November 17, 2006 SECOND HALF SURGE NOT ENOUGH FOR SYCAMORES AT INDIANA BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A 15-1 second half run brought Indiana State from 20 down, but it wasn’t enough as the Indiana Hoosiers topped the Sycamores 73-66 at Assembly Hall. ISU fell to 1-1 on the season, while the Hoosiers improved to 2-1. The Sycamores trailed 55-38 with 10:23 left to play, when Russell Trudeau (Lafayette Central Catholic/Lafayette, IN) came off the bench to provide a spark for ISU. The senior had a lay-up and was fouled, and then nailed a three pointer to cut the lead to 55-43 with 9:11 left. A lay-up by Jay Tunnell (West/Topeka, KS) cut the lead to eight. After Indiana hit one of two free throws, freshman Cole Holmstrom (South/Bloomington,IN) nailed a three to cut the lead to six. Back-to-back jumpers by Tunnell cut the lead to two. Adam Arnold’s (Belmont/Decatur,IN) put back cut the lead to one with 5:10 left to play. But the Hoosiers got a D.J.White rebound bucket to get the lead back to five with 2:35 left. ISU then got back-to-back buckets by Gabriel Moore (Mills/Little Rock, Ark) which cut IU’s lead to two with :49 seconds left. Lance Stemler then nailed a three with 33 seconds left to push the lead to five and the Sycamores would not come back. Indiana State trailed 36-23 at the break, shooting just 25 percent in the half and 3-of-11 from 3-point range. The Sycamores shot 56 percent in the second half, and 40.6 for the game. ISU was out rebounded 36-35, but had 16 offensive rebounds. IU shot 47.9 percent for the game and 43.8 percent (7-16) from three point range. Tunnell led the Sycamores with 16 points, 14 in the second half while Arnold added 11 and Trudeau finished with eight. The Sycamores are now 1-1 on the season and visit IPFW Sunday afternoon, November 19. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. (ET).
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