INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis men's basketball team coasted to a 97-55 victory over Goshen College on Tuesday night (Nov. 12) as the Jaguars made a triumphant return to its on-campus facility, the Jungle. Graduate transfer Paul Zilinskas tallied a career-high 27 points on 9-of-12 shooting as the Jaguars shot an efficient 53 percent from the floor in the victory. 

Jarvis Walker added 15 points and Nathan Dudukovich tallied 13 points in just 20 minutes off the Jaguar bench. Freshman Keenan Garner also finished in double-digits with 11 points while junior Sean Craig closed with eight points and 14 rebounds, including seven off the offensive glass. 

The Jaguars outscored Goshen College (1-4) 50-18 in the paint and 13-2 in second chance points, fueled by a 50-30 margin off the glass. 

"I thought we were sloppy," head coach Paul Corsaro said. "It's a 42-point win, but I want to play our best and I don't think we did. I'm happy with any win, I've never been around a bad one but we're at a point in building the program that we want to put our best product on the court and I don't think we did today.

"We need to address things going into Thursday so that we can be at our best on Thursday."

The Jaguars (2-1) scored the game's first seven points, including a pair of buckets from Craig, to seize control early. The lead quickly grew to 19-3 as the Jaguars continued to make a concerted effort to attack the rim against the smaller Goshen squad. The Jags led by as many as 25 in the opening half before taking a 48-26 advantage to the locker room. 

Goshen never got the hosts lead under 20 in the second half and the Jaguars steadily pulled away by shooting nearly 60 percent from the field after intermission. 

Virtually all of Corsaro's roster had contributions as Timaris Brown had eight points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots and Alec Millender came off the bench with eight points, five assists and four rebounds. Freshman DeSean Goode earned the praise of the bench with a late bucket, finishing with three points, seven rebounds and two assists in 17 minutes. The Jaguars delivered 19 assists against 13 turnovers with seven different players contributing at least two assists. 

Despite Tuesday's winning margin, Corsaro explained that continued growth is key to his team's progression. 

"We need to get tougher, and I mean mentally tougher," Corsaro said. "You can't be physically tough if you're not mentally tough. Toughness in terms of concentration and execution of the small details; being able to move on from one mistake and move on to the next play. And really, just understanding just how locked on you have to be for all 40 minutes in order to win a big time basketball game."

Jacob Carlson paced Goshen with 11 points off the bench and Andre Bradford finished with eight points and six rebounds. 

The Jaguars will continue the brief two-game homestand on Thursday (Nov. 14) when they host Eastern Michigan at 6:30 p.m. inside the Jungle. Thursday's game will be broadcast on ESPN+ as Jonathan Matthes (pxp) and Hall of Famer Bob Lovell (analyst) describe the action. Fans can purchase tickets by clicking the link and are encouraged to purchase and download their tickets ahead of time as all IU Indy home events are exclusively digital tickets this season.