2020–21 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

2020–21 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2021 MVC Tournament winner ; As of February 7, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
2020–21 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2020–21 record	11–8 (8–6 MVC)
Head coach	Greg Lansing (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Brett Carey; Kareem Richardson; Jake Odum;
Home arena	Hulman Center

The 2020–21 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team represents Indiana State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sycamores, led by 11th-year head coach Greg Lansing, will play their home games at the newly-renovated Hulman Center in Terre Haute, Indiana as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Sycamores finished the 2019–20 season 18–12, 11–7 in MVC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MVC Tournament to Missouri State.[1]

Roster

2020–21 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Cam Bacote	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Maryland Eastern Shore	Hampton, Virginia
C	1	Tre Williams	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	So	Woodstock Academy	Reynoldsburg, Ohio
F	2	Kailex Stephens	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	Jr	Tallahassee Community College	Tuscaloosa, Alabama
G/F	3	Jake LaRavia	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	So	Lawrence Central High School	Indianapolis, Indiana
G	4	Cooper Neese	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Cloverdale High School	Cloverdale, Indiana
G	5	Jared Hankins	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Fr	Lawrence North High School	Indianapolis, Indiana
G	10	Julian Larry	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	iSchool Entrepreneurial Academy	Frisco, Texas
G	11	Tyreke Key	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Clay County High School (TN)	Celina, Tennessee
G	13	Sam Mervis	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	Fr	University High School	Indianapolis, Indiana
G	14	Tobias Howard Jr.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	GS	Towson	Lithonia, Georgia
G	20	Cobie Barnes	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	So	Floyd Central High School	Floyds Knobs, Indiana
C	21	Ndongo Ndaw	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Butler Community College	New York, New York
G	44	Randy Miller Jr.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	GS	North Carolina Central	Odenton, Maryland
C	50	Nick Hittle	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Fr	Culver Academies	Indianapolis, Indiana

Head coach

Greg Lansing (South Dakota)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 22, 2020

During the Season

ISU coach Greg Lansing began the season with 166 wins, which places him second on the ISU Coaching Leaderboard, the leader Duane Klueh has 182. Senior Guard Tyreke Key moved into the Top 10 of the ISU 1,000-pt Club; on February 1, 2021, vs. Bradley, Key dropped 19 points to surpass 1,508 career points and move into the tenth spot. As of February 9th, Key made moved into the 9th spot with a career total of 1,557; he also ranks 8th on the Sycamore career 3-point Field Goal list (146 3-point field goals.)

As of February 7, Key had 4 games in which he scored 20 or more points, including 2 31-point games and led the Sycamores with a 15.9 ppg.

As of February 6, the Sycamores had completed a 7-game winning streak to push Coach Lansing's career record to 177 wins, 99 MVC wins (the 11th highest total in MVC history. The last 4 wins of the streak stretched ISU's "63 Is The Magic Number" record to 110-11 (.908) During the Lansing Head Coaching tenure, Indiana State's record is 110-11, when the Sycamores hold their foes to 63 points or fewer; the Sycamores are also 25-0 when the opponents score 53 points or less.

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
December 8, 2020* 5:00 pm, ESPN3	Truman State	W 80–66	1–0	Hulman Center (60) Terre Haute, IN
December 12, 2020* 7:30 pm, BTN	at Purdue	L 68–80	1–1	Mackey Arena (200) West Lafayette, IN
December 15, 2020* 8:00 pm, FSMW/FSIN/FSKC	at Saint Louis	L 59–78	1–2	Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
December 19, 2020* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	Ball State	W 67–57	2–2	Hulman Center (100) Terre Haute, IN
December 22, 2020* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	Southeast Missouri State	W 72–66	3–2	Hulman Center (100) Terre Haute, IN
Missouri Valley regular season
December 27, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Drake	L 63–81	3–3 (0–1)	Hulman Center (200) Terre Haute, IN
December 28, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPN3	Drake	L 66–73	3–4 (0–2)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
January 2, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Missouri State	L 74–84	3–5 (0–3)	JQH Arena (1,139) Springfield, MO
January 3, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN3	at Missouri State	L 66–70	3–6 (0–4)	JQH Arena (1,139) Springfield, MO
January 10, 2021 5:30 pm, ESPN2	Loyola–Chicago	W 76–71	4–6 (1–4)	Hulman Center (80) Terre Haute, IN
January 11, 2021 6:00 pm, CBSSN	Loyola–Chicago	L 48–58	4–7 (1–5)	Hulman Center (90) Terre Haute, IN
January 16, 2021 4:00 pm, Fox Sports	at Illinois State	W 73–65	5–7 (2–5)	Redbird Arena Normal, IL
January 17, 2021 3:00 pm, ESPN3	at Illinois State	W 74–68	6–7 (3–5)	Redbird Arena Normal, IL
January 25, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Southern Illinois	W 69–66	7–7 (4–5)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
January 26, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Southern Illinois	W 71–59	8–7 (5–5)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
January 31, 2021 3:00 pm, ESPN3	Bradley	W 60–57	9–7 (6–5)	Hulman Center (75) Terre Haute, IN
February 1, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN3	Bradley	W 67–55	10–7 (7–5)	Hulman Center (75) Terre Haute, IN
February 6, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPNU	at Northern Iowa	W 61–57	11–7 (8–5)	McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA
February 7, 2021 3:00 pm, Fox Sports	at Northern Iowa	L 67–70	11–8 (8–6)	McLeod Center (826) Cedar Falls, IA
February 14, 2021 3:00 pm	at Evansville			Ford Center Evansville, IN
February 17, 2021 2:00 pm	at Evansville			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
February 26, 2021 7:00 pm	at Valparaiso			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
February 27, 2021 6:00 pm	at Valparaiso			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
MVC Tournament
March 4–7 2021	vs.			Enterprise Center St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source[2]

References

"Arch Madness Game 6: Missouri State 78, Indiana State 51". Missouri Valley Conference. March 6, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
"2020-21 Basketball Schedule". Indiana State University Athletics. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

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[1] "Arch Madness Game 6: Missouri State 78, Indiana State 51". Missouri Valley Conference. March 6, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

[2] "2020-21 Basketball Schedule". Indiana State University Athletics. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
Venues	North Hall (1895–1923) William H. Wiley High School Gymnasium (1923–1928) ISU Gymnasium (1928–1962) College Arena (1962–1973) Hulman Center (1973–present)
Culture & lore	"Cheer for the Blue and White" "March On! (You Fighting Sycamores)"
People	Head coaches All-Century Team Statistical leaders
Seasons	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
NAIA national championship in bold; NCAA Division I Final Four appearance in italics

2020–21 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 22 Loyola-Chicago	12	–	1	.923	17	–	3	.850
Drake	9	–	1	.900	18	–	1	.947
Missouri State	7	–	5	.583	11	–	5	.688
Indiana State	8	–	6	.571	11	–	8	.579
Evansville	6	–	6	.500	8	–	10	.444
Valparaiso	4	–	6	.400	7	–	12	.368
Bradley	4	–	8	.333	10	–	11	.476
Northern Iowa	4	–	8	.333	6	–	12	.333
Southern Illinois	3	–	7	.300	9	–	7	.563
Illinois State	2	–	11	.154	5	–	14	.263

† 2021 MVC Tournament winner As of February 7, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll