Indiana State men's basketball signs two more recruits

The Indiana State men's basketball team has received two more commitments by way of Greyson Pritzl and Karmani Gregory.

Pritzl, a 6-foot-4, 205-pound guard who will be a senior next season, hails from West Allis, Wis., where he went to West Allis Central High School. He chose to transfer to ISU because he thought it would fit his style of play and explained how he liked certain aspects of the community.

"I thought it was really cool how it's like an old school basketball city where everyone loves basketball there and everyone's super close," Pritzl said.

He felt ISU was a good place for his last year. However, he's not sure if he'll have a grad year or not.

Pritzl joins ISU from Division II Lander University, where he played for two seasons and saw a vast improvement in scoring last season averaging 13.8 points per game. He also hauled down 4.6 rebounds and tallied 2.3 assists per outing.

"I think we just played a little different style that fit me better and we lost a lot of guys from my sophomore year, so I just had a bigger role this year where I got to play more free and kind of take more of a leadership role, because we had a bunch of new guys," Pritzl told the Tribune-Star.

Pritzl said he was one of the only returnees who knew the program. Offensively, he said he's definitely a shooter, but he can also kick it out and make the right read. He's also already kicking it with his future teammates in conversation over text, saying he and Jackson Cooper talked about building something special. Pritzl said he has to start getting in contact with a couple more guys to start building that early chemistry.

Defensively, he thinks he's developed a lot.

"I came in not being a great defender, but I think I have good size and length and have learned a lot from my previous coach here at Lander," Pritzl explained.

He said also being a good team defender has really helped him a lot with using his knowledge of the game and getting himself into the right spots to set himself up to be successful.

Regarding his 4.6 rebounds a game last season, he said he thinks rebounding is definitely a strong point in his game with being able to go out there, read the ball off the rim and get the ball and find it off the rim and stuff like that.

Pritzl said the fan base in Terre Haute can expect him to battle on the boards. With his assist ability, he mentioned that his father taught him to make the right play.

"He was never one of those parents to just tell me to shoot the ball every time I got it," Pritzl recalled.

One example he used was if he has a semi-contested 3-point opportunity and a teammate is right next to him wide open, he'll pass it off to him. Pritzl said whether that's getting to the rim or kicking it out for open 3, making the right decisions at the rim is really important to him.

According to Pritzl, the ISU coaching staff expressed how interested they were, which also was a big part of his commitment knowing he was wanted and how they said he'll be able to come in and play freely. He said the way the Sycamores play matches his strengths.