ROCHESTER, Mich. - The IU Indianapolis men's basketball team put up a dominant 40-minute effort and captured a road win at Oakland University on Wednesday night (Jan. 21), 103-85. Senior Finley Woodward matched his career-high with 22 points, nine assists and six rebounds and junior Kyler D'Augustino scored 18 of his 21 points in the first half. 

Senior Jaxon Edwards chimed in with 20 points and nine rebounds with an array of dunks and buckets in close. The Jaguars (6-16, 2-9 HL) shot 60 percent from the floor, 50 percent from three-point range and outscored Oakland (11-10, 7-3 HL) 68-36 in the paint. Offensively, the Jaguars routinely picked apart the Oakland zone, delivering 31 assists on 45 field goals to take down one of the Horizon League's top teams. 

"I think we were really patient. I thought we took good shots; we didn't rush any shots in transition and guys were shooting with their feet set," head coach Ben Howlett said. "It was a really good performance by us. I thought we followed our loss with some really good practices and we were able to play a really good game today." 

The game opened at breakneck speed with both teams scoring at will. Oakland's largest lead came midway through the first half when Brody Robinson hit a tough three to build a 34-30 advantage. The Jags responded with a 9-0 run, punctuated by a Woodward bucket, followed by a Matt Compas steal and score on the ensuing inbounds pass. The Jaguars never relinquished the lead over the final 26 minutes of the contest and led 54-44 at the break. 

D'Augustino and Woodward shouldered the load with 18 points each in the first half before others bore the burden after intermission. 

Each time Oakland threatened, the Jaguars had an immediate response before eventually landing the knockout blow with a late 18-3 run to take a 26-point lead. 

Early in the half, Oakland closed within six at 56-50 before Edwards scored back-to-back baskets in close to regain a double-digit lead. It was 83-72 with 6:46 remaining after OU's Ziare Wells split a pair of free throws, but Edwards tipped-in his own miss to retake a 13-point lead. After Oakland again split a pair of free throws, Woodward spotted Compas for a layup. Moments later, the Jags spun off nine straight points, capped by uncontested dunks from Edwards and Maguire Mitchell to end any suspense. 

Mitchell closed with 13 points, four rebounds and four assists and Micah Davis added 15 points, five rebounds and four assists. Sophomore Kameron Tinsley tallied six points on a pair of second half threes as the Jags went 7-of-12 (58.3 percent) from deep after halftime. 

Isaac Garrett led Oakland with 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting and Robinson finished with 13 points and 11 assists. Oakland finished at 47 percent shooting and 19-of-30 (63.3 percent) at the free throw line. 

The Jags managed just three free throw attempts, hitting two. 

"This league is really good. It's a tough out every night. We've got to attack tomorrow and we've got a really good team coming in on Sunday that we've got to prepare for," Howlett said. 

The win snapped an eight-game losing streak to Oakland and was the first road win over the Golden Grizzlies since 2020. 

IU Indy will return home to host Purdue Fort Wayne on Sunday (Jan. 25) at 2:00 p.m. inside the Jungle. The game will be broadcast on MYINDY-TV and ESPN+ as Greg Rakestraw (pxp) and Hall of Famer Bob Lovell (analyst) are on the call. In addition, the game can be heard in Central Indiana on 1430 Indy's Sports Ticket as Jimmy Cook (pxp) and Chaz Hinds (analyst) call the action.