ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The IUPUI women's basketball team will open its regular season campaign on Tuesday night (Nov. 9) when the Jaguars travel to Ann Arbor to face #11 Michigan at 7:00 p.m. The game marks only the second time the Jags face the Wolverines, with the last matchup on Dec. 11, 2004, when IUPUI fell 68-48.
 
Head coach Austin Parkinson's team enters the game after a 98-50 exhibition win over IU Northwest that saw five Jaguars score in double-digits. Standout guard Rachel McLimore led the team with 17 points and three triples followed by three-time #HLWBB Player of the Year Macee Williams with 10 points and five rebounds.
 
The Jaguars finished the 2020 season with a 15-5 record and were voted atop the Horizon League Women's Basketball Preseason Polls for 2021. Starting point guard Destiny Perkins returns for the Jags and has started off strong with 10 points and three rebounds in the exhibition match up.
 
Other returning letterwinners include graduate student Morgan Allen, juniors Natalie Anderson and Ali Berg and sophomores Trinity Duckworth, Jaci Jones and Anna Mortag. First-year center Jacquel Bronaugh and freshman forward Nakaih Hunter led the incoming class with strong outings against IU Northwest. Another newcomer, Saint Louis-transfer Rachel Kent, was among the starting five for the exhibition opener and finished with six points and three assists in limited action. 
 
Parkinson's squad was recently pegged No. 12 in the initial Mid-Major Top 25 for the 2021-22 season.
 
The Jaguars will be tested on Tuesday as they face Michigan who enters the season ranked No. 11 in the Associated Press poll and No. 10 in the USA Today/Coaches poll. The Wolverines return 11 players including their top leading scores, Naz Hillmon, the 2021 Big Ten Player of the Year, and Leigha Brown. Michigan is coming off last year's 16-6 season. Naz Hillmon led the team in 2020 averaging 23.9 points and 11.3 rebounds to earn the program's first-ever All-American.

Tuesday's game with be aired on Big Ten Network+ with tip off at 7 p.m.