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MSU 69, ISU 63

MISSOURI STATE (69) — Weems 6-13 2-4 14, Kirk 2-3 0-0 4, Pickens 1-3 3-6 5, Gulley 4-13 5-7 13, Bizoukas 5-5 0-0 12, Downing 5-8 5-6 17, Scheer 1-2 0-0 3, Copeland 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, Rhine 0-0 1-2 1. 24-47 FG, 16-25 FT. 69 TP.
INDIANA STATE (63) — Richard 5-11 6-8 16, Walker 1-3 3-6 5, Odum 2-7 2-4 6, Lathan 6-11 1-2 17, Printy 3-8 0-0 8, Doluony 0-2 1-2 1, Eitel 1-4 0-0 3, McWhorter 1-3 0-0 2, Mahurin 2-7 0-2 5. 21-56 FG, 13-24 FT, 63 TP.
Halftime score — ISU 33-26. 3-point goals — MSU 5-9 (Downing 2-3, Bizoukas 2-2, Scheer 1-2, Weems 0-1, Gulley 0-1), ISU 8-26 (Lathan 4-7, Printy 2-5, Eitel 1-3, Mahurin 1-3, Richard 0-2, Doluony 0-2, McWhorter 0-2). Rebounds — MSU 33* (Weems 9, Gulley 8, Pickens 7, Kirk 3, Downing 2, Bizoukas, Scheer, Copeland, Team RB*), ISU 33* (Richard 5, Team RB 5*, Odum 4, Lathan 4, Mahurin 4, Doluony 3, Eitel 3, Walker 2, McWhorter 2). Assists — MSU 10 (Bizoukas 6, Weems 2, Gulley, Downing), ISU 11 (Odum 6, Eitel 2, Richard, Lathan, Mahurin). Steals — MSU 5 (Weems 3, Gulley 2), ISU 5 (Richard 2, Walker, Lathan, Eitel). Blocks — MSU 0, ISU 6 (Odum 2, Lathan 2, Walker, Mahurin). Turnovers — MSU 11 (Gulley 4, Downing 2, Thomas 2, Pickens, Scheer, Team TO), ISU 12 (Lathan 3, Walker 2, McWhorter 2, Richard, Odum, Printy, Doluony, Eitel). Total fouls — MSU 22, ISU 25. Fouled out — Richard. A — 5,327.
Next — ISU (10-5, 1-3) plays host to Evansville on Tuesday. Missouri State (10-6, 3-1) plays host to Southern Illinois on Tuesday.

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  • Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis Not easy: Indiana State guard Dwayne Lathan finds his path blocked by Missouri State defender Christian Kirk in first half action in Terre Haute Saturday afternoon.

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  • Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis Too little: Jake Odum drives in for a basket late in the Sycamores loss to Missouri State. In the background is MSU guard Anthony Downing.

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  • Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis Matchup: Carl Richard shoots over the defense of Missouri State standout Kyle Weems.

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  • Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis Denial: Lucas Eitel plays up close defense on Missoouri State�s Kyle Weems in first half action.

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  • Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis Coming in: Carl Richard dunks over a Missouri State defender late in the Sycamore's loss Saturday.

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January 8, 2012

Missouri State takes game from Indiana State in second half

Todd Golden The Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE — Hulman Center is no longer impregnable. Missouri State’s men’s basketball team stormed the Indiana State parapets in the second half and the Sycamores offered little resistance until it was too late.

Up nine with 13 minutes, 39 seconds to go, the Bears bore down and used separate 13-1 and 8-0 runs to pull away for an eventual 69-63 victory Saturday, ISU’s first loss at Hulman Center this season.

“We fought. We had a very competitive spirit today. It’s what we need to have,” said Missouri State coach Paul Lusk, whose team won on the road despite not having center Caleb Patterson, the Bears’ second-leading scorer, due to a concussion.

While Missouri State buckled down, ISU just buckled.

The Sycamores (10-5, 1-3) are languishing near the bottom of the league after they were picked to finish third in preseason polling. ISU didn’t lose its third conference game last year until Jan. 26.

