INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis men's basketball team will kickoff the final week of the regular season on Thursday (Feb. 27) when the Jaguars host Robert Morris inside the Jungle at 6:30 p.m. Thursday's game will be broadcast on ESPN+ as Greg Rakestraw (pxp) and Hall of Famer Bob Lovell (analyst) describe the action from courtside.
The Jaguars basketball program is coming off an incredibly eventful week, beginning with last week's road win at Detroit Mercy inside Calihan Hall. That same day, the university broke ground on the future James T. Morris Arena, which will serve as the program and department's permanent home, beginning in 2026. However, following Sunday's road loss at Northern Kentucky, the program made national headlines as the team bus caught fire on the return trip to Indianapolis before it was ultimately destroyed by the blaze. Head coach
Paul Corsaro's entire travel party made it off the bus safely and eventually returned to Indianapolis later that evening.
The fire overshadowed the Jaguars' 71-67 road defeat at Northern Kentucky, merely hours earlier. Junior
Sean Craig had 22 points and seven rebounds in the loss and
Paul Zilinskas closed with 15 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Senior
Alec Millender rounded out the double-digit scorers with 12 points and seven assists while Josh Dilling paced NKU with 28 points, including seven threes.
RMU enters Thursday's game atop the Horizon League standings and amidst a six-game winning streak. A win would assure the Colonials a share of the regular season title and give them a regular season series sweep of the Jaguars. IU Indy comes in seeking a tenth regular season win and the slim possibility of moving up to the No. 8 seed in the upcoming Horizon League Tournament, which would come with an opening round home game.
QUOTABLE
"We lost some items along the way, but items can be replaced. People can't," Corsaro told media following the fire that destroyed the team bus on Feb. 23.
#HLMBB STANDINGS
| Robert Morris |
14-5 |
.737 |
22-8 |
.733 |
W6 |
| Cleveland State |
13-5 |
.722 |
19-10 |
.655 |
L1 |
| Youngstown State |
13-6 |
.684 |
19-11 |
.633 |
W1 |
| Milwaukee |
12-6 |
.667 |
19-10 |
.655 |
L1 |
| Purdue Fort Wayne |
12-6 |
.667 |
19-10 |
.655 |
W1 |
| Oakland |
10-8 |
.556 |
13-16 |
.448 |
W1 |
| Northern Kentucky |
9-9 |
.500 |
14-15 |
.483 |
W2 |
| Wright State |
7-11 |
.389 |
13-16 |
.448 |
L3 |
| IU Indy |
5-13 |
.278 |
9-20 |
.310 |
L1 |
| Detroit Mercy |
4-14 |
.222 |
8-21 |
.276 |
L5 |
| Green Bay |
1-17 |
.056 |
3-26 |
.103 |
L2 |
SCOUTING ROBERT MORRIS
RMU checks in at 22-8 overall and 14-5 in Horizon League play. The Colonials score 76 points per game and limit opponents to just 70.4 points per contest and 43.7 percent shooting. RMU relies on a balanced group, paced by Kam Woods (14.4 ppg, 5.2 apg), Alvaro Folgueiras (14.3 ppg, 9.5 rpg) and Amarion Dickerson (13.7 ppg, 6.1 rpg).
SERIES HISTORY
IU Indy is 2-6 all-time against RMU and just 1-2 in the three meetings in Indianapolis.
UP NEXT
The Jaguars will close out the regular season against Wright State on Saturday (Mar. 1), tipping off that game inside Corteva Coliseum at 2:30 p.m. The program will honor the senior duo of
Jarvis Walker and
Paul Zilinskas prior to that contest.
