Indiana State freshmen in Tyreke Key and Cooper Neese enter the collegiate portion of their careers having reached the Top 10 in career scoring in both of their respective home states. Key finished his career at Clay County High School in Celina, Tenn., with 3,287 points scored which is 10th most in the history of the state of Tennessee. As a senior, he set the Tennessee High School record for most points scored in a season, breaking a 25-year old record held previously by Kentucky legend Tony Delk. Cooper Neese, who will sit out the season serving his year-in-residence as a transfer, enters his Indiana State career having scored 2,496 career points at nearby Cloverdale High School which is seventh-best in the Indiana High School Basketball history. Sycamores Tally School Record Fifth Victory Over Nationally-Ranked Team Under Lansing Indiana State ended a skid of nine losses to nationally-ranked teams when No. 15/16 Butler fell inside Hulman Center on December 7 by the score of Coach Lansing has led the Sycamores to a schoolrecord five victories against nationally-ranked teams during his time at the helm of the program. He passed Bill Hodges (head coach of the Dream Team in ) and Royce Waltman (head coach of the Sycamores during back-to-back NCAA Tourney trips in 2000 & 2001) for the most in program history with the win over Butler. It was just the second victory for the Sycamores under Lansing at home against a nationally-ranked team and the first overall since a win at No. 21 Notre Dame in Sycamore Success Inside Hulman Center Under Greg Lansing The Sycamores are (.723) inside Hulman Center under eighth-year head coach Greg Lansing. Additionally, the Sycamores have won 45 of their last 63 MVC games at home. The longest stretch of current success against a league member is eight wins in a row at home against Bradley after last season s victory over the Braves. 63 Is The Magic Number The Sycamores win by the score of on November 22 against Missouri-St. Louis was ISU s first this season in which they held an opponent to 63 points or less and earned the victory. Under eighth-year head coach Greg Lansing, the Sycamores are when allowing less than 63 points to the opposition (including a 18-0 mark when holding teams to 53 or less). Good Starter On The Battery Indiana State s starting five has outscored the opposition s top five three times this season and earned the win. Under eighth-year head coach Greg Lansing, the Sycamores are when the ISU starting five scores more than their opponent s starters after doing so in the win over Air Force on November 29. Greg Lansing Selected For Induction Into Iowa High School Basketball Hall Of Fame Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing was inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Association Basketball Hall of Fame as part of their 2016 class. Lansing and the other selected inductees were honored individually at halftime of the Iowa Class 4A State Championship Game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on March 12. The IHSAA Basketball Hall of Fame is the highest honor the Iowa High School Board of Control can bestow on a high school coach or former player. Lansing graduated from Harlan High School in 1986, where he was coached by his father Dave, who was inducted into the IHSAA Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999 as a coach. The Lansing father/son combination of Dave and Greg are just the 10th father/son duo to both be inducted into the Hall of Fame since Up Next Indiana State returns home to face off against Indianapolis on Saturday, December 9 at 4 pm (ET) inside Hulman Center. Duane Klueh, the Sycamores all-time winningest head coach and one of two players all-time to have their jersey retired will be honored in pre-game ceremonies and will sit on the bench during the game Indiana State Basketball Notes

5 Record Breakdown Overall MVC Non-Conference Vs. Ranked Opponent At Hulman Center On The Road At Neutral Court Leading At Half Trailing At Half Tied At Half In Overtime No Players In Double Figures Player in Double Figures Players in Double Figures Players in Double Figures Players in Double Figures Players In Double Figures Players In Double Figures Starters Outscore Opp. Starters Opp. Starters Outscore Starters Bench Outscores Opp. Bench Opp. Bench Outscores Bench Shooting 50% or better Opp. Shoots 50% or better Shooting Between 40-49% Opp. Shoots Between 40-49% Shooting Below 40% Opponent Shoots Below 40% Shooting Better Than Opp Opp. Shooting Better Than ISU Make More FT Than Opp Makes Less FT Than Opp Outrebounding Opponent Opponent Outrebounds ISU More Points In Paint Opp. Gets More Points In Paint Scoring More 2nd Chance Points Opp. Scores More 2nd Chance Pts Wearing White Uniforms Wearing Blue Uniforms In November In December In January In February In March During The Day At Night On Sunday On Monday On Tuesday On Wednesday On Thursday On Friday On Saturday Margin Of 1-5 Pts Margin Of 6-10 Pts Margin of Pts Margin of Pts Margin of 21 Or More Having A 20-Pt Scorer Having A 30-Pt Scorer Scoring 59 Points Or less Scoring Points Scoring Points Scoring Points Scoring Points Allowing 59 Points Or less Allowing Points Allowing Points Allowing Points Allowing Points Allow Points The Last Time... A team scored 100 points ISU: December 1, 1994 vs. Eckerd (106) Opp: January 30, 2016 at Loyola (104) A team scored 90 points ISU: November 19, 2017 vs. Ohio (94) Opp: November 25, 2017 vs. Ball State (95) A team scored fewer than 50 points ISU: November 17, 2017 vs. Old Dominion (44) Opp: December 7, 2013 at Eastern Illinois (48) A team had four players in double figures ISU: January 14, 2017 vs. Bradley (Matt Van Scyoc, Laquarious Paige, Jordan Barnes, Donovan Franklin) Opp: November 29, 2017 vs. Air Force (Lavelle Scottie, Pervis Louder, Ryan Manning, Frank Toohey) A team had five players in double figures ISU: November 25, 2017 vs. Ball State (Brenton Scott, Jordan Barnes, Tyreke Key, Qiydar Davis, Bronson Kessinger) Opp: November 25, 2017 vs. Ball State (Francis Kiapway, Jontrell Walker, Tayler Persons, Tahjai Teague, Sean Sellers) A team had six players in double figures ISU: November 19, 2017 vs. Ohio (Devin Thomas, Jordan Barnes, Brenton Scott, Qiydar Davis, Tyreke Key, Emondre Rickman) Opp: March 18, 2014 at Arkansas (Coty Clarke, Bobby Portis, Rashad Madden, Anthlon Bell, Alandise Harris, Michael Qualls) A team had two or more players with 20 points or more ISU: November 29, 2017 vs. Air Force (Brenton Scott & Jordan Barnes) Opp: November 19, 2017 vs. Ohio (Teyvion Kirk, Mike Laster, Jordan Dartis) A team made 35 or more field goals ISU: February 11, 2017 vs. Drake (35) Opp: January 21, 2006 vs. Bradley (35) A team had 75 field goal attempts ISU: November 19, 2017 vs. Ohio (79) Opp: November 19, 2017 vs. Ohio (82) A team shot percent from the field ISU: November 22, 2017 vs. UMSL (.500) Opp: January 28, 2017 vs. Loyola (.522) A team shot percent from the field ISU: February 11, 2012 vs. Southern Illinois (.641) Opp: November 25, 2017 vs. Ball State (.617) A team shot at least 65 percent from the field ISU: February 1, 1992 vs. Drake Opp: NA A team made 10 3-point field goals ISU: November 29, 2017 vs. Air Force (11) Opp: November 25, 2017 vs. Ball State (11) A team did not miss a 3-point field goal ISU: February 12, 2012 vs. Southern Illinois (12-12) Opp: N/A A team failed to make a 3-point field goal ISU: December 20, 2008 vs. DePauw (0-10) Opp: January 23, 2013 at Illinois State (0-13) A team made 30 free throws ISU: January 20, 2016 at Southern Illinois (30-of-42) Opp: January 21, 2017 at Wichita St. (30-of-41) A team recorded 25 assists ISU: January 4, 2003 vs. Evansville (25) Opp: March 2, 2013 at Evansville (26) A team had 15 steals ISU: February 9, 2011 at Illinois State (16) Opp: November 27, 2014 vs. Illinois (15) A team blocked 10 shots ISU: February 1, 2017 vs. Evansville (10) Opp: December 7, 2008 at Eastern Illinois (10) A team recorded rebounds ISU: November 22, 2017 vs. UMSL (45) Opp: November 17, 2017 vs. Old Dominion (43) A team had 50 rebounds ISU: November 19, 2017 vs. Ohio (55) Opp: November 19, 2017 vs. Ohio (50) A team had 20 or more turnovers ISU: November 16, 2017 vs. Auburn (21) Opp: November 29, 2017 vs. Air Force (20) A team had five or fewer turnovers ISU: February 6, 2013 vs. Creighton (5) Opp: February 21, 2016 vs Wichita State (4) A player scored 40 points ISU: Nate Green (45), Dec. 19, 1999 vs. Eastern Illinois Opp: NA A player scored 30 points ISU: Brenton Scott (30), January 13, 2016 vs. UNI Opp: MiKyle McIntosh (31), January 7, 2017 vs. Illinois St. A player grabbed 15 rebounds ISU: Qiydar Davis (15), Nov. 19, 2017 vs. Ohio Opp: Doug Taylor (15), Nov. 19, 2017 vs. Ohio A player recorded a double-double ISU: Brenton Scott (25/11), Nov. 29, 2017 vs. Air Force Opp: Desean Murray (14/12), Nov. 16, 2017 vs. Auburn A player recorded a triple double ISU: Jake Odum (10/10/12), November 27, 2011 vs. Fairfield Opp: N/A A player made five three-pointers ISU: Jordan Barnes (5), November 10, 2017 at Indiana Opp: MiKyle McIntosh (5), January 7, 2017 vs. Illinois St. A player made six three-pointers ISU: Jordan Barnes (6), November 29, 2017 vs. Air Force Opp: Casey Teson (6), December 1, 2015 at Eastern Illinois A player made seven three-pointers ISU: Lucas Eitel (7), November 25, 2012 vs. High Point Opp: Marshall Henderson (7), December 22, 2012 vs. Ole Miss A player made 8+ three-pointers ISU: Marico Stinson (9), December 30, 2006 vs. Drake Opp: N/A A player made did not miss a three-pointer (7 att. min.) ISU: Lucas Eitel (7-7), November 25, 2012 vs. High Point Opp: N/A A player made 10+ free throws ISU: Devin Thomas (12), Nov. 19, 2017 vs. Ohio Opp: Jaylon Brown (16), February 1, 2017 vs. Evansville A player made did not miss a free throw (10 att. min.) ISU: Devonte Brown (14-14), Dec. 19, 2015 at Saint Louis Opp: Jaylon Brown (16-16), Feb. 1, 2017 vs. Evansville A player attempted free throws ISU: Devin Thomas (15), Nov. 19, 2017 vs. Ohio Opp: Jaylon Brown (16), Feb. 1, 2017 vs. Evansville A player attempted 20+ free throws ISU: Devonte Brown (21), February 13, 2016 at MSU Opp: Montel James (20), January 30, 2016 at Loyola A player recorded 10 assists ISU: Everett Clemons (11), December 28, 2016 vs. WSU Opp: Ronald Nored (10), February 18, 2012 at Butler A player recorded 5+ steals ISU: Everett Clemons (5), Nov. 27, 2016 vs. Quinnipiac Opp: Kamar Baldwin (5), December 7, 2015 vs. Butler Indiana State Basketball Notes

