{"id":897338,"date":"2026-09-19T04:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T04:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/897338\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T04:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T04:36:10","slug":"sycamores-2026-27-mvc-womens-basketball-schedule-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/897338\/","title":{"rendered":"Sycamores\u2019 2026-27 MVC women\u2019s basketball schedule unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     TERRE HAUTE, Ind. \u2013 Indiana State&#8217;s 2026-27 MVC women&#8217;s basketball slate was finalized Friday morning, with the Sycamores set to play 20 conference games over the course of the campaign.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIndiana State will play each of the other 10 league opponents home and away, starting with a Dec. 18 home contest against defending conference champion Murray State. The Trees follow that with back-to-back road games at UIC (Dec. 20) and Valparaiso (Dec. 29) before kicking off a three-game homestand on New Year&#8217;s Eve against Northern Iowa.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Sycamores begin 2027 inside Hulman Center with visits from Drake (Jan. 3) and Bradley (Jan. 7) before heading to the Music City to face Belmont (Jan. 9). Illinois State comes to town on Jan. 15 before the Sycamores embark on a four-game road trip starting Jan. 17 at Southern Illinois. Indiana State takes on the Iowa road swing Jan. 22 and 24 at Drake and Northern Iowa, respectively, before closing its road trip down US 41 at Evansville on Jan. 28. The Trees close the month of January at home against UIC (Jan. 30), the first of three straight games inside Hulman Center for the Blue and White.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIndiana State opens February with home games against Belmont (Feb. 4) and Valparaiso (Feb. 7), before heading to central Illinois to face Bradley (Feb. 12) and Illinois State (Feb. 14). The Sycamores&#8217; Senior Day will come one week later against in-state foe Evansville on Feb. 21, with the Trees&#8217; final home game being Feb. 25 against Southern Illinois. Indiana State closes its regular season the same way it opens conference play, as the Sycamores play at Murray State on Feb. 27. The 2027 MVC Tournament will take place March 3-7 in St. Louis, coinciding with the men&#8217;s basketball championship.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIndiana State previously announced a 12-game non-conference slate, which features home games against IU Indy (Nov. 10), Wright State (Nov. 13), Bellarmine (Nov. 17), Chicago State (Nov. 29) and SIU Edwardsville (Dec. 2). The Sycamores will travel to Northern Illinois (Nov. 2), Seton Hall (Nov. 6), Rutgers (Nov. 8), Southeast Missouri State (Nov. 19), Miami (Ohio) (Dec. 6), Eastern Illinois (Dec. 9) and Butler (Dec. 13) during the non-conference portion of the schedule.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTip times and broadcast designations for Indiana State&#8217;s full schedule will be announced at a later date and time.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n2026-27 Indiana State Women&#8217;s Basketball Schedule<br \/>\nNov. 2 \u2013 at Northern Illinois<br \/>\nNov. 6 \u2013 at Seton Hall<br \/>\nNov. 8 \u2013 at Rutgers<br \/>\nNov. 10 \u2013 IU INDY<br \/>\nNov. 13 \u2013 WRIGHT STATE<br \/>\nNov. 17 \u2013 BELLARMINE<br \/>\nNov. 19 \u2013 at Southeast Missouri State<br \/>\nNov. 29 \u2013 CHICAGO STATE<br \/>\nDec. 2 \u2013 SIU EDWARDSVILLE<br \/>\nDec. 6 \u2013 at Miami (Ohio)<br \/>\nDec. 9 \u2013 at Eastern Illinois<br \/>\nDec. 13 \u2013 at Butler<br \/>\nDec. 18 \u2013 MURRAY STATE*<br \/>\nDec. 20 \u2013 at UIC*<br \/>\nDec. 29 \u2013 at Valparaiso*<br \/>\nDec. 31 \u2013 NORTHERN IOWA*<br \/>\nJan. 3 \u2013 DRAKE*<br \/>\nJan. 7 \u2013 BRADLEY*<br \/>\nJan. 9 \u2013 at Belmont*<br \/>\nJan. 15 \u2013 ILLINOIS STATE*<br \/>\nJan. 17 \u2013 at Southern Illinois*<br \/>\nJan. 22 \u2013 at Drake*<br \/>\nJan. 24 \u2013 at Northern Iowa*<br \/>\nJan. 28 \u2013 at Evansville*<br \/>\nJan. 30 \u2013 UIC<br \/>\nFeb. 4 \u2013 BELMONT*<br \/>\nFeb. 7 \u2013 VALPARAISO*<br \/>\nFeb. 12 \u2013 at Bradley*<br \/>\nFeb. 14 \u2013 at Illinois State*<br \/>\nFeb. 21 \u2013 EVANSVILLE*<br \/>\nFeb. 25 \u2013 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS*<br \/>\nFeb. 27 \u2013 at Murray State*<br \/>\nMar. 3-7 \u2013 MVC Tournament<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIndiana State welcomed 13 newcomers for the 2026-27 season, consisting of one freshman, seven junior college transfers and five four-year college transfers. 10 different states \u2013 Alabama, Arizona, California, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Texas and Wisconsin \u2013 are represented in the signing class, which includes seven guards and three forwards.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe incoming class of Sycamores joins a pair of returners in <a href=\"https:\/\/gosycamores.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/jayci-allen\/9434\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9434\" target=\"_blank\">Jayci Allen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gosycamores.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/amerie-flowers\/9435\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9435\" target=\"_blank\">Amerie Flowers<\/a>. Flowers averaged 7.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game last season, ranking in the top 15 in the MVC in rebounds despite playing just 15 minutes per game. Allen was among the top 3-point shooters in the conference in 2025-26, averaging 9.4 points and 4.1 rebounds per game while leading the Sycamores with 50 3-pointers.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSeason tickets for Indiana State home games are now available, with season tickets as low as $40 for lower-level seats for Indiana State&#8217;s 15-game home slate. Single-game tickets will also go on sale in the coming weeks. For more information, contact Manager of Ticket Sales and Service <a href=\"https:\/\/gosycamores.com\/staff-directory\/mason-lagrange\/594\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"594\" target=\"_blank\">Mason LaGrange<\/a> at 812-237-8972 or <a href=\"https:\/\/gosycamores.com\/news\/2026\/9\/18\/mailto:mlagrange1@sycamores.indstate.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mlagrange1@sycamores.indstate.edu<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFollow the Sycamores<br \/>\nFor the latest information on Sycamore Women&#8217;s Basketball, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gosycamores.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GoSycamores.com<\/a>. You can also find the team on social media, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndStWBB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SycamoreWBB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/indstwbb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCIOhOM8lCotF1ctB38upQwA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>. Fans can also receive updates on Sycamore Athletics by downloading the March On App from the both the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indiana-state.app.link\/launch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">App Store<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indiana-state.app.link\/launch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; #MarchOn &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; TERRE HAUTE, Ind. \u2013 Indiana State&#8217;s 2026-27 MVC women&#8217;s basketball slate was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-897338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}