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JAGUARS AND MAVERICKS MEET FOR FIRST TIME ON THURSDAY

IUPUI and Omaha square off at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 10

1/9/2013 3:04:00 PM

By: John Berry, IUPUI Sports Information
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INDIANAPOLIS - IUPUI will be looking for its first 3-1 Summit League start since the 2005-06 season on Thursday, Jan. 10, when it hosts Summit League newcomer Omaha at 7 p.m. inside The Jungle. Omaha currently sits in second place in the conference, while IUPUI is in a tie for third.
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
  • Thursday’s tip between Omaha and IUPUI is set for 7 p.m.
  • Jon Schade will have the call on IUPUIJags.com beginning just prior to tip.
  • Fans can follow live stats or watch live through IUPUIJags.com. A $4.95 charge occurs for watching the game via IUPUI Live! on IUPUIJags.com.
 
ABOUT OMAHA
  • The Mavericks are in their first season in the Summit League and currently own the top overall record in the conference at 11-3 and the second-best league record at 3-1.
  • Omaha is an experienced team with three seniors scoring in double figures. Paige Frauendorfer leads the squad averaging 13.9 ppg, while Carolyn Blair-Mobley and Jamie Nash average 12.3 ppg and 10.3 ppg, respectively.
  • Frauendorfer also leads the team in rebounding averaging 9.4 rpg, which is tied for first in the conference.
  • Nash leads the team in assists averaging 7.5 apg, which is tops in the Summit League.
  • In conference-only games, the Mavericks lead the league in rebounding (38.0 rpg), field goal percentage defense (35.7 %), 3-point percentage defense (21.9 %) and opponents scoring (49.2 ppg).
 
THE SERIES WITH THE MAVERICKS
  • Thursday’s game will be the first meeting between the two schools.
 
LAST TIME OUT ...
  • Following IUPUI’s most recent loss at Oakland, head coach Austin Parkinson said that his squad needed to regain its identity on the defensive end if they were going to bounce back with a win against Western Illinois. The Jaguars did just that Saturday afternoon holding the Leathernecks to 23.3 percent shooting en route to claiming a 55-36 victory at The Jungle.
  • The win improved IUPUI to 8-7 overall and 2-1 in the Summit League, while the Leathernecks fell to 7-7 overall and 1-2 in conference action.
  • The Jags outscored the Leathernecks 27-8 in points off turnovers and dominated the glass on both ends of the floor posting a 50-36 rebounding edge.
  • While the Jags didn’t need a lot of offense, DeAirra Goss scored a game-high 15 points, all of which came in the first half, and Demetria Nunley-Lash chipped in a career-high 10 points off the bench to send the Jags to the win.
  • Offensively, the Jaguars got off to a slow start hitting just four of their first 14 shots from the floor as the Leathernecks took a 12-8 lead into the under-12 media timeout.
  • However, out of that timeout, the Jags were able to make a run thanks to their defensive intensity and offensive rebounding. IUPUI managed to hold WIU without a point from the 12:37 mark to the 5:37 mark and went on a 19-0 run during that span to catapult in front, 27-12. The run was fueled by seven points from Goss and four points each from Dee-Dee Bellamy and Kerah Nelson.
  • The Leathernecks were able to cut their deficit to 10 with a little more than a minute to play in the first half, but four points in the final minute from Goss sent the Jags into the half with a 34-20 advantage.
  • The Jags dominated the boards in the opening 20 minutes outrebounding WIU, 29-11, leading to an 8-0 edge in second-chance points.
  • Scoring was at a premium to start the second half as both teams combined to make just six field goals over the first eight minutes, but five of those came from IUPUI as it extended its halftime lead to 20, 43-23, with 11:17 to play.
  • Consecutive three’s by Nunley-Lash later in the half pushed the Jags advantage to 23 points, 53-30, with 5:30 to play, and from that point on, Western Illinois never threatened as IUPUI cruised to a 55-36 victory.
  • IUPUI held Western Illinois to just 10 made field goals for the game, and the Leathernecks final field goal occurred with 0.6 seconds on the clock. At the other end, the Jags managed to hit 20-of-60 from the floor.
 