6 Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Poll 1. Missouri State (30) Northern Iowa (8) Loyola (1) Illinois State (1) Southern Illinois Valparaiso Bradley Indiana State Evansville Drake...79 Standings Team Record Pct. Record Pct. Valparaiso Loyola Missouri State Bradley Northern Iowa Evansville Southern Illinois Drake Illinois State Indiana State Schedule MVC OVERALL November 28, 2017 Colorado State at Missouri State...MISSOURI STATE, Utah State at Valparaiso...VALPARAISO, Loyola at Boise State... BOISE STATE, November 29, 2017 Air Force at Indiana State... INDIANA STATE, Drake at Omaha...OMAHA, SIU Edwardsville at Southern Illinois... SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, UNLV at Northern Iowa... NORTHERN IOWA, (ot) Evansville at New Mexico...NEW MEXICO, Illinois State at Nevada...NEVADA, December 1, 2017 Eastern Illinois at Bradley...BRADLEY, December 2, 2017 Oakland City at Evansville...EVANSVILLE, Tulsa at Illinois State... ILLINOIS STATE, San Jose State at Southern Illinois... SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Illinois-Chicago at Loyola...LOYOLA, Drake at Wyoming...WYOMING, Missouri State at South Dakota State...MISSOURI STATE, December 3, 2017 Bradley at San Diego State... SAN DIEGO STATE, December 4, 2017 Missouri State at North Dakota State...MISSOURI STATE, December 5, 2017 Evansville at Bowling Green... 7:00 pm December 6, 2017 Loyola at Florida... 8:00 pm Drake at South Dakota... 8:00 pm Indiana State at North Texas...8:00 pm Southern Illinois at Saint Louis... 8:00 pm Illinois State at BYU... 9:00 pm The Last Time Out... TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Indiana State used a gutsy performance as well as a late second half run to earn a victory over visiting Air Force in front of 3,797 fans inside Hulman Center. Indiana State improved to 3-4 on the season while Air Force fell to 3-3. The Sycamores won two of the three games on this three-game home stand and improved to a league-best 4-3 all-time in the Missouri Valley / Mountain West Conference Challenge Series. Indiana State s three wins in a row in the challenge are also a league high. This victory was career win No. 123 for eighth-year head coach Greg Lansing which moved his past Glenn Curtis for sole possession of third place on the ISU career coaching victories list. Just 11 wins up at the ladder at No. 134 is Royce Waltman, who led the Sycamores to the 2000 MVC Regular Season Championship as well as the 2001 MVC Tournament Championship and two NCAA Tournament berths. The Sycamores did it behind the scoring prowess of the backcourt as Jordan Barnes set a new career high with 25 points while Brenton Scott earned his first career double-double with 25 points and a career-best 11 rebounds in the winning effort. Scott was 10-of-19 from the field and added four assists, three steals and two blocks while Barnes connected on a career-best six 3-pointers as she hit 6-of-12 from long range to go with four rebounds and three assists in 36 minutes. Off the bench, Tyreke Key sparked the game deciding second half run and finished with 11 points, three steals, two assists and two rebounds. Overall, Indiana State hit 46.3 percent of their shots in the game, including a 12-of-22 (54.5 percent) mark in the second half. The Sycamores held a slight edge on the glass and a cushion in points off turnovers. Indiana State recorded an impressive 19-6 advantage in fast break points. With 5:17 remaining, the game got within a possession when Sid Tomes hit a jumper inside to trim the Sycamore lead down to ISU then got a 3-pointer from Key who then added a long defensive rebound and conventional 3-point play with 4:18 to go to stretch the lead out to Key then grabbed another defensive rebound and found Scott for a 3-pointer with 3:58 on the clock for a advantage. Key was then fouled at the 3:34 mark and hit 1-of-2 free throws for a lead. The run proved to be 10-0 over a quick two minute stretch and ultimately was the deciding stretch in the contest. A pair of Barnes free throws with 3:14 to go stretched the lead out to a game-high Air Force scored five in a row before Banres hit a free throw with 1:50 to go and then added a trifecta at the 1:22 mark for the cushion. Key scored on a fast break dunk with 20 seconds remaining for the lead and Scottie tipped one in in the waning seconds as ISU took home the victory. Qiydar Davis recorded a steal and fast break lay-up for the Sycamores to start the game with a 2-0 lead. A jumper by Emondre Rickman after a pair of offensive rebounds gave ISU a 12-5 lead with 14:30 left before halftime. Lavelle Scottie would drained a 3-pointer on the Falcons next possession to spark a 9-0 run which resulted in a Air Force lead just over eight minutes in. A 3-pointer from Scott on back-to-back possessions gave ISU a four-point lead twice late in the first half before a 3-pointer by Barnes followed by a steal and lay-up from Scott with 4:07 on the clock gave the Sycamores a lead. Barnes connected on another 3-pointer at the 2:04 mark for the Sycamores largest lead of the first half Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Air Force vs Indiana State at before Air Force :02 pm (ET) at Hulman Center (Terre Haute, Ind.) scored the final five points Air Force Total 3-Ptr and ISU held a lead at 12 Scottie,Lavelle * the break. Scott paced the 20 Lyons, Trevor * Louder,Pervis * Sycamores with 14 points 32 Manning, Ryan * Toohey,Frank * before halftime. Norman, Dane Siples,CJ Tomes, Sid A jumper by Ryan Manning got the Falcons within 15 Van,Jacob Swan, Ryan Van Soelen, Keaton Team a point with 18 minutes Totals FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % remaining before Clayton 3FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % 3,1 Hughes found Scott for a Indiana State Total 3-Ptr 3-pointer to restore a advantage. Pervis Louder Barnes, Jordan * Scott, Brenton * Kessinger, Bronson * tied the game at 39 with 25 Davis, Qiydar * Murphy, Brandon * just over 14 minutes to go 01 Ojinnaka, Demonte Knight III, Trey but Barnes countered with 11 Key, Tyreke Hughes, Clayton a 3-pointer and Scott hit a 35 Thomas, Devin Rickman, Emondre driving lay-up with 13:05 remaining for the lead. FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % 3 Four Falcons reached Officials: David Hall, John Higgins, Eric Curry double figures scoring, led Technical fouls: Air Force-Louder,Pervis. Indiana State-None. Attendance: 3797 by 15 points from Lavelle Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Air Force Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench AF Scottie. Indiana State INS Last FG - AF 2nd-00:04, INS 2nd-00:20. Largest lead - AF by 2 1st-11:48, INS by 13 2nd-03:14. AF led for 00:55. INS led for 34:48. Game was tied for 04:17. Score tied - 4 times. Lead changed - 2 times Indiana State Basketball Notes

