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JAGUARS CLOSE OUT REGULAR SEASON AGAINST WESTERN ILLINOIS

IUPUI and WIU will tip at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Jungle.

2/28/2014 5:00:00 PM

By: Daniel Frank, IUPUI Sports Information
INDIANAPOLIS - Two days after reaching 20 wins for the second straight season, IUPUI will close out the regular season at home against Western Illinois. A win Saturday would give the Jaguars 21 wins on the season, the school's Division-1 era record. 

GAMEDAY INFORMATION
  • The Jaguars and Leathernecks will tip at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday at The Jungle.
  • Live stats can be accessed through www.IUPUIJags.com.
  • Morgan Adcock will have the radio call live from The Jungle beginning just prior to tip, and fans can listen in on IUPUIJags.com.

ABOUT WESTERN ILLINOIS
  • The Leathernecks have lost back-to-back games to fall to 14-14 overall and 6-7 in The Summit League.
  • Western Illinois is led by the second-leading scorer in the Summit League, Ashley Luke, who is averaging 20.5 ppg. Her 54.1 field-goal percentage is the fifth best in conference.
  • Luke is also the leading rebounder in the Summit League, averaging 10.6 rebounds per game.
  • Rebecca Henricson leads the Leathernecks and the Summit League with 5.4 assists per game and a 3.1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
  • Defensively, Western Illinois has four of the top six players in steals in the Summit League. Henricson, Luke, Tori Niemann and Michelle Maher each average at least 1.8 steals per game.
  • Western Illinois leads the conference in scoring at 79.6 points per game and trails only IUPUI in shooting percentage, shooting 45.1 percent from the floor.
THE SERIES WITH THE LEATHERNECKS
  • IUPUI and Western Illinois are meeting for the 36th time on Thursday.
  • The Jags have won the previous four meetings, including a 77-60 victory over the Leathernecks back on Jan. 31.

LAST TIME OUT ...
  • IUPUI fell behind 7-0 early, but powered past Omaha 69-52 thanks to a 22-2 run in the first half. Dawn Luster dished six of her career-high nine assists in the first half in addition to her three points and two steals. 
  • The win broke up IUPUI's brief losing streak and improved their record to 20-8 overall and 10-3 in the conference. Omaha fell to 12-15 and 4-9 in conference.
  • Two of the Summit League's leading three-point shooters, Ericka House and Felicia Anderson, who have combined for 128 made 3-pointers coming into the game, shot 0-7 from range as Omaha shot a combined 1-11. Their only 3-point make came in the opening minutes.
  • DeAirra Goss led the way for the Jaguars with 17 points, on par with her season average. Akilah Sims added 15 points on an impressive 6-8 shooting to go along with five rebounds. Markovic, the team's leading rebounder added 11 points and 6 boards.
  • It looked like trouble early for the Jaguars, falling behind 7-0 after a made 3-pointer from the Leathernecks. However, IUPUI exploded on offense at that point, scoring 22 in the ensuing 6:30. Omaha would score 22 in the entire half and trailed IUPUI by 11.
  • Because of the slow start, IUPUI's lead at halftime was only 11, but they opened up the second on a 8-0 run to lead by 19, 41-22. Omaha would never get back within 15 points.
  • Goss scored 12 of her game-high 17 points in the second half including four points during IUPUI's 8-0 run to open the half.
  • IUPUI shot over 50 percent for the game, but the defense keyed the win. In the first half alone they forced 14 turnovers including two inbound violations, a shot clock violation and five steals. They blocked two shots and held Omaha to just 37 percent shooting.
  • For the game, Omaha shot only 39.5 percent and finished with 19 turnovers.
  • IUPUI not only forced 19 turnovers, but dominated on points off turnovers scoring 26 compared to Omaha's14.
MID-MAJOR TOP-25
  • For the first time since the inception of the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll, the IUPUI Jaguars cracked the Top 25.
  • In the Feb. 25 poll, the Jags are ranked 25th with 37 votes.
  • In the last two polls, the Jags were just outside the Top-25 poll before making their debut this week.

BACK-TO-BACK
  • With just one game remaining in the regular season, the Jaguars reached 20 wins for the second season in a row.
  • This is the first time in the school's Division-I era that the team has had back-to-back 20-win seasons.
  • One more victory in the team's final game of the season would give the Jags a Division-I era record for most wins in a season.
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