MBB Contact: Ed Holdaway Twitter: @EdHoldaway [email protected] 1000 Waterway Blvd. (O): 317-274-2725 Indianapolis, IN 46202 (C): 317-908-2645 www.IUPUIJags.com 2014-15 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES SCHEDULE/RESULTS ‘03 ncaa tournament, 2010 CBI (10-20, 6-10 SUMMIT) Oral roberts (17-13) vs. Date Opponent Result/Time Nov. 5 # IU South Bend W, 80-60 Nov. 14 Indiana State L, 66-79 (ot) IUPUI (10-20) Nov. 16 at Purdue L, 57-77 Sunday, March 8 - 9:30 pm ET - Denny Sanford PREMIER Center (10,200) - Sioux Falls, S.D. Nov. 19 at Milwaukee W, 70-68 INSIDE THE GAME Nov. 22 Ball State W, 71-69 (ot) Nov. 25 at Drake L, 60-73 IUPUI Jaguars Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Nov. 29 Georgia State L, 63-66 Record: .......................................10-20, 6-10 Summit Record: .......................................17-13, 10-6 Summit Dec. 6 at Evansville L, 62-89 Last Game: .......................L, 80-87 (2ot) vs. Omaha Last Game: ................................W, 60-57 vs. Denver Dec. 9 at Xavier L, 43-66 Head Coach: ....................................... Jason Gardner Head Coach: ...........................................Scott Sutton Dec. 13 Eastern Kentucky L, 64-73 Career Record: ...........................10-20 (1st season) Career Record: ...................304-206 (16th season) Dec. 15 ^ at Howard L, 47-57 IUPUI Record: .......................................................same ORU Record: ..........................................................same Dec. 20 ^ South Alabama W, 71-65 (ot) Last 5 / Last 10: ............................................ 2-3 / 3-7 Last 5 / Last 10: ............................................ 3-2 / 7-3 Top Scorer: ............Marcellus Barksdale (9.7 ppg) Top Scorer: ......................Obi Emegano (18.1 ppg) Dec. 23 ^ at Richmond L, 53-57 Top Rebounder: ........DavRon Williams (6.0 rpg) Top Rebounder: ..............Korey Billbury (7.4 rpg) Dec. 27 ^ at Pepperdine W, 55-53 Assist Leader: .......................... P.J. Boutte (2.9 apg) Assist Leader: ...................Korey Billbury (2.9 apg) Dec. 29 at NC Central L, 49-70 Jan. 4 * at Fort Wayne W, 63-58 Radio Coverage TV Coverage Jan. 7 * at Oral Roberts L, 61-69 (ot) Network: .......................................... WNDE 1260 AM Network: ...................................................MidcoSN Jan. 10 * Denver W, 52-49 Talent: ........................................Will Flemming (pxp) ......... Tom Nieman (pxp); Brad Newitt (analyst) Jan. 14 * at South Dakota State L, 53-68 Jan. 18 * at Omaha W, 89-84 Series Records Web Streaming Jan. 22 * North Dakota State L, 61-69 (ot) All-Time vs. Oral Roberts: ............................ 12-24 Network: ........................................................ ESPN3 Jan. 24 * South Dakota W, 65-50 Last Meeting: ...............Feb. 5, 2015 - ORU 78-68 Jan. 30 * at Western Illinois L, 59-63 Tourney Record vs. ORU: .................................. 