FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IU Indianapolis men's basketball team just missed a come-from-behind victory on the road at Horizon League preseason favorite Purdue Fort Wayne on Wednesday night (Dec. 11), ultimately falling inside Memorial Coliseum, 78-76. Junior Sean Craig had a career-high 25 points and 11 rebounds and Paul Zilinskas added 20 points in the loss. 

It was Craig's fourth double-double of the season and surpassed his previous career-high of 16 points. Craig had made just 10 threes in the season's first 11 games before going 6-of-10 from long range on Wednesday. 

Jarvis Walker finished with 17 points, all in the second half. Rasheed Bello and Quinton Morton-Robertson paced Purdue Fort Wayne (7-4, 2-1 HL) with 18 points each. 

The host Mastodons connected on 14-of-30 (46.7 percent) from three and forced the Jaguars into 19 turnovers, yet IU Indy had a shot to draw even on the game's final possession. However, Walker had a driving layup from the right side fall off the rim and PFW's Eric Mulder grabbed the defensive rebound to seal the win. 

"I liked the fight from our team," head coach Paul Corsaro said. "We're still learning how to finish out games. Tonight, we did everything we could to get back into the game and give ourselves a chance. We did a great job of getting a (defensive) stop on their last possession to give ourselves a chance to win it. That's all you can ask for on the road."

The Jaguars (5-7, 1-2 HL) trailed by as many as 12 in the second half and were down 11 with 5:11 to play before nearly getting all the way even. After Morton-Robertson made a three with 5:11 to play, the Jags countered with an 8-0 run, sandwiched by Alec Millender and Zilinskas treys. 

Purdue Fort Wayne regained a 10-point lead with 1:50 to play before Craig connected on back-to-back threes to cut the lead to four. After Morton-Robertson split a pair of free throws, Walker got to the rim and completed a traditional three-point play. 

The Jaguars dug in defensively and earned a stop with a shot clock violation, setting up the game's final possession with 9.4 seconds to play.

IU Indy shot 50 percent from the floor, 13-of-27 (48.1 percent) from three and 15-of-16 (93.8 percent) from the foul line. The Jags also won the glass by a 30-20 margin, but were unable to fully offset the season-high tying 19 turnovers. 

The Mastodons cashed in the 19 miscues into 20 points at the other end. 

Millender finished with nine points and a season-high seven assists before fouling out as Timaris Brown (3 points) and DeSean Goode (2 points) were the only others to score for the Jaguars. 

Jalen Jackson had 16 points and seven assists before fouling out for the 'Dons and Chandler Cuthrell had 15 points off the PFW bench. 

The Jaguars will return to non-league play on Saturday (Dec. 14) when they trek west to face Lindenwood at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+.