vs. Coastal Carolina (Nov. 22 - 5pm): Live Video I Live Stats
vs. South Carolina State (Nov. 23 - 2pm): Live Video I Live Stats
at Alabama A&M (Nov. 25 - 3pm): Live Video I Live Stats

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The IU Indianapolis men's basketball team will hit a critical stretch of its non-conference schedule this week as the Jaguars will play three games in four days inside Alabama A&M's AAMU Event Center. The Jags will face Coastal Carolina on Friday (Nov. 22) and South Carolina State on Saturday (Nov. 23) as part of the Bulldog Bash. The Jags will then stick around and face host Alabama A&M on Monday (Nov. 25) in a true road game. 

The Jags are coming off a road loss at No. 5/5 Iowa State earlier this week as the Cyclones deployed a suffocating defensive effort in the 87-52 win. Paul Zilinskas paced the Jaguars with 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting and classmate Jarvis Walker added eight points and five boards. However, the Jags were limited to just 34.6 percent shooting overall and committed 19 turnovers leading to 26 ISU points. 

Zilinskas continues to lead the Jaguars in scoring (18.6 ppg) and threes made (14) as IU Indy enters play making more than 10 threes per game. Both Walker and Nathan Dudukovich are averaging two treys per game and 10 different Jags have connected from long range already this season. Walker is second on the team in scoring at 13.4 points per game and Sean Craig checks in at 9.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. 

Freshman Keenan Garner is the reigning #HLMBB Freshman of the Week and is averaging 8.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game through five games.  

SCOUTING COASTAL CAROLINA
Coastal Carolina enters play at 1-3 on the season with the lone win a 60-56 defeat of Western Michigan. The Chanticleers are being outscored by 7.5 points per game and come in shooting 40 percent from the floor and 32.5 percent from three. Indiana-native Rasheed Jones averages a team-high 14.8 points per game on 50 percent shooting and has connected on better than 59 percent from deep. Denzel Hines, a 6-foot-7 forward, anchors the inside at 10.3 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. 

SCOUTING SOUTH CAROLINA STATE
SCSU enters at 2-3 on the season with wins over Morris College and Voorhees University. The Bulldogs come in having lost their last two contests on the road at Jacksonville and Bethune-Cookman. For the season, SCSU is averaging 83.8 points per game and shooting at a 47 percent clip. Wilson Dubinsky (11.6 ppg) and Drayton Jones (11.0 ppg) lead a balanced attack that has nine different players scoring better than five points per game. 

SCOUTING ALABAMA A&M
Alabama A&M is 3-2 overall and 3-0 at home with wins over Oakwood, Arkansas Baptist and Fisk to start the season. Since then, AAMU has dropped games at Tennessee State and Georgia. The Bulldogs are connecting on 46 percent from the floor and 35 percent from three-point range while outscoring their opponents by 13 points per game. Chad Moodie leads AAMU in scoring (13.4 ppg) and rebounding (5.8 rpg) while shooting 63 percent from the field. London Riley is averaging 13.7 points per game, but only played three games, and AC Bryant is scoring 10.2 points per contest. 

SERIES HISTORY
IU Indy is meeting Coastal Carolina and South Carolina State for the first-time in program history. The Jaguars have played AAMU once in program history, having won that matchup 86-47 in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 10, 2006. George Hill led the way with 20 points, six assists and four steals in that game.  

UP NEXT
The Jaguars will host Trinity Christian on Saturday, Nov. 30 inside the Jungle at 2:00 p.m. Fans can purchase tickets by clicking the link and are encouraged to purchase and download their tickets in advance as the IU Indy athletics department has gone all digital this season.