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JAGUARS BEGIN FOUR-GAME HOMESTAND MONDAY VS. YOUNGSTOWN STATE

Jags and Penguins tip at 7 p.m.

12/2/2012 2:53:00 PM

By: John Berry, IUPUI Sports Information
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INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI women’s basketball team spent more than half of the month of November on the road, but the Jags begin the month of December with a four-game home stand on Monday, Dec. 3, when Youngstown State comes to The Jungle for a 7 p.m. tip.
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
  • Monday’s game will be streamed live on IUPUIJags.com via IUPUI Live! Video. Greg Rakestraw will have the call and fans can purchase the game for $4.95.
  • Fans will also have the option to listen to Greg Rakestraw through the audio feed on IUPUIJags.com.
  • Live stats will also be provided through IUPUIJags.com.
 
ABOUT YOUNGSTOWN STATE
  • Similar to what IUPUI head coach Austin Parkinson has done with the Jaguars, Youngstown State head coach Bob Boldon has managed to turn around Youngstown State in just his third season with the program.
  • During the 2009-10 campaign, YSU was 0-30, and since Boldon has taken over, the Penguins are 21-45, including 5-1 to start this year.
  • YSU is led by senior Brandi Brown, who is averaging a double-double at 19.7 ppg and 12.7 rpg.
  • The Penguins are outscoring their opponents by an average of 15.2 ppg this season thanks in part to its three-point defense (26.0 percent) and turnover margin (+5.8).
 
THE SERIES WITH THE PENGUINS
  • Youngstown State leads the all-time series, 5-3, but IUPUI has won three consecutive games against the Penguins.
  • The last time the two teams met was on Nov. 26, 2005, with the Jaguars eking out a 53-50 win in a Thanksgiving Tournament in Bloomington, Ind.
  • IUPUI is 1-2 all-time when facing YSU at home.
 
WHAT A WIN WOULD DO ...
  • If the Jags were to defeat Youngstown State on Monday, IUPUI would improve to 5-3.
  • The Jags would earn their fourth straight win in the all-time series between the schools.
  • A win would give the Jags a 4-0 start at home and give the Jags a 2-1 record against Horizon League teams this year.
 
LAST TIME OUT ...
  • IUPUI held a four-point lead with a minute to play, but Eastern Illinois made two buckets in the final minute to force overtime before going a perfect 2-of-2 from the floor and 9-of-10 from the free throw line in the extra period to defeat the Jaguars, 71-60, Thursday evening at Lantz Arena.
  • The Jags were looking to improve to 5-2, which would have been IUPUI’s best start through seven games since joining the Division I ranks during the 1998-99 season, but the Jags (4-3) could not hold on late as EIU earned its fourth straight win in the all-time series.
  • Kerah Nelson, who was a Preseason First-Team All-Summit League selection, played like an all-conference performer leading the Jags with a season-high 24 points, but as a team, IUPUI hit just of 2-of-23 shots from behind-the-arc and committed 22 turnovers allowing the Panthers to earn the come-from-behind win.
  • The Jags got off to a slow start from the floor hitting just one their first eight shots from the floor until a Nelson fast-break lay-up with 11:45 to play in the opening half sent IUPUI into the under-12 media timeout trailing, 9-7.
  • The scoring continued to be at a premium until a Katie Comello triple with 8:17 to play gave IUPUI its first lead of the night, 13-11. After a Ta’Kenya Nixon jumper on the other end tied things up, a Clara Mitchell put-back off a Comello miss put the Jags back up by two, 15-13, with 7:25 to go.
  • A Nixon lay-up with 4:29 to play put cut the Panthers deficit to 19-16 with 4:29 to go, but the Jaguars managed to hold EIU scoreless for the next four minutes while using buckets from Demetria Nunley-Lash and Nelson on the offensive end of the floor to open up a 23-16 advantage with under 30 seconds to go.
  • Alece Shumpert came off the bench to bury a triple from the top of the key with 26 seconds remaining to cut the Jags lead to four, 23-19, but DeAirra Goss knocked down her first field goal of the game with one second on the clock to send the Jaguars into the half leading by six, 25-19.
  • After the Jags lead grew to 10 out of the break, 33-23, the Panthers quickly went on a 5-0 run to stay within striking distance with 14:40 on the clock.
  • However, Nelson took control over the next 4:31 scoring eight of IUPUI’s 11 points allowing the Jaguars to widen their lead to double-figures, 44-33.
  • Eastern Illinois switched things up defensively going from a man-to-man defense to a zone and the move paid off as the Panthers put together a 12-2 run to trim their deficit to one, 46-45, with 7:23 on the clock.
  • The EIU lead grew to as many as four, 52-48, at the 4:58 mark, but a free throw from Mitchell preceded an old-fashioned three-point play from Goss with 3:35 on the clock, which knotted things back up at 52.
  • IUPUI’s two seniors in Nelson and Mitchell delivered the next six points to open up a 58-54 lead with 1:48 to play, but two Mariah King buckets in the final 44 seconds coupled with a Jaguars turnover allowed the Panthers to tie the score at 58. Goss had a chance at the end of regulation to send the Jaguars home with a win, but her runner came up short sending the game to overtime.
  • IUPUI missed their first five shots of the overtime while Eastern Illinois went a perfect 2-of-2 from the floor and 4-of-4 from the line to take a 66-58 lead with 2:00 to play. The Jags got a bucket from Goss with 1:57 to go, but that was it for IUPUI and the Panthers went 5-of-6 down the stretch at the charity stripe to finish off the 71-60 win.
  • Comello and Goss also scored in double figures for IUPUI scoring 12 points apiece.
 
NELSON BACK ON TRACK
  • Coming into the season, Kerah Nelson was selected as a Preseason All-Summit League performer after earning First-Team All-Summit League honors a year ago by averaging 16.2. ppg and 6.1 rpg.
  • However, Nelson got off to a slow start this season averaging just 9.3 ppg and 5.8 rpg through six games.
  • During that six-game stretch, Nelson scored in double figures twice against Valparaiso and Indiana State.
  • However, Nelson got back to her old ways at Eastern Illinois on Nov. 29.
  • The senior from St. Petersburg, Fla., scored a season-high 24 points against the Panthers on 10-of-19 shooting from the floor. Additionally, Nelson grabbed a season-high nine rebounds.
  
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