SETTING THE STAGE
Indiana State Basketball continues Missouri Valley Conference play on Wednesday, February 15 at 8:00 p.m. (ET) as they travel to Loyola. Indiana State has won three of its last four games and enters with an overall record of 10-16, 4-10 MVC while the Ramblers are 16-11, 6-8 MVC and have dropped each of their last four. Milton Doyle leads Loyola with a 15.7 ppg average.

QUICK HITS
- Indiana State is 79-9 when holding teams to 63 points or less under seventh-year head coach Greg Lansing (and 18-0 when limiting teams to 53 or less). The Sycamores have won each of their last two games while opponents to 63 points or less.
- Indiana State has earned 65 close victories (five points or less) since 2005. Under Greg Lansing, the Sycamores are 39-26 in close games. 16 of Indiana State's games so far this season have been within one possession in the final two minutes of regulation this season.
- 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 119. He needs one more to tie John Longfellow for fifth on the ISU all-time victories list.
- Junior Brenton Scott owns 199 trifectas in his career which is third-best in the history of the program. 
- Senior Matt Van Scyoc has scored over 1,000 career collegiate points as he tallied 807 in two prior seasons at The Citadel plus 466 with the Sycamores. He now has 1,278 career points scored during his career with the two institutions.
- The Sycamores opened the season with back-to-back overtime games and had two more in a row go to extra time against Missouri State and Southern Illinois (Dec. 31 & Jan. 4). It was the first time Indiana State has played consecutive overtime games since the 1986-87 season when they did it in the first two games of 2016-17. Of the Sycamores' 26 games, 12 have been decided by one possession or in overtime, including five of the last seven victories. ISU has set a new school record with six overtime games so far this season. The NCAA record is eight while the MVC standard is seven.
- 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 in the win over No. 15 Butler.
- Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing led the Sycamores for the 200th time against Missouri-St. Louis. 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.

An Indiana State Win Over Loyola Would ...
• Be the Sycamores first road victory over the Ramblers since a 79-65 win in Chicago on February 7, 2015.
• Give the Sycamores their first three-game winning streak since a similar stretch of wins against Northern Illinois, Utah State and nationally-ranked Butler from November 30 - December 7, 2016.
• Tied head coach Greg Lansing with John Longfellow for fifth on the ISU all-time coaching victories at Indiana State with 120.

The Indiana State Head Coach
Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing (South Dakota, 1990) is 119-104 (.534) overall in his seventh season as a head coach. He is 64-58 all-time in MVC games, including a 44-17 mark at home and a 20-41 record on the road. During his career, he is 70-27 in all home games, 33-59 on the road, 16-18 in neutral court contests and 39-26 in games decided by five points or less. Lansing is 6-4 against Loyola and is 2-2 against the Ramblers on the road. With the Trees, Lansing is 10-10 in overtime games and 79-9 when holding teams to 63 points or less. 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 sixth on the Indiana State all-time coaching victories list with 119 and needs one more to tie John Longfellow for fifth.

Television Particulars
The Loyola game will air live on The Valley On ESPN3 and worldwide on the Watch ESPN app.

A Little History
Indiana State is currently in its 121st season of college basketball at the school. The Sycamores are 1,466-1,271 all-time on the hardwood.

Brenton Scott Leads Sycamores To Split Against Evansville & Northern Iowa
Indiana State junior Brenton Scott led the team with 15.5 points per game as the Sycamores earned a hard fought road victory over Bradley and dominated at home against Drake. Scott tallied six 3-pointers and added 6.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game over the two-game sweep. Scott opened the week with a pair of trifectas at Bradley as he scored 11 points and pulled down six rebounds. He finished off the week with a 20-point scoring performance in an 84-60 home victory over Drake as he added seven rebounds. He posted four assists and three rebounds in both games. Scott now ranks No. 15 all-time at Indiana State in career scoring and his 199 career 3-pointers ranks third-best all-time.

Sycamores Put Together Great Second Half Defensive Effort At Bradley
Indiana State faced long odds when they trailed 38-27 at the half against Bradley on Wednesday, February 8. But those odds were overcome quickly as they scored 14 of the 15 points in the second half to erase the deficit. Additionally, the Sycamores did not allow Bradley to score a field goal until there was 9:41 remaining in regulation. Indiana State limited Bradley to just 3-of-24 shooting (12.5 percent) during the second half and just 16 points. Emondre Rickman scored with just under 30 seconds remaining to complete the Sycamores' 56-54 come-from-behind victory.

Coach Lansing Climbing The Leaderboard In Career Victories & MVC Victories
Indiana State seventh-year head coach Greg Lansing is approaching a milestone in program history as he earned career victory No. 119 on Saturday, February 11 against Drake. He needs just one more to reach 120 and tie John Longfellow for the fifth-most victories all-time as the Sycamores head coach. With each of his next three additional victories, Lansing will move up one spot on the ISU coaching wins list. He needs five more to catch Royce Waltman for second at 124 and the school record is held by Duane Klueh who owns 182 career victories. Lansing also now owns 64 victories in Missouri Valley Conference play which is just five off the school record of 69 held by Indiana State's second all-time winningest head coach Royce Waltman (1997-2007). Lansing has led the Sycamores to the MVC Championship Game twice, the Arch Madness semifinals four times and has never done worse than a Friday appearance at the league's annual tournament.

Scott's 3-Point Shooting Moving Up ISU Career Ranks; Now 18th All-Time In Scoring
With his next 3-pointer, Indiana State junior Brenton Scott will become just the third Sycamore to ever record at least 200 career 3-pointers. He now sits at 199 for his career. Scott will join school record holder Michael Menser (1997-2001) who owns 283 career trifectas and Jordan Printy (2008-12) who has 215 as the only Sycamores to post at least 300 career trifectas. Scott also crept into the Indiana State Basketball all-time top 15 against Drake when he tallied career point 1,255 to move past George Pillow for 15th. His next target is Dan McDonald (1947-50) who had 1,298 career points.

Emondre Rickman Solid Over Last Three Games
Sophomore Emondre Rickman has burst on the scene over the last three games as he owns averages of 8.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.0 blocks in games against Northern Iowa, Bradley and Drake. Rickman's six blocked shots against Drake is tied for the third-most in the history of the program during a single game and is the most since Josh Crawford had seven at Evansville in 2010. During this recent stretch, he has set career highs for points scored (12 at Northern Iowa), blocked shots (six vs. Drake) as well as steals and minutes played.

Close Game Alert! Sycamores Set School Record For Most Overtime Games In A Season
For Indiana State, 12 of the Sycamores' games this season have been decided by just one possession or have entered overtime. The Sycamores have now set a new school record by playing in six overtime contests this season. Indiana State is 3-3 in overtime games. The NCAA record for most overtime games played in one season is eight, and the MVC record is seven. The Sycamores had not played consecutive overtime games since the 1986-87 season before doing that twice this year (first two games at Northern Illinois and Ball State as well as at Missouri State and at Southern Illinois). Additionally, the Sycamores have had 16 games that have been within one possession with less than two minutes to go in regulation.

Everett Clemons Near Top Of Valley Leaderboard In Several Categories
Indiana State senior Everett Clemons is ranked highly in eight different statistical categories inside the Missouri Valley Conference. Clemons lead the Sycamores in rebounding with a 6.0 average which ranks tied for ninth. His field goal percentage is an outstanding .517 which ranks seventh-best in the league. Always a distributor, Clemons is averaging 4.8 assists per game which is second while he is fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio with a mark of 2.3. Solid also at the free throw line, Clemons has hit 73.6 percent of his attempts which is 12th-best in the league. On the defensive end, Clemons averages 1.7 steals per game which is the third-highest this season inside the MVC while is pulling down 4.6 defensive rebounds per game to rank ninth. Finally, Clemons' 32.2 minutes per game is fifth-most in the MVC.

Sycamores Tally School Record Fifth Victory Over Nationally-Ranked Team Under Lansing
Indiana State ended a skid of nine loses to nationally-ranked teams when No. 15/16 Butler fell inside Hulman Center on December 7 by the score of 72-71. Coach Lansing has led the Sycamores to a school-record 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 1978-79) 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 2013.

Sycamore Success Inside Hulman Center Under Greg Lansing
The Sycamores are 70-27 (.722) inside Hulman Center under seventh-year head coach Greg Lansing. The Sycamores have won 60 of their last 83 home games. Additionally, the Sycamores have won 44 of their last 61 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 this season's 81-71 victory over the Braves.

Oh So Close! Everett Clemons Nearly Posts Triple-Double At Ball State
Indiana State senior guard Everett Clemons scored 11 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to record the Sycamores' first double-double of the season as part of the overtime win over Ball State. He also posted nine assists (of the team's 13) and narrowly missed his first career triple-double and the first by a Sycamore since Jake Odum did it in the 2011 Old Spice Classic (now Advocare Invitational). There have been just two triple-doubles in the MVC era with Odum owning one as well as Larry Bird in 1979. Currently, Clemons is averaging 5.5 rebounds per game which is 13th-best in the league while he is tied for the league lead while his is third in the MVC with 1.8 steals per game.

63 Is The Magic Number
The Sycamores win by the score of 84-60 on February 11 against Drake was ISU's fifth this season in which they held an opponent to 63 points or less and earned the victory. Under seventh-year head coach Greg Lansing, the Sycamores are 79-9 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 outscored the opposition's top five three times this season and earned the win. Under seventh-year head coach Greg Lansing, the Sycamores are 73-23 when the ISU starting five scores more than their opponent's starters after doing so in the win over Drake on February 11.

Brenton Scott Named To Preseason All-MVC First Team
Indiana State junior Brenton Scott was named to the Preseason All-MVC First Team as announced by the league office on October 25. Scott, who is the only returning first or second team all-conference selection from last season, picked up his first ever all-conference honor last year after being named The Valley's Freshman Of The Year in 2015. The Sycamores have had at least one all-conference selection in each of the last nine years which is the third-longest active streak among the current membership of the MVC.

Sycamores Picked To Finish Sixth In Missouri Valley Conference Race
Indiana State was picked to finish sixth in the Missouri Valley Conference according to a preseason poll of league head coaches, sports information directors and a media panel. Defending league champion Wichita State was also picked to win the league. The Sycamores are coming a 15-17 record last year and a sixth place finish in the MVC race. Indiana State reached the semifinals of Arch Madness of the fourth time in the last six years last season.

Brandon Murphy An MVC Scholar-Athlete Selection
Indiana State sophomore Brandon Murphy carries a 3.25 GPA in Communications and was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team as an honorable mention selection. Murphy averaged 4.9 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. In MVC contests, Murphy averaged 5.3 rebounds per game to rank 12th in the league. He pulled down 2.0 offensive rebounds per game to rank third while his 2.4 offensive rebounds per MVC game was second in the conference rankings. Murphy posted his first career double figure scoring output with 10 points in a home court victory over Wyoming.  He tallied a career-high 12 rebounds in an overtime contest at Missouri State.

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 1969.
 
Up Next
The Sycamores begin their final home stand of the season as they host Southern Illinois on Sunday, February 19 at 4:00 p.m. (ET).