INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI basketball team's upcoming two Horizon League games have been canceled due to positive COVID-19 cases within the program's tier one individuals. The Jags were slated to host Cleveland State (Dec. 30) and Purdue Fort Wayne (Jan. 1) to open the resumption of Horizon League play this week at Indiana Farmers Coliseum. 

However, both of those games have been canceled and will not be made up. 

Horizon League policy, vetted by multiple membership groups and approved by the Horizon League Council, states that contests that are canceled due to COVID-19 are to be considered forfeits unless deemed a no contest by the Commissioner. League policy authorizes the Commissioner to deem a cancellation a no-contest when the involved institution can demonstrate that extraordinary circumstances led to the cancellation. Given the surge in positive cases due to the Omicron variant, the Council agreed that a high volume of breakthrough cases among vaccinated individuals is considered extraordinary. IUPUI sought to deem the upcoming missed competitions as no contests since the Jags were unable to field a team due to breakthrough cases among vaccinated student-athletes. Commissioner Julie Roe Lach granted the requested relief, noting that IUPUI satisfied the extraordinary standard.

Individuals within the IUPUI program will continue to be tested and monitored. The Athletics Department will continue to adhere to state and local guidelines to determine when the Jaguars can resume play. IUPUI is next scheduled to play on Jan. 6 at Northern Kentucky.