Indiana State head football coach Trent Miles and his staff will host a reception inside the Sycamore Varsity Club Room at Hulman Center on Wednesday, during which the football program will announce its 2010 signing class.
The west entrance of Hulman Center will open at 5 p.m. Fans will be directed to the lower level Varsity Club Room for the event. There will be a short program scheduled to announce the signing class at 5:30.
Miles and staff will be available to the media at the event. The event is being held in conjunction with that evening’s men’s basketball contest versus Illinois State. Tickets to the basketball game will be available at the signing day event. The game is slated to tip off at 7:05 p.m.
In other ISU news:
• McKenna Show to be shown live — Head basketball coach Kevin McKenna will participate in four radio shows in February at Beef O’Brady’s.
Hosted by Brian Fritz and Nelligan Sports Marketing on ESPN 1130 and 1300 AM, the Kevin McKenna Show will be broadcast live at 6 p.m. on each of four Mondays in February.
Fans are welcome to watch the broadcast live as Fritz and McKenna recap the previous week’s action, with outlooks for the Sycamores’ upcoming games and team information straight from the source. McKenna will not appear on Feb. 8, however, due to travel obligations.
Indiana State returns to action at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, hosting Illinois State.
Basketball
• Mattox to be honored — The Exchange Club of Terre Haute will recognize sophomore Deja Mattox with the Athlete of the Week Award for her fine play with the Indiana State women’s basketball team at today’s luncheon meeting at the Holiday Inn.
The 6-foot forward from Peru averaged 12 points over the Lady Sycamores’ two-game road swing at Bradley and Northern Iowa. She hit four 3-pointers in a career-high, 20-point performance against the Panthers on Saturday while adding a team-leading four rebounds.
The ISU women, now 11-9 overall and 2-7 in Missouri Valley Conference action, return to action Saturday at Illinois State.
• Pomeroys lose twice — A trip to the St. Louis area over the weekend was a frustrating one for St. Mary-of-the-Woods, which lost 55-51 at Principia on Saturday and 72-64 at Webster on Sunday.
Brittany Shaner had 49 points in the two games, including 34 on Sunday, to lead SMWC, which plays Wednesday at Rose-Hulman.
At Elsah, Ill.
ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS (51) — Brown 3-8 0-0 6, Blickenstaff 1-9 1-2 3, Allen 0-9 0-0 0, Shaner 6-14 1-3 15, Tracy 2-7 0-1 6, Barron 4-6 0-0 9, McKee 3-7 3-5 9, Hayes 1-4 1-2 3, Messerschmitt 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-64 FG, 6-13 FT, 51 TP.
PRINCIPIA (55) — Sydness 1-7 3-4 5, Wheeler 3-10 8-8 14, S.Corbitt 7-11 0-1 18, D.Corbitt 2-6 0-0 6, Briggs 2-6 1-1 5, Eaton 1-3 0-0 2, Erwin 0-3 0-0 0, Shoemake 0-0 0-0 0, Carney 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 18-50 FG, 12-14 FT, 55 TP.
Halftime score — SMWC 20, Principia 14. 3-point shooting — SMWC 5-22 (Shaner 2-5, Tracy 2-7, Barron 1-1, McKee 0-1, Brown 0-2, Hayes 0-2, Allen 0-4), Principia 7-17 (S.Corbitt 4-5, D.Corbitt 2-6, Carney 1-2, Wheeler 0-1, Briggs 0-1, Eaton 0-2). Total fouls — SMWC 15, Principia 16. Fouled out — none. Rebounds — SMWC 34 (Brown 10), Principia 38 (Sydness 12). Assists — SMWC 9 (Allen 2, Tracy 2, McKee 2), Principia 9 (Wheeler 4).
At St. Louis
ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS (64) — Brown 2-7 4-4 8, Barron 1-4 0-0 2, Allen 1-9 1-3 3, Tracy 0-3 0-0 0, Shaner 13-21 7-8 34, Hayes 2-4 0-0 4, Blickenstaff 1-2 1-2 3, McKee 4-6 2-3 10, Axtell 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-57 FG, 15-20 FT, 64 TP.
WEBSTER (72) — Lockett 7-11 1-4 15, Mo.Zehner 1-1 0-0 2, Underwood 1-5 0-0 2, Ma.Zehner 3-9 2-4 8, Meyer 1-6 0-1 2, Willett 4-6 0-0 8, Ford 1-4 8-10 10, Gaal 1-3 0-0 3, Fenemor 5-5 5-6 15, Russell 2-7 2-4 6, Auer 0-1 0-0 0, Grant 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-58 FG, 18-29 FT, 72 TP.
Halftime score — Webster 36, SMWC 24. 3-point shooting — SMWC 1-11 (Shaner 1-3, Tracy 0-1, Barron 0-1, Hayes 0-1, Brown 0-2, Allen 0-3), Webster 2-15 (Gaal 1-3, Underwood 1-5, Ma.Zehner 0-3, Meyer 0-4). Total fouls — SMWC 23, Webster 21. Fouled out — Blickenstaff. Rebounds — SMWC 32 (Barron 6, Shaner 6), Webster 38 (Lockett 8). Assists — SMWC 11 (Brown 6), Webster 14 (Ma.Zehner 4).
Next — St. Mary-of-the-Woods (7-12) has a 7:30 p.m. game Wednesday at Rose-Hulman.
• Middle schools — The following middle school girls games were reported.
Eighth grade — Otter Creek 43 (Layne Curley 12), South Vermillion 11 (Pritchard 4).
Seventh grade — Otter Creek 35 (Sabrina Frazier 9), South Vermillion 15 (Russell 6).
Sixth grade — West Vigo 23 (Leah Morrison 8, Hannah Willis 6 including game-winning shot with three seconds left), St. Patrick’s 22 (Howes 7).
