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JAGS RETURN TO CONFERENCE PLAY SATURDAY AT OAKLAND

IUPUI looking to even its Summit League record against the Golden Grizzlies

1/6/2012 12:14:00 PM

By: John Berry, IUPUI Sports Information
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INDIANAPOLIS - IUPUI returns to Summit League play for the remainder of the season beginning with a trip to Rochester, Mich., to take on Oakland on Saturday, Jan. 7. Tip is set for 3:30 p.m. and Scott McCauley will have the call on IUPUIJags.com beginning around 3:25 p.m.
 
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN GRIZZLIES
  • Oakland enters 2012 with a 5-8 overall record after dropping four consecutive games, including two Summit League contests to North Dakota State and South Dakota State.
  • Four players average over 8.0 ppg, but only one is scoring in double figures in Bethany Watterworth, who averages 18.2 ppg.
  • As a team, the Golden Grizzlies average 57.2 ppg, while giving up 58.7 ppg.
  • Watterworth is shooting 34.7 percent from three and is the only player on her team to make over 10 three’s and shoot over 30.0% from deep.
  • Zakiya Minifee leads the squad in rebounding averaging 7.5 rpg, while Brittany Carnago’s 3.1 bpg ranks second in the conference.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST OAKLAND
  • Saturday’s meeting between the Golden Grizzlies and the Jaguars will be the 33rd meeting all-time between the conference foes.
  • Oakland owns a 22-10 lead in the series, including a 10-3 lead when playing at home.
  • The Golden Grizzlies have won seven consecutive meetings and the Jags last win came by a score of 64-61 on Jan. 28, 2008.
  • IUPUI’s last road win in the series came back on Dec. 28, 2005.
 
A LOOK BACK AT THE LAST GAME
  • Behind a 48-2 first-half run, IUPUI controlled the game from start to finish downing Trine University, 79-24, Wednesday evening in the Jags final non-conference contest of the season.
  • Included in its 48-2 first-half run was a 36-0 surge helping IUPUI sprint out to a 56-7 halftime lead.
  • IUPUI connected on school-record 71.9 percent (23-of-32) of its shots in the opening half, downing the previous school record of 71.4 percent set against Oral Roberts on Feb. 9, 2002.
  • Four players scored in double figures for IUPUI led by Kerah Nelson’s game-high 20 points on a perfect 7-of-7 shooting from the floor. Nevena Markovic followed with 14 points, while Katie Comello and Del’Niqua Bellamy added 11 points and 10 points, respectively.
  • On the first possession of the game, Trine’s Sydney Spragg put in a floater to put the Thunder in front, 2-0, but that would be Trine’s only lead of the game.
  • From that point to the 3:51 mark of the first half, IUPUI went on a 48-2 run, which included a 36-0 flurry.
  • All 10 IUPUI players scored during the surge with Kerah Nelson and Katie Comello each scoring 11 points apiece.
  • Trine’s Aleesha Bullock banked in trey with the shot clock winding down at the 3:51 mark to end the run, before an 8-0 Jags spurt in the final 2:33 sent IUPUI into the locker room leading 56-7.
  • Out of the half, Nelson scored the Jaguars first seven points as they upped their lead to 63-8 3:16 into the half and IUPUI was never challenged the rest of the way as it cruised to a 79-24 victory.
  • The 24 points allowed by the Jags are the fewest since joining the Division I ranks and the fewest since surrendering just 19 points in a contest during the 1976-77 season.
  • The Jags outscored the Thunder 32-7 in points off turnovers and shared the ball well distributing 24 assists on 30 made field goals.
  • Off the bench, Alyssa Holder set career highs with nine points and five rebounds, while Bellamy and Clara Mitchell each posted seven rebounds.
 
RECORD NIGHT
  • In its first game of 2012, IUPUI had a record night against Trine University.
  • After Trine scored the first basket of the game, IUPUI responded on a 48-2 run from the 19:14 mark to the 3:53 mark. Included in that run was a 36-0 run from the 15:39 mark to the 3:53 mark.
  • In that first half, IUPUI set a new school record for field goal percentage in a half shooting 71.9 percent (23-of-32).
  • The 71.9 first-half field goal shooting percentage beat IUPUI’s 71.4 shooting percentage against Oral Roberts on Feb. 9, 2002.
  • The Jaguars allowed just 24 points in the game, setting a new record for points allowed since joining the Division I ranks. IUPUI allowed just seven points in the first 20 minutes.
  • The 55-point margin of victory is the largest since joining the Division I ranks and is the fourth largest in program history.
  • The largest margin of victory came in 1988, when IUPUI defeated Trinity by 77 points (109-32) on Dec. 9.
 
WHERE THE RUN STANDS ...
  • In IUPUI’s last game, the Jaguars gave up a basket on their first possession and proceeded to go the next 35:07 on a 77-15 run (62 points).
  • The 62-point run is the longest in the country this season besting the likes of No. 1 Baylor, who went on a 91-31 run (60 points) against Chattanooga.
  • Other notable, lengthy runs include Connecticut going on an 80-25 run (55 points) against Towson and Kentucky going on a 66-15 run (51 points) to open its game against Jacksonville State.
  • TCU has posted the fifth-longest run of 50 points as the Horned Frogs went on a 79-29 run (50 points) against Houston.
 
APPROACHING A MILESTONE
  • Entering Saturday’s game against Oakland, Kerah Nelson is approaching a career milestone.
  • The junior forward from St. Petersburg, Fla., is averaging 15.9 ppg this season and currently has 953 points for her career.
  • Nelson is 47 points away from becoming the 20th player in school history to reach 1,000 career points and just the fifth player to do so playing their entire career in the Division I era.
  • Nelson also would become the fifth player in school history to reach the 1,000-point milestone as a junior.
 
TIME CHANGE
  • The IUPUI Athletics Department has announced the tip times for both the men’s and women’s Feb. 4 basketball doubleheader with IPFW have been changed.
  • The men’s game will now be played at 1:00 p.m., followed by the women’s game at 3:30 p.m.. The games were originally slated for 4:30 and 7:00 p.m..
  • The time changes were made to lessen potential conflicts with Super Bowl events throughout the city that day.
  • Hundreds of events have been scheduled for the city of Indianapolis during the week with the Super Bowl Village being located less than two miles from campus.
  • In addition, a number of on-campus parking lots have been earmarked for Super Bowl parking in early February.
  • Additional details in regards to parking and traffic control will be available on IUPUIJags.com closer to the day of game.
 
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