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JAGS TAKE ON COYOTES MONDAY IN SUMMIT LEAGUE SEMIFINALS

IUPUI and South Dakota meet at 3:30 p.m. and game will be televised on Midco Sports Network/Fox College Sports

3/10/2013 9:52:00 PM

By: John Berry, IUPUI Sports Information
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - For the second consecutive season, the IUPUI women’s basketball team will play for a spot in the Summit League championship game on Monday, March 11, when the Jags take on No. 3 seed South Dakota at 3:30 p.m. in the Summit League semifinals at Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, S.D.
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
  • Monday’s game is set to begin at 3:30 p.m. The Jags and Coyotes will meet following the completion of the South Dakota State/Fort Wayne contest.
  • The game will be televised on Midco Sports Network/Fox College Sports. Jay Elsen will have the play-by-play, while Greg Stemen will provide color commentary.
  • Fans can listen to John Berry on the call on IUPUIJags.com beginning just prior to tip.
 
ABOUT SOUTH DAKOTA
  • The Coyotes enter the semifinals as winners of their last four games following a 20-point win over North Dakota State in the Summit League quarterfinals on Sunday, March 10.
  • Three players are scoring in double figures for USD led by Nicole Seekamp’s 13.6 ppg. Tempestt Wilson and Polly Harrington are the other double-figure scorers at 12.9 ppg and 11.1 ppg, respectively.
  • South Dakota is the top rebounding team in the league grabbing 41.0 rebounds per game. Margaret McCloud leads the team in that category with 7.1 rpg.
  • Alexis Yackley leads the team in assists averaging 5.0 apg.
 
THE SERIES WITH THE COYOTES
  • USD earned the season sweep over IUPUI this year with a 20-point win in Indianapolis on Jan. 26, before earning a 17-point win in Vermillion, S.D., on Feb. 21.
  • South Dakota leads the all-time series, 3-1, but Monday’s meeting in the conference semifinals will be the first between the two schools on a neutral floor.
 
LAST TIME OUT ...
  • Kerah Nelson scored a game-high 18 points, DeAirra Goss grabbed a career-high and game-high 12 rebounds, and both players recorded double-doubles leading IUPUI to a 59-47 win over Kansas City in the Summit League Tournament quarterfinals Saturday afternoon at Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, S.D.
  • Nelson hit 6-of-11 shots en route to her 18 points and added 10 rebounds, while Goss scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to send IUPUI to its 20th win of the season, marking the first time since the Jags joined the Division-I ranks during the 1998-99 season that they have reached 20 wins in a season.
  • In addition to Nelson and Goss, Nevena Markovic came up just short of a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds. Thanks to IUPUI’s trio of Markovic, Goss and Nelson, the Jags outrebounded the Kangaroos, 47-27. Of IUPUI’s 47 rebounds, 23 were offensive leading to a 24-4 edge in second-chance points.
  • Even though shots weren’t falling for IUPUI early, the Jaguars defense was locked in forcing Kansas City to go 1-of-12 from the field over the first 8:38 resulting in a 9-2 IUPUI lead by the second media timeout.
  • The Kangaroos hit back-to-back buckets to close within three, 9-6, with 10:07 to play, but an 11-1 IUPUI run from the 8:40 mark to the 4:44 mark put the Jags in front, 20-7. Nelson highlighted the run with two triples and seven total points.
  • Over the final four minutes, four points from Goss, a three from Nicole Rogers and two free throws from Clara Mitchell sent the Jags into halftime with a 29-11 lead.
  • The 11 points scored by Kansas City were the fewest first-half points allowed by the Jags since giving up 10 to Goshen College back on Dec. 9, 2012.
  • It only took Kansas City 5:10 in the second half to match their first-half scoring output, but a Nelson lay-up with the shot clock winding down preceded a Dawn Luster three at the top of the arc to give the Jags a 42-22 lead with 13:05 to play.
  • The Kangaroos made a run to close within 11, 45-34, with 7:51 to play, but just as the ‘Roos appeared that they could close within single digits, Markovic hit a reverse lay-up and Goss scored on a put-back to up the lead back to 15, 49-34, with 5:56 to play.
  • The Kangaroos mounted another charge by closing within seven, 50-43, with 2:53 to play, but the Jags made enough free throws down the stretch to hold on to the 59-47 win.
  • The double-doubles from Nelson and Goss marked the first time a team had two players from the same team record double-doubles in a Summit League Tournament game since the 2008 Summit League Tournament. That year, IUPUI’s Jernisha Cann and Julia Whitted both registered double-doubles.
 
IUPUI IN THE SUMMIT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT
  • The Jaguars are 8-12 all-time in the Summit League Tournament.
  • Under head coach Austin Parkinson, the Jags are 2-1 in the conference tournament after splitting games against North Dakota State and South Dakota State last season and picking up a win over Kansas City in the 2013 conference semifinals.
  • IUPUI and South Dakota have never played one another in the conference tournament.
 
THE MATCH-UP
  • South Dakota swept the Jags in the regular season and did so by an average of 18.5 ppg.
  • In the two regular-season games, South Dakota combined to shoot 52.4 percent from the floor, while the Jags connected on just 25.9 percent of its attempts.
  • Four USD players average 10.0 ppg or more against IUPUI this season with Tempestt Wilson leading the way with 21.5 ppg. Wilson also is shooting 67.9 percent against the Jags this season.
  • IUPUI has been led by Katie Comello against the Coyotes averaging 10.0 ppg.
 
DOUBLING UP
  • In IUPUI’s Summit League quarterfinals win against Kansas City, Kerah Nelson and DeAirra Goss both registered double-doubles to lead the Jags to a 12-point win.
  • Nelson led the Jaguars with 18 points and added 10 boards, while Goss scored 14 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds.
  • Nevena Markovic fell one point shy of giving the Jags three double-doubles in the game as she finished with nine points and 10 rebounds.
  • Goss and Nelson became the first set of teammates to record double-doubles in a Summit League Tournament game since IUPUI’s duo of Jernisha Cann and Julia Whitted accomplished the feat back in the 2008 conference tournament.
  • Nelson has now had double-doubles in back-to-back games, while Goss’ double-double was the first of her career.
 
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