INDIANAPOLIS – IUPUI women's basketball is in the midst of playing five games in a four-week stretch with finals and the holidays on the schedule. After almost a week off, IUPUI will play host to Ohio in its last non-conference home game of the year on Sunday (Dec. 16) at 2 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ with Scott Agness on the call.

IUPUI (6-3) fell to No. 16 Iowa in their last game as Iowa center Megan Gustafson took control in the fourth quarter on route to a 32-point effort to spoil the Jags upset bid. IUPUI trailed by just two points heading in to the final frame but could not stop Iowa in the last ten minutes, dropping the game 72-58. Holly Hoopingarner scored a team-high 20 points and Macee Williams scored 19 and pulled down eight rebounds.

The Jags and Ohio are playing for the third-straight year on Sunday with each team taking the road meeting in the last two years. Last season, IUPUI beat the Bobcats 76-52 a season ago led by former Jag Danielle Lawrence's 23 points. Williams added 19 for the Jags and Tamya Sims and Hoopingarner each scored 10. The Jags jumped out a 26-9 lead after the first quarter and stretched the lead to while dominating in the paint, 40-28.

Ohio brings in one of the more explosive offenses in the nation, ranking 13^th in the NCAA in scoring offense at 84.6 points per game. Cierra Hooks leads the Bobcats with 17.1 points per game and four other Ohio players are scoring in double figures. Ohio has only been held under 86 points twice this season and has not scored under 70 points in any game.

Head coach Austin Parkinson's squad has been known for a stout defense and is allowing just 58.9 points per contest. The 72 points given up by the Jags to Iowa are tied for the most IUPUI has surrendered in the last 30 games. IUPUI allowed DePaul to score 85 points in a loss to the Blue Demons on Dec. 20 of last year.  IUPUI has only given up 70+ points 21 times in the last five seasons (137 games).

QUICK NOTES
IUPUI chops down the Sycamores

• The Jags are coming off its best offensive shooting night of the season against Indiana State in a 64-59 win over the Sycamores last Monday (Dec. 3). Austin Parkinson's squad shot over 52 percent from the field for the game and shot over 80 percent in the first quarter. Macee Williams led the team with 18 points, scoring in double-figures for every game this season. Holly Hoopingarner was second on the team with 15 points and Sydney Roule scored a career-high 14 points on 4-for-6 shooting from three point range.

 
The Williams Way

• Macee Williams scored 19 points in the Jags win over Indiana State and has now scored in double-figures in all nine games this season. Williams has now scored at least ten points in 19-straight games going back to last season.
• Williams has led the Jags in scoring in six of the nine games this season.

Holly Hooping it Up

• Holly Hoopingarner led the Jags in the loss at Iowa with 20 points. It was the second time this season that Hoopingarner has scored at least 20 points in a game and the third time the junior has reached that mark in her career.
• Hoopingarner is averaging 13.8 points per game this season after averaging 6.6 points her first two seasons at IUPUI

20+ Point Barrage

• IUPUI started the season with six-straight games of having a 20-point scorer. This feat was achieved with four games by Macee Williams, and one each by Katelyn O'Reilly and Holly Hoopingarner. The last time IUPUI had a 20-point scorer in six-straight games was in 2003.

Magic Number 70

• Scoring 70 points is an important sign for the Jags under head coach Austin Parkinson. In Parkinson's first eight seasons, IUPUI is 64-11 when hitting the 70-point mark. In those 11 losses, the most points scored by the Jags in regulation was 74 points. If IUPUI scores 75 points the Jags are 55-0 in regulation under Parkinson.
• The most points ever scored in a loss by the Jags under Parkinson was 83 in a 96-83 overtime loss to Miami (Ohio) in 2017.
• IUPUI has won its last 11 games when scoring at least 70 points.

Close Encounters of a Basketball Kind

• IUPUI has played in one-point games in each of its last two contests (W vs. UT Martin, L/OT at Wisconsin). The last time IUPUI played in a one-point game the Jaguars beat North Dakota State 64-63 on Feb. 12 2016.  The last occurrence of playing in back-to-back one-point games for IUPUI was Jan. 19 and Jan. 24 of 2013 when the Jaguars beat South Dakota State (57-56) and UMKC (47-46).
• Over the past five season, IUPUI is 3-2 in games decided by one point. The Jaguars are 11-7 in games decided by one possession, including a 3-2 record in games decided by three points or less last season.
• Under Parkinson, IUPUI is 15-13 in one possession games and 5-6 in one-point games.