Game thread: WSU at Indy State

[cpacmel]

Trees 10
Shockers 8

15 minutes to go first half

[cpacmel]

Trees 21
Shockers 14

11:30 to go in the first half

Crowd going crazy in Terre Haute

[txsaluki05]

:sycamores: :sycamores:

[cpacmel]

Time-out WSU

Trees 26
Shocks 14

9 minutes to play first half


Homstrom with 11 points (3 treys already)

[cpacmel]

Trees 26
Shockers 19

7:57 left first half

[cpacmel]

Trees 29
Shockers 28

2:52 left for the first half

7 treys already for the Trees

WSU 42% from the field
Indy State 56% from the field

[bleach]

Thanks for the updates. Go trees!

[MSU Bleeds Maroon]

Trees 29
Shockers 28

2:52 left for the first half

7 treys already for the Trees

WSU 42% from the field
Indy State 56% from the field

Sounds like the visitors are either snagging a ton of offensive boards or causing a bunch of turnovers...

[cpacmel]

Trees 33
Shockers 30

HALFTIME

P.J. with 2 fouls though he leads the Shocks in scoring with 11 points.

Kyle Wilson 2 points (1-6)

[crjays1]

Thanks for the updates

[Coasterbill42]

Go Trees.

[cpacmel]

Trees come out on fire in the 2nd half:

Trees 46
Shocks 34

15 minutes left in the game

Trees have hit 5-6 in the 2nd half, including 3-4 from 3 point land.

[cpacmel]

Trees 50
Shocks 42

11 minutes to go.

[ISU87]

54-51 ISU 6:37 to go

:sycamores:

[cpacmel]

Indiana State 54
WSU 49

7:13 left


Team fouls

Indy State 6
WSU 4

PJ only player in double figures for WSU with 16 points.

WSU is 1-4 from the line, in 2nd half

[redbirdtim]

I heard that it's 54-51 now. Looks like it would be a good one to see in the Hulman center. I'm sad I had to work and couldn't drive over to see a good game.

[ISU87]

ISU still up 57-53
4:18 left now.
the ISU blogger says the crowd is quiet though.

[ISUMatt]

Cmon, your not gonna drive 3 hours to watch Wichita/Indy St!!

[ISUMatt]

Where can I find the InSU blogger?

[ISU87]

http://blogs.tribstar.com/toddgolden/

ISU up by 6 with the ball, under 4 timeout!

Where can I find the InSU blogger?

[cpacmel]

Trees 57
Shocks 53

4:18 left

Trees ball

[cpacmel]

Last media time-out

Trees 59
Shocks 53

3:23 left

Trees ball after the time-out

[ISU87]

Kyle Wilson fouls out, ISU up by 7

[redbirdtim]

2 hours, and who the heck do you think you are to tell me what I might or might not do. You have no idea what athletic events I have or have not been to, including the travel distances for those events.

[ISUMatt]

Calm down Tim, you forget to take your Xanax today...

[ISUMatt]

2 hours, and who the heck do you think you are to tell me what I might or might not do. You have no idea what athletic events I have or have not been to, including the travel distances for those events.

Answer me this honestly...have you ever driven to INDIANA STATE to watch a basketball game that didnt include Illinois State?

[Yoshi]

Where are all the Shucker posters?

[cpacmel]

Indiana State 60
WSU 57

2:55 left

[bleach]

Answer me this honestly...have you ever driven to INDIANA STATE to watch a basketball game that didnt include Illinois State?
I have

[ISU87]

63-59 isu

1:20 to go

[cpacmel]

Time-out WSU

Trees 63
Shocks 59

1:51 left

[bleach]

Where are all the Shucker posters?
In the fraidy hole.

[cpacmel]

Time out Trees

Trees 63
Shocks 59

1:35 left

Trees ball

[ISU87]

timeout WSU!! ISU up 6 now, about :47 to go!

:sycamores: :sycamores:

[cpacmel]

Shocks just had shot after shot and a missed lay-up

[bleach]

Fight em off Trees!

[DoubleJayAlum]

Where are all the Shucker posters?

Trying to find psychologists to talk them off of the ledge.....

[redbirdtim]

Have I driven to Indiana St., no. They play a lot of games the same nights we do. However, I have driven longer distances than the distance from here to Terra Haute to see games that would just be good games. So, you could do me a favor and just stop being a tool.

[redbirdtim]

Back to the game at hand, looks like Indiana St. should be able to fend off the Shockers. Have to make those layups or else you're never going to get in. After the UNI make yesterday though to send our game into OT, I won't put this one into the books yet.

What do all the InSU posters think about Royce now? I know he was on the hot seat, but has the burner been turned to low by now?

[cpacmel]

Back to back time-outs.

WSU's ball

Down 6

:47.7 left

[ISUMatt]

I just asked a question, you are over reacting as usual
As for my statement, I was right so stop acting all tough

[ISU87]

I am guessing the players really like him and are on a mission to save his job this year. My .02 cents worth

ISU up 67-61 now



What do all the InSU posters think about Royce now? I know he was on the hot seat, but has the burner been turned to low by now?

[cpacmel]

Bucket by WSU.

Trees up 4

Time-out Trees

Neither team has a time-out left now

Trees to the line with :35 left

[bleach]

Thanks for keeping us up to date Mel.

[ColdShockin']

The crazy thing about this game, unlike MSU, is that Ind. St., with all due respect, played pretty bad in this game.

WSU was just worse.

The train is officially off the tracks.

I lost count of the number of open bunnies the Shox missed.

Very sobering performance.

[cpacmel]

Trees back to the line. They lead 67-61.

:23 left

[ISU87]

Wow, I am just stunned by this ISU team! Never in a million years would I (or most ISU fans) have expected this!

ISU is gonna win it!

final score
ISU 68
WSU 63

6 in row for ISU, TIED for 1st in the MVC, undefeated at hulman! Unreal!

[ISU97]

Trees win 68-63:sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores: :sycamores:

[Yoshi]

In the fraidy hole.

Must not be any internet in the basement. :doh:

[ISUMatt]

Great job Trees!!!

[redbirdtim]

What does it matter to you what games I do or don't watch? If you sit there and keep a calendar of what sporting events I am likely going to go to, you must have a crappy life.

So I haven't been to Indiana St. before for a game, doesn't mean I can't go for a first time.

[redbirdtim]

Royce Waltman...early choice for COY!

Congrats Trees...I don't know if I will be reading this tomorrow, a lot of trash talking from Carbondale, Springfield, and Omaha likely on the way.

[bleach]

Go trees!

[DoubleJayAlum]

I guess the Creighton, Purdue and Butler wins were no fluke.....

The Trees are for real. Big win tonight; way to go Sycamores!

Royce should certainly be off of the hot seat since this team was picked to finish last.....

[pbutler]

Three weeks ago who would have predicted a 4 way tie for 1st in the conference and Wichita St. fighting to stay out of the cellar.

[cpacmel]

Thanks for keeping us up to date Mel.

Not a problem my valley brother. :cheers:

[Phantom]

Huge win for the Sycs. Congrats!

Nobody was giving them a chance and the outlook was pretty bleak in Terre Haute before this season began. Well look at them now...

[CUJay]

Three weeks ago who would have predicted a 4 way tie for 1st in the conference and Wichita St. fighting to stay out of the cellar.

WSU's conference schedule has been brutal so far. The next two or three weeks are a bit better for the Shox, so I fully expect them to be at least .500 in conference play by the end of the month.

[ISUMatt]

you must have a crappy life.

You are very insulting tonight arent you...all because I said like you would drive to an InSU game, something you admitted you havent done...but go ahead and keep insulting me, if it makes you happy! :sycamores:

[redbirdtim]

I'm glad that you aren't a reporter. Here's the whole quote. Note this was an "If" statement.

