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The Jags continue their three-game road trip on Monday, Jan. 24, when they head to Kansas City, Mo., to take on UMKC at 8 p.m. EST. Monday’s contest is the 26th all-time meeting between the schools with IUPUI holding a 13-12 edge. Scott Taylor will have the call on Monday on IUPUIJags.com beginning at 7:55 p.m.
UP NEXT
· IUPUI heads to McComb, Ill., to close out its three-game road trip at Western Illinois on Saturday, Jan. 29.
LAST TIME OUT ...
· For the first time this season, four players scored in double figures led by a career-high 29 points from Kerah Nelson, but free throws proved to be the difference as Southern Utah outscored the IUPUI women’s basketball team 24-7 at the charity stripe en route to an 84-72 win at Centrum Arena Saturday evening.
· Nelson connected on 12-of-18 field goal attempts en route to her career-high scoring output and she fell just one point shy of becoming the first Jaguar to reach the 30-point scoring plateau since Tiffany Kyser scored 30 on Feb. 3, 2003, ironically at Southern Utah.
· Nelson carried the Jags in the first half scoring 14 points to keep the Jags within striking distance.
· The Jaguars and Thunderbirds traded a pair of buckets in the opening minutes before Southern Utah went on an early run. From the 17:11 mark to 12:36 mark, SUU went on a 14-4 run to open up a double-digit lead, 18-8.
· Janna Eichelberger responded on the next possession burying a jumper just inside the 3-point line to bring the deficit to eight points, 18-10, before Nelson added two-lay-ups and a 3-pointer on three straight possessions to bring the Jags within one point, 18-17, forcing the Thunderbirds to burn a timeout with 11:03 on the clock.
· Following the 9-0 run, the Jags continued to hit their open looks, including a trey by
Jasmine Horne at the 3:18 mark, which kept IUPUI within three points, 33-30.
· Despite shooting 68.6 percent (11-of-16) from the 14:18 mark to the 3:18 mark, the Jaguars went cold over the final three minutes misfiring on all seven attempts and the Thunderbirds were able to stretch their lead to eight points, 39-31, entering halftime.
· Nelson continued her dominance in the paint scoring three of IUPUI’s first four buckets out of the half to give her 20 points in the game, but the Thunderbirds made five of their seven attempts from the floor in addition to a free throw as SUU expanded their lead to 51-39 by the first media timeout.
· The 12-point deficit was trimmed to five points with 8:57 remaining, but a 7-0 response over the next 1:43 pushed the Southern Utah lead back to 12 at the under-eight-minute media timeout.
· After the Thunderbirds cushion ballooned to 16 points, IUPUI was still able to trim the lead into single digits with under three minutes to play, but it was too little too late as SUU downed IUPUI, 84-72.
· Shakeeta Cotton, Shea Collins, and Horne each scored in double figures with Cotton chipping in a career-high 12 points, while Collins and Horne scored 11 points and 10 points, respectively. All four of IUPUI’s double-figure scorers combined to hit 6-of-16 three-point attempts with the rest of the team going 0-for-5 from deep.
ABOUT THE KANGAROOS
· UMKC enters Monday’s game with an 8-11 overall record and a 3-5 Summit League mark.
· The Kangaroos are winners of three of their last four games, which includes wins over Southern Utah, Centenary, and Western Illinois.
· In conference-only play, UMKC ranks first in rebounding margin (+6.5), blocks (5.0), and offensive rebounding (16.8).
· The Kangaroos have three players ranking in the Top 12 in offensive rebounds in Summit League action.
· Ashli Hill leads the conference in league-only games averaging almost 3.0 blocks per game.
SCHEDULE UPDATES
· The IUPUI Athletics Department also announced changes to the basketball schedule for the month of February, affecting both the men’s and women’s slate.
· IUPUI will now host Oakland University in a doubleheader at Conseco Fieldhouse on Feb. 5.
· The women’s game will start at 4:30 and be followed by the men’s contest at 7 p.m..
