INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI basketball team fell victim to an upset as a hot shooting No. 6 Purdue Fort Wayne squad came in the Jungle and tripped up the Jaguars, 73-69. Purdue Fort Wayne connected on 13 threes and shot 53 percent for the game to offset monster efforts from IUPUI's Jazmyn Turner and Destiny Perkins. 

Turner hit 10-of-15 shots and had a game-high 24 points and 12 rebounds and Perkins had 21 points, eight rebounds and six assists in her final collegiate game. However, it wasn't quite enough as the Jaguars were relegated to playing catch-up for much of the night against the Mastodons. 

After scoring the game's opening five points on a Natalie Andersen jumper and an Ali Berg three, the Jaguars struggled to get stops as the visiting Mastodons unleashed an onslaught from deep. Purdue Fort Wayne (14-18) responded with a 20-4 burst, fueled by four treys to build an 11-point lead. 

IUPUI held Purdue Fort Wayne scoreless for more than four minutes to start the second quarter and took a brief 21-20 lead on a Rachel Kent trey, but the Mastodons fired back to rebuild a 38-30 lead by halftime. The Jaguars held Purdue Fort Wayne scoreless for more than five-and-a-half minutes to start the third stanza to get within two before the 'Dons fired back with five straight to take a seven-point lead. The lead grew to 11 before IUPUI began chipping away once again. 

Perkins tied the score at 63 all with 3:10 to play when she drained a wing three after grabbing an offensive board, but the guests regained the lead at the foul line with 2:36 to play. IUPUI got a key stop with 1:50 left, but Perkins had her pocket picked after grabbing the defensive board and Amelia Bromenschenkel dropped in an easy layup to push the lead out to four. The Jaguars closed within three, but the guests made enough free throws down the stretch to stave off the Jags. 

Purdue Fort Wayne hit 13-of-23 (56.5 percent) from three as Audra Emmerson made 6-of-7 for her 18 points. Bromenschenkel also closed with 18 and Shayla Sellers finished with 12 points. The usually sharpshooting Jaguars finished at 6-of-24 (25 percent) from three and did the bulk of their damage inside, scoring 38 points in the paint. The Jags also won the glass 38-24 and scored 19 second chance points, but shot just 43.3 percent for the game. 

IUPUI will now wait to see if a postseason tournament comes knocking as the Jaguars sit at 17-13 at this juncture.