IUPUI (3-7) at Missouri State (2-5)
Date:	Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 // 8:05 p.m. ET
Location:	Springfield, Mo. // John Q. Hammons Arena (11,000)
TV:	ESPN3
Live Video:	ESPN3 // Don West (pxp); Kelby Stuckey (analyst)
Live Radio:	107.5 FM // Tom Ladd (pxp)
Live Stats:	MissouriStateBears.com
Game Notes:	IUPUI // Missouri State
Twitter:	@IUPUIJaguars; @IUPUIMensBball

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The IUPUI men's basketball team will kickoff a two-game road trip on Thursday night (Dec. 12) when the Jaguars face Missouri State (2-5) at John Q. Hammons Arena at 8:05 p.m.. That contest will be broadcast on ESPN3 as Don West (pxp) and Kelby Stuckey (analyst) are on the call. In addition, it'll be heard in Central Indiana on 107.5 FM as Tom Ladd (pxp) will describe the action from courtside.

IUPUI's (3-7) road beat continues as the Jaguars will cap the two-game trip at Creighton on Saturday night before returning home to host Southern Utah on Dec. 19. The Jaguars were bullied by the bigger Purdue Boilermakers on Monday night, falling to the nation's 11th ranked team, 80-53. IUPUI was in the game through the early portions of the second half, but saw the Boilers reel off a 24-1 run to turn an eight-point margin into a runaway win.

Junior Darell Combs paced the Jaguars with 14 points on 5-of-16 shooting and sophomore Jordan Pickett awakened from a recent shooting slump to tally 11 points. Junior Matt O'Leary added 10 points, all in the second half. IUPUI outrebounded the Boilers in the first half, but succumbed to the hosts overwhelming size advantage in the second half as Purdue outscored the Jags 38-16 in the paint and 42-23 in the second half. A.J. Hammons led five Purdue players in double-digits with 14 points off the bench on 6-of-6 shooting. Collectively, Purdue shot 52 percent from the floor while limiting the Jaguars to under 33 percent.

Thursday's game will mark the first-ever meeting between IUPUI and Missouri State on the hardwood.

JAGUAR TIDBITS
FOR 25 MINUTES...
    IUPUI went toe-to-toe with the nation's 11th ranked team on Monday night at Purdue, trailing the Boilermakers by just five points early in the second half. However, the Boilers went on an emphatic 24-1 run in the second half to turn an eight-point margin into a 31-point margin.
    Purdue owned the game in the paint, outscoring the Jags 38-16 on the interior while shooting 52 percent overall.
    The loss dropped IUPUI to 0-14 all-time against ranked opponents in the Division I era.

QUICK DIGITS
    Despite grabbing a season-high 13 offensive boards at Purdue on Monday, the Jaguars cashed in on a season-low two second chance points. Eight different Jaguars grabbed at least one offensive board and sophomore Aaron Brennan grabbed three offensive caroms. In addition, senior Mason Archie matched his career-high with five boards off the bench.

FIVE STRAIGHT
    Junior guard Darell Combs has scored in double-digits in five straight games and eight of the 10 games this season. Over the past five games, he's 29-of-65 (.446) from the floor and 11-of-27 (.407) from three-point range.

SVETE SAYS ADIEU
    Sophomore Leo Svete left the program on Dec. 4 and intends on transferring. Svete, a 6-foot-5 guard, appeared in 37 games over two seasons and averaged 4.4 points per game as a freshman in 2014-15. The Granger, Ind.-native scored 14 against Purdue last season in his second collegiate game.

3,500 MILES
    Coming into tonight's game, IUPUI has already logged more than 3,500 travel miles, most of which have been through the air. Eight of IUPUI's first 10 games have come on the road, including trips to Milwaukee (Marquette), Raleigh, N.C. (NC State), Atlanta (3 games), Muncie (Ball State) and Springfield, Mo. (Missouri State).