7 Greg Lansing Indiana State Head Basketball Coach Eighth Season Greg Lansing is in his eighth season as the head basketball coach at Indiana State. He previously spent another eight seasons with the program as an assistant coach, including three as associate head coach. Lansing (South Dakota, 1990) is (.523) at the helm of the Sycamore basketball program. He owns a mark of in MVC games, including a record at home. During his career, he is in all home games with 34 road victories to his credit and is in games decided by five points or less. Lansing is 8-6 in the MVC Tournament, with four of those victories coming as the lower seeded team. Indiana State s game at Iowa in the 2014 NIT was Lansing s 100th as Indiana State head coach. His 122 career victories rank tied for third on ISU s all-time win list. He 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 who led ISU to a 33-1 record and a Final Four appearance in the 1979 NCAA Tournament. Lansing was just the 14th rookie head coach in the history of the MVC to lead his team to 20 victories during their debut season. Under Lansing, the Sycamores have earned a school record five victories over nationally-ranked teams as he passed Bill Hodges and Royce Waltman for the most in program history with a thrilling win over No. 15 Butler in December of ISU won at No. 14 Wichita State (in 2013) -- its best-victory over a nationallyranked team on the road since 1999 and downed No. 13 Creighton (2013) at home, the highest ranked team to fall to Indiana State inside Hulman Center since joining the MVC. The Sycamores also have won at Vanderbilt (2012) and Notre Dame (2013) under Lansing while those opponents were ranked in the Top 25. With a 23-win campaign in , the Sycamores reached the 17-victory mark for the fifth consecutive season and notched five consecutive winning seasons for the first time in over 40 years under Lansing s leadership. Lansing s 65 career Missouri Valley Conference victories rank second in program history to Royce Waltman s school record of 69. Over the last seven years, the Sycamores 65 league victories are third most among the current membership. In , the Sycamores entered the season with a roster that featured seven newcomers. Despite a slow start in non-conference play, Lansing led the Sycamores to an 11-7 mark in the Missouri Valley Conference and earned the No. 3 seed at Arch Madness. Indiana State has earned at least the No. 3 seed at the conference tournament in three seasons during Lansing s tenure. In , Devonte Brown and Brenton Scott were each named to the All-MVC Second Team while Everett Clemons took a spot on the MVC All-Newcomer squad. Brandon Murphy was selected as a Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete. The Sycamores advanced to the MVC Tournament semifinals for the fourth time under Lansing with a win over Illinois State as the sixth seed. Lansing was inducted into the Iowa High School Basketball Hall of Fame in March of He and his father Dave are just the 10th father/son combination to be inducted into that Hall of Fame. He saw several Sycamores earn postseason recognition from the league office in Devonte Brown was named the league s Most Improved Player and was tabbed to the All-MVC Second Team. Brenton Scott picked up the program s third-ever MVC Freshman of the Year honor while Tre Bennett was selected to the All-Bench Team. Justin Gant and Jake Kitchell were each First Team selections as MVC Scholar-Athletes. In , Indiana State finished and advanced to the semifinals of the MVC Tournament on the strength of a victory over Evansville. In , the Sycamores finished with a mark and reached their second MVC Tournament Championship game under Lansing. The Sycamores played in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 2013 & 2014 and reached the postseason five consecutive seasons, including in each of the first four years with Lansing at the helm. In , the Sycamores finished in the Top 5 nationally for most true road victories with nine. Included in that total was a road victory over nationally-ranked Notre Dame, giving the program at least one victory over a nationally-ranked opponent in each of Lansing s first four seasons as head coach. Jake Odum was a repeat selection on the All-MVC First Team and became the first player in the history of the Missouri Valley Conference to record at least 500 career assists and 500 career made free throws. Odum finished as the school s record holder for career free throws made and attempted. He also wrapped up his career as the school s fifth all-time leading scorer and was in the Top 4 in both assists and steals. Odum also was named to the NABC All-District Team and was a Mid-Major All-American for the second consecutive season. Khristian Smith earned his second consecutive nod on the MVC All-Bench Team and was selected as the league s Sixth Man Of The Year. Manny Arop added an honorable mention all-conference selection while Justin Gant and Lucas Eitel were each named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team. The Lansing File: PERSONAL Birthdate: December 9, 1967 Birthplace: Ainsworth, Iowa Hometown: Harlan, Iowa EDUCATION High School: Harlan Community, 1986 College: South Dakota, 1990 (B.S.) South Dakota, 1992 (Masters) PLAYING EXPERIENCE High School: Harlan Community, College: South Dakota, COACHING EXPERIENCE 2010-Present: Head Coach, Indiana State : Associate Head Coach, Indiana State : Assistant Coach, Iowa : Assistant Coach, Indiana State : Head Coach, Roosevelt High School : Assistant Coach, South Dakota : Graduate Assistant, South Dakota Indiana State Basketball Notes

