TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Senior night always is an emotional, hard fought game and for senior Brandon Murphy, Demonte Ojinnaka, Brenton Scott and Qiydar Davis the 2018 edition was exactly that as tough defense was needed for the entire 40 minutes and resulted in a thrilling 58-53 victory in front of 4,295 fans inside Hulman Center.
The Sycamores improved to 12-17, 7-10 MVC while the Purple Aces fell to 16-14, 6-11 MVC. ISU improved to a perfect 19-0 under eighth-year head coach Greg Lansing when holding teams to 53 points or less.