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VERMILLION, S.D. - The IUPUI men's basketball team will cap the final regular season road trip on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 21) when the Jaguars face South Dakota (14-14, 7-6 Summit) at 3:00 p.m. Eastern inside DakotaDome (10,000). The Jaguars head to the plains seeking their first-ever win, coming in at 0-3 against the Coyotes inside DakotaDome. The game will be heard on WNDE 1260 AM as Will Flemming (pxp) is on the call. 

IUPUI (9-18, 5-8) suffered a tough loss to Summit League leader North Dakota State on Thursday night, dropping a 57-48 road decision. The Jaguars crept out to a 10-2 lead in the opening 10 minutes, but were outscored 22-12 over the final 10 minutes of the second half. The Jags had multiple opportunities to tie or take the lead in the second half, but never claimed the lead after halftime. 

Junior Marcellus Barksdale finished with a team-high 15 points and seven boards and senior DavRon Williams recorded his second double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 boards. Williams has scored in double-digits in a team-best three games in a row, averaging 13.0 points and 7.7 rebounds per game, while shooting 75 percent from the floor. Williams is making a push for the league's Sixth Man of the Year Award, shooting 63 percent from the field in league play. 

IUPUI is seeking a regular season sweep, having defeated the Yotes 65-50 in Indianapolis on Jan. 24. Williams led the charge with 11 points and seven boards off the bench and Mason Archie, II tallied 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting. The Jaguars shot a blistering 59 percent from the floor while holding USD to just 35 percent and 2-of-13 (15.4 percent) from three-point range. Tyler Larson was the lone USD player to reach double-digits, pumping in 10 points on 4-of-9 shooting. 

QUICK HITTERS
- IUPUI is seeking a regular season sweep and the program's first-ever win over South Dakota in today's game. 
- IUPUI is 6-1 this season when leading at the half, including going 4-0 in Summit League games.
- IUPUI has surpassed last year's win total (6) and the program's league win total from the last two years combined (2).
- In 13 league games, IUPUI is and outrebounding opponents by almost four boards per game, but the Jags are -2.4 turnovers per game in Summit League play. IUPUI has outrebounded its opponent in nine of 13 conference games.  
- Sophomore Justus Stanback became the 11th different Jaguar to lead the team in scoring this season with his 10 points against South Dakota State on Feb. 7. IUPUI has had 10 different players score in double-figures in a game and boasts nine players scoring between 4.6 and 8.4 points per game. No IUPUI player has scored in double-digits in more than nine of the team's 27 games.
- DavRon Williams has led IUPUI in rebounding in 16 of 27 games and leads the league in FG percentage (59.9%)
- 46.3% of IUPUI's points have come from the bench this year as Jags' subs average 27.7 points per game.    
- This marks the 43rd season of IUPUI basketball, beginning with the 1972 campaign.
- IUPUI will play every home game at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum this season in year one of a five-year pact. IUPUI last played home games at the Coliseum from 1975-79. The building was home to the Indiana Pacers from 1967-74.  
- More than half of IUPUI's 13-man roster is newcomers this year. All total, the Jaguars welcome seven new faces this year with four Division I transfers and three true freshmen.

PERSPECTIVE
    IUPUI has already surpassed the program's win total from each of the past two years (6) and the program's league win total from the last two seasons combined (2 - 1 each in 2013 & 2014). Bear in mind, three of IUPUI's six wins a season ago came against non-Division I competition. 

FOURTH GRAD
    IUPUI gained national publicity earlier this season, entering the season with three players having already completed their degree requirements (Marcellus Barksdale, Khufu Najee and DavRon Williams). That group grew to four at the end of December as fourth-year junior Mason Archie finished his undergraduate course work as the Indianapolis-product is now pursuing his Master's degree. 

DAV'S HOT
    Senior DavRon Williams' three straight games in double-figures is amazingly, the longest double-digit scoring stretch by an IUPUI player this season.     
    Over the past three games, Williams turned in 13.0 points, 7.7 rebounds per game and is shooting 75 percent (18-of-24) from the field. 
    The Marion-native is making a push for Summit League Sixth Man of the Year, averaging 8.9 points, 5.7 rebounds and nearly a block per game, while having come off the bench in every contest. More impressive is his 63.0 field goal percentage in league play, as he attempts just more than six shots per contest. 

