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KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Four players scored in double figures helping the IUPUI women's basketball team snap a two-game skid with a 79-64 win over Western Michigan Wednesday evening at University Arena in Read Fieldhouse.

DeAirra Goss, who transferred to IUPUI (6-3) from Western Michigan (3-5) prior to the 2011-12 campaign, led the Jaguars with a game-high tying 19 points against her former team. Akilah Sims came off the bench to add a career-high 17 points, while Nevena Markovic and Dee-Dee Bellamy chipped in 15 points and 11 points, respectively.

"I'm really proud of our team for responding after last weekend's tournament at East Carolina," head coach Austin Parkinson said. "It was great to see [Nevena] as aggressive as she was on both ends of the floor, and Akilah and DeAirra really had big games. To have Dee-Dee score 11 was great, but I was more proud of her five assists and no turnovers."

The Jags, who committed 54 turnovers in their two losses last weekend at East Carolina and versus Cleveland State, turned the ball over just 12 times against the Broncos. By limiting their turnovers, the Jaguars managed to get up nine more shot attempts than WMU and made seven more field goals than the Broncos leading to the victory.

"We were fortunate to shoot the ball well, but we wanted to play with tempo tonight," Parkinson said. "I thought we were able to do that and we also made better passing decisions leading to some easy looks."

Both teams shot above 40 percent from the floor in the first half, but it was IUPUI's ability to connect from deep that proved to be the difference in the opening 20 minutes of play.

Three triples in the first 4:34, including two from Markovic, led an early scoring frenzy that allowed IUPUI to take a 14-9 lead. A Jessica Jessing lay-up with 11:10 to play brought the Broncos within a basket at 20-18, but a Markovic turnaround jumper and a three from Bellamy upped the IUPUI lead to 25-18 as the eight-minute mark neared.

Over the next five minutes, the IUPUI lead fluctuated between two and seven and remained at three, 35-32, with 3:46 to play, before the Jags made a run to close the half. Over the final three minutes, the Jaguars used three points from Sims and four points from Markovic during a 9-1 run to open a 44-33 cushion going into the half.

The Jags connected on six of its 10 tries from behind-the-arc in the first half compared to just 2-of-10 for Western Michigan.

Five missed shots and two turnovers in IUPUI's first eight possessions led to a 12-2 Western Michigan run in the first three-plus minutes of the second half resulting in its halftime lead quickly shrinking to one, 46-45.

Two baskets – one from Mikale Rogers and one from Sims – in a span of 11 seconds kickstarted a 12-3 IUPUI response from the 15:51 mark to the 13:29 mark that re-established a double-digit lead at 58-48.

It took nearly nine minutes until the Broncos could trim its lead below eight, and they had multiple opportunities to cut that deficit even further before IUPUI made one final run to put the game out of reach.

Coming out of the under-four-minute media timeout, baskets on three straight possessions, including two from Sims, moved the advantage to 13 points, 75-62, with 2:18 to play.

From that point, IUPUI finished off the 79-64 victory.

IUPUI will have a few days off before closing out its road trip on Monday, Dec. 9, when it heads to nearby Terre Haute, Ind., to take on Indiana State. Tip between the Sycamores and Jaguars is set for 7:05 p.m. ET.