INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis men's basketball team will open Horizon League play on Wednesday night (Dec. 4) when the Jaguars host Green Bay (2-6, 0-0 HL) at 6:30 p.m. inside the Jungle. Head coach
Paul Corsaro's team enters play riding a two-game winning streak following Saturday's win over Trinity Christian.
Fans attending Wednesday's game are encouraged to wear red and the first 200 IU Indy students in attendance will receive FREE Jaguar t-shirts.
The Jaguars are riding high after an emphatic 106-49 win over Trinity Christian as six different players went for double-digits, led by
Jarvis Walker's 20-point effort. IU Indy matched the program record with 19 threes made and set a new Division I era record with 28 assists against just 10 turnovers.
Paul Zilinskas pumped in 15 points in less than 20 minutes and freshman
DeSean Goode had a career-high 14 points and nine rebounds on his way to earning #HLMBB Freshman of the Week honors. Fellow rookie
Keenan Garner registered a double-double off the bench with 12 points and 10 rebounds and a third freshman,
Ron Rutland III, added a career-high 12 points, including three threes. Junior
Timaris Brown also finished with 12 points and eight rebounds, including hitting 6-of-7 field goal attempts.
Following the three-point barrage, the Jaguars now lead the Horizon League in threes made at 10.4 per game. The Jags also lead the league in three-point defense, holding teams to 30.1 percent from beyond the arc.
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"Everyone contributed and I thought we finished. I thought the first half, we played 14 minutes of really good basketball. I thought, the last six minutes, we kind of lost our focus and didn't really finish the half very well. I challenged them at halftime to play a full 20 minutes in the second half and I thought they did that. We did not let up. We stayed relentless for almost the full 40 minutes and I thought we performed pretty cleanly on both sides," Corsaro said following the win over Trinity Christian.
SCOUTING GREEN BAY
Green Bay is 2-6 on the season and 1-4 in five road games. The Phoenix have wins over Western Illinois and SIUE in non-conference play and come in having lost three straight. Green Bay boasts the nation's top scorer in Anthony Roy, who averages 27.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game while having made 39 threes in eight games at a 44.3 percent clip. Marcus Hall is second on the team in scoring at 14.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. As a team, Green Bay is scoring 75.3 points per game and making more than 10 threes per contest.
SERIES HISTORY
IU Indy is 9-10 all-time against Green Bay and 4-4 in eight matchups in Indianapolis. Green Bay swept last year's season series, including a 79-56 victory in Green Bay on Feb. 1. Green Bay has won six of the past seven meetings in the all-time series.
UP NEXT
The Jaguars will close out the three-game homestand on Saturday (Dec. 7) when they host Northern Kentucky at 2:00 p.m. inside the Jungle. Fans can purchase tickets by
clicking here and are encouraged to purchase and download tickets before arriving on-site.