ROAD WARRIORS
    Following Saturday's win at Denver, IUPUI now has more road wins (5) than home wins (4) this season. 

NINE LINEUPS
    IUPUI has used nine different starting lineups this season, including a different quintet in each of the past three games. The Jaguars' most frequent five has been Marcellus Barksdale, Khufu Najee, D.J. McCall, Aaron Brennan and Justus Stanback as that group started seven games (2-5 overall). 

CLASS ACT
    Senior Khufu Najee learned just prior to the game against South Dakota that he's among 30 national finalists for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award. The California-native is the second player in school history to be among the 30 finalists, joining John Ashworth (2011). 
    However, Najee is not being considered among the final 15 candidates as the list was pared on Feb. 10. 

UNCOMMON BALANCE
    Nine different IUPUI players are averaging between 4.6 and 8.4 points per game, led by Marcellus Barksdale and DavRon Williams' 8.4 scoring average. IUPUI has had 11 different leading scorers (including ties) with P.J. Boutte, Marcellus Barksdale, Leo Svete, D.J. McCall, Khufu Najee, DavRon Williams, Jalen McCallum, Elijah Ray, Mason Archie, Justus Stanback and Aaron Brennan have each led the squad at least once. 
    IUPUI has 10 players averaging double-digit minutes and an 11th (Stanback) sits at 9.2 minutes per game. 

LOW LEADER
    Barksdale's 8.4 points per game scoring average would easily be the lowest total to lead the Jaguars in a single-season in program history. The lowest scoring output to lead the Jaguars in a season is 12.4 points per game by Charles Price in 2001-02. 
    The 8.4 scoring average is the lowest team-leader in the country this season. 

HITTING 70
    IUPUI is 4-0 this season when scoring at least 70 points and 5-18 when failing to reach that number. 

SLIM WINS 
    IUPUI is 7-3 in games decided by five points or less this season and have won their nine games by a combined 41 points. IUPUI's largest margin of victory this season was over South Dakota by 15 points. 

GLASS EATERS
    After being clobbered on the glass for much of the non-conference season, IUPUI is +3.8 rebounds/game in Summit League play, ranking second in the league. It's been a collective effort as DavRon Williams leads the squad at 5.7 boards/game in Summit League play and 10 Jags are grabbing at least 1.5 boards per contest. 

KNOCK DOWN
    IUPUI is 8-4 this season when shooting a higher field goal percentage than its opponent and 1-14 when being outshot. 

58 STRAIGHT
    Junior Marcellus Barksdale has now started 58 straight games, dating back to the 2012-13 season opener. Barksdale is the only Jag to start every game this season. 

BENCHMARKS
    Marcellus Barksdale hit some career milestones at N.C. Central on Dec. 29, scoring his 500th career point and grabbing his 350th career rebound. 
    He hit two more against South Dakota as delivered his 200th assist and gathered his 100th career steal. 

MR. INDISPENSABLE
    While Gardner has shown a deep and versatile bench, the one constant for the Jaguars this season is junior guard Marcellus Barksdale. The 6-foot-5 veteran is playing 31.9 minutes per game (7.6 more than his closest competitor), ranking among the league's top players. Barksdale leads the team in scoring (8.4 ppg), free throws made (71) and steals (49) and is second in rebounding (4.6 rpg) and assists (2.3 apg). 

BENCH PRODUCTION
    Through 27 games, IUPUI's bench has scored 748 of the team's 1,614 points, equivalent to 46.3 percent of the team's scoring. The IUPUI bench has outscored the opposition in 24 of the season's 27 games.

MR. REBOUND
    Senior DavRon Williams has earned his stripes on the glass this season, accounting for IUPUI's top seven rebounding games of the year. Included among those seven are four double-digit rebounding efforts, including a career-best 13 at N.C. Central.
    Williams has led IUPUI in rebounding in 16 of 27 games.

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