MAKE SHOTS - WIN GAMES
    Simple math tells you that making more shots than your opponents will win games. Those numbers hold true for IUPUI in the two seasons Jason Gardner has been at the helm.
    IUPUI is 12-5 (3-0 this season) when shooting a higher percentage from the floor than their opposition while going 1-23 (0-7 this season) when being outshot by opponents.

BENCH PRODUCTION
    IUPUI's bench checks in scoring 23 points per game this season and has outscored the opponents' bench in six of 10 games this season. Sophomore Jordan Pickett has played a large role in that output, scoring 13.5 points per game in his four games that he's come off the bench. Other key reserves have been Aaron Brennan (4.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg) and Evan Hall (4.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg) have stepped up their contributions off the bench as well.

WORKING OVERTIME
    In just 41 career games on the IUPUI sidelines, Head Coach Jason Gardner has already taken his team to overtime eight times (2-6 overall), including twice this season.

T.J. EARNS ALL-TOURNAMENT HONORS
    Freshman T.J. Henderson was chosen to the Legends Classic Kennesaw State subregional's All-Tournament Team and was subsequently awarded his first career start against South Alabama last Tuesday (Nov. 24) in game two of that regional. The 6-foot guard averaged 12.0 points and shot 8-of-15 from the floor in the two games at Kennesaw State.  

73 STRAIGHT
    Senior swingman Marcellus Barksdale has started 73 straight games for the Jaguars, dating back to the opener of the 2013-14 season. Classmate Mason Archie is second on the active roster, having made 26 career starts.
    Barksdale is the program's lone four-year senior and has quietly stacked up some impressive numbers in his IUPUI career. Barksdale, in his fifth year with the program, has accumulated 747 points, 478 boards and 239 assists.
    It's not unreasonable to think Barksdale could finish as the 23rd member of IUPUI's 1,000 Point Club, while also landing in the top 10 on the program's all-time list in rebounds and assists.

10 HAVE HIT
    Head Coach Jason Gardner knew he'd have more weaponry this season as evidenced by the sheer number of shooters on the roster. IUPUI had already had 10 different players make at least one three through just four games, coming off a season in which nine Jags made a trey a year ago.

9 IN DUBS
    Sophomore Aaron Brennan became the ninth different Jaguar to hit for double-digits in a game this season, tallying 10 points in the win over Miami (Dec. 5). He joins Barksdale, Combs, Archie, O'Leary, Pickett, Hall, Henderson and Osborne on that list.

O'L3ARY
    After making just eight treys for the entire 2013-14 season at Loyola, Matt O'Leary has shown he's a dependable three-point threat in an IUPUI uniform. The 6-foot-8 O'Leary has already hit nine treys this season, including four in his career-high 17-point effort at NC State.

UPSET THWARTED
    IUPUI had upset on the mind at Marquette (Nov. 16) before ultimately falling in overtime, 75-71. The Jaguars had a potential game-winning three blocked at the end of regulation and were outscored 6-2 in the extra frame.
    Darell Combs scored 16 of his game-high 21 points after halftime, including 12 straight at one point. The Jaguars trailed by as many as 10 in the first half, but battled back to knot the score at 36 at the break.  

CHARITABLE EFFORT
    IUPUI was a perfect 10-of-10 at the foul line at Marquette (Nov. 16). The last time previously IUPUI had been perfect at the line was on Feb. 6, 2014 when the Jags made all 11 in a loss at North Dakota State.

FOR OPENERS
    IUPUI's season-opening win at Indiana State was the first season-opening victory since 2012 when the Jaguars started with a home win over Utah Valley. It was the first season-opening road win since 2009 when the Jaguars opened with an 88-82 win at Drake that season.

SEEING RED
    Sophomore guard D.J. McCall and freshman forward Noah Thomas are expected to redshirt the 2015-16 season. Two duo be joined by Syracuse-transfer Ron Patterson in anchoring the practice squad this season.