TERRE HAUTE — With 14:30 to go in Indiana State’s men’s basketball game at Southern Illinois, the Sycamores were up three when ISU’s Jake Kelly stepped in front of a Saluki pass and had a one-on-one breakaway to potentially increase the ISU advantage.
What appeared to be a play that would give ISU some always valuable road juice instead signaled a most unexpected and depressing downfall.
SIU forward Carlton Fay crashed into Kelly to prevent an easy basket with a hard, clean foul. Kelly crumpled to the floor in pain, reaching for his left knee.
Kelly never returned to the game and the Sycamores never recovered. SIU would soon reel off a 19-2 run and the Salukis never looked back. ISU fell 70-52 in its Missouri Valley Conference opener at SIU Arena on Tuesday.
Kelly was checked by SIU’s medical staff and ISU trainer Brad Yeargin after the game. The initial indication was that Kelly suffered a MCL sprain in his left knee. No ACL damage was detected, though Kelly did have swelling in his knee after the game. There is no timetable yet as to how many games Kelly might miss.
“I don’t think this will be [an injury] I can just play on, I’ll just have to take some time. I’ve never really had anything with my knee,” said Kelly, who said he’s never had an injury he hasn’t been able to play through at all.
Even before Kelly’s injury, ISU was getting away with playing with turnover fire. The Sycamores closed the first half with five turnovers and opened the second half with three more without scoring a point. Still, ISU led 37-34 when Kelly had his breakaway.
“We both kind of put our bodies into each other. He lowered his shoulder, but not in a malicious way,” said Kelly, who said he’s good friends with Fay. “Right as I planted, I went into him and my upper body shifted and my thigh moved over to the side while my [knee] just planted.”
After the injury, the turnovers continued unabated for the Sycamores, they finished with 21 overall, leading to 26 Saluki points. SIU was far more aggressive on both ends of the floor and got several easy baskets in its game-determining 19-2 run.
“We kind of caved under the pressure. They turned up the heat defensively and we had some weak turnovers that led to some easy baskets,” ISU coach Kevin McKenna said.
After Kelly’s injury, ISU scored just three field goals for the remainder of the game, but McKenna didn’t think the injury hastened the Sycamores’ collapse.
“I don’t think our guys panicked. It’s not like Harry [Marshall] isn’t an experienced player that can handle the ball and create stuff. We didn’t have anyone step up. Twenty-one turnovers led to 26 [SIU] points and we had seven assists. If you have those assist-to-turnover numbers, you’re not going to win,” McKenna said.
ISU swingman Dwayne Lathan, who led the Sycamores with 11 points, thought the Sycamores lost their composure.
“A lot of it was our fault. We lost our composure and we should have kept it. We have to know it’s going to be [hard] on the road,” Lathan said.
ISU came out on top by a bucket after a topsy-turvy first half. ISU came out strong, matching SIU possession-for-possession with the game knotted at 10 early. The Salukis, helped by careless ISU giveaways, jumped in front 20-11 with 11:24 to go.
Then the Salukis seized up offensively. Up 22-16, SIU had 15 consecutive empty possessions. The Sycamores answered with a 12-0 run that put ISU up 28-22 with 2:36 left in the half. Five turnovers in the final two minutes helped the Salukis close the gap to 28-26 at the break.
ISU next plays host to Creighton on Friday.