8 Indiana State s three victories over the RPI Top 50 were tied for the most of any one in the Missouri Valley Conference in Creighton, the league s tournament and regular season champion also owned three. Indiana State owned a victory in the Diamond Head Classic against ACC Champion Miami and also took down Ole Miss to finish third in the event while Jake Odum was named to the All- Tournament Team. Odum also became the first Sycamore to appear on the All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team since 2001 and just the sixth all-time. Freshman Khristian Smith was a member of the MVC All-Bench Team while Lucas Eitel and Justin Gant were named Second Team MVC Scholar-Athletes. Additionally, Odum was named to the 2013 Lou Henson All-America Team as well as the 2013 NABC All-District 16 First Team. The Sycamores are (.717) inside Hulman Center under Lansing. Additionally, the Sycamores are 74-9 with Lansing as head coach when allowing less than 63 points to the opposition (including a 17-0 mark when holding teams to 53 or less). Indiana State did not allow a made 3-pointer at Illinois State on January 23, 2013 as the Redbirds went 0-for-13 from long range on their home court and snapped a string of over 400 games with one which dated back to It marked the second time during the season that the Sycamores did not allow a trey in a game as nationally-ranked Miami went 0-of-15 on December 25, 2012 in the consolation game of the Diamond Head Classic. In , the Sycamores finished the year with an record and advanced to the CollegeInsiders.com Postseason Tournament. Jake Odum was one of just four players nationally to average at least 10 points, five rebounds and 4.5 assists per game during his sophomore season and was a Second Team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection as well as Second Team All-District selection as announced by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The Sycamores downed No. 25 nationally-ranked Vanderbilt on the road and finished third at the Old Spice Classic -- the best-ever finish by a MVC team in the event. Lansing burst onto the scene as a rookie head coach with the Sycamore basketball program in as he became just the second-ever Indiana State head coach to lead the team to the NCAA Tournament in his first season. He led the team to a record, becoming just the 14th head coach in the history of the Missouri Valley Conference to lead a team to 20 or more victories in their first year at the helm. ISU reached the NCAA Tournament and took on Syracuse in Cleveland, Ohio based on the program s third-ever MVC Tournament Championship won at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo. ISU raced to the title with victories over No. 6 Evansville, No. 2 Wichita State and No. 1 Missouri State in the Championship Game as the Sycamores entered as the No. 3 seed in the tournament. Freshman Jake Odum was named to the MVC All-Tournament Team. Odum was named a CollegeInsider.com Mid Major Freshman All-American and was named an All-MVC Honorable Mention selection as well as a member of the MVC All- Freshman, All-Newcomer and All-Defense Team. Carl Richard was also named to the All-MVC s Honorable Mention squad. ISU took two thrilling buzzer beating victories over league foes Missouri State and Creighton during the regular season at Hulman Center. The buzzer beater over Creighton by Richard was voted the No. 2 play of the weekend by ESPN s SportsCenter. In the Sycamores overcame a ton of adversity to still put together its best season in nearly a decade under the professional leadership of the ISU coaching staff. Despite only having its full complement of student-athletes for just 28 minutes of the rough and tumble Missouri Valley Conference slate, the Sycamores still recorded its first winning season since 2001 as they finished ISU also finished the year with a 9-9 record in league play, bolstering the Sycamores out of the MVC Opening Round at the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament by securing the league s No. 6 seed after finishing in a tie for fifth in the standings. Starting guard Jake Kelly suffered a season ending knee injury with 12 minutes left in the conference opener at Southern Illinois and subsequently also lost Dwayne Lathan and Harry Marshall for extended periods over the course of the year. Marshall, who was the heart and soul of the team, led the MVC in scoring in league contests with a 16.0 ppg average. Marshall was tabbed Second Team All-MVC and was named to the MVC s All- Defensive Team after turning in shutdown performances against most of the league s all-conference opposition. Running a well-rounded program, the Sycamores also two representatives on the MVC s Scholar Athlete Team as both Jordan Printy and Aaron Carter took those plaudits. The payoff for the Sycamores continued as ISU reached postseason play for the first since 2001 when they accepted a bid to the 2010 College Basketball Invitational, appearing in a road contest at Saint Louis. Lansing has been a key recruiter for many talented student-athletes. Lansing has also been a major part of the several all-conference accolades for several players, including Harry Marshall and Jay Tunnell, who took All-MVC honors following the campaign. During each year of Lansing s tenure, the Sycamores have participated in the Coaches Vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers Challenge. For each of the last three years, Lansing has led a successful challenge to the state s lawmakers to wear sneakers with their suits during that same time frame as part of the program to promote cancer awareness. Through an invitation from State Representative Bob Heaton, who played for ISU on the team which advanced to the NCAA Final Four, ISU head coach Greg Lansing has visited the State House leaders to participate in the challenge. Lansing returned to Indiana State after a seven-year stint with the Iowa Hawkeyes. During Lansing s seven years as assistant coach at Iowa, the Hawkeye s went , received three NCAA Tournament invitations, three NIT appearances and won a pair of Big Ten tournament titles, the first of which came on four wins in four games making Iowa the first team in the Big Ten to accomplish such a feat. In , Iowa earned a 25-9 record, the second-most wins in school history, the first undefeated (17-0) home record in the school s history and a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Iowa earned seven All-Big Ten selections, 17 Academic All-Big Ten selections and four Academic All-Americans. Lansing coached four of the last five Big Ten rebounding champions, three straight conference leaders in blocked shots and, the league s defensive player of the year. Three of his student-athletes reached the NBA and two from the team were invited to NBA camps. In Lansing s final two seasons of his first stint at Indiana State, the Sycamores posted back-to-back winning campaigns for the first time since 1979 and When the Sycamores posted a record in 1998 it marked the first winning season for Indiana State since Indiana State advanced to the NCAA Tournament in both 2000 and Prior to joining the staff at Indiana State, Lansing was the head basketball coach at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa. Roosevelt had not had a winning season in 12 years before Lansing s initial season. The Roughriders went on to have back-to-back winning seasons under Greg s direction. Lansing earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of South Dakota in 1990 and a master s degree in counseling from USD in As a member of the Coyote basketball team Lansing helped South Dakota reach the NCAA Division II Tournament during his junior and senior seasons, the first NCAA invitation for USD since He was twice named the South Dakota Defensive Player of the Year. Greg is currently ranked among the leaders in career assists at USD. Following his playing career, Lansing served as a graduate assistant coach at South Dakota for two seasons. In he was a full-time assistant. Greg s father, Dave Lansing, coached high school basketball for 33 years in Iowa. Dave Lansing was inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Association Coaches Hall of Fame during the 1999 Iowa boys state basketball tournament. Lansing s dad, his mother, Diane, his sister, Angela, and his nephew, Jordan, live in West Des Moines. His brother, Steve, is the head basketball coach at Faribault High School (Minn.), where he was named Regional Coach of the Year in Indiana State Basketball Notes

9 Men s Basketball Statistics Indiana State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 29, 2017) RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 02 Barnes, Jordan Scott, Brenton Davis, Qiydar Key, Tyreke Murphy, Brandon Thomas, Devin Rickman, Emondre Kessinger, Bronson Hughes, Clayton Ojinnaka, Demonte Knight III, Trey Huenermann, Daniel Claycomb, Ethan Deady, Matt Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS INS OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Date Opponent Score Att. 11/10/17 at Indiana W /16/17 vs Auburn L /17/17 vs Old Dominion L /19/17 vs Ohio Lo MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS W /25/17 BALL STATE L AIR FORCE W * - Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 OT4 Totals Indiana State Opponents Indiana State Basketball Notes

