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INDIANAPOLIS – Eleven players scored, including four in double figures, leading the IUPUI women's basketball team to an 86-28 exhibition win over Manchester University Monday evening at The Jungle.

Akilah Sims led the Jags with 13 points and added 11 rebounds, while Nicole Rogers followed with 12 – all of which came in the final five minutes of the first half. Shanika Maddox and Dawn Luster rounded out the double-figure scoring with 11 points and 10 points, respectively.

"It was nice to play a lot of different combinations. The freshmen got in and got their feet wet and I thought they played pretty well," head coach Austin Parkinson said. "At the beginning I think we showed some nerves, but after we got going we played pretty well."

The Spartans opened the game by hitting some tough contested jumpers and jumped out to a 10-9 lead at the 14:17 mark. Just as Manchester took the lead, Luster came off the bench and buried a three from the right wing before converting an old-fashioned three-point play to quickly give the Jags a 15-10 cushion.

Following Luster's six-point run, Kelsi Byrd connected on a pull-up jumper from the right wing and Akilah Sims added the next seven points, including a triple from the top of the key, to up the advantage to double digits, 24-10, with 8:53 on the clock.

A Dee-Dee Bellamy fastbreak lay-up extended the IUPUI run to 17-0 until a Spartans free throw with 8:06 remaining halted the spurt and trimmed the Manchester deficit to 26-11.

Leading 33-17, four three's in the final minutes from Rogers and a put-back each from Mikale Rogers and Shanika Maddox sent IUPUI into the half with a 49-20 lead. Nicole Rogers led all players with 12 points at the break.

The scoring pace slowed considerably in the second half, but IUPUI was able to outscore Manchester 9-1 over the first six minutes thanks to five combined points in the paint from Maddox and Mikale Rogers.

In total, the Jags outscored the Spartans 37-8 in the second half to cruise to a 86-28 win.

In their first games as Jaguars, IUPUI's freshmen class in Byrd, Mikale Rogers and Caitlyn Tolen combined for 19 points, 12 rebounds six assists and five blocks.

IUPUI kicks off its 2013-14 campaign on Saturday, Nov. 9, when it hosts Belmont at 3 p.m. in its home opener at The Jungle. Saturday is IUPUI's Veteran's Day Game and all military veterans will be admitted for free to the game.