Indiana State 52
Player mi fg 3pt ft r a pf tp
Richard 21 2-3 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 4
Leitnaker 19 4-5 0-0 0-0 4 0 1 8
Reed 31 1-4 1-3 4-4 3 2 2 7
Lathan 19 4-7 0-1 3-4 4 1 4 11
Kelly 19 1-3 0-1 1-2 0 2 2 3
Doluony 8 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0
Crawford 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0
Martin 14 0-0 0-0 0-2 3 0 0 0
Marshall 30 5-9 0-0 0-0 2 2 2 10
Printy 20 2-5 2-3 0-0 1 0 0 6
Carter 10 0-1 0-1 3-4 1 0 0 3
Totals 19-41 3-11 11-16 24* 7 15 52
Southern Illinois 70
Player mi fg 3pt ft r a pf tp
Fay 23 3-9 0-1 0-1 2 0 3 6
Evans 24 4-8 0-0 3-4 3 0 4 11
Dillard 31 3-11 0-3 0-0 3 2 0 6
T. Freeman 24 7-10 5-7 0-0 0 4 3 19
Bocot 26 6-11 1-3 1-1 2 2 0 14
Brown-Surles 18 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 2 1 2
Moise 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Mitchell 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Long 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0
Teague 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0
Booker 13 3-4 0-0 0-0 4 1 4 6
J. Freeman 27 1-2 0-0 4-4 6 3 1 6
Totals 28-58 6-15 8-10 31* 14 17 70
Halftime score — ISU 28, SIU 26. FG Pct. — ISU .463; SIU .483; 3P Pct. — ISU .273; SIU .400; FT Pct. — ISU .688; SIU .800. Steals — ISU 7 (Richard 2); SIU 12 (T. Freeman 3, Brown-Surles 3). Blocks — ISU 5 (Richard, Leitnaker, Lathan, Kelly, Martin), SIU 1 (Booker). Turnovers — ISU 21 (Lathan 5), SIU 13 (Dillard 4). Team rebounds* — ISU 2, SIU 5. A — 5,401.
Next — ISU (8-4, 0-1) will play host to Creighton and SIU (8-2, 1-0) will play at Bradley on Friday.
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What traits do head football coaches seek out when they hire position coaches?
Indiana State football coach Mike Sanford provided insight into that question as he hired former Southeast Louisiana head coach Mike Lucas to his staff Tuesday. Lucas will be the Sycamores’ defensive line coach.
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Four Indiana State athletes advance to NCAA outdoor track and field championships
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Ort sets ISU RBI record in 16-7 win
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Bradley ends 16-game MVC losing streak against ISU
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If you had to pick one word that would describe the 2013 Indiana State baseball season, it would have to be frustration.
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Indiana State’s baseball victory over Alcorn State on Friday would take on more meaning Saturday if the Sycamores could build momentum and pick up on the good work they did in Friday’s ninth-inning rally.
Mission accomplished.
The Sycamores were aggressive from the opening inning at the plate and starting pitcher Devin Moore gave them eight valuable and effective innings on the mound as ISU defeated Alcorn State 14-2 at Bob Warn Field.
“It was a really good experience for everybody. It felt great to finally come out here and put some things together. It’s also really nice when your offense puts a lot of runs on the board,” Moore said.
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Alcorn State’s baseball team might be ranked in the bottom 10 in RPI and Indiana State might have never lost to a Southwestern Athletic Conference team. So it wouldn’t appear that a quality win was in the offing when Alcorn State visited Bob Warn Field on Friday.
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ISU’s Mascari and Hope win MVC track & field titles
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ISU pole vault tradition continues with help from its author
Pole vault is track and field for the adrenaline junkie, Indiana State senior Nicole Hope proclaimed during a recent practice at Marks Field.
To catapult oneself about 14 feet into the air with a large $500 fiberglass pole on a daily basis is a risky endeavor.
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Lansing looking for more home games for next fall
Indiana State’s men’s basketball team is looking for a few good games.
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ISU baseball gets back into rhythm with victory
Baseball is a rhythm game. With contests every day or five times a week in the case of many college programs, you have the chance to build on success or wallow in a slump.
Mother Nature took that rhythm away from Indiana State’s team last week. After a 7-1 loss to Indiana on April 24, ISU was supposed to play a three-game series at Tennessee-Martin, but it was wiped out by rain.
So the rhythm was disturbed, but perhaps that wasn’t a bad thing.
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