INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI basketball team stopped its skid with an emphatic 68-53 victory over Green Bay inside Indiana Farmers Coliseum on Saturday (Feb. 4). Freshmen Vincent Brady II and DJ Jackson scored a team-high 16 points apiece and Chris Osten hit 5-of-6 shots to close with 12. Sophomore guard Jlynn Counter added eight points and a season-high eight assists in the victory. 

Cade Meyer paced Green Bay with 16 points. 

"Our guys have stuck with it all year long and today they were rewarded," head coach Matt Crenshaw said. "We've been close and today I thought we did a good job of staying on the gas when we got a lead. We played a long stretch of the second half without (Counter) because of foul trouble and our freshmen really played well in that scenario. 

"Those guys have really grown up right in front of us."

IUPUI (4-21, 1-13 HL) led 31-25 at the break, in large part due to shooting 57.7 percent in the opening half, fueled by Jackson's 10 points. Jackson was all substance early, knifing through the Green Bay (2-22, 1-12 HL) for an array of finishes around the rim. Osten put the Jaguars up 10 with 17:32 to play with a pair of free throws and the Jaguars maintained a three possession lead for the remainder of the day. 

The Jaguars led by as many as 13 with 8:58 left when Jonah Carrasco scored in close on back-to-back possessions, the first coming off an Amhad Jarrard no look pass. The lead grew to 14 with 4:04 left when Carrasco scored again and Brady authored the finisher just moments later. 

Working against a full-court press, Boston Stanton III sent a pass to Brady near midcourt and the Jaguars' freshman drove into the middle of paint before elevating for an eyebrow raising one-handed dunk to seal the win. Two possessions later, Brady swished a wing three to cap his 16-point effort. 

IUPUI shot 52 percent overall and held Green Bay to just 34.6 percent on 18-of-52 shooting. The Jags also dominated the glass, outrebounding the Phoenix by a 40-27 margin as Jackson and John Egbuta grabbed six apiece. The Jags relied heavily on the interior, outscoring the Phoenix 46-24 in the paint. 

IUPUI will return to action on Wednesday night (Feb. 8) when the Jaguars take on Wright State at 7:00 p.m. inside the Nutter Center.