INDIANAPOLIS - After playing four straight on the road, the IU Indianapolis men's basketball team will return home after the Thanksgiving holiday to host Trinity Christian (2-5) at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday (Nov. 30) inside the Jungle. Saturday's game will count as a regular season contest for the Jaguars and an exhibition game for Trinity Christian. 

IU Indy (3-5) comes in having won their final of three games in Huntsville, Ala., with an 88-83 victory at Alabama A&M. Graduate transfer Paul Zilinskas tallied a career-high 32 points, including five treys, and Jarvis Walker added 13, including a final dagger with 2.9 seconds to play. Timaris Brown came off the bench to provide 11 points and eight rebounds in just 18 minutes in the win. 

Monday's win was a feel good outcome after the Jaguars squandered a double-digit halftime lead in the 72-62 loss to South Carolina State two days prior. Walker led the Jaguars with 21 points and Alec Millender had a season-high 13 points off the bench, but the Jaguars allowed SCSU to shoot 65 percent in the second half as the Bulldogs outscored IU Indy 44-20 after the break. 

Zilinskas has continued to cook offensively, ranking third in the Horizon League in scoring at 19.5 points per game. The 6-foot-5 guard ranks in the top-10 in the league in field goal shooting (8th; 47.3%), three-point shooting (2nd; 42.6%) and tops in free throw percentage (1st; 93.5%). Walker is second on the team in scoring at 13.9 points per game while junior Sean Craig checks in at 9.0 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. The other two spots in the starting five have been a revolving door as five different players have started at least one time in the other two positions. 

Both Millender and Nathan Dudukovich are scoring over seven points per game and Brown is tallying 6.8 points per contest. 

SCOUTING TRINITY CHRISTIAN
Trinity Christian is 2-5 to start the season with victories over St. Mary's of the Woods and Michigan Dearborn. The Trolls come in shooting nearly 46 percent from the floor, but are allowing opponents to shoot 52 percent overall and 39 percent from three. Marcus Green leads TCC at 23.5 points per game and Chris Cross checks in at 18.9 points per game and is shooting 58.6 percent from three. 

SERIES HISTORY
Saturday's game will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools. 

UP NEXT
The Jaguars will open Horizon League play when they host Green Bay on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 6:30 p.m. inside the Jungle on ESPN+.