PHOENIX - The IU Indianapolis men's basketball team will close out the non-conference slate on Monday night (Dec. 22) when the Jaguars trek west to face Grand Canyon University at 6:00 p.m. MT (8 Eastern) inside Global Credit Union Arena. The game will air on the Mountain West Network and can be heard in Central Indiana on 1430 Indy's Sports Ticket as Jimmy Cook (pxp) calls the action. 

The Jaguars (4-9) are coming off a 126-73 throttling of Miami Middletown as the 126 points tied for the fourth-highest single-game total in program history. The Jags delivered a school record 42 assists in the win and hit 18 treys, falling just shy of the school record. Senior Jaxon Edwards led seven Jags in double-digits with a career-high 19 points and seven steals and Kameron Tinsley registered 16 points. Fifth-year Matt Compas had 14 points and five assists off the bench and freshman Reece Hagy registered his first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. 

Head coach Ben Howlett's team continues to operate at the fastest pace in the country according to KenPom.com and is tops in the country in assists at 21.8 per contest. For the season, junior Kyler D'Augustino continues to lead the team in scoring at 15.6 points per contest while Compas checks in at 11.7 points per game. Freshman Maguire Mitchell scores 10.3 points per game and has a team-high 32 threes and Tinsley is scoring 10.1 points per contest. 

QUOTABLE
"We did what we were supposed to do, so I'm proud of that. For the most part, we played the right way, looked to make the extra pass and shared the basketball. It was good to get a lot of guys some extended minutes and have them see some shots go in," Howlett said following the win over Miami Middletown. 

SCOUTING GRAND CANYON
GCU is 7-4 overall and 5-1 at home this season. The Antelopes boast a non-conference win over Utah and opened Mountain West play with a road win at Wyoming this past weekend. GCU is outscoring opponents by better than seven points per game and outrebounding opponents by 7.1 rebounds per game. Below is a rundown of GCU's probable starters. 
    G- Brian Moore Jr. (6-2, Grad.) - 8.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg
    G- Jaden Henley (6-7, Sr.) - 16.7 ppg, 4.5 rpg
    G- Caleb Shaw (6-6, R-Jr.) - 9.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg
    F- Nana Owusu-Anane (6-8, Grad.) - 10.0 ppg, 9.3 rpg
    C- Efe Demirel (7-1, Fr.) - 7.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg

INSIDE THE SERIES
IU Indy is 0-2 all-time against Grand Canyon as the two schools met in both the 1995-96 season and 1997-98 season, both in Phoenix. The most recent meeting was on Dec. 19, 1997 as GCU outlasted IU Indy, 87-85. 

UP NEXT
The Jaguars will return to Horizon League play on Monday, Dec. 29 when they face Cleveland State in Cleveland at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+.