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INDIANAPOLIS - After opening its season last Friday against #11 Louisville at the newly renovated Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum, IUPUI will play its home opener at The Jungle on Tuesday, Nov. 18, when it hosts Eastern Illinois at 7 p.m.
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION

• IUPUI and EIU will square off at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday at The Jungle.
• Morgan Adcock will have the call and streaming will be available on IUPUIJags.com.
• Single-game tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for youth ages 12 and under.
• Tuesday's game will be part of IUPUI's Pack the Jaguars Pantry and Food Fight initiative. Fans who bring at least one canned food item to the game will receive free admission to the game.

 
ABOUT EASTERN ILLINOIS

• The Panthers come into the game with a 0-1 record following a season-opening loss at home to UMKC, 69-53.
• Arnisha Thomas paced the Panthers in scoring with 18 points and added seven rebounds, while Sabina Oroszova tacked on eight points and 10 boards.
• EIU struggled shooting in the opener hitting just 33.9 percent of its looks (21-of-62), including just 2-of-15 from three.
• The Panthers, however, were active on the defensive end posting seven blocks and eight steals.
• Erica Brown had three blocks, while Grace Lennox had a game-high five steals.

 
THE SERIES WITH THE PANTHERS

• Eastern Illinois holds a 4-2 edge in the all-time series between the two teams.
• After winning the first two games in the series, IUPUI has dropped four straight to EIU, including an overtime contest in Charleston, Ill., back on Nov. 29, 2012.
• Tuesday's contest will be the fourth meeting all-time in Indianapolis with the Jags holding a 1-2 record in games played on their home floor.
• The lone home win came back on Nov. 26, 2002, with the Jags winning a 51-45 contest.

 
LAST TIME OUT ...

• In their IUPUI debuts, Shaquira Scott and Martha Burse scored 16 and 10 points, respectively, but No. 12 Louisville used an early second-half run to propel it to an 89-69 win in the season-opener for both teams at the newly renovated Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum.
• Scott and Burse were two of four players that scored in double figures for the Jags as Akilah Sims and Mikale Rogers added 12 and 11 points.
• IUPUI outscored Louisville 49-48 in the second half and shot 57.1 percent in the second 20 minutes, but it couldn't overcome a sloppy first half.
• For the Cardinals, freshman Mariya Moore led the way with 22 points on 8-of-9 shooting.
• The pressure defense from the nationally-ranked Cardinals rattled the Jags early as Louisville jumped out a 13-2 lead two and a half minutes in.
• Beginning with a put-back from Nevena Markovic at the 15:50 mark, IUPUI was able to score on four of its next five possessions on a three from Sims, a lay-up from Rogers and a free throw from Scott to get into a bit of an offensive rhythm.
• An 11-2 Louisville run opened a 35-14 lead with 3:30 to go before a Rogers lay-up ended the spurt, and baskets in the final two minutes from Rogers and Sims helped keep the deficit at 21 as the Jaguars went into the half trailing 41-20.
• Six quick points to start the second half from Scott helped the Jags match the Cards scoring output early, but as the 15-minute mark neared Louisville was able to slightly up its cushion to 55-32.
• The UofL lead reached 30 with 12:37 to go, but a 9-0 IUPUI spurt fueled by six points from Jenna Gunn brought the Jags back within 21 at 64-43 with just under 10:30 to play.
• A Nicole Rogers three from the right corner with just under 10 minutes to play inched the Jags within 20, 66-46, and a Scott runner with 7:09 to go brought IUPUI within 19 points, 69-50.
• IUPUI continued to chip away at their deficit when another brief run highlighted by five points from Burse, including three from the charity stripe, cut the deficit to 15, 70-55, with 6:05 to go.
• Unfortunately for the Jags, that would be as close as they would get as Louisville finished off an 89-69 victory.

 
DEBUT SPLASH

• Against No. 11 Louisville, four players made their IUPUI debuts, including three true freshmen.
• Junior transfer Shaquira Scott and freshman Danielle Lawrence both earned their first career starts, while Martha Burse and Jenna Gunn saw their first action in a reserve role.
• Scott led IUPUI with 16 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the floor and 8-of-10 shooting from the free throw line. She scored 13 of her team-high 16 points in the second half.
• Burse also reached double figures in her first game scoring 10 points, including eight in the second half.
• Off the bench, Gunn scored six points and grabbed two rebounds in her first appearance as a Jag, while Lawrence tallied a pair of assists.
• While it wasn't her debut, Shawnece Teague made her first appearance in a game since March of 2013 and played three minutes.