INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis men's basketball team dropped an 85-75 home decision to Green Bay inside the Jungle on Thursday night (Dec. 11) as the visiting Phoenix had three players finish with 20 points apiece. Micah Davis and Kyler D'Augustino tallied a team-high 17 points each for the Jaguars and Jaxon Edwards registered 12 points and seven rebounds off the bench. 

The Jaguars (3-9, 0-3 HL) were limited to just 39 percent shooting from the field and 7-of-27 (25.9 percent) from three. 

"We've got work to do," head coach Ben Howlett said. "We just haven't been consistent enough. We got some (defensive) stops tonight, but didn't convert when we had opportunities. We rebounded better, but we gave up some rebounds in some key moments that hurt us. 

"Winning league games is hard to do and we're still learning. We're not there yet but we're going to keep working and keep practicing hard and doing things the right way and it'll come."

After leading 36-33 at halftime, IU Indy saw Green Bay outscore the hosts 17-5 to start the second stanza to build a 50-41 advantage. Preston Ruedinger and Max Wrecke connected on back-to-back threes to build the nine-point lead before Edwards stopped the bleeding with a tip-in dunk in traffic. Green Bay (5-7, 1-2 HL) led by as many as 11 in the second half before the Jaguars got within one in the final minutes. The Jags outscored Green Bay 16-6 over a five minute stretch to get within 69-68 with 2:44 to play on a pair of Kameron Tinsley free throws. 

IU Indy then forced a miss, but C.J. O'Hara grabbed the offensive rebound and was fouled while scoring in close, resulting in a three-point play. Offensively, IU Indy came up empty on its next two possessions as the Phoenix pushed their lead to seven with just over a minute to play. 

D'Augustino connected on 7-of-13 shots and Edwards was 4-of-5 off the bench and no other Jaguar hit half of their field goal attempts. Tinsley scored all eight of his points from the charity stripe and JP Dragas finished with seven points and two steals off the bench. Senior Finley Woodward had six points, five rebounds and three assists. 

Ruedinger, O'Hara and LeBron Thomas scored 20 points each with the latter hitting 14-of-16 from the free throw line. Ruedinger finished 4-of-8 from deep and delivered five assists. Green Bay shot 48 percent from the floor and 9-of-21 (42.9 percent) from three. The Phoenix also connected on 26-of-31 (83.9 percent) from the foul line. 

The Jaguars will conclude the three-game homestand on Tuesday (Dec. 16) when they host Miami (Ohio) Middletown inside the Jungle at 6:30 p.m. That game will be broadcast on ESPN+ as Greg Rakestraw (pxp) and Hall of Famer Bob Lovell (analyst) describe the action. In addition, the game can be heard in Central Indiana on 1430 Indy's Sports Ticket as Jimmy Cook (pxp) and Chaz Hinds (analyst) are on the call.