10 RADIO/TV ROSTER Game 8: Indiana State at North Texas 4December 6, 2017 #1 Demonte Ojinnaka 6-5, 212, Senior, G #2 Jordan Barnes 5-11, 152, Sophomore, G #3 Trey Knight III 6-4, 180, Sophomore, G #4 Brenton Scott 6-1, 190, Senior, G #5 Bronson Kessinger 6-8, 222, Sophomore, F #10 Ethan Claycomb 6-7, 194, Freshman, F #11 Tyreke Key 6-2, 201, Freshman, G #13 Clayton Hughes 6-6, 206, Freshman, G #20 Daniel Huenermann 6-11, 221, Freshman, F/C #23 Tyeshon Martin 6-0, 190, Freshman, G #24 Matt Deady 6-5, 208, Freshman, G #25 Qiydar Davis 6-5, 209, Senior, G #41 Emondre Rickman 6-9, 255, Junior, C Greg Lansing Head Basketball Coach #35 Devin Thomas #34 Brandon Murphy Indiana State Basketball 6-8, Notes 220, Junior, F 6-7, 270, Senior, C

11 DEMONTE OJINNAKA 1 G Sr.-1L Silver Spring, Md. (Cloud County CC) six points against Ball State : Hit a long jumper at Indiana ande added one rebound and one assist... Stroked a 3-pointer against Auburn while playing a career-high 15 minutes... Posted a new career-high with Indiana State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Dec 05, 2017) #01 Ojinnaka, Demonte Total 3-Pointers Free throws fg-fga 3fg-fga ft-fta pct def tot Opponent Date gs min pct pct off avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Indiana 11/10/ vs Auburn 11/16/ vs Old Dominion 11/17/ vs Ohio 11/19/ MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS BALL STATE 11/25/ AIR FORCE Totals : Made his Indiana State debut against Western Kentucky as he grabbed one rebound in six minutes of action... Saw 10 minutes of action at Valparaiso with one assist and one steal... Notched his first career point with a free throw against Illinois State... Connected on his first career 3-pointer and scored three points at Drake... Saw his most extensive action at Wichita State where he tallied five points and pulled down four rebounds. Games played: 7 Minutes/game: 9.1 Points/game: 1.6 FG Pct: FG Pct: 27.3 /game: 0.6 Assists/game: 0.3 Turnovers/game: 0.4 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.7 Steals/game: 0.1 Cloud County Community College: Coached by Chad Eshbaugh, where he averaged 11.2 points and 5.3 rebounds per game over a 32-game schedule in He tallied a career-best 28 points in a road win over Butler Community College on Jan. 2, Ojinnaka connected on nearly 37 percent of his 3-point attempts and posted a season-best five triples at Butler CC... He reached double figures scoring 19 times during the season... In , Ojinnaka was a top freshman contributor for the Thunderbirds... He played in 32 games and earned 30 starts as he averaged nine points and 4.7 rebounds per game... He posted a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds against Brown Mackie on Nov. 21, Ojinnaka also hit a game winning buzzer beater against Barton County. High School: Averaged 18 points, eight rebounds and 3.2 assists per game for head coach Marcus Wiggins... He earned First Team All-Gazette honors and was an honorable mention selection by The Washington Post... He was named first team all-conference and was selected to play in the Montgomery County All-Star game following his senior season... He was presented the Distinguished Athlete Award by the US Marine Corps. Points... 6, vs. Ball State ( ) 3-Pointers... 2, vs. Ball State ( ) Free Throws... 1, vs. Illinois State ( )...4, at Wichita State ( ) Assists...1, three times (Last, ) Blocks... Steals...1, twice (Last, ) Minutes...15, vs. Auburn ( ) Indiana State Basketball Notes

12 JORDAN BARNES 2 G So.-1L St. Louis, Mo. (Christian Brothers HS) : Posted 18 points in only 22 minutes of action in the victory at Indiana... Hit 5-of-7 shots from the field (all from 3-point range) and added four assists... Hit 4-of-6 attempts from long range to lead the team with 19 points against Auburn... Scored 16 points and dished out six assists with five rebounds while playing 49 minutes in a four overtime game against Ohio... Tallied 15 points and tied a career high with seven rebounds while posting a career-high nine assists... Scored a career-best 25 points as he hit six 3-pointers in the victory over Air Force : Saw his first collegiate action and made quite the debut by scoring 14 points as he hit a pair of 3-pointers and went a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line (including a mark of 4-of-4 in the final minute of regulation) to help the Sycamores come back from seven down with 37 seconds left and force overtime... Was a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line to score seven points at Ball State... Tallied eight points and dished out five assists in the win over Missouri-St. Louis... Posted seven points and pulled down five rebounds against nationally-ranked Iowa State... Connected on a pair of 3-pointers at Utah State... Sparked a second half comeback with 11 points, six assists and five rebounds in the double-overtime victory over Eastern Illinois... Posted 10 points and hit a trio of 3-pointers, including one 4-point play late, against Wichita State... Tallied 14 points and hit four 3-pointers against Illinois State... Came off the bench to score 10 points and pull down five rebounds with four assists at Drake... Scored 20 points as he hit five 3-pointers in the win over Bradley... Big 3-pointer late in regulation tied up the game at Illinois State... Earned his first career start against Loyola... Tallied 10 points and recorded his first career blocked shot against Evansville... Credited with a career-best seven rebounds at Northern Iowa... Connected on a trio of 3-pointers against Drake... Scored 11 points and hit a trio of free throws in the final seconds under high pressure at Evansville. Indiana State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Dec 05, 2017) #02 Barnes, Jordan Total 3-Pointers Free throws fg-fga 3fg-fga ft-fta pct def tot Opponent Date gs min pct pct off avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Indiana 11/10/17 * vs Auburn 11/16/17 * vs Old Dominion 11/17/17 * vs Ohio 11/19/17 * MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS * BALL STATE 11/25/17 * AIR FORCE * Totals Games played: 7 /game: 3.7 Minutes/game: 32.6 Assists/game: 4.0 Points/game: 15.0 Turnovers/game: 2.6 FG Pct: 40.5 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.6 3FG Pct: 50.0 Steals/game: 1.0 FT Pct: 81.5 Blocks/game: 0.1 Points...25, vs. Air Force ( ) 3-Pointers... 6, vs. Air Force ( ) Free Throws... 7, vs. Air Force ( )...7, twice (Last, ) Assists... 9, vs. Ball State ( ) Blocks...1, twice (Last, ) Steals... 2, five times (Last, ) Minutes... 49, vs. Ohio ( ) Indiana State Basketball Notes

13 TREY KNIGHT III 3 G So.-1L Cedar Park, Texas (Cedar Park HS) : Made his collegiate debut and scored six points, including his first career 3-pointer as well as three rebounds, two assists and two steals in the win over Missouri-St. Louis... Converted a 3-pointer at Drake... Recorded two assists against Southern Illinois : Sat out the season as a redshirt. Personal: Knight s mother is Annette Smith-Knight who was a first-team All-American at the University of Texas and the two-time Southwest Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore and junior who also won a gold medal for USA Basketball at the 1983 World University Games... She led Judy Conradt s squad to the 1982 AIAW Championship runner-up spot and to two NCAA Elite Eight showings (in 1983 and 1984) as well... This all culminated in 1986 when Texas earned the NCAA national title with a splendid 34-0 run to the national crown... Smith-Knight continues to be the all-time leading Texas men s or women s basketball scorer with 2,523 points... In the record books, she also stands second in career scoring average (19.3 ppg), second in free throws made (419), fifth in rebounding (966), and holds the UT record for consecutive games in double-figure scoring with a remarkable 33 straight. Indiana State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Dec 05, 2017) #03 Knight III, Trey Total 3-Pointers Free throws fg-fga 3fg-fga ft-fta pct def tot Opponent Date gs min pct pct off avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Indiana 11/10/ vs Auburn 11/16/17 dnp vs Old Dominion 11/17/17 dnp vs Ohio 11/19/ MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS BALL STATE 11/25/ AIR FORCE Totals Games played: 5 /game: 0.6 Minutes/game: 7.2 Assists/game: 0.2 Points/game: 1.0 Turnovers/game: 0.8 FG Pct: Assist/turnover ratio: 0.3 FT Pct: 60.0 Steals/game: 0.2 Blocks/game: 0.2 Points...6, vs. Missouri-St. Louis ( ) 3-Pointers...1, twice (Last, ) Free Throws...2, vs. Missouri-St. Louis ( )...3, vs. Missouri-St. Louis ( ) Assists...3, vs. Drake ( ) Blocks...1, twice (Last, ) Steals...2, twice (Last, ) Minutes...14, vs. Evansville ( ) Indiana State Basketball Notes

