2018–19 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Indiana State Sycamores basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sycamores, led by ninth-year head coach Greg Lansing, played their home games at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute, Indiana as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 7–11 in MVC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the MVC tournament, they lost to Valparaiso in the first round.

2018–19 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	15–16 (7–11 MVC)
Head coach	Greg Lansing (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Marcus Belcher Terry Parker Brett Carey
Home arena	Hulman Center

2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Loyola Chicago	12	–	6		.667			20	–	14		.588
Drake	12	–	6		.667			24	–	10		.706
Southern Illinois	10	–	8		.556			17	–	15		.531
Missouri State	10	–	8		.556			16	–	16		.500
Bradley †	9	–	9		.500			20	–	15		.571
Northern Iowa	9	–	9		.500			16	–	18		.471
Illinois State	9	–	9		.500			17	–	16		.515
Indiana State	7	–	11		.389			15	–	16		.484
Valparaiso	7	–	11		.389			15	–	18		.455
Evansville	5	–	13		.278			11	–	21		.344
† 2019 MVC tournament winner

ISU coach Greg Lansing began the season needing two wins during the season to surpass his mentor (Royce Waltman) on the ISU Coaching Leaderboard. Waltman had 134 wins. Lansing passed Waltman following the Sycamores victory over the McKendree Bearcats and is currently second (148) in wins at Indiana State; the leader Duane Klueh has 182. Junior Guard Jordan Barnes became the 39th member of the ISU 1,000-pt Club.

Previous season

The Sycamores finished the 2017–18 season 13–18, 8–10 in MVC play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MVC tournament to Illinois State.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Demonte Ojinnaka	1	G	6'5"	212	Senior	Silver Spring, MD	Graduated
Trey Knight III	3	G	6'4"	180	RS Sophomore	Cedar Park, TX	Transferred to Texas A&M–Kingsville
Brenton Scott	4	G	6'1"	190	RS Senior	Fort Wayne, IN	Graduated
Ethan Claycomb	10	F	6'7"	194	RS Freshman	Vincennes, IN	Walk-on; transferred to Bellarmine
Matt Deady	24	G	6'5"	208	RS Freshman	Terre Haute, IN	Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons
Qiydar Davis	25	G	6'5"	209	RS Senior	Atlanta, GA	Graduated
Brandon Murphy	34	C	6'7"	270	Senior	Montgomery, AL	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Allante Holston	1	G	6'7"	190	Senior	Capitol Heights, MD	Transferred from North Texas. Will be eligible to play immediately since Holston graduated from North Texas.
Cameron Bacote	3	G	6'3"	170	Sophomore	Hampton, VA	Transferred from Maryland Eastern Shore. Under NCAA transfer rules, Bacote will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

2018 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Deavion Washington SG	Terre Haute, IN	Terre Haute South Vigo High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jun 21, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
Blake Brinkmeyer PF	West Des Moines, IA	Valley High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Aug 1, 2017
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 17, 2018.

2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2018 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jared Hankins SG	Indianapolis, IN	Lawrence North High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
Treauhn Williams PF	Reynoldsburg, OH	Woodstock Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	N/A	Sep 22, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Cobie Barnes SF	Floyds Knobs, IN	Floyd Central High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Oct 11, 2017
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 17, 2018.

