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JAGUARS BEGIN FOUR-GAME ROAD STRETCH THIS WEEKEND

IUPUI women’s basketball will be on the road for the next four games starting with Milwaukee on Saturday

1/27/2023 4:33:00 PM

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. – The IUPUI women's basketball team completed the weekend sweep with wins over Detroit Mercy and Oakland. Rachel Kent averaged 20 points per game in the Jaguars' wins as she was just shy of a double-double in the win over Oakland with a career-high 30 points and eight rebounds. IUPUI now begins a four-game road stretch with the game at Milwaukee on Saturday, January 28 (2:00 PM) and the next at Green Bay on Monday, January 30 (8:00 PM).
 
Senior Jazmyn Turner was named #HLWBB Player of the Week in the first week of 2023 after averaging 19.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in the two IUPUI wins. The forward ranks fourth in the Horizon League in scoring and has consistently led the Jaguar offense, averaging 15.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game this season.
 
IUPUI has found success beyond the arc setting a Horizon League and IUPUI record with 17 three-point field goals in its 85-72 win over Northern Illinois. The Jags hold the league's best 35.5 percent from long range, averaging 8.4 threes per game. Rachel Kent and Destiny Perkins pace the way with 39 and 37 made threes. Kent holds a 42.4 percent (39-for-92) from behind the arc while Perkins follows with a 34.3 percent (37-for-108).
 
Three Jags rank in the top ten in scoring in the Horizon League with Turner coming in at fourth (15.0), Perkins at sixth (13.7) and Kent holding the ninth spot (12.3).
 
IUPUI will first take on the Panthers from Milwaukee on Saturday with tipoff at 2:00 PM. IUPUI faced Milwaukee earlier in the season when the Jags defeated the Panthers, 64-55. Milwaukee is 7-12 overall and 5-6 in the Horizon League.
 
On Monday, January 30 at 8:00 PM, IUPUI will tip off with Green Bay. The Phoenix are 16-4 overall and 9-2 in the Horizon League and came to the Jungle earlier this season where they defeated the Jags 81-76.
 
Both games will be broadcast on ESPN+.
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