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JAGS RETURN HOME TO HOST SUMMIT LEAGUE OPENER WEDNESDAY

IUPUI welcomes North Dakota State for Summit League opener at 7 p.m. on Wednesday

11/29/2011 1:30:00 PM

By: John Berry, IUPUI Sports Information
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INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI women’s basketball team begins a stretch in which seven of its next nine games will be played at home beginning with a 7 p.m. contest against North Dakota State on Wednesday, Nov. 30, marking the Summit League opener for both teams.
 
SCOUTING THE BISON
  • North Dakota State begins Summit League action with a 2-4 overall record, which includes losses to nationally-ranked Wisconsin-Green Bay and Minnesota.
  • Through six games, the Bison are averaging 61.5 ppg on 36.9 percent shooting from the floor, compared to 69.7 ppg and 40.9 percent shooting for their opponents.
  • Abby Plucker is the team’s leading scorer and rebounder averaging 12.5 ppg and 10.5 rpg.
  • Hannah Linz is the team’s top 3-point threat shooting 48.1 percent (13-of-27) from deep.
  • NDSU has struggled with turnovers in the early portion of their schedule averaging 19.3 per game, but it has been to the free throw line almost six more times than its opponents per game.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST NORTH DAKOTA STATE
  • Wednesday’s meeting is the ninth meeting all-time with the Bison owning a 6-2 lead in the series.
  • NDSU has won four straight meetings, including sweeping the season series a year ago.
  • The Jags are 2-2 against the Bison all-time when playing in Indianapolis, with their last win coming on Feb. 7, 2009 (63-41).
 
DEFENSE LIVES HERE
  • During her freshman campaign, Del’Niqua Bellamy, who goes by Dee Dee, was known for her tenacious on-the-ball defense.
  • While her defensive intensity remains the same, Bellamy has done a little bit of everything so far this season.
  • Her all-around game was on display in IUPUI’s win over St. Francis (NY) on Nov. 19 where she scored five points, had a career-high nine rebounds, a career-high tying four steals, and three assists in the win.
  • Against Indiana State on Nov. 22, Bellamy continued to fill the stat sheet with four points, seven rebounds, two assists, and two steals.
  • The 5-6 guard from Detroit had the best offensive night of her career against Kansas on Nov. 26, scoring a career-best 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
  • However, against Lamar, Dee Dee reverted to her old ways and turned her focus to defense against Lamar, and it may have been the best defensive performance of her career.
  • Bellamy guarded Kalis Loyd, Lamar’s leading scorer averaging 19.0 ppg coming into the contest, and Bellamy held Loyd scoreless in 22 minutes of action. Loyd, who stands at 6-2 and owns an eight-inch height advantage over Bellamy, mustered up only two shot attempts.
  • For her all-around play at the BTI Classic, Bellamy was named to the All-Tournament Team.
  • On the season, Bellamy is averaging 5.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.0 apg, and 3.0 spg.
 
KERAH AND KATIE
  • Kerah Nelson and Katie Comello come into the Summit League opener as IUPUI’s leading scorers averaging 14.3 ppg and 12.2 ppg, respectively.
  • Each has scored in double figures four times this season, and both have scored in double figures in each of IUPUI’s three wins along with Nevena Markovic.
  • In IUPUI’s win over St. Francis (NY) on Saturday, Nov. 19, Comello and Nelson scored 25 points and 23 points, respectively, leading the Jaguars to a 75-56 win over the Terriers.
  • With Comello and Nelson both surpassing 20 points, it marked the first time since Feb. 16, 2008, that the Jags had multiple players score over 20 points in a game.
  • That night, Julia Whitted and Jernisha Cann scored 26 points and 21 points, respectively, in a 69-66 win over Oral Roberts.
  • The duo came close to repeating that feat in the Jags 27-point win over Lamar on Nov. 27, with Nelson scoring 22 points and Comello pouring in 17 points.
 
SCORING SPARK
  • In her first six games of her career, Nevena Markovic has been a spark off the bench for the Jaguars.
  • In her collegiate debut, she came off the bench and scored 11 of her team-high 14 points in the first half against the nationally-ranked Boilermakers on 4-of-9 shooting from the field, including 3-of-4 from downtown.
  • The Wheaton, Ill.-native accounted for half of the Jags first-half point total as they then-No. 21 Purdue 28-22 at the half and her 14 points were the most points scored by a freshman in her debut since Janna Eichelberger scored 15 points in her first game against Northern Illinois on Nov. 14, 2008.
  • Markovic has scored in double-figures four times this season, including twice in the BTI Classic.
  • In the BTI Classic opener, she scored 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting and grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds en route to her first career double-double.
  • On the season she is third on the team in scoring averaging 10.5 ppg, while shooting 50.0 percent from the field and 46.2 percent from three. She is tied for second on the team in rebounding pulling down 5.5 rpg.
 
FIRST HALF SCORING
  • In its two wins at the BTI Classic over Florida Atlantic and Lamar, the Jaguars scored over 40 points in the first half.
  • Prior to scoring 42 points in the first half against the Owls, the last time IUPUI scored 40 points in a first half was back in 2008 when it scored 47 points against Centenary on Feb. 18.
  • On the season, IUPUI has outscored its opponents, 192-184, in the first half and is 3-0 when leading at halftime.
 
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