2008-09 IUPUI BASKET B ALL GAME NOTES IUPUI JAGUARS 2008-09 Basketball IUPUI (14-11, 7-7 Summit) at Oral Roberts (12-13, 10-3) Sat., February 14, 2009 s XL 950 AM / ESPN 360 Mabee Center (10,575) s Tulsa, Okla. probable starters Pos. ## Name PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% G 1 Leroy Nobles (6-5, So.) 9.7 3.8 1.3 47.1 44.4 75.4 2008-09 Schedule/Results G 24 Gary Patterson (5-10, Sr.) 10.4 1.8 2.9 37.6 42.9 76.2 Date Opponent Time/Result F 5 Alex Young (6-5, Fr.) 11.4 3.6 0.9 44.7 26.6 58.5 Nov. 6 # U. of Indianapolis W, 83-75 F 23 Robert Glenn (6-7, Jr.) 13.3 5.4 1.2 62.9 00.0 71.2 Nov. 11 ^ vs. Northeastern L, 60-73 F 54 Billy Pettiford (6-7, Jr.) 5.5 5.8 2.7 41.7 22.2 59.1 Nov. 12 ^ vs. Michigan Tech W, 65-51 off the bench Nov. 18 at Indiana L, 57-60 G 11 Adrian Moss (5-9, So.) 5.1 1.2 2.8 41.1 20.7 55.6 Nov. 22 IU East W, 92-55 G 15 Ryan McDaniel (6-1, R-Fr.) 0.0 0.0 0.2 00.0 --- --- F 20 Jon Avery (6-7, Jr.) 8.8 6.0 1.0 66.7 --- 53.3 Nov. 25 Eastern Illinois W, 67-60 G 22 Larry Stone (5-9, Fr.) 2.2 0.5 1.1 48.0 50.0 33.3 Nov. 29 at Western Michigan W, 76-68 F 30 Jason Smeathers (6-8, Fr.) 0.7 0.6 0.4 15.4 12.5 40.0 Dec. 2 IU South Bend W, 84-59 G 42 John Ashworth (6-3, So.) 3.4 1.8 1.9 34.1 25.6 79.2 Dec. 6 * Western Illinois L, 48-58 F 55 Christian Siakam (6-7, R-Fr.) 1.3 0.9 0.0 58.3 --- 60.0 Dec. 14 ! vs. #20/18 Arizona St. L, 58-59 (ot) ABOUT THE GAME Winners of five of its past six games, IUPUI (14-11, 7-7 Summit) concludes its two-game road trip in Dec. 20 at Seton Hall W, 67-65 Tulsa, Okla. against Oral Roberts (12-13, 10-3) on Saturday night in the Mabee Center (10,575). Tipoff is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. EST and can be heard live on XL 950 with pregame coverage beginning at Dec. 23 Indiana State W, 62-41 7:30. Greg Rakestraw enters his ninth season as voice of the Jaguars. The game can also be seen on Dec. 27 at Massachusetts L, 57-64 ESPN 360 or DirecTV (check local listings). Dec. 31 * UMKC W, 72-69 CAREER NIGHT FOR NOBLES Sophomore Leroy Nobles had a career night at Centenary on Thursday, scoring a career-high 20 Jan. 2 * Southern Utah W, 59-54 points on 7-of-8 shooting. The 6-foot-5 swingman hit all four of his three-point attempts, tying his ca- Jan. 8 * at North Dakota State L, 52-55 reer-high, and both of his free throws in 31 minutes work. Nobles’ previous career-high was 19 against Eastern Illinois on Nov. 25 of this season. The past nine games, Nobles has hit 20-of-33 (60.6 percent) Jan. 10 * at South Dakota State L, 63-83 from three-point range and has climbed to fourth in The Summit in three-point shooting (44.4 percent). Jan. 15 * Oral Roberts L, 58-67 1,000 FOR #24 Jan. 17 * Centenary L, 56-58 Senior Gary Patterson accumulated his 1,000th collegiate point last Saturday night, draining a three from the left corner with 6:55 left in the first half. Entering tonight, GP has scored 954 in his three-year Jan. 22 * at Oakland L, 57-75 IUPUI career and netted 55 points in his freshman season at Butler. Jan. 24 * at IPFW W, 84-57 LAST MEETING/SERIES INFORMATION Jan. 29 * at Southern Utah W, 79-65 Tonight’s game is the 26th meeting all-time between IUPUI and Oral Roberts with the Golden Eagles owning an 15-10 lead in the series. IUPUI is just 3-7 in the 10 previous meetings in the Mabee Center Jan. 31 * at UMKC W, 60-56 and hasn’t won on ORU’s home floor since 2004. ORU won the previous meeting between the two schools, 67-58 in Indianapolis on Jan. 15. Robert Glenn scored a career-high 24 points in the defeat Feb. 5 * South Dakota State W, 71-63 and Leroy Nobles tallied 15 off the bench. Robert Jarvis led ORU with 22 points, including a dagger Feb. 7 * North Dakota State L, 69-91 three with 4:29 left, putting the Golden Eagles up for good. Senior Marcus Lewis turned in 11 points, 12 rebounds and four assists. Feb. 12 * at Centenary W, 79-67 SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES Feb. 14 * at Oral Roberts 7:05 pm Head Coach Scott Sutton’s team comes in sitting No. 2 in The Summit League with a 10-3 record Feb. 19 * IPFW 7 pm and 12-13 mark overall. ORU has won 33 straight home conference games dating back to 2005. The Golden Eagles are led by senior sharpshooter Robert Jarvis (17.0 ppg, 68 3’s), bulky forward Marcus Feb. 21 * Oakland 7 pm Lewis (13.3 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 59.1 FG%) and athletic junior Kevin Ford (10.2 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 1.2 bpg). Col- lectively, ORU outscores opponents by 3.1 points per game, outrebounds them by 1.7 per and owns Feb. 28 * at Western Illinois 7 pm a +0.5 turnover margin advantage. The Golden Eagles shoot 44.2 percent from the field and limit op- Mar. 7/8 Summit League Quarterfinals tbd ponents to just 42.9 percent, but the arc has been a different story. ORU shoots just 30.6 percent from deep and yields 36.1 percent to opponents. Mar. 9 Summit League Semifinals tbd LAST TIME OUT Mar. 10 Summit League Finals tbd IUPUI shot a blistering 62.2 percent from the field and season-high 58.3 percent from three-point range on its way to a 79-67 win at Centenary. Sophomore Leroy Nobles scored a career-high 20 points, # exhibition game Robert Glenn added 20 more and freshman Alex Young totaled 18 points and a career-high nine ^ 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer rebounds in his return to the starting lineup. IUPUI closed the first half with a 12-0 run and opened the (Ann Arbor, Mich.) second stanza with an 11-2 burst. Holding Centenary scoreless for nearly 10 minutes, IUPUI turned ! Desert Classic a five-point deficit into a 16-point lead, capped by five straight points from Nobles. The Jaguars led (Phoenix, Ariz.) by as many as 27 in the second half before Centenary closed the game on a 16-1 run. Centenary’s * Summit League game top scorer, Nick Stallings, was held to 10 points while sophomore Gary Redus scored a game-high 24 All games broadcast on XL 950 AM points on 7-of-19 shooting. Senior Gary Patterson played just 26 minutes, but scored nine first half PAGE 1 s WWW .IUPUIJA G S .COM 2008-09 IUPUI BASKET B ALL GAME NOTES points and Billy Pettiford added six rebounds State in The Summit in that category. Specialty Stats... and a team-high five assists in his return to the POT - Points off Turnovers starting five. JONNY BE GOOD PP - Points in the paint ROAD READY Since missing the Centenary game due to injury, IUPUI has seemingly been a better road team junior has come back on fire, hitting 2nd - Second chance points Jon Avery than home team this season and some stats back 32-of-43 (74.4 percent) shots. Avery currently BP - Points off the bench it up. Take a look at some key splits between leads The Summit in field goal shooting at 66.7 IUPUI’s home and road games this year (does percent. IUPUI-Opposition not include three neutral site games): Opponent POT PP 2nd BP Home Road AVERY’S ACCURACY UIndy (exh.) 19-20 44-28 15-3 18-7 FG%: 46.2% 50.5% Avery is currently in line to break the school’s 3FG%: 32.4% 37.6% single-season field goal shooting record, set by vs. Northeastern 10-9 24-26 12-15 25-17 3FG% Def.: 39.7% 36.9% Jared Lux in 1993-94 when he hit 65.5 percent. vs. Mich. Tech 20-10 30-22 10-8 21-23 TO/Margin: -3.1 +0.3 Avery set the record at the Division I level last sea- at Indiana 11-9 28-28 5-9 4-14 son, hitting 63.1 percent of his shots. IU East 27-10 52-18 20-10 46-28 ROCKIN’ ROB E. Illinois 15-7 22-20 11-10 13-26 Junior Robert Glenn is making a strong case for SNAPPED AT SIX at W. Michigan 19-15 28-32 11-6 20-19 Summit League Newcomer of the Year honors, Junior Jon Avery’s string of six straight games having led IUPUI in scoring in 10 of the Jaguars’ in double-figures (longest of his college career) IU South Bend 20-8 56-16 22-5 30-11 14 league contests.