INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indy men's basketball team will be back in action for a quick turnaround as the Jaguars will head to Hinkle Fieldhouse to face Butler for a 5:00 p.m. tip-off on Saturday (Nov. 8). The Jaguars are fresh off a 94-90 home loss to Northeast Conference preseason favorite LIU on Thursday night. Freshman Maguire Mitchell scored a team-high 22 points, including six treys, and fifth-year senior Matt Compas added 20 points on 10-of-17 shooting. 

Saturday's game marks the eighth meeting all-time between the two schools, dating back to 1997. The most recent meeting was a 56-47 loss inside Hinkle to kickoff the 2021-22 season.

This year's version of IU Indy (0-2) boasts one of the nation's highest paced offenses under first-year head coach Ben Howlett. The Jaguars have pumped in 96 points per game and turned their opponents over 40 times in two games. Equally impressive has been how the offense has shared the wealth as seven different players have had a double-digit scoring game and four individuals have topped 20 in a game. 

Mitchell's 22-point effort was four points shy of tying George Hill's freshman record of 26 points in a game in just his second collegiate game. Joining he and Compas in double-digits were Jaxon Edwards (13 points), Finley Woodward (12 points) and Kyler D'Augustino (10). The team's top scorer in the season opener, Kameron Tinsley, was limited to seven points off the IU Indy bench and Micah Davis closed with six points and three steals. 

The Jaguars collected 16 steals and forced 23 LIU turnovers on Thursday night. 

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"We just made some plays at the end of the game that are uncharacteristic. We kind of lost our heads a little bit. We felt good in the second half when we got up eight and then we turned the ball over and we just had hard time stopping them driving to the rim," Howlett said following the LIU loss. 

INSIDE THE SERIES
IU Indy is 0-7 all-time against Butler with all seven meetings coming inside Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Jaguars have never scored more than 59 points in any of the seven meetings with the Bulldogs, losing the seven matchups by an average of 26.9 points per meeting. 

UP NEXT
The Jaguars will return home to host IU Columbus on Tuesday (Nov. 11) at 11:00 a.m. inside Corteva Coliseum for the annual NCAA 'Read to the Final Four' game. The game is expected to attract over 5,000 elementary school kids from across Central Indiana. Tuesday's game will be broadcast on WNDY as Greg Rakestraw (pxp) and Hall of Famer Bob Lovell (analyst) will describe the action.