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JAGUARS END ROAD TRIP SATURDAY AT SUMMIT LEAGUE LEADER SDSU

Tip is set for 5 p.m. ET on Saturday, Jan. 19

1/18/2013 12:00:00 PM

By: John Berry, IUPUI Sports Information
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BROOKINGS, S.D. - The Jaguars conclude their two-game conference road trip on Saturday, Jan. 19, when they head to Brookings, S.D., to take on Summit League leader South Dakota State at 5 p.m. ET.
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
  • Saturday’s tip at Frost Arena between SDSU and IUPUI is set for 5 p.m. ET
  • Fans will be able to listen to South Dakota State’s call on IUPUIJags.com.
  • Fans can also follow live stats and watch live through IUPUIJags.com or GoJacks.com.
 
ABOUT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
  • The Jackrabbits sit atop the Summit League standings with a 6-0 record and are winners of eight straight.
  • Their last loss was on Dec. 16, 2012 at Penn State, and during their eight-game win streak they are outscoring their opponents by an average of 18.1 ppg.
  • Senior Ashley Eide is one of two players scoring in double figures for SDSU averaging 14.9 ppg, while shooting at a 48.1 percent clip from the floor and a 44.0 percent clip from three.
  • Megan Waytashek is the other double-figure scorer for South Dakota State averaging 14.2 ppg, while also shooting above 40 percent from the field and from three.
  • The Jackrabbits are the highest scoring team in the league in conference-only games averaging 74.3 ppg, while also leading the league in field goal percentage (.452), three-point field goal percentage (.400), rebounding (40.3), assists (16.7), field goal percentage defense (.369) and scoring defense (53.7).
 
THE SERIES WITH THE JACKRABBITS
  • South Dakota State leads the all-time series against IUPUI, 12-0.
  • The Jags are 0-5 all-time when playing at Frost Arena.
  • The last time the two schools met, the Jags were defeated by SDSU, 79-54, in the Summit League Semifinals in Sioux Falls, S.D.
 
LAST TIME OUT ...
  • Kerah Nelson scored a season-high 26 points and DeAirra Goss hit a jumper late that looked like it would send the game to overtime, but for the second straight season, North Dakota State scored in the final seconds to defeat IUPUI, 71-68, Thursday evening (Jan. 17) at the Bison Sports Arena.
  • The loss dropped IUPUI to 9-8 overall and 3-2 in the Summit League, while the Bison upped its overall record to 7-11 and evened its conference mark at 3-3. North Dakota State is now 6-0 all-time against the Jags in Fargo.
  • The Jaguars trailed by as many as 10 points in the second half before rallying back to take the lead with less than three minutes to play, but the Bison scored five points in the final half minute to escape with the win.
  • Nelson scored 18 of her game-high 26 points in the first half leading the Jags to a five-point halftime lead, and came out of the half scoring eight points in the first 8:50 before going scoreless the final 11:10. Goss scored eight of her 13 points from the 11:10 mark of the second half on, but it wasn’t enough for the Jags.
  • Offensively, the first half for IUPUI was dominated by two of its three leading scorers in Katie Comello and Nelson. That duo plus Goss scored the Jaguars first six points as they took a 6-4 lead a little more than two minutes in, but a nearly six-minute drought propelled North Dakota State on an 8-0 run to take a 12-6 advantage with less than 12 minutes to play.
  • Still trailing by six at the mid-way point of the half, Nelson went to work and scored the team’s next 16 points over a 6:20 stretch to catapult the Jaguars back on top, 28-25, with 3:51 to go.
  • After a Katie Birkel bucket trimmed the IUPUI lead to one, Akilah Sims buried a three from the left baseline, the first three of her career, pushing the lead to four. Two Bison free throws cut the lead in half, but a Comello runner with 14 seconds to go in the half sent the Jaguars into halftime with a 33-28 lead.
  • Nelson and Comello combined for 27 of the Jags 33 first-half points and hit 11-of-16 shots, while the rest of the squad hit just 1-of-10 shots from the floor in the opening 20 minutes.
  • Nearly four minutes into the second half, the Jags were able to get some easy looks in transition to open up its biggest lead of the game, 42-33.
  • The lead remained at six, 48-42, following a Clara Mitchell lay-up, but that was when the Bison went on a lengthy run. The Jags were not able to hit a field goal from the 10:35 mark until Dawn Luster hit a lay-up with 5:06 and during that stretch, NDSU went on an 18-2 run to take a 60-50 advantage.
  • Despite the deficit, the Jaguars showed their toughness making a rally of their own courtesy of their full-court defense. IUPUI’s full-court pressure resulted in a handful of Bison turnovers and some easy buckets en route to a 14-3 run to jump back in front, 64-63, with 2:41 to play.
  • With the score tied at 66-66, NDSU went up by two on a Birkel shot with 21 seconds left, but Goss came back and knotted the score at 68-68 with a jumper of her own.
  • However, on the inbounds pass, Marena Whittle beat the Jags down the floor and hit a basket while being fouled with three seconds to go to put the Bison back in front, 70-68. After connecting on the free throw, the Jags had one final opportunity to send the game to overtime, but Nevena Markovic’s triple did not fall giving NDSU the 71-68 victory.
  • In addition to Nelson and Goss, Comello scored 12 points for the Jaguars, while Whittle led five double-figure Bison scorers with 17 points.
 
TALE OF THE TAPE - SDSU VS. IUPUI
  • Both teams come into the game ranked in the Top 3 in conference-only games in rebounding, turnovers forced, 3-point percentage defense and field goal percentage.
  • The Jags force the most turnovers in league play at 19.6, but SDSU isn’t far behind forcing 17.5 turnovers per game.
  • However, the Jackrabbits are shooting and impressive 45.2 percent from the field and 40.0 percent from three during conference tilts. The Jags lead the league in 3-point percentage defense (20.5 %), but overall field goal percentage defense has been hit or miss.
  • In conference wins, IUPUI is holding its opponents to 36.2 percent shooting from the floor and 17.0 percent shooting from three.
  • In league losses, Jags’ opponents are hitting 51.0 percent of its shots, including 30.0 percent from three.
 
FULL NELSON
  • After missing four games in December due to injury, Kerah Nelson returned for the Jags at Oakland and scored 10 points in 14 minutes.
  • In the two games following her return against Oakland, Nelson was regaining her stamina and scored nine points and 13 points, respectively, in wins over Western Illinois and Omaha.
  • However, in IUPUI’s last game against North Dakota State, Nelson returned to her old form.
  • The senior from St. Petersburg, Fla., scored a season-high 26 points to lead IUPUI on 11-of-16 shooting from the floor.
  • Nelson scored 18 of her 26 in the first half, including 16 straight at one point.
  • In conference-only games Nelson is fifth in the conference averaging 14.5 ppg.
 
CHART WATCH
  • In IUPUI’s win over Omaha on Jan. 10, senior Kerah Nelson moved into the Top 5 on IUPUI’s career scoring chart, and she is also closing in on the Top 5 of several other IUPUI career charts while continuing to move up the school’s scoring chart.
  • Nelson has played in 99 games in her career and scored 1,413 points (14.3 ppg). She needs just 57 points to move into fourth on IUPUI’s career scoring chart.
  • Additionally, Nelson is 15 field goals away and 25 free throws away from moving into the Top 5 on those respective charts.
  • Nelson is also just 27 rebounds away from moving into the school’s Top 10 in career rebounds.
 
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