ROCHESTER, Mich. - The IUPUI women's basketball team had a strong bounce back effort on Saturday (Feb. 18), rolling past Oakland University inside the Athletics Center O'rena, 87-73. The Jaguars shot 50 percent from the floor and outrebounded the Golden Grizzlies by a 49-37 margin in the victory.
Jazmyn Turner led five Jaguars in double-digits with 21 points and 10 rebounds and Michigan-native
Logan Lewis pumped in 14 points off the bench on 5-of-6 shooting.
Natalie Andersen (12),
Rachel Kent (11) and
Destiny Perkins (10) also finished in double-figures.
Kennedie Montue led Oakland (11-15, 6-11 HL) with 15 points.
IUPUI (15-12, 11-7 HL) jumped out early and never let the Golden Grizzlies take the lead, ultimately leading 24-19 at the end of the first quarter. Oakland took a brief 29-27 lead early in the second quarter on a Breanne Beatty three, but the Jaguars countered with a 9-0 run to retake a seven-point lead. The lead grew as large as 10 before halftime before IUPUI settled for a 48-42 advantage at the break.
After Oakland closed within three, IUPUI outscored the hosts 10-2 over the next four minutes, including threes from
Jaci Jones and Lewis.
Lewis and Turner powered the offense for much of the fourth quarter and the Jaguars limited the hosts to just 2-of-13 (15.4 percent) shooting over the final 10 minutes.
Defensively, IUPUI held Oakland to just 34.3 percent for the day.
The IUPUI offense stacked up 26 assists on 33 field goals as Kent, Perkins and Lewis had five each.
IUPUI will return home to host Youngstown State on Tuesday night (Feb. 21) at 7:00 p.m. inside the Jungle. That game will be broadcast on ESPN+ as Scott Agness (pxp) describe the action.