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JAGS BEGIN SUMMIT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT SATURDAY VS. KANSAS CITY

Jaguars and Kangaroos tip at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday at Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, S.D.

3/7/2013 9:00:00 AM

By: John Berry, IUPUI Sports Information
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Tournament play begins for IUPUI on Saturday, March 9, when the Jags take on seventh-seeded Kansas City in the Summit League Tournament quarterfinals at 3:30 p.m. at Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, S.D.
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
  • Saturday’s game is set to begin at 3:30 p.m. ET. The Jags and Kangaroos will meet following the completion of the South Dakota State/Oakland 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 Scott McCauley on the call on IUPUIJags.com beginning just prior to tip.
 
ABOUT KANSAS CITY
  • The Kangaroos come into the Summit League Tournament with a 9-20 overall record and are the seventh seed after finishing 5-11 in the conference.
  • Eilise O’Connor is the team’s leading scorer and the second-leading scorer in the Summit League averaging 17.1 ppg.
  • UMKC is averaging 53.3 ppg this season, compared to 63.8 for its opponents.
  • O’Connor also leads the team in rebounding and assists with 4.9 rpg and 3.8 apg.
  • Lexis Hardiek is Kansas City’s top threat from behind-the-arc hitting 40.6 percent (39-of-96) of her attempts.
 
THE SERIES WITH THE KANGAROOS
  • By sweeping the regular-season series this season, IUPUI now leads the all-time series, 16-15, over Kansas City.
  • The Jags and Kangaroos have only met one time in the postseason, which was back in 2008. That season, the third-seeded Jags defeated the seventh-seeded ‘Roos, 54-42, in the semifinals.
 
LAST TIME OUT ...
  • Senior forward Kerah Nelson saved one of the finest performances of her career for her final home game and she led IUPUI to an 82-67 win over in-state rival Fort Wayne on Senior Day Saturday evening at The Jungle.
  • IUPUI’s 5-10 forward, who was a first-team all-Summit League performer a season ago, scored a career-high tying 29 points on 13-of-14 shooting from the floor and added 11 rebounds to help the Jags move to 19-10 overall and finish 12-4 in the Summit League. The double-double marks her first of the season.
  • In addition to Nelson’s career night, IUPUI received 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting from DeAirra Goss and 11 points and eight rebounds from Nevena Markovic. Collectively, the Jags shot 61.1 percent from the floor, while holding Fort Wayne to 39.6-percent shooting.
  • IUPUI got out to a 7-5 lead 3:30 into the game, with four of those points coming from Katie Comello, before the Jags went on a lengthy run to push its lead to double digits.
  • Beginning with another Comello bucket at the 15:37 mark, the Jaguars went on a 15-1 run over the next 4:51 to open a 22-6 advantage. During the run, Nelson scored eight points, all in the paint, for IUPUI.
  • Behind Haley Seibert, Fort Wayne made a run and closed within five, 34-29, with 1:48 to play in the opening 20 minutes, forcing Parkinson to burn a timeout. Despite the run, the Jags closed the half on a 7-2 run, which included a runner by Goss with three seconds left, to head into halftime with a 41-31 lead.
  • IUPUI shot 51.9 percent from the floor in the first half leading to the 41 first-half points. That first-half point total was IUPUI’s highest since scoring 45 against Goshen back on Dec. 9, 2012.
  • Out of the half, the frenzied scoring pace ensued as both teams scored 10 points apiece by the under-16 media timeout leaving the Jags in front, 51-41. During the first four minutes, Nelson scored six, upping her point total to 20 points with 15:36 remaining.
  • The Mastodons closed within five, 51-46, with 14:26 to play, but Markovic led a 7-0 IUPUI run scoring five during that stretch to push IUPUI’s lead to 12, 58-46, with 12:12 on the clock.
  • Just as the lead reached 12, IPFW retaliated with a 9-0 run of its own to close within three, 60-57, with 7:41 to go.
  • The game of runs continued – this time it was IUPUI with an 11-0 response highlighted by an old-fashioned three-point play from Nelson to move the cushion to 71-57, with 4:10 on the clock. The 3-point play from Nelson at the 4:46 mark moved her into second on IUPUI’s career scoring chart, surpassing Tiffany Kyser’s 1,544 career points.
  • That last run from the Jaguars proved to be the deciding factor in the outcome as their lead never dipped below double figures for the remainder of the game and they earned an 82-67 win on Senior Day.
  • Despite Fort Wayne outscoring the Jags 22-15 in points off turnovers, IUPUI did its damage in the paint outscoring the Mastodons, 60-20.
  • IUPUI’s other senior Clara Mitchell also played her final home game at The Jungle on Saturday and finished with two points in nine minutes of action.
 
IUPUI IN THE SUMMIT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT
  • The Jaguars are 7-12 all-time in the Summit League Tournament.
  • Under head coach Austin Parkinson, the Jags are 1-1 in the conference tournament after splitting games against North Dakota State and South Dakota State last season.
  • IUPUI is 1-0 all-time against Kansas City in the Summit League Tournament. The lone conference tournament game between the two schools was played on March 10, 2008, with IUPUI earning a 54-42 win.
 
THE MATCH-UP
  • IUPUI won both meetings against Kansas City this season winning in Indianapolis, 47-46, on Jan. 24, before winning, 47-33, in Kansas City on Feb. 23.
  • Both teams have struggled shooting against one another this season with IUPUI shooting at a 31.3 percent clip against the Kangaroos and UMKC shooting 36.6 percent against IUPUI.
  • Kerah Nelson is averaging a team-best 11.0 ppg against UMKC this season.
  • IUPUI is averaging 37.5 rpg in the two games against Kansas City compared to 27.5 rpg for the ‘Roos.
  • In the two meetings, the Jaguars have also made more free throws (24), than UMKC has attempted  (22).
  • Eilise O’Connor has led the Kangaroos in scoring averaging 17.0 of the team’s 39.5 ppg against IUPUI.
 
NELSON’S NIGHT
  • On Saturday, March 2, senior Kerah Nelson played her final home at IUPUI and the St. Petersburg, Fla.-native saved one of her finest performances of her career for last.
  • Nelson hit a career-high tying 13 field goals in just 14 attempts against Fort Wayne en route to tying a career-high in points with 29.
  • Nelson also grabbed 11 rebounds to secure her first double-double of the season.
  • By hitting 13-of-14 shots from the floor, Nelson became the first IUPUI player to shoot above 90 percent in game (min. 10 FG attempts) since Abbe Brauman on Jan. 12, 2002 against Kansas City.
  • Not only did Nelson become the first player in over a decade to shoot 90 percent from the field, but her 92.8 FG% set a new IUPUI single-game record for field goal percentage in a game.
  • Thanks in part to Nelson, the Jaguars collectively shot 61.1% from the floor, marking the first time since Feb. 18, 2008 against Centenary that IUPUI has shot over 60.0% for a game.
  • Finally, With just less than five minutes to play in the win over Fort Wayne, Nelson converted an old-fashioned three-point play to become IUPUI’s all-time scoring leader in the Division-I era. Nelson has 1,551 career points entering the weekend.
 
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