Roster

2018–19 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Allante Holston 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Clinton Christian School North Texas Capitol Heights, MD G 2 Jordan Barnes 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 152 lb (69 kg) Jr Christian Brothers HS St. Louis, MO G 3 Cam Bacote  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Bethel HS Maryland Eastern Shore Hampton, VA G 4 Cooper Neese 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Fr Cloverdale HS Cloverdale, IN F/C 5 Bronson Kessinger 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 222 lb (101 kg) RS Jr Corydon Central HS Corydon, IN G 10 Christian Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Jr St. Teresa HS Iowa Decatur, IL G 11 Tyreke Key 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 201 lb (91 kg) So Clay County HS Celina, TN G 12 Tyeshon Martin (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Fr New Rochelle HS Yonkers, NY G 13 Clayton Hughes 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 206 lb (93 kg) So University School/Hargrave Military Jackson, TN F/C 20 Daniel Huenermann 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 221 lb (100 kg) So Kantonsschule Am Burggraben St. Gallen, Switzerland G 23 De'Avion Washington 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Terre Haute South Vigo HS Terre Haute, IN F 35 Devin Thomas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Richmond HS Mineral Area College Richmond, IN F 40 Blake Brinkmeyer 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Valley HS West Des Moines, IA C 41 Emondre Richman 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Sr Collinsville HS Collinsville, IL	Head coach Greg Lansing (South Dakota) Assistant coach(es) Marcus Belcher (Southern Illinois) Terry Parker (Louisiana Tech) Brett Carey (UNC Asheville) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 1, 2018* 7:00 pm		Rose-Hulman	W 77–44		Hulman Center (3,675) Terre Haute, IN
Non-conference regular season
Nov 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Ball State	L 69–86	0–1	Worthen Arena (4,022) Muncie, IN
Nov 9, 2018* 4:30 pm, ESPN3		at Green Bay	W 78–74	1–1	Resch Center (1,469) Green Bay, WI
Nov 14, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		McKendree	W 80–63	2–1	Hulman Center (3,146) Terre Haute, IN
Nov 24, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Western Kentucky	W 63–54	3–1	Hulman Center (3,032) Terre Haute, IN
Nov 28, 2018* 10:00 pm		at San Jose State MW–MVC Challenge	W 86–57	4–1	Event Center Arena (1,523) San Jose, CA
Dec 1, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Wright State	W 69–63	5–1	Hulman Center (3,499) Terre Haute, IN
Dec 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		North Texas	L 69–80	5–2	Hulman Center (3,113) Terre Haute, IN
Dec 8, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Truman State	W 77–69	6–2	Hulman Center (3,466) Terre Haute, IN
Dec 16, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPNU		at TCU Diamond Head Classic campus site game	L 70–90	6–3	Schollmaier Arena (6,431) Fort Worth, TX
Dec 22, 2018* 4:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Colorado Diamond Head Classic quarterfinals	W 72–67	7–3	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, HI
Dec 23, 2018* 4:30 pm, ESPN2		vs. UNLV Diamond Head Classic semifinals	W 84–79	8–3	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, HI
Dec 25, 2018* 9:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. TCU Diamond Head Classic championship game	L 69–83	8–4	Stan Sheriff Center (5,752) Honolulu, HI
Missouri Valley regular season
Jan 2, 2019 9:00 pm, FSMW/NBCSCH		at Loyola–Chicago	L 44–79	8–5 (0–1)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (3,112) Chicago, IL
Jan 5, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Bradley	W 65–60	9–5 (1–1)	Hulman Center (4,117) Terre Haute, IN
Jan 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Missouri State	L 57–72	9–6 (1–2)	Hulman Center (3,420) Terre Haute, IN
Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Evansville	W 72–66 OT	10–6 (2–2)	Ford Center (6,419) Evansville, IN
Jan 16, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Northern Iowa	L 64–69	10–7 (2–3)	McLeod Center (3,457) Cedar Falls, IA
Jan 19, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPNU		Loyola–Chicago	L 67–75	10–8 (2–4)	Hulman Center (10,200) Terre Haute, IN
Jan 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Valparaiso	W 70–53	11–8 (3–4)	Hulman Center (3,460) Valparaiso, IN
Jan 27, 2019 2:00 pm, CBSSN		at Illinois State	L 62–76	11–9 (3–5)	Redbird Arena (5,141) Normal, IL
Jan 30, 2019 9:00 pm, FSMW/NBCSCH		at Southern Illinois	L 73–88	11–10 (3–6)	SIU Arena (8,284) Carbondale, IL
Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Drake	L 62–68	11–11 (3–7)	Hulman Center (3,529) Terre Haute, IN
Feb 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Evansville	W 85–62	12–11 (4–7)	Hulman Center (3,469) Terre Haute, IN
Feb 9, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Bradley	L 67–96	12–12 (4–8)	Carver Arena (5,805) Peoria, IL
Feb 13, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Valparaiso	W 87–82 OT	13–12 (5–8)	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,014) Valparaiso, IN
Feb 16, 2019 12:00 pm, FSMW/NBCSCH		Southern Illinois	L 57–79	13–13 (5–9)	Hulman Center (3,997) Terre Haute, IN
Feb 20, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Illinois State	W 73–50	14–13 (6–9)	Hulman Center (3,253) Valparaiso, IN
Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Missouri State	L 61–67	14–14 (6–10)	JQH Arena (5,788) Springfield, MO
Feb 27, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Drake	L 68–80	14–15 (6–11)	Knapp Center (4,023) Des Moines, IA
Mar 2, 2019 TBA		Northern Iowa	W 71–54	15–15 (7–11)	Hulman Center (3,764) Terre Haute, IN
Missouri Valley tournament
Mar 7, 2019	(8)	vs. (9) Valparaiso	L 55-77	15-16 (7-11)	Enterprise Center  St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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