INDIANAPOLIS – The IUPUI women's basketball team returned to the Jungle in a bold way with a 91-70 win over Purdue Fort Wayne on Thursday night. IUPUI spread the points out as five Jaguars finished in double figures with career nights from Logan Lewis and Abby Wolterman.
 
IUPUI set the tone with a three from Destiny Perkins to begin the game and continued the hot shooting taking a 29-14 lead after the first quarter. IUPUI then went on to shoot 50 percent from behind the arc (4-for-8) in the second quarter to extend their lead to 51-27 at the half.
 
After halftime, the Jags didn't let their foot of the gas, scoring 20 points with two threes in the third quarter to hold their lead at 71-50. IUPUI finished out the game scoring 20 points in the fourth quarter to seal the victory at 91-70.
 
Perkins led the Jaguar offense with 16 points shooting 4-for-7 from the three point line with four assists and two rebounds. Natalie Andersen added 15 points with a team-high tying seven rebounds. Jazmyn Turner and Rachel Kent each added 14 points with Kent collecting six rebounds and five assists and Turner adding five rebounds. Lewis scored a career-high tying 12 points while Wolterman scored a career-high eight points and Ali Berg collected seven rebounds.
 
Overall, the Jags shot 53.8 percent (35-for-65) from the floor and 45.5 percent (10-for-22) from the three point line while holding Purdue Fort Wayne to just 8.3 percent from behind the arc. IUPUI also outrebounded the Mastodons 39 to 32.
 
IUPUI moves to 14-10 overall and 10-5 in the Horizon League. They will next host Cleveland State on Saturday inside the Jungle for a 2:00 PM tip.