INDIANAPOLIS - A short-handed IUPUI basketball team provided little resistance against a tough Morehead State squad on Tuesday night (Dec. 21) as the visiting Eagles rolled to an 80-52 victory inside Indiana Farmers Coliseum. The Jaguars finished the night with just seven healthy bodies after being bullied and battered by the Eagles, who hung 80 points and shot 49 percent against a typically stingy IUPUI defense. 

Senior Azariah Seay provided a bright spot with a career-high 17 points in the loss and classmate Dimitar Pandev tallied a career-high 11 points in 18 minutes off the Jaguars' bench. A third Jaguar, sophomore Bakari LaStrap, also hit for a new career-high with 11 points and three assists in the loss. 

IUPUI (1-10) shot 38 percent overall and 3-of-16 (18.8 percent) from deep while Morehead State aired out 11 made treys on just 26 attempts to close at 42.3 percent. 

Tray Hollowell had a team-high 17 points, including 4-of-7 from deep, and Johni Broome had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Jaylon Hall added 15 points off the MSU bench, including connecting on 4-of-5 from beyond the arc. 

And while the Jaguars struggled to score from point blank range and the free throw line, Morehead State quickly buried the hosts in a flurry of threes, combined with Broome's work on the inside. MSU (8-5) broke an early 8-8 tie with a 12-0 run that began with Hall banking in a three and following with a swish moments later. LaStrap stopped the run with a traditional three-point play, but Morehead State continued to pile on the triples in building a 42-23 halftime advantage. 

The lead grew beyond 30 as head coach Matt Crenshaw's rotations were hindered by a lack of healthy bodies. The night began with nine cleared for takeoff and was down to eight after one suffered an injury during pregame warmups. Nathan McClure suffered an injury midway through the first half and was relegated to street clothes for the second half. Crenshaw patched together combinations for the bulk of the second half, but couldn't offset MSU's firepower. A fire alarm went off late in the second half, pausing play for nearly 10 minutes, but had little effect on the outcome. 

Morehead State had already engulfed the hosts with a 26-4 advantage in points off turnovers and a 21-2 margin in points off turnovers. 

Seay hit 8-of-12 shots to set a new career-high for a second straight contest and Pandev was a perfect 3-of-3 from the floor, including a pair of threes off the bench. LaStrap was pressed into 35 minutes off the bench and hit 5-of-11 shots. Graduate transfer B.J. Maxwell was limited to a season-low three points on just 1-of-7 shooting. 

The Jaguars will take a break for the Christmas holiday and return to game action with a Horizon League contest with reigning league champion Cleveland State on Thursday, Dec. 30 at 7:00 p.m.. That game will be aired on ESPN+.