14 BRENTON SCOTT 4 G Sr.-2L Fort Wayne, Ind. (Northrop HS) : Named to the Missouri Valley Conference Preseason First Team... Is currently third in ISU history with 214 career 3-pointers made and third with pointers attempted... His 1,335 career points scored ranks 12th-best at ISU... Opened the season with 24 points as he hit 6-of-9 attempts from 3-point range to go with three rebounds, two assists and one steal... Was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week... Tallied 11 points and tied a careerhigh with nine rebounds in playing 52 minutes as part of the four overtime game against Ohio... Posted 12 points with two steals against Ball State... Recorded his first career double-double with 25 points and a career-high 11 rebounds as part of the victory over Air Force. Indiana State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Dec 05, 2017) #04 Scott, Brenton Total 3-Pointers Free throws fg-fga 3fg-fga ft-fta pct def tot Opponent Date gs min pct pct off avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Indiana 11/10/17 * vs Auburn 11/16/17 * vs Old Dominion 11/17/17 * vs Ohio 11/19/17 * MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS * BALL STATE 11/25/17 * AIR FORCE * Totals Games played: 7 /game: 5.6 Minutes/game: 30.6 Assists/game: 2.6 Points/game: 12.4 Turnovers/game: 2.9 FG Pct: 37.2 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.9 3FG Pct: 33.3 Steals/game: 1.4 FT Pct: 64.3 Blocks/game: 0.3 Points... 30, vs. Northern Iowa ( ) 3-Pointers... 6, five times (Last, ) Free Throws...8, twice (Last, )...11, vs. Air Force ( ) Assists...6, twice (Last, ) Blocks...2, twice (Last, ) Steals... 5, vs. Illinois State ( ) Minutes... 52, vs. Ohio ( ) Indiana State Basketball Notes

15 BRONSON KESSINGER 5 F So.-1L Corydon, Ind. (Corydon Central HS) : Hit a pair of 3-pointers to tie a career-high with six points in the season opener at Indiana... Set a new career high with 10 points as he went 5-of-6 from the field against Ball State.. Earned his first career start against Air Force and played a career-high 22 minutes. Indiana State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Dec 05, 2017) #05 Kessinger, Bronson Total 3-Pointers Free throws fg-fga 3fg-fga ft-fta pct def tot Opponent Date gs min pct pct off avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Indiana 11/10/ vs Auburn 11/16/ vs Old Dominion 11/17/ vs Ohio 11/19/ MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS BALL STATE 11/25/ AIR FORCE * Totals : Made his collegiate debut with two minutes of action in the season opener at Northern Illinois... Scored his first collegiate points just before halftime in the overtime victory at Ball State... Pulled down four rebounds against Iowa State... Tallied six points and added four rebounds against Quinnipiac... Set a new career-high with six rebounds in the win over Northern Illinois... Had two steals at Valparaiso... Scored four points and pulled down three rebounds at Missouri State : Sat out the season as a redshirt. Games played: 7 Minutes/game: 15.7 Points/game: 3.7 FG Pct: FG Pct: 50.0 FT Pct: 50.0 /game: 2.4 Assists/game: 0.9 Turnovers/game: 0.7 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.2 Steals/game: 0.7 Blocks/game: 0.3 High School: Suffered a season ending leg injury mid-season as a senior which drew national attention on ESPN after he befriended former Louisville player Kevin Ware who has mentored him through rehab... Named to the Indiana Boys High School Top Kessinger averaged 19.8 points and 8.9 rebounds for the Panthers as a junior while his Corydon Central High School team finished with a 20-5 overall record as a well as an 8-2 record in conference play... He was named to the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Junior All-Star Team following the campaign... He played at Corydon Central High School for veteran head coach Jamie Kolkmeier and on the AAU circuit for the Spiece Indy Heat coached by Jim Reamer. Points...10, vs. Ball State ( ) 3-Pointers...2, at Indiana ( ) Free Throws...2, three times (Last, )... 6, vs. Northern Illinois ( ) Assists...2, twice (Last, ) Blocks...2, twice (Last, ) Steals... 2, three times ( ) Minutes...22, vs. Air Force ( ) Indiana State Basketball Notes

16 ETHAN CLAYCOMB 10 F Fr.-RS Vincennes, Ind. (Lincoln HS) : Made his collegiate debut, playing two minutes at Indiana : Sat out the season as a redshirt. High School: Averaged 18.9 points and 7.1 rebounds while making 39 percent of his 3-pointers as a senior at Vincennes Lincoln HS... Lead the Alices to a 17-7 record in and was named All Big Eight All-Conference. Indiana State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 23, 2017) #10 Claycomb, Ethan Total 3-Pointers Free throws fg-fga 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct def tot Opponent Date gs m in pct off avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Indiana 11/10/ vs Auburn 11/16/ dnp vs O ld Dominion 11/17/ dnp vs O hio 11/19/ dnp MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS Totals Games played: 2 Minutes/game: 2.0 FG Pct: 0.0 3FG Pct: 0.0 Points... 3-Pointers... Free Throws Assists... Blocks... Steals... Minutes...2, twice (Last, ) Indiana State Basketball Notes

17 TYREKE KEY 11 G Fr.-HS Celina, Tenn. (Clay County HS) : Made his collegiate debut by scoring three points and adding two rebounds with an assist and two steals at Indiana... Came off the bench to score 11 points and dish out three assists against Auburn... Led the team with 10 points against Old Dominion... Scored 14 points as she hit a trio of 3-pointers to go with seven rebounds and a pair of steals in 39 minutes of action as part of the four overtime game against Ohio... Scored 11 points off the bench and sparked a key 10-0 run in the second half which led the Sycamores to a victory over Air Force. High School: Led Clay County High School to the Tennessee Class A Basketball Championship game, finishing as runner up... Named Tennessee Class A Mr. Basketball and received numerous all region, all-conference and all-state honors... Finished his career with 3,287 points scored which is 10th most in the history of the state of Tennessee... As a senior, he set the Tennessee High School record for most points scored in a season, breaking a 25-year old record held previously by Kentucky legend Tony Delk... Led the state of Tennessee with a 37.3 ppg scoring average... Set state tournament records for the most points in a game (54) as well as for the tournament (128), and the 6-foot-3 guard also tied records for the most points in a quarter (23) and the most field goals for the tournament (44)... Earned state tournament MVP honors despite his time finishing in 2nd place -- the first time that happened in Tennessee since Named an All-State selection... Seeing time as both a point guard and shooting guard as a junior, Key averaged 28 points, seven rebounds and four assists per game last season, as they put together a 31-3 record and made an appearance in the Class A Tennessee state tournament... As a junior, Key was named a finalist for the Tennessee Class A Mr. Basketball Award... Key is also a member of the Tennessee Bobcats summer program. Indiana State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Dec 05, 2017) #11 Key, Tyreke Total 3-Pointers Free throws fg-fga 3fg-fga ft-fta pct def tot Opponent Date gs min pct pct off avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Indiana 11/10/ vs Auburn 11/16/ vs Old Dominion 11/17/ vs Ohio 11/19/ MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS * BALL STATE 11/25/ AIR FORCE Totals Games played: 7 /game: 3.4 Minutes/game: 26.7 Assists/game: 1.3 Points/game: 9.4 Turnovers/game: 2.0 FG Pct: 41.1 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.6 3FG Pct: 33.3 Steals/game: 1.3 FT Pct: 70.0 Points... 14, vs. Ohio ( ) 3-Pointers...3, vs. Ohio ( ) Free Throws...3, three times (Last, )...7, twice (Last, ) Assists...3, vs. Auburn ( ) Blocks... Steals... 3, vs. Air Force ( ) Minutes... 39, vs. Ohio ( ) Indiana State Basketball Notes

