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JAGS HOST REGULAR-SEASON FINALE SATURDAY VS. FORT WAYNE

Saturday will be Senior Day as Clara Mitchell and Kerah Nelson will play their final home games in an IUPUI uniform

3/1/2013 10:56:00 AM

By: John Berry, IUPUI Sports Information
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INDIANAPOLIS - IUPUI hosts its final regular-season home game of the season on Saturday, March 2, when it welcomes in-state rival Fort Wayne to The Jungle at 5 p.m. for Senior Day.
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
  • Saturday’s game is set to begin at 5 p.m., and is the first of a men’s and women’s doubleheader. The men’s game is set to begin around 7:30 p.m.
  • Saturday will be Senior Day as seniors Kerah Nelson and Clara Mitchell will be recognized prior to the start of the game for their contributions to the program throughout their careers.
  • Jon Schade will have the call on IUPUIJags.com beginning just prior to tip.
 
ABOUT FORT WAYNE
  • The Mastodons enter the regular-season finale on Saturday with a 12-15 overall record and an 8-7 record in the Summit League.
  • By winning six of their last eight games, IPFW has secured the No. 4 overall seed in the upcoming Summit League Tournament.
  • Fort Wayne is led offensively by Amanda Hyde, who is leading scorer in the Summit League in all games averaging 18.9 ppg. She has upped that average to 19.4 ppg in league-only contests.
  • Erin Murphy is the other double-figure scorer in conference-only games averaging 14.9 ppg.
  • As a team, Fort Wayne is second in the conference in scoring averaging 62.9 ppg, but it is allowing 63.5 ppg.
  • Additionally, the Mastodons are one of the best free throw shooting teams in the country hitting 78.9 percent of their attempts from the charity stripe.
THE SERIES WITH THE MASTODONS
  • The all-time series between IUPUI and Fort Wayne is tied at 10-10.
  • The Jags have won two straight in the series, including a 79-74 win back on Dec. 28, which was the conference-opener for both teams.
  • When playing in Indianapolis, the Jags are 3-6 when taking on the Mastodons in Indianapolis.
LAST TIME OUT ...
  • Behind a season-high tying 14 points, six rebounds and career-high tying five blocks from Nevena Markovic, IUPUI defeated Oakland, 59-37, Thursday evening at The Jungle to clinch the second overall seed in the upcoming Summit League Championships held March 9-12 in Sioux Falls, S.D.
  • The win not only set a Division-I era program record for wins in a season with 18, but the Jaguars moved to 11-4 in the Summit League, equaling the most conference wins for the Jaguars since joining the Division-I ranks during the 1998-99 season.
  • IUPUI shot 42.1-percent from the floor for the game thanks in part to Markovic’s 7-of-12 shooting, but the difference came on the defense end of the floor as the Jags held Oakland to 21.1-percent shooting.
  • IUPUI got off to a strong thanks to that defense. The Jags started just 1-of-5 from the floor but got some good looks to go after the rough start to take a 14-2 lead 8:04 into the game. During the run, Shawnece Teague scored five points off the bench to pace the Jags.
  • IUPUI kept the Golden Grizzlies without a field goal for the first 10:50 of the game, but Oakland received six points from the free throw line prior to that bucket allowing them to close with six, 14-8, with 9:10 to play.
  • With the Jags leading by seven, 22-15, with four minutes to play, lay-ups by Markovic and Kerah Nelson on consecutive possessions pushed the lead back to double figures, 26-15. Oakland closed within seven with a little more than a minute on the clock, but another Markovic lay-up sent the Jaguars into the half with a 28-19 lead.
  • Out of the half, IUPUI scored the first four points to up its lead to 13 points, 32-19, and the Jags lead fluctuated between nine and 13 up to the midway point of the second half. Two Markovic lay-ups book-ended a pair of Goss buckets during an 8-2 run to give the Jags a 46-28 advantage with 8:07 on the clock.
  • The Jags lead reached 20, 50-30, on a Teague bucket with 6:52 to play, and from that point, Oakland never really threatened as the Jags earned the 59-37 victory.
  • In addition to Markovic scoring in double figures, Goss added 10 points and Nelson tacked on eight points and eight rebounds.
THE CONFERENCE PICTURE
  • Entering the final Saturday of Summit League play, only three seeds are up for grabs as five teams have cemented their position in the upcoming Summit League Tournament, which will be held in Sioux Falls, S.D., March 9-12.
  • South Dakota State has clinched the regular-season conference title and will be the No. 1 seed in the Summit League Tournament.
  • With a win over Oakland on Feb. 28, the Jags clinched the second overall seed in the tournament, while the loss for Oakland secured them as the eighth seed.
  • South Dakota’s win over Omaha coupled with Fort Wayne’s loss at Western Illinois put the Coyotes in the third spot and Fort Wayne in the fourth position.
  • By clinching the No. 2 seed, IUPUI will play either North Dakota State, Kansas City or Western Illinois at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 9.
SENIOR DAY
  • Prior to the start of Saturday’s game against Fort Wayne, seniors Kerah Nelson and Clara Mitchell will be recognized for their contributions to the program throughout their careers.
  • During Mitchell’s and Nelson’s first season, they finished 3-24, and have come full circle helping the Jaguars win 18 games this season - a new Division-I era program record for wins in a season.
  • Nelson has cemented her name in the IUPUI record books as one of the best scorers in program history ranking in the Top five in the IUPUI record books in scoring, field goals made and free throws made, in addition to ranking in the Top 5 in rebounding.
  • Mitchell has put together a solid four-year career scoring over 500 points, grabbing over 450 rebounds, blocking over 50 shots and recording over 50 steals. 
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