Indiana State Sycamores NCAA Basketball News

Tribune-Star staff report /Omaha, Neb. Creighton rallied from a five-point deficit, then held off Indiana State 75-72 in a Missouri Valley Conference women s basketball game on Thursday.

Despite shooting only 35 percent, Long Beach State manages to turn back Indiana State, 38-37, in the Rainbow Classic.

Oliver Purnell looked worn out as he slowly made his way to press row. He stifled a few yawns, the result of having not caught up to the five-hour time difference.

HONOLULU Rory O'Neil hit the winning three-pointer with five seconds left as USC defeated Alabama-Birmingham, 81-78, in the semifinals of the Rainbow Classic on Wednesday evening.

Dennis Trammell and Terrance Chapman scored 19 points apiece to lead Ball State to a 80-73 victory over IUPUI on Saturday.

Former state Rep. Frank M. Fitzgerald, the fourth generation of his family to serve the state of Michigan, died Thursday.

Last weekend wasn t a pleasant road trip for Indiana State s women s basketball team.

MEN'S BASKETBALL . VU NOTES TERRE HAUTE . Even the NBA trade rumor mill runs through Terre Haute.

After destroying the Sycamores of Indiana State last week by nearly 30 points, the men's basketball team (2-1 overall, 0-0 Mid-American Conference) will return to action tonight at Alumni Arena where they'll ...

Indiana State men s basketball coach Royce Waltman has a philosophy when it comes to assimilating freshmen into the Sycamore swing of things.

It had been a long time since Bracey Wright had a good shooting night at Assembly Hall.

Unseeded Ryler DeHeart of Illinois beat University of Kentucky senior All-American Jesse Witten 6-1, 6-4 yesterday in the singles final of the ITA National Indoor Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich.

The Indiana State women s basketball team didn t randomly schedule Saint Joseph s College for its first exhibition contest of the season tonight.

Jon Scifres kicked a 38-yard field goal with three seconds remaining, lifting Southwest Missouri State to a 31-28 victory over Indiana State on Saturday night.

Jazz fans remember the birth of the cool. So do college basketball fans -- and it happened 25 years ago.

A former Indiana State men s basketball player is one of three men charged in connection with what prosecutors say was a rigged Hoosier Lottery game.

Josh Betts passed for three touchdowns and ran for a score to lead Miami of Ohio to a 49-0 rout of Division I-AA Indiana State on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams.

After struggling early, Clint Cuffle came on to play like the all-Missouri Valley Conference player he was expected to be.

The sweeping reforms approved this week by the NCAA shouldn't adversely affect Indiana State University's athletic programs, the Sycamores' athletic director said Friday.

Larry Bird says Indiana State's magical 1979 basketball season - a 33-1 record and runner-up finish in the NCAA tournament - was a tribute to a well-orchestrated cast of players.

In an effort to build better relationships with children and parents, Greensburg High School is holding an encore performance of their Breakfast with Dad program.

At Chauncey Rose, the Scotties defeated West Vigo 34-15 in the sixth-grade game as Danielle Ketner scored 12 and Tait Johnson eight for the winners.

Of all the players to lead the Wichita State women out of their Missouri Valley Conference funk, Denise Turner is one of the most unlikely.

The game was just about as dreary as the weather outside. Southern Illinois University's basketball team was struggling from the offensive end in Sunday's game against Indiana State.

As a fifth-grader years ago, Brenda Coldren was told by her principal that she could not play baseball because she was a girl.

The starters for the Illinois State women's basketball team delivered pizzas to a section of student fans during Saturday's player introductions at Redbird Arena.

Mark Turgeon answered every question that was thrown at him. And he answered none.

Jake Eigsti turns 20 years old this June. But the grin he flashed Tuesday night looked more like a 10-year-old kid about to toss his baseball glove over the handlebars of his bike and ...

A look of distress crosses Stetson Hairston's face at the thought his worth to the Saluki basketball team can rise and fall like one of his jump shots.

Blake Ahearn scored 18 points to lead Southwest Missouri to a 69-63 win over Indiana State Thursday night.

The Drake Bulldogs came to Hulman Center on Thursday night with a new full-court style of play, a new coach with 550 career victories and some rekindled enthusiasm.

Larry Bird's No. 33, already retired by the Boston Celtics, will be retired at Indiana State, where he led the Sycamores to the NCAA championship game 25 years ago.