“We’re a completely different team from last year. We were tough last year. We’re not very tough this year,” ISU point guard Jake Odum said. “You really have to take a step back and look in the mirror. It’s not the coaches’ fault, we’re the ones playing the game, and we’re the ones letting everyone down.”

Missouri State (10-6, 3-1) shot 53.8 percent in the second half and 51.1 percent overall. ISU shot 37.5 percent and a had a crucial 5:18 stretch in the second half where it didn’t score a field goal. ISU led by nine at that point, but the Bears used a 13-1 run to take the lead.

A later 8-0 run gave Missouri State a 59-50 lead with 3:43 to go and provided what proved to be the knockout blow.

Everything was on the table as far as blame game for the loss. ISU’s defense, offensive execution and its effort were all in the crosshairs.

ISU coach Greg Lansing suggested several changes after the game, including a few that run counter to his own philosophies.

“We’re a poorly coached team right now. We may have to play 40 minutes of zone with the way we guard. We have to quit taking so many threes and maybe do something differently on the defensive end,” Lansing said.

Paradoxically, questions about ISU’s effort took on validity when the Sycamores fought back and nearly took the lead after the Bears had gone up nine with 3:43 left in the game. Showing determination missing from the previous 10 minutes, ISU went on a 9-2 run to cut Missouri State’s lead to 61-59 with 52 seconds left.

Odum missed a pair of free throws with 39.4 seconds left. Missouri State made 8 of 10 from that point to ice the victory.

The late Sycamore surge begged the question … where was the sense of urgency at the point where Missouri State took the lead and pulled out in front?

“If you’re a competitor at all, you fight like that from the opening tip,” Lansing said.

The loss wasted a good effort by ISU forward Carl Richard, who was assigned to cover reigning MVC Player of the Year Kyle Weems.

When Richard guarded Weems in the first half, the Missouri State senior didn’t score — his one first-half bucket came with Richard out. Richard got into foul trouble in the second half and it was no coincidence that Weems scored 12 of his 14 points after the break. Richard also scored 16 points.

“Carl Richard was terrific today. He wasn’t loosening on any screen action today. He was up into Kyle,” Lusk said.

While Lansing inferred after the game that changes could be coming, he had already tinkered with ISU’s rotation on Saturday. Dwayne Lathan earned his second start of the season in place of Steve McWhorter and led ISU in scoring with 17 points. Lucas Eitel also played significant minutes in place of a struggling McWhorter and foul-troubled Jordan Printy in the first half.

The changes had the intended effect in the first half. An early 8-0 ISU run staked the Sycamores to a 17-12 lead and ISU would slowly, but steadily build its advantage from there.  ISU’s lead peaked at 31-20 with 1:17 to go in the second half.

The Sycamores led by 10 after an Odum layup with 3 seconds left in the half, but the Bears closed the halftime gap to 33-26 when Anthony Downing — who led the Bears with 17 points — banked in a three-quarter court shot at the buzzer.

Missouri State closed its gap to three early in the second half, but the Sycamores seemed untroubled, rebuilding their lead to 43-34 on a Lathan jumper at 13:39.

It would be ISU’s last field goal until the 8:22 mark. In the interim, Missouri State spread the floor, set effective down screens, drove the lane, got good post-up chances or got to the line. In the path to its eventual 59-50 advantage, the Bears scored just twice outside the paint.

“We played small and spaced them out and got them into some screening action. We reversed the ball from side-to-side and ultimately wanted to drive them,” Lusk said.

ISU’s comeback, started by an emphatic Richard dunk at 3:21, was frantic, but was ultimately too little, too late. A Lathan 3-pointer and an Odum layup helped cut ISU’s deficit to 61-59, but the Bears held on as ISU ran out of steam.

ISU next plays host to Evansville on Tuesday. The blue collar Purple Aces have long been a thorn in ISU’s side. Evansville won two of three meetings last season, including a 66-63 victory at Hulman Center.

“I still think we have confidence, we just need to put it together. We believe in ourselves and in our team. We’ll get it figured out, work hard, and get it turned around,” Printy said.

 

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