INDIANAPOLIS – IUPUI will look to avoid back-to-back losses for the first time this season and clinch the No. 2 seed in the Horizon League tournament when the Jags play host to Wright State on Friday (Feb. 23).
The game between the Jags and the Raiders is sponsored by Indiana Member's Credit Union and fans will receive super hero capes presented by Coca-Cola. Fans not able to attend can watch the game on ESPN3 with Scott Agness on the play-by-play.
IUPUI needs to rebound from a
loss to Milwaukee the last time the Jags took the court. The Panthers held the Jags to just 60 points, the lowest for IUPUI in their last seven games and lowest against any team not named Green Bay in Horizon League play.
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Macee Williams# led the Jags with 18 points and went 7-for-7 from the field. #
Tamya Sims# added 17 points and #
Danielle Lawrence# scored 13.
LAST MEETING
The first meeting of the season saw IUPUI build a 15-point lead in the third quarter and hold on to a three-point win. Lawrence was the top scorer for the Jags, pouring in 25 points. Sims (16) and Williams (13) also posted double-figures.
IUPUI did a good job against Horizon League leading scorer Chelsea Welch. Welch who is currently averaging 21.4 points per game, was held to just 13 points on 5-for-14 shooting. Welch also only managed to get the free throw line four times, half of what she averages on the season.
SCOUTING WRIGHT STATE
The 61 points allowed by the Jags are the second-lowest mark on the season that Wright State has scored. The Raiders own the top offense in the league, scoring 74.3 points per game.
Behind Welch, Emily Vogelpohl is second on the team with 11.4 points per game and Mackenzie Taylor is also scoring in double-figures with 10.9 per game.
Wright State is the best rebounding team in the league, averaging 41.5 per contest. The Raiders have three players averaging more than six rebounds per game with Symone Simmons leading the team at 8.0 rebounds a contest.