IUPUI (11-15, 7-4 Summit) at Oral Roberts (11-14, 3-8 Summit)
Date:	Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 // 8:00 p.m. ET
Location:	Tulsa, Okla. // Mabee Center (10,575)
TV:	ESPN3
Live Video:	ESPN3
Live Radio:	107.5 FM // Greg Rakestraw (pxp)
Live Stats:	ORUAthletics.com
Game Notes:	IUPUI // Oral Roberts
Twitter:	@IUPUIJaguars; @IUPUIMensBball

TULSA, Okla. - The IUPUI basketball team will look to snap a two-game slide in a notoriously difficult place to play as the Jaguars face Oral Roberts (11-14, 3-8 Summit) inside the Mabee Center on Thursday night (Feb. 11). Thursday's game will be broadcast on ESPN3 and heard in Central Indiana on 107.5 FM as Greg Rakestraw (pxp) is on the call. IUPUI has dropped two straight, coming off road losses at Denver and Summit League leader South Dakota State last week.

IUPUI's (11-15, 7-4 Summit) went stagnant in the two defeats last week, scoring just 109 points combined and shooting 36 percent from the field in the past two outings. Sophomore Jordan Pickett was IUPUI's top performer for the week, averaging 12.0 points in the two games off the bench while Matt O'Leary chipped in 10.0 points and 8.0 boards per game.

IUPUI comes in seeking to avenge an 80-71 loss to the Golden Eagles in Indianapolis back in mid-January. ORU made 10-of-15 three-point attempts in that contest, blitzing the Jaguars to start the second half after trailing by as many as nine in the first half. ORU made five treys in the first five-plus minutes of the second half, outscoring the Jags 23-8 during that span.

IUPUI is just 12-26 all-time against Oral Roberts and has lost nine straight to the Golden Eagles. The Jaguars last win in Tulsa was a 104-96 double overtime victory in February 2004 as recent Hall of Famer Odell Bradley closed with 41 points and 13 rebounds in the win. The IUPUI starting five scored 102 of the team's 104 points as Akeem Clark tallied 20 points and nine boards and Johnny Miller contributed 17 points before fouling out.

Following Thursday's game at Oral Roberts, IUPUI will close the season with three of four games at home. The next home game will be a Feb. 17 meeting with Omaha as IUPUI will celebrate Campus Appreciation Night and Favorite Professor Recognition that Wednesday night. In addition, IUPUI students can Celebrate the 80's as part of Retro Metros Night. IUPUI Metros t-shirts will be distributed to the first 100 students in attendance, courtesy of The Shop (formerly Hayes & Taylor).

JAGUAR TIDBITS
SEVEN AND COUNTING
    IUPUI's seven Summit League wins are the most since the 2011-12 season when the Jaguars went 7-11 in league play. An eighth win would mark the program's highest league win total since 2010-11 when the Jags finished 12-6 in conference play.

COLD SPELL
    IUPUI's offense went cold on the recent two-game trip to Denver and South Dakota State, averaging just 54.5 points per game in two losses. The Jags made just 40-of-111 (36.0 percent) field goal attempts and just 5-of-25 (20 percent) from three-point range.
    Only sophomore Jordan Pickett scored in double-digits in both games, tallying 11 at Denver and 13 against the Jackrabbits.
    IUPUI's top scorer, junior guard Darell Combs, is coming off back-to-back games in scoring in single-digits for the first time this season. Combs was blanked at Denver (0-4 FG) before scoring nine (2-5 FG, 5-6 FT) at SDSU.

CLOSE CALLS
    Prior to the SDSU loss, IUPUI's previous four outings were all decided by two points or less. The Jaguars dropped a 53-51 heartbreaker at Denver on Thursday night after squandering a 15-point second half lead.
    Prior to that, IUPUI won three straight by a combined five points, two coming on last second buzzer beaters. The Jags won at Fort Wayne (84-82) when Marcellus Barksdale scored on left-handed layup as the final horn sounded.
    The Jags then needed a defensive stop on the final play to beat Western Illinois (69-67) and picked off North Dakota State (73-72) on Jordan Pickett's trey with 1.2 seconds remaining.
    IUPUI is 4-1 this season in games decided by two points or less, having beaten Indiana State 72-70 in the season opener.

SDSU TIDBITS
    IUPUI never led in Saturday's loss at SDSU, falling behind 11-2 in the opening five minutes and never getting closer than five the rest of the night... the Jaguars matched their season-high with 16 second chance points, grabbing 13 offensive boards... sophomore Jordan Pickett scored a team-high 13 points off the bench and junior Matt O'Leary just missed his second career double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds while tying his season-high of 36 minutes played... the IUPUI bench tallied 27 of the team's 58 points, keyed by Pickett (13) and Nick Osborne (8 pts, 6 reb).

FIRST MEETING
    IUPUI dropped the first meeting between IUPUI and Oral Roberts, 80-71 on Jan. 14 in Indianapolis. It was IUPUI's lone loss in a seven-game span from Jan. 7-31.
    The Golden Eagles rained in treys from every direction, hitting 10-of-15 attempts in the win. Kris Martin (6-7 FG, 4-4 3's) paced ORU with 18 points and DaQuan Jeffries added 17 off the bench.
    Pickett led IUPUI with 15 points off the bench that night while Darell Combs (13), Marcellus Barksdale (13) and Osborne (10) all finished in double-digits.
    
COACHING TIDBIT
    Oral Roberts is the only Summit League team Head Coach Jason Gardner has yet to earn a victory against. Gardner comes into tonight's game 0-4 all-time against ORU.     

TRANSFERABLE GAINS
    Four of IUPUI's top five scorers are Division I transfers who sat out last season. The quartet of Darell Combs, Matt O'Leary, Jordan Pickett and Nick Osborne have teamed to score 44 points per game - more than 60 percent of the team's output. Senior Marcellus Barksdale is the team's top returning scorer from a year ago and is scoring 8.5 points per game this year.

BUZZER BEATERS
    IUPUI now has three buzzer beater winners in the Gardner-era as sophomore Jordan Pickett is the most recent Jaguar to knock one in, draining a three with 1.2 seconds left to send the Jags to a 73-72 win over North Dakota State.
    Senior Marcellus Barksdale was the star of stars at Fort Wayne on Jan. 23 with a game-winning layup as the horn sounded.
    Last season, P.J. Boutte beat Ball State in overtime with a runner at the horn to give the Jags a 71-69 on Nov. 22, 2014.

GOOD IN JANUARY
    IUPUI has been notoriously good in January under Head Coach Jason Gardner. IUPUI went 7-2 this January and 11-6 in the year's first month since Gardner took over last season.