TALE OF THE TAPE - OMAHA VS. IUPUI
  • Thursday’s meeting between IUPUI and Omaha features two of the better defensive teams in the Summit League when looking at the statistics.
  • Omaha ranks first in league-only games in scoring defense allowing 49.2 ppg through four games, while the Jags are third in the conference giving up 59.2 ppg through three contests.
  • Additionally, Omaha and IUPUI rank 1-2, respectively, in both 3-point percentage defense and rebounding.
  • The Mavericks are first in both categories giving up 21.9 percent shooting from three while grabbing 38.0 rebounds per game. IUPUI is second in both categories relinquishing 23.4 shooting from behind-the-arc, while corralling 37.3 rebounds per game.
  • Omaha also turns the ball over just 14.0 times per game, which is third in the league, while IUPUI forces a league-high 21.7 turnovers per game. On the other end, the Jags commit a league-high 20.3 turnovers per contest.
  • Defensively, IUPUI leads the conference in steals per game with 11.7, while Omaha is second at 9.5 spg.
 
NELSON RETURNS
  • After getting off to a slow start this season averaging just 9.3 ppg and 5.8 rpg through six games, Kerah Nelson showed why she was a Preseason First-Team All-Summit League performer during IUPUI’s next three games.
  • In games against Eastern Illinois (11/29), Youngstown State (12/3) and Western Michigan (12/5), Nelson led the Jags in scoring in each of those three games putting in over 20 points, while shooting a combined 50.9 percent from the floor.
  • The senior from St. Petersburg, Fla., scored 24 points against the Panthers on 10-of-19 shooting from the floor and grabbed a season-high nine rebounds.
  • She followed that performance with 22 points and four rebounds in a one-point loss to Youngstown State on Dec. 3.
  • Finally against Western Michigan, Nelson scored a season-high 25 points on 8-of-18 shooting from the floor and 8-of-10 shooting from the line.
  • However, following the game against the Broncos, Nelson missed the Jags next four games due to injury before making her return against Oakland on Dec. 30.
  • In just 14 minutes of action in her return against the Golden Grizzlies, Nelson scored 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting and added three assists and two steals.
  • Nelson followed that performance with nine points and seven boards in a 19-point win over Western Illinois on Jan. 5.
  • In her last five games played, she is averaging 18.0 ppg and shooting 50.0 percent (36-of-72) from the field.
 
HOME SWEET HOME
  • This season, the Jags are 6-2 at home and are outscoring their opponents by an average of 17.8 ppg on their home floor.
  • At home, IUPUI is shooting 43.3 percent from the floor and 35.7 percent from three, which is up from 40.8 percent shooting and 27.8 percent shooting from three in all games.
  • Kerah Nelson leads the team in scoring at home averaging 15.5 ppg, while DeAirra Goss and Katie Comello are averaging 12.4 ppg and 9.0 ppg, respectively.
  • IUPUI has also been strong on the glass at home outrebounding its opponents, 40.9 - 35.5 (+5.4).
  • While the Jags are forcing their opponents into 24.7 turnovers per game for the year, opponents are averaging 27.3 turnovers per game inside The Jungle this season.
 
CHART WATCH
  • Senior Kerah Nelson is closing in on the Top 5 on several of IUPUI’s career record charts.
  • Nelson has played in 97 games in her career and scored 1,374 points. She needs just nine points to move into fifth on IUPUI’s career scoring chart.
  • Additionally, Nelson is 29 field goals away, 34 free throws away and two free throw attempts away from moving into the Top 5 on those respective charts.
  • Nelson is also just 38 rebounds away from moving into the school’s Top 10 in career rebounds.
 
TURNOVERS AND STEALS
  • Coming into its game against IUPUI on Dec. 3, Youngstown State’s season high for turnovers was 19.
  • However, the Penguins had not seen pressure like the Jags as they nearly doubled their previous season-high against IUPUI committing 37 turnovers.
  • Of the 37 turnovers, 20 were steals for the Jags, marking the first time since Dec. 10, 2010, against Southern Illinois that IUPUI had recorded 20 steals in a game.
  • Additionally, the 22 turnovers forced against #12/13 Purdue on Dec. 21 was the second-highest amount for the Boilermakers this season. Their highest turnover output was 25 against No. 2 Connecticut.
  • So far this season, the Jaguars aggressive, up-tempo defense has forced their opponents into 24.7 turnovers per game and IUPUI owns a +5.0 turnover margin.
  • Of the 371 turnovers forced, 171 have been steals averaging out to 11.4 spg.
  • The 24.7 turnovers forced per game by IUPUI is tops in the Summit League by 7.3 turnovers per game, and its 11.4 steals per game is also tops in the Summit League.
  • Only twice this season has an IUPUI opponent finished a game with less than 20 turnovers - Indiana (16) and Oakland (19).
  • The 371 turnovers forced by IUPUI this season ranks fourth in the country behind Kentucky (397), North Carolina (392) and Alabama (386).
 
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