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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Coming off an impressive performance on Thursday, the IUPUI women's basketball team heads to Springfield, Mo., on Sunday, Dec. 14, to take on Missouri State at 3 p.m., at the JQH Arena.  
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION

• Sunday's tip is set for 3 p.m. ET in Springfield.
• Live audio can be heard through IUPUIJags.com, and fans can also watch the game live through IUPUIJags.com.
• Fans will be able to listen for free, while the live streaming is a subscription-based service.

 
ABOUT MISSOURI STATE

• The Bears are 1-7 on the season after dropping a 59-50 decision at home to Arkansas on Wednesday, Dec. 10.
• The Bears have played a tough schedule against the likes of Memphis, Oklahoma State, Colorado, TCU and Oral Roberts.
• On the season, MSU is averaging 57.0 ppg, and it is led by two double-figure scorers in Liza Fruendt (14.3 ppg) and Kenzie Williams (12.6 ppg).
• Defensively, the Bears are giving up 73.0 ppg and opponents are shooting at a 43.8 percent clip, including 38.3 percent from three.
• Hillary Chvatal leads the team in rebounding at 9.7 rpg, while Williams is the squad's top distributor at 3.3 apg.

 
THE SERIES WITH THE BEARS

• Last season was the first meeting between Missouri State and IUPUI, with the Jags pulling out a 76-65 win.
• In that match-up, DeAirra Goss led IUPUI with 25 points, followed by Shanika Maddox and Nicole Rogers with 13 points and 12 points, respectively. Maddox also added 10 points for the first double-double of her career.
• Kenzie Williams paced four MSU double-figure scorers with 16 points.

 
LAST TIME OUT ...

• Nicole Rogers came off the bench and hit a new school record 11 three-pointers on her way to a career-high 34 points leading IUPUI to a 102-44 win over IU-Kokomo Thursday evening (Dec. 11) at The Jungle.
• Rogers, who attended Western High School in Kokomo, was one of four IUPUI players to score in double figures along with Danielle Lawrence, who added a career-high 17 points, Jenna Gunn (14 points) and Akilah Sims (10 points).
• The Jags shot 59.0 percent from the floor in the first half, including 57.1 percent from three (8-of-14), as it seized a commanding 58-13 lead at the break. 
• IUPUI finished the game shooting 55.1 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from three.
• Part of the reason IUPUI shot the ball so well was because of its ball movement. In total, the Jags dished out 25 assists on 38 made field goals led by Caitlyn Tolen's career-high nine assists.
• The Jags were active defensively in the opening six minutes forcing IU-Kokomo into seven missed shots while corralling all of their misses helping them get out in transition.
• During that span, IUPUI got out to a 12-0 lead before the Cougars made their first bucket, but seven seconds later a Rogers three from the left wing started another run. This run was of the 24-0 variety spanning from the 13:50 mark to the 6:43 mark, to open a 36-2 lead. During the run, nine of the points came off Rogers' triples.
• The half finished on a positive note with Rogers hitting two more three's to send the Jags into the break with a 58-13 lead.
• Thanks in part to three three-pointers in the first five minutes, IU-Kokomo was able to match its first-half scoring output to outscore the Jags by one.
• The Jaguars continued to execute their offense at a high level and scored inside and out helping grow their lead to 81-33 as the midway point of the second-half approached.
• Down the stretch Rogers would hit three more three's in the final minutes to send IUPUI to the 102-44 victory.

 
RECORD NIGHT

• In IUPUI's 102-44 victory over IU-Kokomo on Thursday, Nicole Rogers set a new school record for three-pointers made in a game en route to scoring a career-high 34 points.
• The Kokomo, Ind.-native went 11-of-16 from three, besting the previous school record by one set by Muffy Murphy back on March 9, 1991, against Wingate.
• Rogers previous high was six against Chicago State during her freshman campaign, and no other IUPUI player had managed to hit more than eight in a game.
• She went 5-of-7 in the first half from deep, before knocking in 6-of-9 in the second half, resulting in 33 of her 34 points coming from behind-the-arc.
• Thanks in part to her 11 three's, the Jags tied the school record for three's made in a game with 15.
• The 34 points are the most points scored in a game in IUPUI's D-I era, and the most since Muffy Murphy put in a school-record 44 points against St. Francis (Ill.) on Feb. 8, 1992.

 
CLICKING ON ALL CYLINDERS

• Coming off four straight losses, the Jaguars put together an impressive all-around performance in a 102-44 win over IU-Kokomo on Dec. 11.
• In addition to Nicole Rogers' career-high 34 points, Danielle Lawrence also set a career-high scoring 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Lawrence also distributed a season-best six assists.
• However, Caitlyn Tolen led all players in assists with a career-high nine, with eight of those coming in the first half.
• Finally, Shawnece Teague was a force on the defensive end of the floor. She scored six points, but six of her eight rebounds came on the defensive end of the floor and she posted a career-high seven blocks.
• The seven blocks are the most blocks in a game since Julia Whitted had six against Oral Roberts on Feb. 14, 2009.