INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis men's basketball program announced its non-conference schedule on Tuesday (July 8), highlighted by road games at Ohio State (Nov. 3) and Butler (Nov. 8) in the season's early going. Head Coach Ben Howlett's squad will host home games against LIU (Nov. 6), IU Columbus (Nov. 11), Morehead State (Nov. 29) and Miami Ohio-Middletown (Dec. 16) this season. 

"We're excited about this year's schedule and the way it came together. Most of it was already in place prior to me taking over the program, but we made a couple adjustments and like the balance it provides. We're going to be tested and think this schedule will prepare us incredibly well for Horizon League play," Howlett said.

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The Jags will open the regular season with a road trip to Ohio State (Nov. 3) before returning home to host LIU inside the Jungle on Nov. 6. That game is part of a home-and-home series as the two squads will play inside Barclays Center in Brooklyn next season. IU Indy will then take on Butler inside Hinkle Fieldhouse on Nov. 8 before then hosting its annual NCAA 'Readers Become Leaders' game against IU Columbus inside Corteva Coliseum on Nov. 11.

The Jags will then hit the road for their next four games, trekking to Eastern Michigan (Nov. 14) and Charleston Southern (Nov. 18) before playing a pair of games in a four-team event at Air Force. The Jaguars will take on host Air Force on Friday (Nov. 21) and Alabama State on Sunday (Nov. 23). The Nov. 14 game at EMU concludes a home-and-home series while the Nov. 18 game at Charleston Southern kicks off a home-and-home series that will conclude next season in Indianapolis.  

IU Indy will face Morehead State on Nov. 29 inside the Jungle before kicking off Horizon League play. The Jags final non-conference games will be a home meeting with Miami Ohio-Middletown (Dec. 16) and a trip to Grand Canyon (Dec. 22) just before Christmas. 

Howlett's team is centered around four transfers from his West Liberty program in senior forward Finley Woodward (10.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg), junior guard Kyler D'Augustino (17.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg) and sophomores JP Dragas (9.2 ppg, 69 3's) and Kameron Tinsley (11.0 ppg, 63 3's) and a pair of Division I transfers in Micah Davis (Eastern Kentucky) and Jaxon Edwards (St. Bonaventure). Another frontcourt transfer, Aiden Miller, averaged nearly a double-double as a true freshman at Point Park (Pa.). Two other veteran transfers will factor heavily into the team's plans in Corey Boston (16.9 ppg at D2 Concord University) and Matt Compas (18.5 ppg at NAIA Dalton State). 

Promotions and giveaways for home games will be announced at a later date while the Horizon League schedule will likely be released in August.