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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - After scoring the first upset of the 2015 Summit League Tournament, the fifth-seeded IUPUI Jaguars will square off against the top-seed South Dakota State Coyotes on Monday, March 9, in the semifinals of the conference tournament.
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION

• Monday's game is set to begin at 1 p.m. ET at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.
• Morgan Adcock will have the call on IUPUIJags.com, which will begin just prior to the start of the game.
• The games will be televised on Midco Sports Network based out of Sioux Falls, S.D. The game will also be available on ESPN Full Court and ESPN3.
• Live stats will be available through IUPUIJags.com.

 
ABOUT SOUTH DAKOTA

• The Summit League Champion Coyotes are 24-6 coming into Monday's contest following an 8-point win over Fort Wayne in Saturday's quarterfinal.
• Raeshel Contreras leads the team with 15.6, ppg, while Nicole Seekamp follows with 14.9 ppg.
• Seekamp is coming off a 25-point, eight assist effort in the semifinal win over the Mastodons. Seekamp carried the Coyotes late scoring 10 of the team's final 16 points to turn a two-point deficit into an eight-point win.
• USD is shooting 44.5 percent form the floor, including 35.1 percent from three. Contreras is the team leader in three-pointers made at 78.
• USD nearly has a +6.0 margin on the boards with three players averaging five or more rebounds per game led by Margaret McCloud's 6.1.
• South Dakota has a positive assist-to-turnover ratio on the season and it averages 16.4 apg compared to just 14.0 turnovers per game.

 
THE SERIES WITH THE COYOTES

• South Dakota leads the all-time series 6-3, after the series was split this season with the home team emerging victorious on both occasions.
• Monday's game will be the second time the two teams have met in the Summit League Tournament, with USD winning the first meeting in 2013, 82-72.

 
LAST TIME OUT ...

• Behind a career-high tying 22 points from Nevena Markovic and 20 points from Shaquira Scott, the fifth-seeded IUPUI women's basketball team scored the first upset of the 2015 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament with a 66-59 victory over fourth-seed Western Illinois.
• Scott scored 12 of her 20 in the first half leading an early charge that put the Jags up nine at the half, while Markovic scored 16 of her game-high 22 in the second half, including nine in the final four minutes, to carry the Jags to the victory.
• Summit League Player of the Year Ashley Luke finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds, but her teammates combined to shoot 13-of-51 from the floor, including 9-of-31 from three in the loss.
• IUPUI put up 16 fewer shots than Western Illinois, but it was efficient shooting 47.8 percent from the floor, including 83.3% (5-of-6) from three. The Jags also outscored the Leathernecks by five at the free throw line.
• The Jaguars couldn't have asked for a better start starting 4-of-6 from the floor as it took an 11-0 lead by the first media timeout. WIU started 0-for-8 during that span and the Jags scoring was spread out with four players scoring led by Scott's four points.
• The early run was broken with a Sophie Reichelt three, but the Jaguars continued to shoot the ball well as baskets from Scott, Markovic and a three from Kelsi Byrd moved the lead to 18-6 eight minutes in. Another three by Sims, two free throws from Scott and a fade away from Markovic off the glass opened a 25-6 lead with 8:30 to play.
• The Leathernecks broke out of their shooting slump by getting into the bonus with five minutes to go and seven of Western Illinois' final 13 points of the half came at the stripe helping it close within seven with 26 seconds to play. However, a Shawnece Teague 15-foot baseline jumper with three seconds left sent the Jags into the break with a 34-25 cushion.
• Out of the half, Western Illinois pounded the ball inside and went on a 10-2 run in the first four minutes to close within one, 36-35.
• Over the next eight minutes, the Leathernecks would take one-point leads on three occasions, but each time the Jags were able to get a basket to halt the WIU momentum.
• With the score tied at 46-46 coming out of the under-eight minute media timeout, the Jags got the ball in the hands of Scott and she drove down the lane, got the shot to go and drew the fall to put the Jags back in front, 49-46. During the next possession, Markovic got a jump hook to fall upping the margin to 51-46.
• A 7-0 Leathernecks run gave them a 53-51 lead with 3:56 to play, but on back-to-back possessions, Markovic got the ball in the post and converted catapulting IUPUI back in front, 55-53, with three minutes left.
• Markovic then hit a three from the left corner with the shot clock winding down to push the lead to five, which would be a big bucket as Luke responded on the other end with an old-fashioned three-point play.
• With possessions at a premium, Scott got to the line and hit two free throws with 1:16 to go to make it a two possession game, and a miss on the other end from WIU put Markovic at the line with 35 seconds left and she connected on both to make the lead six.
• Akilah Sims and Byrd each hit two more free throws in the final seconds to finish off the 66-59 victory.

 
TWO FOR TWENTY

• Nevena Markovic and Shaquira Scott carried IUPUI to victory in the Summit League Quarterfinals combining for 42 points in the win.
• Markovic tied a career-high with 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting, while Scott added 20 points - 12 of those coming in the first half.
• It marked the first time since Nov., 2011, that the Jags had two players score 20 or more points in a game.
• Also, Markovic and Scott were the only two players to score in double figures, giving IUPUI its first win of the season when less than three players reach double figures.