July 13, 2006
Women's Basketball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INDIANA STATE ANNOUNCES 2006-07 NON-CONFERENCE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State head women’s basketball coach Jim Wiedie announced today (July 13) the completion of the 2006-07 non-conference schedule. The Sycamores will host three games, and play eight away from Hulman Center, before opening defense of their Missouri Valley Conference Championship in late December.

“I think we’ve put together a very challenging non-conference schedule,” Wiedie commented. “Anytime you get the opportunity to play Big Ten and SEC teams like Iowa, Michigan State and Vanderbilt, it’s a plus for your program. In addition, we go to Wisconsin-Green Bay, Toledo and Valparaiso. Our young players will get tested early and often during the non-conference portion of our schedule. This should help prepare us for MVC play.”

The Sycamore team will feature at least eight players who did not play one season ago. That young group will begin the season at Iowa on November 15 as the Sycamores open the road at a Big Ten school. ISU continues on the road against Arkansas- Pine Bluff, before opening the home portion of the schedule against Eastern Illinois. Last season, ISU went 4-0 against teams that will reappear on this winter’s slate.

On November 24, the Sycamores will travel to its second Big Ten opponent in the first four contests, when they take on Michigan State at the Breslin Center. The Spartans appeared in the 2005 NCAA Final Four Championship game, which was held in Indianapolis.

ISU will face off against Loyola-Chicago on November 28, before taking on Valparaiso in the State Farm Classic inside Hinkle Fieldhouse on December 2. Following a home game against Youngstown State on December 6, the Sycamores will travel to face Wisconsin-Green Bay on December 9.

Following a week-long break for Final Exams, ISU finishes off the non-conference schedule with a trip to Toledo on December 17, and an appearance in the Vanderbilt Holiday Tournament on December 21 & 22.

It is interesting to note, that as part of the signed contracts for this season, national powers Vanderbilt and Michigan State will make return trips to Hulman Center during the 2007-08 season.

The complete MVC schedule will be announced in late August; however the league has announced that the 2007 State Farm MVC Tournament will be held from March 8-11 in Des Moines, Iowa.

2006-07 NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE