2010-11 IUPUI Game Notes IUPUI (12-10, 6-3) at Western Illinois (7-13, 2-7) Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 - 8:00 ET Western Hall (5,139) Macomb, Ill. n IUPUI Probable Starters Pos. ## Name PPG RPG APG FG 3FG FT G 1 Leroy Nobles (6-5/Sr.) 16.7 4.0 1.3 43.7 33.6 77.6 n 2010-11 Schedule/Results G 2 Stephen Thomas (6-1/Jr.) 10.7 3.5 2.7 48.6 38.0 82.0 Date Opponent Time/Result G 15 Sean Esposito (6-3/So.) 2.0 0.6 0.2 33.3 37.0 -- Nov. 1 # Anderson W, 84-60 F 5 Alex Young (6-6/Jr.) 19.8 6.6 2.3 46.2 29.5 72.1 Nov. 5 # Marian W, 76-45 F 55 Christian Siakam (6-7/Jr.) 7.4 6.2 0.3 62.4 -- 77.1 Nov. 14 ^ at No. 12 Gonzaga L, 56-86 Nov. 16 IU-Northwest W, 83-62 n Off the Bench Nov. 20 ^ at Miami (Ohio) L, 58-59 Pos. ## Name PPG RPG APG FG 3FG FT Nov. 21 ^ vs. No. 25 San Diego State L, 46-61 G 12 Greg Rice (5-11/So.) 1.3 1.2 0.5 16.7 00.0 100 Nov. 22 ^ vs. Green Bay W, 63-46 G 13 David Mazanowski (6-3/So.) 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- -- Nov. 27 at Saint Louis L, 55-58 G 23 P.J. Hubert (6-5/Fr.)` 2.3 0.3 0.2 46.7 53.8 00.0 Nov. 29 IU-East W, 103-80 G/F 24 Nick Kitcoff (6-7/So.) 0.0 0.5 0.3 00.0 00.0 -- Dec. 2 * Centenary W, 77-69 F 30 Donovan Gibbs (6-7/Fr.) 3.0 1.7 0.3 58.8 00.0 42.9 Dec. 4 * Oral Roberts L, 61-63 F 32 Anthony Williams (6-8/Sr.) 1.1 1.4 0.0 35.3 -- 75.0 Dec. 9 at No. 2 Ohio State L, 64-75 G 42 John Ashworth (6-3/Sr.) 5.0 3.3 3.0 38.5 39.3 85.7 Dec. 12 at Ohio W, 66-56 G 44 Nick DeSchepper (6-3/Sr.) 1.0 0.3 0.8 18.2 14.3 87.5 Dec. 18 at Duquesne L, 54-81 C 50 Mitchell Patton (6-9/Fr.) 3.0 0.7 0.0 43.4 40.0 87.5 Dec. 22 vs. No. 7 San Diego State L, 54-56 Dec. 23 vs. San Francisco W, 69-68 n ABOUT THE GAME IUPUI will begin the second half of Summit League play when it takes on Dec. 27 at Florida Gulf Coast W, 76-63 Western Illinois (7-13, 2-7) at 8:00 p.m. Eastern inside Western Hall (5,139) Dec. 30 * Western Illinois W, 70-55 in Macomb, Ill.. Pregame coverage with Scott McCauley (play-by-play) will Jan. 6 * at Oakland L, 71-85 begin in Indianapolis on 88.3 FM / The Walk at approximately 7:55 p.m.. Jan. 8 * at IPFW W, 78-74 n LAST MEETING/SERIES INFORMATION Jan. 13 * North Dakota State W, 67-64 IUPUI is 22-8 all-time against Western Illinois and has won 20 of the last Jan. 15 * South Dakota State W, 81-76 21 meetings between the two schools dating back to the 1999-00 season. Jan. 20 * at UMKC L, 77-85 (2ot) The Jaguars haven’t lost in Macomb since Jan. 15, 2000. Jan. 22 * at Southern Utah W, 87-61 The Jaguars won the earlier meeting between the two squads, 70-55 in Indianapolis on Dec. 30, behind 21 points and eight boards from Alex Jan. 29 * at Western Illinois 8:00 pm Young. The Jags blew out to a 41-25 lead and extended to a 24-point Feb. 3 * IPFW (CFH) 7:00 pm advantage with 16:44 to play before Western eventually closed within 11. Feb. 5 * Oakland (CFH) 7:00 pm From there, junior Christian Siakam contributed back-to-back tip-ins to Feb. 10 * at South Dakota State 8:00 pm spark a 6-0 run to finish off the Leathernecks. Matt Lander led three Leathernecks in double-digits with 16 points and Feb. 12 * at North Dakota State 8:30 pm Tommie Tyler added 11 points and five boards. Junior Stephen Thomas Feb. 17 * Southern Utah 7:00 pm matched his career-high with 16 points for the Jags and Leroy Nobles Feb. 19 * UMKC 7:00 pm added 15. IUPUI shot 50 percent from the floor in the win and outrebound- Feb. 24 * at Oral Roberts 8:05 pm ed WIU 38-23. Feb. 26 * at Centenary 5:30 pm n LAST TIME OUT Mar. 5-6 % Summit League Quarterfinals 7/9:30 pm IUPUI used a huge second half to blitz Southern Utah in a 87-61 past- Mar. 7 % Summit League Semifinals 7/9:30 pm ing of the Thunderbirds in Cedar City last Saturday night. Alex Young led Mar. 8 % Summit League Finals 9:00 pm all players with 27 points and Leroy Nobles hit for 22 in the win. The Jags trailed by three at the break, but outscored Southern 47-18 in the second # exhibition game half in the victory. IUPUI shot 65.2 percent in the second half and finished ^ O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic (Spokane, Wash./Oxford, Ohio) the game at 58 percent in the win. ! Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) Ryan Brimley led SUU with 19 points and Kyle Davis added 13 in the loss. * Summit League game Junior Christian Siakam continued his solid play with 15 points and % Summit League Tournament Stephen Thomas added 14 points, five boards and five assists in just 29 (CFH) denotes games at Conseco Fieldhouse minutes work. All games broadcast on 88.3 FM / The Walk SUU shot just 42.3 percent in the loss and turned the ball over 13 times, leading to 23 IUPUI points. Ed Holdaway - IUPUI Sports Information Director - (317) 274-2725 - [email protected] - www.IUPUIJags.com - Page 1 2010-11 IUPUI Game Notes n Specialty Stats n ALEX TAKES THE LEAD POT - Points off Turnovers Coming off a 59 point trip last week, junior Alex Young supplanted SDSU’s Nate Wolters PP - Points in the Paint for the top spot in The Summit League scoring race at 19.8 points per game. Young also leads 2nd - Second Chance Points the league with 11 games of 20 points or more. Last season, Young finished second in The BP - Bench Points Summit in scoring at 18.3 points per game, trailing only teammate Robert Glenn. IUPUI-Opposition n CLOSING IN ON TOP 6 Opponent POT PP 2nd BP Young needs 29 points tonight to overtake IUPUI Hall of Famer Kim King (1,447 pts) for @ Gonzaga 6-22 16-50 11-12 10-42 sixth in school history on the career scoring list. On Saturday, Young became the seventh in IU-Northwest 14-8 48-22 13-13 28-11 school history to hit for 1,400 career tallies. @ Miami 13-12 20-34 7-9 21-4 vs. S. Diego St. 12-25 16-30 6-15 6-8 n STREAKING Junior Alex Young has scored in double-digits in 13 straight games and 21 of IUPUI’s 22 vs. Green Bay 8-14 30-28 18-6 2-12 outings this season. During the current 13-game string, Young is averaging better than 22 @ Saint Louis 8-20 30-22 8-2 12-34 points per game. IU-East 26-24 52-34 13-22 30-17 Centenary 13-10 28-28 14-10 15-26 n CARRYING THE LOAD Oral Roberts 24-10 28-32 5-8 2-17 Young and Nobles are accounting for 51.8 percent of the team’s scoring this year, teaming @ Ohio State 9-14 18-36 6-12 12-2 to net 36.5 points per night. In Summit League play, the duo is tallying 55.6 percent of the @ Ohio 14-8 22-29 2-11 7-30 team’s scoring at 41.4 points per game. @ Duquesne 10-17 26-40 7-17 19-29 vs. S. Diego St. 17-18 26-32 11-9 17-8 n LUCKY 13 Junior forward Christian Siakam has made his last 13 field goal attempts, dating back to vs. San Fran. 12-10 16-28 4-5 9-11 the win over South Dakota State on Jan. 15. Against Summit League foes, Siakam is shooting @ FGCU 14-14 20-22 3-10 4-10 68.5 percent from the floor. W. Illinois 12-20 42-22 16-6 6-8 @ Oakland 12-8 22-16 12-20 10-12 n ASH’S STREAK SNAPPED @ IPFW 17-17 32-22 16-8 7-29 Senior guard John Ashworth has his streak of 57 straight starts snapped at Southern Utah N. Dakota State 15-10 32-30 16-12 3-17 on Saturday when Hunter opted to replace him in the lineup with sophomore Sean Esposito. S. Dakota State 16-9 48-28 17-14 4-14 @ UMKC 15-21 26-28 25-14 8-7 n 7 SHY @ S. Utah 23-4 42-28 18-9 9-14 Senior guard John Ashworth needs just seven assists to become the 10th player in school history to accumulate 300 career assists. @ W. Illinois IPFW n DEFENDING THE ARC Oakland IUPUI has yielded more threes than its made in eight of nine Summit League games thus @ S.