18 CLAYTON HUGHES 13 G Fr.-HS Jackson, Tenn. (Hargrave Military) : Made his collegiate debut playing four minutes at Indiana... Hit four free throws against Auburn.. Hit a 3-pointer en route to scoring seven points which helped propel the Sycamores to a home court victory over Missouri-St. Louis. Indiana State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Dec 05, 2017) #13 Hughes, Clayton Total 3-Pointers Free throws fg-fga 3fg-fga ft-fta pct def tot Opponent Date gs min pct pct off avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Indiana 11/10/ vs Auburn 11/16/ vs Old Dominion 11/17/ vs Ohio 11/19/ MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS BALL STATE 11/25/ AIR FORCE Totals Hargrave Military: After his high school graduation, Hughes played this past season at Hargrave Military Academy, where he played for coach AW Hamilton, who played collegiately for Wake Forest and Marshall. At Hargrave, he helped the team to a 43-2 final record as well as a berth in the national Final Four. Hargrave went on to finish third nationally as Hughes averaged 14 points per game down the stretch. High School: He was a finalist for the Tennessee Mr. Basketball award following his senior year at the University School of Jackson. Hughes was a three-time all-state selection where he averaged 22 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game as a senior. He wrapped his high school career with 1,500 points scored. Games played: 7 Minutes/game: 13.3 Points/game: 2.9 FG Pct: FG Pct: 25.0 FT Pct: /game: 0.7 Assists/game: 0.4 Turnovers/game: 1.3 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.3 Steals/game: 0.6 Blocks/game: 0.3 Points...7, vs Missouri-St. Louis ( ) 3-Pointers... 1, twice (Last, Free Throws...4, vs. Auburn ( )...3, vs. Missouri-St,. Louis ( ) Assists... 2, vs. Air Force ( ) Blocks...1, twice (Last, ) Steals...2, twice (Last, ) Minutes...22, twice ( ) Indiana State Basketball Notes

19 DANIEL HUENERMANN 20 F/C Fr.-HS St. Gallen, Switzerland (Kantonschule Am Burggaben) : Made his collegiate debut playing two minutes at Indiana... Scored his first collegiate bucket against Auburn... Hit a pair of free throws against Missouri-St. Louis. High School: St. Gallen is near the Austrian border where he attends Kantonschule am Burggraben school. He averaged 25 points and 14 rebounds per game in Indiana State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 23, 2017) #20 Huenermann, Daniel Total 3-Pointers Free throws fg-fga 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct def tot Opponent Date gs m in pct off avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Indiana 11/10/ vs Auburn 11/16/ vs O ld Dominion 11/17/ vs O hio 11/19/ dnp MISSOURI-ST LOUIS Totals Games played: 4 /game: 0.3 Minutes/game: 1.5 Points/game: 1.0 FG Pct: FG Pct: 0.0 FT Pct: 50.0 Personal: Born Daniel T. Huenermann on August 28, 1997 to Anton and Anna Huenermann in St. Gallen, Switzerland... Majoring in Management Information Systems. Points...2, twice (Last, ) 3-Pointers... Free Throws...2, vs. Missouri-St. Louis ( )... 1, vs. Old Dominion ( ) Assists... Blocks... Steals... Minutes...2, twice (Last, ) Indiana State Basketball Notes

20 MATT DEADY 24 G Fr.-RS Terre Haute, Ind. (South Vigo HS) redshirt : Made his collegiate debut playing two minutes at Indiana... Recorded his first collegiate rebound against Auburn : Sat out the season as a High School: Played for head coach Scott Ridge at Terre Haute South... Averaged 12.5 points and 6.5 rebounds for a Braves team that advanced to the Class 4A Regional Championship Game. Indiana State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 23, 2017) #24 Deady, Matt Total 3-Pointers Free throws fg-fga 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct def tot Opponent Date gs m in pct off avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Indiana 11/10/ vs Auburn 11/16/ vs O ld Dominion 11/17/ vs O hio 11/19/ dnp MISSOURI-ST LOUIS Totals Games played: 4 /game: 0.5 Minutes/game: 1.8 Turnovers/game: 0.3 FT Pct: 0.0 Points... 3-Pointers... Free Throws , twice (Last, ) Assists... Blocks... Steals... Minutes...2, three times (Last, ) Indiana State Basketball Notes

21 QIYDAR DAVIS 25 G Gr.-TR Atlanta, Ga. (Louisiana Tech) : Scored 13 points and hit both of his 3-point attempts in the victory at Indiana... Added two rebounds, two assists and two steals... Recorded 11 points and pulled down five rebounds with three steals against Auburn.. Posted a double-double with 15 points and 15 rebounds in the four overtime game against Ohio.. Paced the Sycamores with 14 points in the home opening win over Missouri-St. Louis... Posted 18 points to lead the way against Ball State. Indiana State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Dec 05, 2017) #25 Davis, Qiydar Total 3-Pointers Free throws fg-fga 3fg-fga ft-fta pct def tot Opponent Date gs min pct pct off avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Indiana 11/10/17 * vs Auburn 11/16/17 * vs Old Dominion 11/17/17 * vs Ohio 11/19/17 * MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS BALL STATE 11/25/17 * AIR FORCE * Totals Games played: 7 /game: 6.0 Minutes/game: 29.3 Assists/game: 1.0 Points/game: 12.0 Turnovers/game: 1.7 FG Pct: 45.3 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.6 3FG Pct: 31.6 Steals/game: 1.6 FT Pct: 80.0 Blocks/game: : Started in five games at small forward before suffering a season-ending knee injury at Cal (11/30)... Was averaging 5.0 points and 2.8 rebounds per game prior to injury... Scored a season-high eight points against Alabama State (11/16), hitting two three-pointers... Notched a season-best six boards at Nebraska (11/19) : Saw action in the first seven games of the season, including five starts, before suffering a season-ending knee injury... Averaged 10.6 points and 6.7 rebounds per game... Opened the year shooting 6-of-10 for 15 points versus Millsaps College (11/13)... Registered first career doubledouble, recording 13 points and 10 rebounds against NC Central (11/27)... Injury came in home game versus Jackson State (12/4), but still played 40 minutes of the double overtime victory while notching career highs in points (17), rebounds (14), assists (4) and blocks (3)... the 14 rebounds was a single-game high for a Bulldog : Played in 29 games, missing action in six games due to a knee injury... Was a pest on defense coming off the bench, registering one steal in 13 games... Had a breakout performance in the Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic against Presbyterian (11/23), nearly recording a double-double with 17 points and nine rebounds... Other highlight performances came late in the year, the first in the C-USA Tournament semifinals versus UAB (3/13) with eight points and three boards... Followed that up with 23 minutes of action in the NIT first round matchup against Central Michigan (3/17) with eight points and eight rebounds. Points...18, vs. Ball State ( ) 3-Pointers...2, at Indiana ( ) Free Throws...6, vs. Missouri-St. Louis ( )... 15, vs. Ohio ( ) Assists...2, twice (Last, ) Blocks...2, vs Ohio ( ) Steals...3, twice (Last, ) Minutes... 50, vs. Ohio ( ) Indiana State Basketball Notes

