INDIANAPOLIS – The IUPUI women's basketball team returns to Indy for back-to-back Horizon League matchups in the Jungle. The Jags will host Purdue Fort Wayne as they celebrate Favorite Professor Night on Thursday, Feb. 9 with tipoff scheduled for 7:00 PM. Then IUPUI will face the Horizon League leaders, Cleveland State on Saturday for a 2:00 PM tip.
 
Fouls proved costly as the IUPUI women's basketball team fell to Northern Kentucky on the road on Monday, 79-69. Destiny Perkins led the Jaguar offense with 23 points. With the 23 points, Perkins now sits just six points away from joining the 1,000 point club at 994 total career points. She would join senior Rachel Kent as Kent hit her 1,000 point mark earlier this season and now has a total of 1,202 career points.
 
IUPUI has found success beyond the arc holding the league's second best percentage from long range with a 35.3 percent, averaging 8.7 threes per game. Rachel Kent and Perkins pace the way with Kent adding 47 threes made and Perkins with 52. Kent holds a 39.5 percent (47-for-119) from behind the arc while Perkins follows with a 36.9 percent (52-for-141).
 
Three Jags rank in the top ten in scoring in the Horizon League with Turner coming in at fourth (14.5), Perkins just barely behind her in fifth (14.5) and Kent holding the eighth spot (12.7).
 
IUPUI currently sits in fourth in the Horizon League standings as they look to improve their #HLWBB record with the matchups against Purdue Fort Wayne and Cleveland State.
 
The Mastodons enter Thursday's game with a 10-14 overall record and 7-7 in conference play. IUPUI defeated Purdue Fort Wayne on January 4 by eight points, 79-71. The Jags will host Cleveland State on Saturday. The Vikings sit atop the Horizon League standings with a conference record of 12-2 and overall record of 22-3. IUPUI fell to Cleveland State on January 8, 92-59.
 
Both games will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
IUPUI will also recognize their favorite professors on Thursday night. Annually, IUPUI invites professors across campus to a men's and women's basketball home game for "Favorite Professor Recognition".  Jags student athletes are invited to nominate a professor who made an impact on their academics from the fall semester and these individuals are invited to come out to cheer on IUPUI.
 
Last fall was another outstanding semester for IUPUI athletes in the classroom. Great work in the classroom is accomplished in part with great teaching so IUPUI Athletics is pleased to say thank you to the following individuals who were selected by our students as "Favorite Professors."
 
Favorite Professor - Department
Xianzhong Wang - Biology
Monica Teegardin - Kinesiology
Steven McKenzie - Kinesiology
Keith Anliker - Chemistry
Diane Sweeney - SPEA
Michin Hong - Social Work
Demetra Andrews - Business
Karim Farroukh - Business
John Toksoy - Mechanical Engineering
Erica Shonkwiler - Tourism, Event & Sport Management
Mike Polites - Communication Studies
Jessica Davis - IUPUI Sustainability
Kenda Hamersley - Mathematical Sciences
Gary Brumitt - Health Policy and Management
Stephanie Quiring - Social Work
Joan Rainey - Mathematical Sciences
Grant Vecera - English
Elizabeth Cohen - Kinesiology
Shenan Kroupa - Psychology
Dina David - Communication Studies
Sharon Miller - Biomedical Engineering
Jennifer Taylor - Health Sciences
Kathleen Marrs - Biology
Geoffre Sherman - Tourism, Event & Sport Management
Christopher Foley - Technology Leadership & Communication
Maher Rizkalla - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Jeffrey Watt - Mathematical Sciences
Michele Dow - Business
Sebastien Laulhé - Chemistry
Christopher Lapish - Psychology
Kate Miller - World Languages & Culture
Sulaiman Mustaklem - Mathematical Sciences
Vicki Daniels - Business
Beverly Schroeder - Social Work
Evan Downey - University College
Alexander Krohannon - Informatics and Computing
Marie Nguyen - Chemistry
Amy Johnson - Tourism, Event & Sport Management
Judith Wright - Business
Mary Johnson - Business
Mark Linderman - Global Health
Kristin Clements-Effner - Social Work
Nancy Barton - Kinesiology
Rachel Swinford - Kinesiology
Zachary Riley - Kinesiology
Michael Conley - Construction Management Technology
Monica Medina - Education
Kenneth Jones - Business
Henry Hernandez - Mathematical Sciences
Debora Herold - Psychology
Jon Clayton - Business
Keith Naugle - Kinesiology
David Beck - English
Charlie Feldhaus - Technology Leadership & Communication
Thompson Doman - BioHealth Informatics
Annie Mahon - Kinesiology
Joshua Vest - Health Policy and Management
Allison Plopper - Kinesiology
Sarah Strong - Painting
Ryann Workman - Mathematical Sciences
Jared Trullinger - Business
Gina Londino-Smolar - Forensic and Investigative Sciences
Amanda Bryant - Communication Studies
Stacy Lozer - SPEA
Clay Hicks - Mathematical Sciences
Patricia Fox - Technology Leadership & Communication
Navin Kaushal - Health Sciences
Debolina Chatterjee - Mathematical Sciences
Cullen Merritt - SPEA
Sara Coers - Business
Andy Harris - Computer & Information Science
Amanda Wilhelm - Mathematical Sciences
Kimberly Donahue - Business
Karen Musick - Business
Eric Adams - Mechanical Engineering
Michael Yard - Biology
Kingsley Wabara - Business
Pamela Napier - Visual Communication Design
Yurika Kono - World Languages & Culture
Kristina Sheeler - Honors College
Stephen Fallowfield - Kinesiology
Owen Dwyer  - Geography
Mark Eckel - English
Treg Hopkins - Business
Ann Holmes - Health Policy and Management
Jorge Seifert - Communication Studies
Peter Frankos - Business
Lata Balakrishnan - Biology
Barb Cutillo - Business
Kimberly Burress - Business
Babak Anasori - Mechanical Engineering
Anita Morgan - History
Randy Albright - Music & Arts Technology
Mark Ippolito - Business
Kevin Rand - Psychology
Dave Voris - Business
Vincent Failla - Communication Studies
Brian Woodahl - Physics
Ingrid Cummings - Communication Studies
Jonas Bjork - Journalism
John Sofia - Technology Leadership & Communication
Mohan Tatikonda - Business
Brandon Sorge - Technology Leadership & Communication
Stanley Chien - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Jing Wang - World Languages & Culture
Ron Sandwina - Communication Studies
Liz Malatestinic - Business
Emily Beckman - Medical Humanities and Health Studies
Christopher Dona - Mathematical Sciences
David Hout - Mathematical Sciences
Garrett Peterson - Mechanical Engineering
Lisa Ketner - Business
Benjamin Perrin - Biology
Meredith Setser - Printmaking
Marcy Carlson - Health Sciences
Anthony Kaleth - Kinesiology
Steve Cassady - Biology
Brishen Lewis-Weir - Social Work
Andrew Barth - Earth Sciences
Angie Lane - Biology
Olena Mazurenko - Health Policy and Management
Tina Chen - Psychology
Kyle Minor - English
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow - Business
Bryan Melsheimer - Mathematical Sciences
Jane Hartsock - Medical Humanities and Health Studies
Hongqiu Zhao - Chemistry
Kenda Hammersley - Mathematical Sciences
Kristen Weddington - Mathematical Sciences
Landon Chapman - Interior Design Technology
Mike Polities - Communication Studies
Danny King - Student Services
Russell Rhoads - Business
Oyedotun Ayeni - Mathematical Sciences
Deborah Brown - Communication Studies
Mark Ippolito - Business
Norman Minnick - English