· Originally, the women’s game was to be played in The Jungle on Saturday, Feb. 5 and the men’s game was going to be on Sunday, Feb. 6 at Conseco at 1:30 p.m.
IUPUI RANKINGS IN SUMMIT LEAGUE
Below are where IUPUI players rank among the Top 10 in Summit League statistical categories (overall/conference):
Overall Games
.. Rebounding.................................. Kerah Nelson (8th, 6.5)
Janna Eichelberger (10th, 6.3)
Defensive Reb. Kerah Nelson (8th, 4.5)
Janna Eichelberger (9th, 4.3)
Field Goal Pct. Kerah Nelson (8th, .503)
.. 3-Point FG Made........................... Shea Collins (T-7th, 1.8)
Conference Games
.. Scoring.......................................... Kerah Nelson (T-7th, 15.0)
.. Field Goal Pct................................ Kerah Nelson (1st, .658)
.. 3-Point FG Made........................... Shea Collins (T-2nd, 2.6)
.. Defensive Rebounds..................... Janna Eichelberger (T-6th, 4.5)
.. Rebounding.................................. Janna Eichelberger (T-9th, 5.9)
.. Assists.......................................... Dawn Luster (8th, 3.1)
.. Assist-to-Turnover Ratio................ Dawn Luster (7th, 1.3)
MISSING OUT ON FREE POINTS
· At the midway point of the season, IUPUI has been in five games decided by 10 points or less, including three in conference, and owns a 1-4 record in those contests.
· Poor free throw shooting has plagued the Jags all season, but it has really shown up in late-game situations.
· In the final three minutes of the five games decided by 10 points or less, IUPUI has made its way to the foul line six times, converting on three of those attempts.
· During that same stretch, opponents have connected on 22-of-31 attempts (.710).
BOUNCE BACK
· Following a one-game absence, Kerah Nelson bounced back in impressive fashion against the Jackrabbits on Jan. 15.
· Nelson scored 17 points on 8-of-12 shooting and grabbed five rebounds in the hard-fought loss.
· It was Nelson’s highest scoring output since scoring 22 points vs. Oral Roberts on Dec. 4, 2010.
· The St. Petersburg, Fla., native followed that performance with a 19-point, six-rebound outing in a five-point defeat to North Dakota State on Jan. 17.
· Nelson hit 8-of-9 buckets, including a perfect 6-of-6 in the second half.
· The hot shooting continued at Southern Utah as Nelson scored a career-high 29 points on 12-of-18 shooting, including 4-of-5 shooting from the free throw line.
· Nelson is shooting 71.8 percent from the floor in the last three games while averaging 21.8 ppg. Her conference field goal percentage of 65.8 percent ranks first in the league.
FOUR SCORE
· For the first time this season, IUPUI had four players score in double figures in a 84-72 loss to Southern Utah on Saturday, Jan. 22.
· Kerah Nelson scored a career-high 29 points to lead all scorers, while Jasmine Horne, Shea Collins, and Shakeeta Cotton also reached double figures.
· Horne’s 12 points marked her sixth double-figure scoring effort of the season, while Collins’ 11 points was the first time she has scored more than 10 points since scoring 24 on Dec. 31, against Western Illinois.
· Nelson wasn’t the only player to record a career high as Cotton’s 10 points also marked a career-high.
SCORING OUTPUT
· In its 12-point loss to Southern Utah on Saturday, Jan. 22, IUPUI put up 72 points, its most points since scoring 74 points against Centenary on Dec. 6.
· The 72 points are the second-most points scored in a game this season and IUPUI’s 46.0 percent shooting from the field was its highest field goal percentage since shooting 47.6 percent from the field against the Ladies.
ROAD WOES
· When the Jaguars head to Kansas City, Mo., to take on UMKC on Jan. 24, IUPUI will be looking to erase its road losing skid.
· The Jags are 0-7 on the road this season.
· IUPUI’s last road win came on Feb. 28, 2009, when the Jaguars closed out the 2008-09 regular season with a win over Western Illinois.
After going 0-14 away from home last season and dropping its seven road games this season, the Jaguars will look to end their 21-game road losing streak.
