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CEDAR CITY, Utah - The IUPUI basketball team heads to Centrum Arena on Saturday night to face Southern Utah (4-10, 2-1 Summit) in the Summit League Game of the Week. Tipoff is slated for 9:30 p.m. EST as Greg Rakestraw will handle the play-by-play duties on Freedom 95.9 FM. Pregame coverage will begin at approximately 9:00 p.m..

IUPUI (10-3, 2-0 Summit) is looking for its first 3-0 conference start since the 2005-06 season when the Jaguars went 13-3 in league play and claimed a regular season co-championship. The Jaguars' two conference wins thus far have both come on the road, including Thursday night's 77-72 escape from UMKC. 

Junior George Hill scored a career-high 34 points in that win while Gary Patterson tossed in a season-best 19. Senior Austin Montgomery chipped in 15 as IUPUI's Preaseason All-Summit trio accounted for 68 of the team's 77 points. 

Ron Hunter's teams are 13-8 all-time versus Southern Utah, including winning five of the nine meetings in Cedar City. The Thunderbirds, under first-year head coach Roger Reid, have wins over Sacramento State, Oakland, Cal Poly and Western Illinois this season. Thursday's win over WIU was the T-Birds first home victory of the season. 

Snow J.C.-transfer Geoff Payne leads Southern Utah in scoring (20.5 ppg), rebounding (7.2 rpg), steals (25) and free throws made (83). Payne had 19 points and 10 rebounds in the win over WIU.

Meanwhile, Hill climbed to third in the Summit in scoring (20.9 ppg) and ranks sixth in both rebounding (6.5 rpg) and assists (4.15 apg). He also ranks second in the league in three-point shooting at 51.2 percent as the Jags lead the conference at 41.4 percent.