ISU women’s non-MVC foes include Iowa St., Marquette, Purdue

A handful of major-conference opponents spice up the Indiana State women’s basketball non-conference schedule for the upcoming college season.

First-year coach Marc Mitchell announced the schedule on Monday in an ISU sports information release.

The Trees’ 11-game non-conference schedule includes four games against teams from the Big East (Butler and Marquette), Big Ten (Purdue) and Big 12 (Iowa State) conferences and five total games against 2023-24 postseason teams.

ISU opens Nov. 4 at home against Western Kentucky in Hulman Center. It will be the third meeting of the schools in the past four seasons.

The Sycamores play Nov. 7 tilt at Iowa State of the Big 12 Conference. The Cyclones reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season. Indiana State and Iowa State have never met before. ISU ends a two-game road swing Nov. 12 at Wright State, one season after the Sycamores lost to the Raiders 72-63 in Hulman Center.

Indiana State plays its final home non-conference game Nov. 15 at home vs. Austin Peay. The Sycamores and Governors last played in 2001, with Austin Peay’s last trip to Terre Haute coming in 2000. Following the contest against Austin Peay, Indiana State plays seven straight games away from home, with six of those being true road games.

The Sycamores’ lengthy road trip to close the non-conference schedule starts Nov. 20 at Butler, a 2024 WNIT team, inside Hinkle Fieldhouse. Indiana State then plays Nov. 30 at Southeast Missouri State. The Sycamores defeated the Redhawks last season in Terre Haute.

ISU opens December against another 2024 NCAA Tournament team on Dec. 3 at Marquette of the Big East Conference. ISU last met the Golden Eagles in the 2014 WNIT, which Marquette won 63-61 in Hulman Center. Indiana State makes the short trek to Eastern Illinois on Dec. 6.

ISU plays in a Multi-Team Event (MTE) on Dec. 15-16 at Richmond, Kentucky. On the first day, Indiana State faces Northern Illinois, which the Sycamores played at the 2023 Puerto Rico Clasico; on Day Two, ISU plays event hose Eastern Kentucky, a WNIT team last season.

On Dec. 21 in Mackey Arena, Indiana State ends its non-conference schedule at Purdue for the second straight season. Purdue also was a 2024 WNIT. It is the third straight year the Sycamores and Boilermakers square off, after going more than 20 years without facing each other.

Indiana State’s 20-game Missouri Valley Conference schedule will be announced after it is finalized by the conference office in the coming weeks. Tipoff times for the full 2024-25 schedule will be announced once the MVC schedule is finalized.

The 2024-25 season ushers in a new era for Indiana State Women’s Basketball, as Marc Mitchell enters his first season as the Sycamores’ head coach. In addition to an entirely new coaching staff, six newcomers enter the fold for the Trees for the 2024-25 campaign. Nine players return from last year’s team for Indiana State, all of which played in at least 14 games during the 2023-24 season.

Season tickets for the 2024-25 Indiana State women’s basketball team are officially on sale to the public. The pricing list for the 2024-25 women’s basketball season tickets with court diagram can be found here. Prices for the 2024-25 season remain the same as the 2023-24 season, with season tickets starting as low as $40. For more information, fans can contact assistant manager of athletic ticketing Grant Manning at 812-237-8972 or Grant.Manning@indstate.edu.

Indiana State 2024-25 women’s basketball schedule

Nov. 4 – WESTERN KENTUCKY

Nov. 7 – at Iowa State

Nov. 12 – at Wright State

Nov. 15 – AUSTIN PEAY

Nov. 20 – at Butler

Nov. 30 – at Southeast Missouri State

Dec. 3 – at Marquette

Dec. 6 – at Eastern Illinois

Dec. 15 – vs. Northern Illinois (at Richmond, Ky.)

Dec. 16 – at Eastern Kentucky

Dec. 21 – at Purdue