2015–16 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Indiana State Sycamores Indiana State Sycamores wordmark.svg 250 Missouri Valley Conference MVC 15–17 8–10 Greg Lansing 6th Lou Gudino Marcus Belcher Terry Parker Hulman Center The 2015–16 Indiana State Sycamores basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sycamores, led by sixth year head coach Greg Lansing, played their home games at the Hulman Center and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 8–10 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Illinois State in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Evansville. Previous season The Sycamores finished the season 15–16, 11–7 in MVC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley tournament to Loyola–Chicago. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Jake Kitchell 0 F/C 6'10" 233 Senior Union Mills, IN Graduated Alex Etherington 2 G/F 6'5" 210 Sophomore Cicero, IN Transferred to Indianapolis Justin Gant 5 F 6'9" 240 Senior Terre Haute, IN Graduated Tre' Bennett 15 G 5'10" 183 Junior Houston, TX Transferred to Angelo State Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Everett Clemons 0 G 6'0" 185 Junior Springfield, IL Junior college transfer from Vincennes University. Recruiting no 2014 Bronson Kessinger SF Corydon, IN Corydon Central High School 6 6 200 September 8, 2014 3 3 NR Emondre Rickman PF Collinsville, IL Collinsville High School 6 8 220 September 13, 2014 N/A N/A NR 2015 Indiana State Commit List for 2015 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Indiana State Sycamores Basketball Recruiting 2015 2015-04-30 yes Roster 2015 Indiana State Sycamores y yes Everett Clemons 0 G 6 1 180 JR Springfield, IL VincennesLanphier HS Kristian Smith 1 G/F 6 6 200 SR Indianapolis, IN Pike HS Brenton Scott 4 G 6 1 192 SO y Fort Wayne, IN Northrop HS Bronson Kessinger 5 F 6 8 205 FR Corydon, IN Corydon Central HS Kalen Alexander 10 G 6 3 169 JR Terre Haute, IN Terre Haute North Vigo HS W Devonte Brown y 11 G 6 2 195 SR Killeen, TX Ellison HS Niels Bunschoten 12 F 6 9 220 JR Bussum, Netherlands Howard College Grant Prusator 20 G 6 0 171 JR Rochelle, IL Highland CCRochelle Township HS Brandon Burnett 22 G 6 6 232 SR Tucson, AZ Cienega HS Nick Amor 24 G/F 6 4 187 JR Lakeville, IN LaVille HS W Matt Van Scyoc 30 F 6 6 218 JR y Green Lake, WI The CitadelGreen Lake HS Laquarious Paige 32 G 6 3 174 FR y West Orange, TX Stark HS Brandon Murphy 34 F/C 6 7 290 SO Montgomery, AL Carver HS Emondre Rickman 41 F/C 6 9 220 FR Collinsville, IL Collinsville HS T. 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Bell 42 C 6 8 254 JR Charleston, IL Charleston HS Greg Lansing (South Dakota) Lou Gudino (Indiana) Marcus Belcher (Southern Illinois) Terry Parker (Louisiana Tech) http://www.gosycamores.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=65152&SPID=7259&DB_OEM_ID=15200&Q_SEASON=2015 Schedule http://www.gosycamores.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15200&SPID=7259&SPSID=65150 2015-16 ISU Basketball Schedule/Results www.GoSycamores.com Indiana State University dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160319095733/http://www.gosycamores.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15200&SPID=7259&SPSID=65150 2016-03-19 no 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0F4D92; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/07/2015 2:00 pm yes no DePauw Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 3,431 91–71 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0F4D92; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes no IUPUI Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 4,131 ESPN3 70–72 0–1 11/16/2015 7:00 pm yes no Wyoming Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN MW–MWC Challenge 3,601 ESPN3 70–55 1–1 11/20/2015 8:30 pm yes yes no Norfolk State Sports and Fitness Center St. Thomas, VI Paradise Jam quarterfinals   70-61 2–1 11/22/2015 6:30 pm yes yes no Tulsa Sports and Fitness Center St. Thomas, VI Paradise Jam semifinals   CBSSN 59–67 2–2 11/23/2015 6:30 pm yes yes no Hofstra Sports and Fitness Center St. Thomas, VI Paradise Jam 3rd place game 2,002 CBSSN 67–66 3–2 12/01/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Eastern Illinois Lantz Arena Charleston, IL 1,183 62–68 3–3 12/05/2015 12:00 pm yes yes no Butler Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN 8,142 FS1 71–85 3–4 12/09/2015 7:00 pm yes no Valparaiso Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 3,621 ESPN3 63–69 3–5 12/13/2015 1:00 pm yes yes no WKU E. 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Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 2,810 FCS 62–75 3–6 12/16/2015 7:00 pm yes no Illinois–Springfield Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 3,110 ESPN3 75–60 4–6 12/19/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Saint Louis Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO 7,244 FSMW 76–68 5–6 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes no Ball State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 3,256 ESPN3 73–61 6–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0F4D92; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley Conference regular season 12/30/2015 8:00 pm yes no Evansville Ford Center Evansville, IN 7,801 ESPN3 62–70 6–7 0–1 01/02/2016 2:00 pm no Loyola–Chicago Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 3,375 ESPN3 73–58 7–7 1–1 01/06/2016 7:00 pm yes no Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA ESPN3 79–69 8–7 2–1 01/09/2016 2:00 pm no Illinois State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 3,801 MVC TV/FSIND 77–65 9–7 3–1 01/13/2016 7:00 pm no Northern Iowa Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 3,544 ESPN3 74–60 10–7 4–1 01/17/2016 4:00 pm yes no Wichita State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS 10,506 ESPN3 62–82 10–8 4–2 01/20/2016 8:00 pm yes no Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL 5,036 ESPN3 66–79 10–9 4–3 01/24/2016 4:00 pm no Evansville Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 4,630 ESPNU 82–65 11–9 5–3 01/27/2016 7:00 pm no Missouri State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 3,501 ESPN3 68–59 12–9 6–3 01/30/2016 4:00 pm yes no Loyola–Chicago Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL   MVC TV/FSIND 96–104 2OT 12–10 6–4 02/02/2016 7:00 pm no Drake Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 3,409 ESPN3 63–56 13–10 7–4 02/06/2016 8:00 pm yes no Bradley Carver Arena Peoria, IL 6,028 ESPN3 58–63 13–11 7–5 02/10/2016 7:00 pm no Southern Illinois Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 3,221 ESPN3 78–85 13–12 7–6 02/13/2016 3:00 pm yes no Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 4,400 ESPN3 85–89 OT 13–13 7–7 02/17/2016 8:00 pm yes no Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 4,456 ESPN3 50–78 13–14 7–8 02/21/2016 4:00 pm no Wichita State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 10,200 ESPNU 51–84 13–15 7–9 02/24/2016 8:00 pm yes no Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 5,911 ESPN3 44-66 13-16 7-10 02/27/2016 8:00 pm no Bradley Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 3,700 ESPN3 77–58 14–16 8–10 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0F4D92; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley tournament 03/04/2016 8:30 pm yes no Illinois State Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Quarterfinals 8,468 ESPN3 65–57 15–16 03/05/2016 6:00 pm yes no Evansville Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Semifinals 14,299 CBSSN 42–68 15–17 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball seasons Indiana State Category:2015 in sports in Indiana Category:2016 in sports in Indiana