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ROCK HILL, SC-- The Pat Kelsey era opened up with a 32-point victory over St. Andrews, but the team has little time to celebrate as it turns it has two days to prepare for Indiana State, Tuesday, Nov. 13.

The Eagles travel to Terre Haute to take on a Sycamores team that suffered an 86-59 defeat at UCLA in their opener. This will be the first meeting ever with Indiana State as well as the Eagles first trip to play in the state of Indiana since 1999 when they faced Auburn in their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance in Indianapolis.

Sophomore Derrick Henry shined offensively in the first game for the Eagles as he scored a career-high 26 points on 8-for-14 shooting as he also nabbed a personal-best six boards. Henry led four players in double-figures.

Senior Gideon Gamble added 12 points and scored in double-figures for the first time in his career without knocking down a tree. Newcomer Christian Farmer, a junior college transfer, added 11 points on 4-for-10 shooting while sophomore Andre Smith had 10 points.

Kelsey was able to get a lot of players several minutes in the opener as the team shot the ball well from the field, finishing at 50 percent against a Knights defense that played 40 minutes of zone.

Sophomore Larry Brown had a solid game in just his second career start as he finished with five points while setting career-highs with nine rebounds and three assists.

Indiana State is led by preseason All-MVC selection Jake Odum, a junior guard that scored six points with five assists and four steals against the Bruins.
Similar to the Eagles, Indiana State returns just one starter this season from a team that finished the season with an 18-15 record last year.

Odum is the only returning starter and he averaged 10.8 points, 4.8 assists and 5.9 rebounds in 2011-12.

Sophomore center Justin Gant and freshman guard Khristian Smith led the Sycamores against UCLA with 11 points each. Junior forward Manny Arop also scored in double-figures with 10.

Indiana State fired up 26 threes in the loss to UCLA, connecting on just 19 percent. The Sycamores did take advantage of 16 Bruin miscues, turning them into 24 points.

In 2011-12, Indiana State was strong at home with an 11-4 mark at Hulman Center while the Eagles were just 4-11 on the road.