INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indy women's basketball team opens the 2024-25 season in the Jungle when they host the Evansville Aces on Tuesday, November 5. The Jags and Aces are set for a 6:30 PM first tip. Tickets will be all digital this season, so fans are asked to purchase tickets prior to arriving to the Jungle at iuindyjags.com/tickets.
 
IU Indy head coach Kate Bruce enters her third season with some key returners and some fresh faces. The Jags return Second Team All-Horizon League, Katie Davidson. Davidson was named to the Preseason All-League Second Team in the Horizon League preseason vote. She led the team in scoring this past season, averaging 16.4 points per game and was named Horizon League Player of the Week on January 18.
 
Other Jaguars that saw time on the court last season returning are Faith Stinson, Alexa Hocevar, Logan Lewis and Camron Blank. Ready to make their marks after sitting out a year due to injury are guards Azyah Newson-Cole and Kaylin Moorehead.
 
Coach Bruce also brought in six transfers. Kendal Wingler, a 5-10 grad student joins IU Indy after spending three seasons at Butler. Bruce added two junior transfers in Tamori Plantin (Western Carolina) and Jada Patton (UIndy). Three sophomore transfers join the Jaguars with Neveah Foster (Western Kentucky), Denali Craig-Edwards (Western Michigan) and Shania Nichols-Vannett (North Dakota State College of Science) all ready to take the court for IU Indy.
 
Freshman Destini Craig rounds out the roster for the Jags. The 5-10 forward from Fort Wayne, Indiana was ranked No. 14 in all of Indiana Basketball prior to her senior season at Northrop.
 
The IU Indianapolis women's basketball team was picked to finished tenth in the Horizon League this season in the league's preseason poll.
 
Tuesday's game will be broadcast on ESPN+ as Scott Agness will be on the call. The season opener will also be Blackout the Jungle night. Fans can purchase tickets at iuindyjags.com/tickets or by clicking HERE.