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INDIANAPOLIS – Mikale Rogers come off the bench and recorded her first career double-double leading the IUPUI women's basketball team to a 92-63 victory over IU-Southeast Monday evening at The Jungle.

The Jaguars dominated action inside with its five post players combining to score 73 of their 92 points led by Rogers' career-high 24 points. Nevena Markovic scored 17 of her 19 points in the second half after playing just four minutes in the first half, while Akilah Sims and Jordan Barton added 16 points and 10 points, respectively.

"It was great to see our post players step up, especially when our perimeter players were struggling," head coach Austin Parkinson said. "In the second half, we defended with a purpose and that helped us pull away."

The Jags also controlled the glass against the smaller Grenadiers. Led by Rogers career-high 10 rebounds, the Jags more than doubled IU-Southeast on the backboards, 45-22.

The Grenadiers started strong hitting four of their first six shots to take a 14-10 lead, but six straight points from Rogers put IUPUI on top, 16-14, by the second media timeout.

Just as the Jags took the lead, the hot shooting continued for IU-Southeast catapulting it in front, 28-22, with 7:14 to go.

The IU-Southeast lead remained at five, 29-24, before two Shanika Maddox baskets started a 16-4 run that carried into the half. During the run, Sims scored six points and DeAirra Goss scored four helping the Jags take a 40-33 advantage into halftime.

After playing just four minutes in the first half due to two personal fouls, Markovic didn't waste much time making an impact in the second half scoring six points in the first 1:50 to boost the Jaguars lead to 46-33 while forcing the Grenadiers to use a timeout.

A Goss jumper out of the timeout upped the cushion to 15 points, 48-33, but an 11-2 Grenadiers response brought them within six, 50-44, with 14:00 to go.

Two Sims free throws, a Rogers bucket and two more free throws from Goss pushed the IUPUI lead back to double digits, 56-44, with 12:37 on the clock, and from that point the Jags did not allow their lead to dip below double figures.

Over the final 10 minutes, the Jaguars lead continued to grow and they eventually pulled out a 92-63 win over the Grenadiers.

IUPUI will start the New Year on a three-game road trip beginning on Saturday, Jan. 4, when it heads to Youngstown, Ohio, to take on Youngstown State. Tip is set for 2 p.m. at the Beeghly Center