INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis men's basketball team will return home to kickoff a two-game homestand, beginning on Thursday night (Jan. 15) when the Jaguars host Robert Morris at 6:30 p.m. inside the Jungle. Thursday's game will be aired on ESPN+ as Greg Rakestraw (pxp) and Hall of Famer Bob Lovell (analyst) are on the call. 

The Jags (4-15, 0-8 HL) are looking to snap a six-game skid, coming off another close miss over the weekend. The Jags fell on the road at Milwaukee on Sunday 95-83 in a game in which they led for more than 22 minutes. However, the host Panthers outscored the Jaguars 23-8 over the final six-plus minutes to capture a 12-point victory. Junior Kyler D'Augustino pumped in a team-high 24 points and freshman Maguire Mitchell finished with 19 points and a career-high six rebounds in the loss. Micah Davis added 15 points and four steals off the bench and senior Finley Woodward closed with 10 points and eight assists in the loss. 

While the Jaguars have continued to click offensively, ranking tops in the Horizon League in scoring, the squad has struggled defensively. IU Indy opponents check in at 90.3 points per game and shooting 51.5 percent from the floor. 

D'Augustino tops the Horizon League in scoring in league games at 20.5 points per game and shoots an efficient 54.3 percent from the floor and 37.8 percent from beyond the arc. Mitchell is second on the team in scoring at 10.4 points per game and second in the country for made threes by a freshman at 45. Senior Jaxon Edwards has upped his play against Horizon League opponents, averaging 11.6 points per game while leading the team in rebounding (4.8 rpg), steals (14) and blocked shots (7) and shooting nearly 57 percent from the floor. 

SCOUTING ROBERT MORRIS
Reigning league champion Robert Morris is 11-7 overall and 3-4 in Horizon League play. The Colonials boast non-conference wins over Drake, Stetson, Southern Utah and UIC, but have dropped three out of four of late. Below is a look at the Colonials' possible starting five. 
    G Ryan Prather Jr. (6-5, R-Jr.) - 13.6 ppg, 3.2 apg
    G Kaleb Brown (6-7, Sr.) - 3.4 ppg, 2.0 rpg
    G Albert Vargas (5-10, Sr.) - 8.7 ppg, 4.5 apg
    F DeSean  Goode (6-8, Soph.) - 14.9 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 64.1 FG%
    F Nikolaos Chitkoudis (6-9, Jr.) - 11.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg

INSIDE THE SERIES
RMU leads the all-time series 7-2 between the two sides, including having won the last five meetings. IU Indy is just 1-3 in the four meetings in Indy. 

UP NEXT
The Jags will cap the two-game homestand against Detroit Mercy on Saturday (Jan. 17) with a 2:00 p.m. tip-off inside the Jungle.