INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis men's basketball team will cap a three-game homestand on Tuesday night (Dec. 16) when the Jaguars host Miami Middletown inside the Jungle at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday's game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and can be heard on 1430 Indy's Sports Ticket in Central Indiana. 

The Jaguars (3-9) look to snap a three-game skid as head coach Ben Howlett's team opened Horizon League play with three straight losses. The most recent loss came to an upstart Green Bay squad, 85-75, inside the Jungle. Kyler D'Augustino and Micah Davis scored a team-high 17 points apiece and Jaxon Edwards added 12 points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots off the bench. IU Indy led throughout the first half and 36-33 at the break before being outscored 52-39 in the second half. Scoring has become a struggle of late for the Jaguars as they're shooting just 38 percent and scoring just 69.3 points per game since the start of Horizon League play. 

For the year, D'Augustino leads the squad in scoring at 16.3 points per game and fifth-year Matt Compas is tallying 11.5 points per game. True freshman Maguire Mitchell is tallying 10.1 points per game with a team-high 30 made threes and both Kameron Tinsley and Davis are scoring better than nine points per game. The Jaguars have been elite with their distribution, averaging better than 20 assists per game while also ranking among the nation's best in turnover margin, sitting at +4.5 per game. 

QUOTABLE
We've got work to do. 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," Howlett said following Thursday's defeat to Green Bay. 

SCOUTING MIAMI MIDDLETOWN
Miami Middletown enters play at 0-8 on the season and 0-4 in road games. The Thunderhawks average 72.1 points per game while shooting 46.8 percent from the floor and 43.5 percent from three-point range. Below are their probable starters ahead of Tuesday's game. 
    G- Ramy Ahmed (6-1, Fr.) - 8.5 ppg, 1.4 rpg
    G- Kadar Gardner (5-9, Soph.) - 14.5 ppg, 3.1 apg
    G- Jakari Parker (6-3, Soph.) - 11.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg
    G- Jamison Rountree (6-3, Soph.) - 11.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg
    F- Tyler Weathington (6-4, Soph.) - 13.5 ppg, 5.1 rpg

INSIDE THE SERIES
IU Indy is 2-2 all-time against Miami Middletown, but the two schools haven't met since February 1975. The program swept a regular season series in 1974-75, winning 76-65 on the road and 93-76 at home.  

UP NEXT
The Jaguars will begin a stretch of three straight road games on Monday, Dec. 22 when they head west to face Grand Canyon at 8:00 p.m. on the Mountain West Network. In addition, Monday's game can be heard in Central Indiana on 1430 Indy's Sports Ticket as Jimmy Cook (pxp) calls the action.