22 BRANDON MURPHY 34 C Sr.-3L Montgomery, Ala. (Carver HS) : Posted 12 points and five rebounds in the paint for the Sycamores at Indiana... Hit 6-of- 7 free throws and was a perfect 3-of-3 from the field against the Hoosiers... Posted 12 points and five rebounds with two assists in the home win over Missouri-St. Louis. Indiana State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Dec 05, 2017) #34 Murphy, Brandon Total 3-Pointers Free throws fg-fga 3fg-fga ft-fta pct def tot Opponent Date gs min pct pct off avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Indiana 11/10/17 * vs Auburn 11/16/17 * vs Old Dominion 11/17/ vs Ohio 11/19/17 * MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS * BALL STATE 11/25/17 * AIR FORCE * Totals : Tallied six points, including a perfect 4-of-4 mark from the charity stripe in the season opener at Northern Illinois... Added a career best three blocked shots against the Huskies... Converted a key late game conventional 3-point play in the overtime victory at Ball State... Set a new career high with 11 points by making seven free throws in the victory over Missouri-St. Louis... Scored nine points and pulled down 10 rebounds in the home court victory over No. 15 Butler... TIed his career-best with 11 points against Western Kentucky... Posted a double-double with a career-best 14 points and career-high tying 12 rebounds in the double-overtime victory over Eastern Illinois... Posted seven rebounds in the overtime contest at Missouri State. Games played: 7 Minutes/game: 17.4 Points/game: 6.6 FG Pct: 57.7 FT Pct: 66.7 /game: 3.6 Assists/game: 0.7 Turnovers/game: 1.3 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.6 Steals/game: 0.7 Blocks/game: 0.4 High School: Lettered for three seasons at Carver High School in Montgomery, Ala.... Averaged 13.1 points and 11 rebounds per game as he helped the Wolverines to a 27-3 finish as a sophomore as well as the Alabama Class 6A State Championship in As a junior, his team advanced to the Alabama Class 6A State Final Four... His Carver High School team saw three of his teammates commit to Southeastern Conference teams in Was named all-district as well as honorable mention all-state as a junior and senior... Played for the Alabama Force AAU Club this past summer. Personal: Born Brandon James Murphy-Blackmon on February 4, 1996 to Shirley Blackmon and Charles Murphy in Montgomery, Ala.... Majoring in Communications. Points... 14, vs. Eastern Illinois ( ) 3- Pointers... N/A Free Throws...7, vs. Missouri-St. Louis ( )... 12, twice (Last, ) Assists...2, vs. Missouri-St. Louis ( ) Blocks...3, twice (Last, ) Steals... 2, vs. Air Force ( ) Minutes... 31, vs. Eastern Illinois ( ) Indiana State Basketball Notes

23 DEVIN THOMAS 35 F Jr.-TR Richmond, Ind. (Mineral Area College) : Hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored 10 points in his Sycamore debut at Indiana... Added four rebounds in 17 minutes of action versus the Hoosiers... Pulled down four rebounds against Auburn... Led the team with 17 points as he put down 12 free throws and recorded five blocked shots in four overtime game against Ohio. Mineral Area College: Ranked as the No. 28 best junior college player in the nation in Named First Team All-Region and All-Conference... Reached the Region 16 National Tournament Semifinals... Averaged 12.1 points and 6.7 rebounds per game while hitting over 60 percent of his shots from the field... Season-best 27 points was scored against Northeast. Indiana State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Dec 05, 2017) #35 Thomas, Devin Total 3-Pointers Free throws fg-fga 3fg-fga ft-fta pct def tot Opponent Date gs min pct pct off avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Indiana 11/10/17 * vs Auburn 11/16/17 * vs Old Dominion 11/17/17 * vs Ohio 11/19/17 * MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS * BALL STATE 11/25/17 * AIR FORCE Totals Games played: 7 /game: 2.7 Minutes/game: 17.1 Assists/game: 0.6 Points/game: 5.7 Turnovers/game: 2.1 FG Pct: 36.4 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.3 3FG Pct: 50.0 Blocks/game: 0.9 FT Pct: 79.2 Lincoln Trail College: With the Statesmen in , Thomas averaged 15.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and hit 37.5 percent of his attempts from 3-point range. High School: Thomas, who didn t suit up in basketball until his junior season at Richmond, earned early attention as the Red Devils were a state title contender and he helped them to a 22-3 record in Thomas went on to attend Midwest Elite Prep in Crown Point in Points... 17, vs. Ohio ( ) 3-Pointers...2, at Indiana ( ) Free Throws... 12, vs. Ohio ( )...4, three times (Last, ) Assists...2, vs. Auburn ( ) Blocks...5, vs. Ohio ( ) Steals... Minutes... 28, vs. Ohio ( ) Indiana State Basketball Notes

24 EMONDRE RICKMAN 41 C Jr.-2L Collinsville, Ill. (Collinsville HS) : Scored two points and tied a career high with two assists in the season-opening win over Indiana... Posted seven points and 11 rebounds against Auburn... Scored 10 points down the stretch in the four overtime game against Ohio : Blocked 1.3 blocked shots per game to rank third in the MVC... Came off the bench to score four points in the season opener at Northern Illinois... Posted six points and pulled down five rebounds at Valparaiso... Posted seven points with three rebounds against Wichita State... Tallied eight points and four rebounds while earning the start in the overtime contest at Missouri State... Tied a career-best with three blocked shots against the Bears... Posted nine points and five rebounds and tallied a career-high four blocked shots at Southern Illinois... Tallied a career-high 12 points and was a perfect 5-of-5 from the field including a conventional 3-point play at Northern Iowa... Tallied a career-best five blocked shots and hit the game winning field goal with less than 30 seconds to go as part of a road victory over Bradley... Scored eight points and tallied nine rebounds and six blocked shots in the home win over Drake... Scored four points and pulled down seven rebounds with five blocked shots at Loyola... Tallied eight points off the bench and recorded a career-high 12 rebounds in the regular season finale at Evansville : Blocked 0.7 shots per game to rank ninth in the MVC... Tallied 2.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per game with 24 blocked shots in 31 games of action, including two starts... Posted the first blocked shot of his career against Wyoming... Scored four points with three rebounds and one blocked shot against Tulsa... Set season bests for points (10) and rebounds (8) at Eastern Illinois... Posted a pair of blocked shots while earning his first career start in the win over Illinois-Springfield... Tallied a season-best three blocked shots at Saint Louis... Recorded six points and pulled down seven rebounds in the home win over Missouri State. Indiana State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Dec 05, 2017) #41 Rickman, Emondre Total 3-Pointers Free throws fg-fga 3fg-fga ft-fta pct def tot Opponent Date gs min pct pct off avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Indiana 11/10/ vs Auburn 11/16/ vs Old Dominion 11/17/17 * vs Ohio 11/19/ MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS BALL STATE 11/25/ AIR FORCE Totals Games played: 7 /game: 4.7 Minutes/game: 14.9 Assists/game: 0.9 Points/game: 4.6 Turnovers/game: 0.9 FG Pct: 45.2 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.0 FT Pct: 50.0 Steals/game: 0.3 Blocks/game: 0.9 Points... 12, at Northern Iowa ( ) 3-Pointers... N/A Free Throws... 6, at Southern Illinois ( )...12, at Evansville ( ) Assists...2, three times (Last, ) Blocks...6, vs. Drake ( ) Steals...2, twice (Last, ) Minutes... 27, at Bradley ( ) Indiana State Basketball Notes