COLUMBUS, Ohio - The IUPUI basketball team's rigorous early season schedule will continue on Thursday night when the Jaguars take on No. 2/2 Ohio State (6-0) at Value City Arena at 7:00 p.m.. Thursday's game can be seen on the Big Ten Network as Eric Collins (pxp) and Tony White (analyst) call the action. The game can be heard locally as Scott McCauley (pxp) is on the call on 88.3 FM / The Walk in Indianapolis. Pregame coverage will begin at approximately 6:50 p.m..
It marks the third ranked opponent IUPUI has faced in the season's first 10 games and will be the first of six straight games away from home for the Jaguars.
IUPUI (4-5) recently capped a three-game homestand with a 63-61 loss to Oral Roberts in The Jungle on Saturday night. ORU's Warren Niles dropped in a runner with 0.2 seconds to play to hand IUPUI its first home loss of the 2010-11 season. Senior
Leroy Nobles tallied a game-high 21 points in the loss and
Stephen Thomas chipped in 15 points and three steals.
Nobles has now scored 20 or better in each of IUPUI's past three games. On the flip side, leading scorer #Alex Young# was held to a season-low six points, snapping his streak of 12 straight outings in double-figures.
The Jaguars are 0-1 all-time against Ohio State, having lost 83-70 on Dec. 8, 2001 in the lone meeting in the series. Boban Savovic scored a game-high 25 points for OSU while Antoine Lewis paced three Jaguars in double-digits with 19 points off the bench and Lance Williams added 13. The Jags are 1-5 all-time against teams from the Big Ten.
Thursday's game will OSU's first action since Nov. 30 when it won at Florida State in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Senior guard David Lighty leads the Buckeyes at 14.7 points per game while freshman Jared Sullinger is netting 14.5 points and 9.3 rebounds a night.