"If you sit there and keep a calendar of what sporting events I am likely going to go to, you must have a crappy life."

My mom says I take after my father going to sporting events just for the love of sports. Ever since I can remember, we have been going to events. We still go to a lot of events, but it's now something I enjoy doing with some of my best friends. Doesn't matter if we have a vested interest in the teams, we just love sports. My father has been to numerous Indiana St. games dating back to the Larry Bird era. I may have to follow in his footsteps. Looks like InSU has some exciting games going on in the Hulman Center. So, honestly, I don't think I need you to tell me what I am or am not likely do to. Just because I haven't been there for a non-ISU event doesn't mean I wasn't planning it. You may say I'm "overreacting", but honestly, I'm just responding to a statement you made that concerns me that was really none of your business.

[jaypharmalum]

Wow, I stand corrected - didn't think the Shox would lose this one. Great job by the trees. Makes me even more upset that the Jays couldn't sneak out of Terre Haute with a win last week.

[shockball]

Congrats Trees. You have some good young players. Keep it going.

[Drakey]

This suckulates. Now the Bulldogs will probably have to play the most talented team in the conference on Thursday in the play in game. I'm thinking it might me more depressing to be a Shocker fan than a Bulldog fan right now.

[isubird3379]

This suckulates. Now the Bulldogs will probably have to play the most talented team in the conference on Thursday in the play in game. I'm thinking it might me more depressing to be a Shocker fan than a Bulldog fan right now.
The Sycamores wont be playing Thursday night.......:innocent:

[DUBulldog]

The Sycamores wont be playing Thursday night.......:innocent:

Watch that karma thing....it's a long season :innocent:

[isubird3379]

lol its kind of funny when that is the most karma inducing thing a tree fan has said thus far......

[gopanthers!]

Wow, congrats! ISU has surprised everybody this year. Feel free to :toot: your horn (although ya better watch out for the karma now, as valleytalk seems to be oozing with it these days:fear: ) And, for Bob.... :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Brave2001]

:sycamores: Great Win Sycs Huge Win.

:braves: chirp....chirp....chirp. All I hear out of Peoria is Crickets....We might as well be dead we are so quiet....Karma can't get you if it can't even find you....LOL

[IndyTreeFan]

In my best Ben Stein voice (so as to keep karma at bay), "I'm happy that the Sycamores pulled out another one."

Gee, this is kinda fun!!!

And as for Royce's job situation, if we keep playing well, and can get around .500 on the conference season, he should get a nice two-year contract extension. The job he's done this year has been nothing short of miraculous. And with all he's been through in the last 5 years, forget the teams, I'm talking cancer for both him and his wife, he deserves every bit of this!!!

GO TREES!!!

:bounceblue: :sycamores: :bounceblue: :sycamores: :bounceblue:

And for our good buddy Bob: :banana:

[WSUbballer]

I really have nothing to say but..
ISU deserved to win that game.
They are a great team.
The Valley road is a b*tch!

Again, congrats Sycamores on the W.

[Mick Taylor]

Terre Haute Tribune-Star's Todd Golden weighs in on the game, the Sycamores and the Shockers ...

http://blogs.tribstar.com/toddgolden/

[getreal4]

Trees TREES Great win!

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Am I the only one here that thinks the Shox played well tonight? They missed shots, but they executed everything else pretty well. Only 11 turnovers for the game, outrebounded ISU by 7, and made a good majority of their points on easy layups and close shots. They were far from settling for jumpers.

At the moment, they just can't buy a break. For example, WSU scored on 6 of their first 10 possessions (including 4 layups, a pair of FTs, and a short jumper... easy stuff), yet they were down by 7 because Indiana State was bombing away from deep. Missouri State opened up 7 for 7 from 3 point land against WSU on Sunday. In this game, Indiana State opened up 5 for 7. Also, balls rolling around the rim and falling off just happen sometimes. I don't think you can blame the player's focus or effort. Some times things just don't go your way. I know this has been a long stretch now to feel that way, but I'm convinced that this is still a very, very good team just waiting to catch a few breaks.

