Indiana State Nips Illinois State 77-75

[Jason Svoboda]

Indiana State squared off with Illinois State on Sunday, December 30th and slipped by the Redbirds 77-75 in conference action. The Sycamores got the win with 17 points and six assists (5 Reb 3 Stl) from Jake Odum. Justin Gant got a double-double with a career-high 18 points and 11 rebounds. Jackie Carmichael recorded a double-double for the Redbirds with 13 points and 14 rebounds. Indiana State (8-4, 1-0 The Valley) gets Northern Iowa (6-5, 0-0 The Valley) on the road on Wednesday, January 2nd.





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[TD]Pts[/TD]
[TD]Reb[/TD]
[TD]Ast[/TD]
[TD]Stl[/TD]
[TD]Blk[/TD]
[TD]TO[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]A[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]J. Carmichael[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
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[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]A[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Jon Ekey[/TD]
[TD]31[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]B+[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Zeke Upshaw[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
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[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]B[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Bryant Allen[/TD]
[TD]31[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]B[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Tyler Brown[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]B[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Nick Zeisloft[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]B-[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Johnny Hill[/TD]
[TD]28[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]D[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Kaza Keane[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]-[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Jordan Threloff[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]-[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]John Wilkins[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]ISU Players[/TD]
[TD]Mins[/TD]
[TD]Pts[/TD]
[TD]Reb[/TD]
[TD]Ast[/TD]
[TD]Stl[/TD]
[TD]Blk[/TD]
[TD]TO[/TD]
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[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]A[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Jake Odum[/TD]
[TD]32[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
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[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]A[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Justin Gant[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]A[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Devonte Brown[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]B+[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Jake Kitchell[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]B[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]R.J. Mahurin[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]B[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Khristian Smith[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]C+[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Manny Arop[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]C+[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Lucas Eitel[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]C-[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Dawon Cummings[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: player-grade-letter"]-[/TD]
[TD="class: player-grade-name"]Brandon Burnett[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
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Indiana State Game Notes:

• The Sycamores have won 3 close games this season (a win by 5 or fewer points). Since 2007, Indiana State has won 33 close games.
• This season Indiana State has won 80% of the time (4-1) when Jake Odum has 17 points or more.
• Justin Gant recorded a double-double. It was the 2nd of his career.
• Manny Arop has 7 straight double-digit point games.
• Jake Odum had a career high with a 100% three-point percentage.

Illinois State Game Notes:

• Tyler Brown has 3 straight double-digit point games.
• Jackie Carmichael recorded the 29th double-digit rebound game of his career.
• Jackie Carmichael has led the team in rebounding 10 times in 13 games this season.
• Jon Ekey has 4 straight double-digit point games.
• Jackie Carmichael recorded a team season high in rebounds with 14 and offensive rebounds with 6.

Check out the complete Game Notes.


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[bent20]

Let's hope this is the start of great things to come for Gant. Those are some big numbers.

 

[Eleven]

Let's hope this is the start of great things to come for Gant. Those are some big numbers.

His last 4 games have been eye openers... We should almost start to EXPECT double-doubles from him. In his case, it's almost ALL about desire.
Great Job Justin.