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INDIANAPOLIS – Three players scored in double figures, led by DeAirra Goss' 24 points, leading the IUPUI women's basketball team to an 86-63 win over Northern Kentucky Wednesday evening at The Jungle.

Following a 1-for-13 shooting performance in a six-point loss to Indiana on Sunday, Goss responded with 24 points on 10-of-11 shooting to pace the Jags offensively. Dawn Luster and Nicole Rogers each chipped in 12 points, and Luster's double-figure scoring outing was her first in her last 17 outings. Thanks in part to Goss' hot shooting, IUPUI (8-4) collectively shot 64.2 percent from the floor setting a new school record for highest field goal percentage in a game.

"DeAirra was a lot more balanced in how she scored tonight and did a really good job being aggressive giving her some good opportunities," head coach Austin Parkinson said. "Dawn was really driving the ball well and gave us a spark off the bench, and Nicole [Rogers] really shot the ball well. When she shoots the ball well that really helps us."

IUPUI got off to a slow start and trailed by one point with two minutes remaining in the first half, but the Jaguars flipped the switch defensively leading to a 10-3 run to close the half. IUPUI continued that momentum and outscored the Norse by 17 in the second half to cruise to the victory.

"I think it was a little bit of a hangover from IU in the fact that we put a lot into that emotionally and from an energy standpoint, but I thought we did a good job around the 10 minute mark and picked it up," Parkinson added.

Northern Kentucky, who entered the game shooting 29.9 percent from three, connected on its first three attempts in the first 12 minutes helping it take a 25-19 lead. Luster kept the Jags close scoring eight points during that stretch, including four in transition and another off an offensive rebound.

The NKU lead reached seven at 33-26 with 4:43 to play, but a 7-0 IUPUI response over the next 2:45, highlighted by a Caitlyn Tolen three from the right baseline, tied the score with just under two minutes to play in the opening half.

Following a Norse free throw, the Jags became more active on the defensive end leading them on a 10-3 run over the final 1:33 to take a 43-37 lead into the half.

Goss went a perfect 6-of-6 from the field in the first half to lead the Jags with 15 points, while Luster added 10. IUPUI and Northern Kentucky both shot 66.7 percent from the field and from three in the first half, and that marked the Jags best shooting first half of the season.

Out of the half, Goss continued her hot shooting from the floor scoring five of IUPUI's first six points to bump its lead up to nine points, 48-39, forcing NKU to burn a timeout less than three minutes in.

The lead grew to 17 points, 62-45, midway through the second half off Rogers' third three of the game, this time from the right wing, before the cushion reached 23, 72-49, with six minutes left off back-to-back buckets from Shanika Maddox and Luster.

From that point, the Jags finished off an 86-63 win.

IUPUI will hit the road this weekend when it heads to Evanston, Ill., to take on Northwestern. Tip is set for 1 p.m. ET at Welsh-Ryan Arena.