The Indiana State Sycamores (13-8, 6-4 MVC) pay a visit to Des Moines, Iowa and the Knapp Center on Tuesday for a Missouri Valley Conference game with the Drake Bulldogs (15-6, 6-4 MVC). Indiana State lost its fourth straight when falling to Murray State 82-73 on Saturday. The Sycamores current four-game losing streak follows a four-game winning streak. Drake defeated the Evansville Purple Aces 97-61 on Saturday with Tucker DeVries scoring 23 points. Drake has won four of the last five. Indiana State and Drake do not have any players listed on their respective injury lists.
Indiana State is scoring an average of 78.0 (47th) points per game, while shooting 47.5% (39th) overall and 31.8% (291st) from behind the three-point line. Indiana State’s weakness on offense is its outside shooting. The Indiana State defense is allowing an average of 70.0 (206th) points per game, while opponents are shooting 42.0% (114th) overall and 32.4% (129th) from behind the three-point line.
Courvoisier McCauley is the leading scorer for Indiana State with an average of 16.5 points per game and is shooting 43.6% overall and 36.3% from long distance. Second leading scorer, Cameron Henry is scoring an average of 11.1 points per game and shoots 52.1% overall and 31.1% from behind the line. Each of the top five scores for Indiana State shoot between 43.6% and 60.0%. Henry is the leader in assists with an averag e of 3.9 dishes per contest. On the boards, Indiana State averages 34.6 rebounds per game led by McCauley with an average of 5.5 boards per contest. Henry is the leader in steals with an average of 1.5 per game and is the rim protector with an average of 0.5 blocked shots per game.