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JAGUARS CONTINUE ROAD SWING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT WESTERN MICHIGAN

Jags and Broncos tip at 7 p.m. at University Arena in Read Fieldhouse

12/3/2013 12:24:00 PM

By: John Berry, IUPUI Sports Information
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Jaguars four-game road swing continues on Wednesday, Dec. 4, when IUPUI heads to Kalamazoo, Mich., to take on the Western Michigan Broncos.

GAMEDAY INFORMATION
  • The Jaguars and Broncos will tip at 7 p.m. at University Arena in Read Fieldhouse.
  • Live stats will be available through WMUBroncos.com and IUPUIJags.com, and the game can be heard for free via IUPUIJags.com.
  • Morgan Adcock will have the call on IUPUIJags.com beginning just prior to tip.

ABOUT WESTERN MICHIGAN
  • The Broncos upped their record to 3-4 following an 18-point win at Chicago State in their last game on Dec. 1.
  • Miracle Woods is the team's top scorer averaging 21.7 ppg, and she is shooting 54.3-percent from the floor. Woods is also grabbing 7.3 rpg in 27.3 minutes per game.
  • WMU is shooting 39.0 percent from the field, including 29.6 percent from three, compared to 39.8 percent shooting from the floor and 30.0 percent shooting from three for its opponents.
  • Wednesday's game will be the Broncos third home game this season and they own a 1-1 record. They defeated Detroit, 103-86, before falling to Michigan, 73-45.

THE SERIES WITH THE BRONCOS
  • Wednesday's game will be the fourth all-time meeting between the two schools, with IUPUI owning a 2-1 lead.
  • The Jags defeated the Broncos last season, 75-67, in Indianapolis, behind 25 points from Kerah Nelson.
  • The Jaguars are 0-1 all-time when playing the Broncos in Kalamazoo, with that loss occurring back on Dec. 9, 2006, by a 78-63 margin.

LAST TIME OUT ...
  • IUPUI overcame a four-point deficit with 90 seconds to play to force overtime, but Cleveland State outscored the Jags 11-4 in overtime leading the Vikings to a 63-56 victory over the Jaguars Saturday evening in the second game of the ECU Thanksgiving Tournament.
  • The loss dropped the Jags record to 5-3, while Cleveland State improved to 3-3.
  • IUPUI won the rebounding battle, 44-34, which included 17 offensive rebounds, but 30 turnovers for the Jags proved to be too much to overcome.
  • The Jaguars hit three of their first five shots from the floor to get off to a strong start offensively, but six turnovers ensued over the next four minutes allowing Cleveland State to take an 11-7 lead.
  • With 11:12 to play, Katie Comello came off the bench and 21 seconds later she buried a three to put IUPUI back in front, 12-11. However, a quick 5-0 response from the Vikings catapulted them back in front, 16-12, with 9:10 to play forcing Parkinson to burn a timeout.
  • Turnovers continued to plague IUPUI as its total rose to 14 with six minutes remaining in the half, but a Dee-Dee Bellamy jumper with five minutes on the clock started an IUPUI run. Following Bellamy's jumper, Nevena Markovic scored five straight points, including an old-fashioned three-point play, to bring the Jaguars within a point, 20-19, with 3:54 to go.
  • A Mikale Rogers free throw knotted the score at 20-20 44 seconds later, before consecutive baskets from Markovic and Nicole Rogers capped off a 10-0 run and gave IUPUI its biggest lead of the half, 24-20, with 50 seconds to go.
  • Unfortunately for the Jaguars, the 4:28 second scoring drought for Cleveland State was halted when Kiersten Green hit a triple as the first half came to an end bringing the Vikings within a point, 24-23, entering halftime.
  • Out of the half, the Jags lead never reached more than five until back-to-back three's from Nicole Rogers and Kelsi Byrd gave IUPUI a 46-36 advantage with 9:10 to go in the game. A Byrd lay-up with 6:53 to play kept the Jags in front by six, 48-42, but a 5:41 scoring drought allowed the Vikings to go on a 10-0 run to take a 52-48 lead.
  • The drought was broken on a Goss lay-up with 1:12 remaining, and on the other end Goss stole the ball from Cori Coleman, found Sims for a lay-up and a foul with 41 seconds left to tie the score at 52-52. Sims missed the free throw, but a turnover on the other end of the floor from the Vikings gave IUPUI an opportunity for the final shot. With the clock winding down, Goss was called for an offensive foul forcing the game into overtime.
  • Five points in the first four minutes of overtime from Adesuwa Aideyman led the Vikings to a 59-54 lead with a minute to play. A Bellamy lay-up with 34 seconds to play made the game a one-possession game, but two Imani Gordon free throws at the other end of the floor moved the CSU lead back to five with 23 seconds left. IUPUI didn't score again and the Vikings hit two more free throws to make the final 63-56.
  • Markovic led IUPUI with 11 points and added seven boards, and Mikale Rogers posted a team-best eight boards in the loss.

OFF THE CHARTS
  • Through the first quarter of the season, Shanika Maddox has been a solid front court addition for the Jaguars.
  • Maddox sat out the 2013-14 season after transferring from Coastal Carolina, but she has come in and averaged 7.4 ppg and 5.1 rpg for IUPUI.
  • Maddox is scoring her 7.1 ppg thanks to her efficient shooting from the floor.
  • The Fishers, Ind.-native is connecting on 64.3 percent of her attempts from the floor this season, which leads the Summit League and would rank 11th nationally if she met the NCAA's criteria of five made field goals per game.
  • IUPUI's single-season record for field goal percentage in a season is 60.2 percent set by Barb Nelson during the 1998-99 season.

IUPUI IN THE RANKINGS
  • In the most recent NCAA statistical report, the Jaguars rank in the Top 60 in the country in three different statistical categories.
  • IUPUI's 46.4 field goal percentage ranks 28th nationally and is tops in the Summit League thanks in part to having six players shooting 45.0 percent from the floor or better.
  • The Jaguars also rank 56th and 60th, respectively, in scoring defense and scoring margin.
  • IUPUI is giving up just 59.6 ppg this season, while scoring 71.4 ppg equaling an 11.8 ppg scoring margin.
  • Individually, Nicole Rogers is 83rd nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (41.0 percent), while Mikale Rogers is 108th in blocked shots per game at 1.50.

ON THE ROAD
  • IUPUI is 2-1 on the road this season winning games at Valparaiso and Chicago State, while dropping its most recent road game at East Carolina.
  • Despite allowing their opponents to shoot 43.3 percent from the floor, which is three percent higher than what all opponents are shooting against the Jaguars this season, part of the reason for IUPUI's success on the road has been its ability share the ball and force turnovers while limiting its own.
  • IUPUI is averaging 17.3 assists per game and 16.3 turnovers per game in road contests this year, while its opponents are averaging 10.7 assists per game and 24.7 turnovers per game.
  • Dawn Luster leads IUPUI with 13 assists in three road contests, while Kelsi Byrd has added eight. Byrd owns the Jags best assist-to-turnover ratio at 4.0 in away games.
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