:shockers:

[DUShock]

Well done Trees. Congratulations and good luck in the Valley, except for your trip to Wichita. The Shocks need to finds the defensive skills they seemed to have lost in the damn Vegas tourney. Well done Sycs.

Go Shocks!!!!

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Here are some more stats.

Points in the paint:
WSU 44
ISU 14

ISU won because they hit shots and we didn't. With WSU's stuggles recently in playing post defense, I thought we did very well tonight in that area.

After 7 3-pointers in the first half, ISU opened up the 2nd half with 3 more before the first media timeout. That had to be hard for the Shox after they had clawed their way back to within 3 at halftime. They still didn't give up, and had many chances near the end. Sooner or later, Shocker opponents will come back to earth shooting wise, the breaks will start falling our way, and suddenly all these problems this team "suppossedly" has will vanish.

[shock-it-to-me]

There is a reason MSU and ISU started out so hot from 3... We don't guard the perimeter worth crap!! If we are going to let teams just set up and play a game of "around the world" from the arc, then we will continue to see those kinds of numbers. There are 2 reasons why the perimeter has been so open for WSU opponents: 1) coach T does not trust our big men to defend in the post, so guards continually double down, leaving their man wide open, and 2) our guards are extremely slow footed and are getting beat continually off the dribble, causing players to have to rotate for help, again, leaving someone wide open from outside. Solution, we need to man up and guard! No more doubling, no more getting beat off the dribble.

[btisu22]

Am I the only one here that thinks the Shox played well tonight? They missed shots, but they executed everything else pretty well. Only 11 turnovers for the game, outrebounded ISU by 7, and made a good majority of their points on easy layups and close shots. They were far from settling for jumpers.

At the moment, they just can't buy a break. For example, WSU scored on 6 of their first 10 possessions (including 4 layups, a pair of FTs, and a short jumper... easy stuff), yet they were down by 7 because Indiana State was bombing away from deep. Missouri State opened up 7 for 7 from 3 point land against WSU on Sunday. In this game, Indiana State opened up 5 for 7. Also, balls rolling around the rim and falling off just happen sometimes. I don't think you can blame the player's focus or effort. Some times things just don't go your way. I know this has been a long stretch now to feel that way, but I'm convinced that this is still a very, very good team just waiting to catch a few breaks.

:shockers:
I was at the game and I agree with you. Their game play was well executed. MT had the Shocks looking for the double team and they got plenty of open shots for it. You can't fault the Shocks tonight. As mentioned before, unlike the last 5 seasons, the Sycamores have more than one or two scoring options now. We have shooters now also. A great game by both sides tonight.

Also, refs seem to get a lot of jaw on here, and deservedly so, but last night wasn't all that bad. There were a few calls both ways that weren't great, but you can get that in every game. I just wanted to put that out there. They kept a good flow going last night.:yes:
:sycamores:

[dawg_tired nemesis]

Congrats to ISU on the win.

[Maggie]

You can "man up and guard" all you want but I think T doubles down so often because the frontline is a weakness for WSU. The double teaming should also help protect the inside players from getting fouls – although it doesn't seem to be the case lately. In any event, WSU cannot afford to have Wilson, Martin, or PT in foul trouble.

I didn't see last night's game but the frustrating thing about the MSU game is that MSU should not have had a big advantage inside, provided the aforementioned Wilson and PT were on the floor. Furthermore, it is not like they were not guarding MSU's guards, I seem to recall several very long 3s going in – there is not a lot you can do about that. WSU made mental mistakes, committed fouls, etc. at very bad moments in the game – which lead to easy points and to MSU getting into the double bonus early. I could go on but it is hard to come back in that kind of situation.

The team looked tense to me; tight. Like they were afraid to lose, afraid to fail. If you are afraid of failure, odds are you will fail.

Anyway, congrats to ISU and MSU on their respective wins. The next three games will probably make or break WSU's season.