Ace Hunt
GoSycamores.com
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Matchups and game times were announced today for the consolation rounds of the 2009 Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tipoff. The Sycamores will play a pair of games on November 23 & 24 in historic E.A. Diddle Arena on the campus of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky.
ISU will face Coastal Carolina of the Big South on Monday, November 23. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. (ET). Coastal Carolina is 2-1 on the season as they opened the year with a 70-59 victory over College of Charleston before falling to Duke in the NIT Season Tipoff, 74-49, on Monday night. The Chanticleers rebounded to defeat Elon last night by the score of 69-46.
The Sycamores will battle host Western Kentucky on Tuesday, November 24. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. (ET). ISU and Western Kentucky were both in the LSU Regional of the opening rounds of the NIT Season Tipoff but did not face each other. ISU went 1-1 in the event dropping a 56-45 decision to host LSU before downing Milwaukee 76-63 in the second game. The Hilltoppers downed Milwaukee 69-65 in the opening game but likewise fell to the Tigers 71-60 on the final night of competition.
Both of Indiana State's contests in the consolation rounds of the NIT Season Tipoff will be broadcast on The Crock 92.7 FM as well as online at www.crock927.com. Due to NIT contractual obligations, there will be no video streaming of either contest.
Indiana State's season will continue on Friday, November 20 when the Sycamores host Colorado State in the inaugural Mountain West/Missouri Valley Conference Challenge. Tipoff is slated for 7:05 p.m. (ET).