2-4 Feb. 5 * Oral Roberts L, 68-78 quick hitters Feb. 7 * South Dakota State L, 56-63 - Junior Marcellus Barksdale has scored in double-digits in four straight games, averaging 19.8 points per game and Feb. 11 * Fort Wayne L, 54-69 hitting 32-of-56 (57.1 percent) from the floor and 4-of-9 from three-point range. Feb. 14 * at Denver W, 54-53 - IUPUI hasn’t won a conference tournament game since 2011 and is 10-4 all-time in the quarterfinals round. IUPUI is just 2-4 in the league tournament against Oral Roberts, but this marks the first time the two have met in the first round. Feb. 19 * at North Dakota State L, 48-57 - IUPUI is 7-1 this season when leading at the half, including going 5-0 in Summit League games. Feb. 21 * at South Dakota L, 62-77 - IUPUI has surpassed last year’s win total (6) and the program’s league win total from the last two years combined (2). - IUPUI has outrebounded eight of its past 10 opponents and won the glass by 4.2 board per game during that span. Feb. 26 * Western Illinois W, 71-66 - Sophomore Justus Stanback became the 11th different Jaguar to lead the team in scoring this season with his 10 Feb. 28 * Omaha L, 80-87 (2ot) points against South Dakota State on Feb. 7. IUPUI has had 10 different players score in double-figures in a game and boasts nine players scoring between 4.6 and 9.4 points per game. No IUPUI player has scored in double-digits in more Mar. 8 vs. #3 Oral Roberts 9:30 p.m. than 12 of the team’s 30 games. Mar. 9 Summit League Semifinals 9:00 p.m. - 45% of IUPUI’s points have come from the bench this year as Jags’ subs average 27.6 points per game. - DavRon Williams has led IUPUI in rebounding 17 times and leads the league in FG percentage (59.4%). Mar. 10 Summit League Finals 9:00 p.m. - This marks the 43rd season of IUPUI basketball, beginning with the 1972 campaign. - IUPUI played every home game at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum this season in year one of a five-year pact. IUPUI last # denotes exhibition; ^ part of Gotham Classic played home games at the Coliseum from 1975-79. The building was home to the Indiana Pacers from 1967-74. (campus sites); * denotes Summit League games - More than half of IUPUI’s 13-man roster is newcomers this year. All total, the Jaguars welcome seven new faces this year with four Division I transfers and three true freshmen. POSSIBLE STARTERS (based on last game) #1 - Khufu Najee #2 - Mason Archie, II #22 - Marcellus Barksdale #11 - Josh James #15 - DavRon Williams Sr. // G // 6-4 Jr. // G // 6-5 Jr. // G // 6-5 So. // F // 6-9 Sr. // F // 6-7 Berkeley, Calif. Indianapolis, Ind. Lexington, Ky. Cedar Lake, Ind. Marion, Ind. PPG: 7.0 FG%: 43.2 PPG: 7.7 FG%: 38.8 PPG: 9.7 FG%: 40.2 PPG: 3.1 FG%: 48.7 PPG: 7.8 FG%: 59.4 RPG: 3.0 3FG%: 25.0 RPG: 1.7 3FG%: 32.0 RPG: 4.7 3FG%: 26.0 RPG: 2.9 3FG%: ---- RPG: 6.0 3FG%: 00.0 APG: 1.1 FT%: 80.0 APG: 1.2 FT%: 73.9 APG: 2.4 FT%: 73.2 APG: 0.4 FT%: 66.7 APG: 0.7 FT%: 58.9 MPG: 23.1 MPG: 24.4 MPG: 32.3 MPG: 12.9 MPG: 22.9 TEAM INFORMATION NUMERIC ROSTER COACHING STAFF ## Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School (Previous) Head Coach: Jason Gardner 0 # Darell Combs G 6-2 175 Jr. Chicago, Ill./Thornwood (Eastern Michigan) Alma Mater: Arizona, ‘11 1 Khufu Najee G 6-4 190 Sr. Berkeley, Calif./Berkeley (Allan Hancock JC) Career Record: (10-20; 1st season) 2 Mason Archie, II G 6-5 185 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind./Tindley School (Davidson) IUPUI Record: (10-20; 1st season) 4 # Jordan Pickett G 6-0 165 So. Indianapolis, Ind./Pike (Loyola) Summit Record: (6-10; 1st season) 5 Leo Svete G 6-5 200 R-Fr. Granger, Ind./Penn (Western Michigan) Associate Head Coach: Matt Crenshaw 10 Jalen McCallum G 5-9 160 So. Marion, Ind./Marion (Jackson [Mich.] CC) Alma Mater: IUPUI, 04 11 Josh James F/C 6-9 225 So. Cedar Lake, Ind./Andrean/Quakerdale [Iowa] Prep Assistant Coach: Jon-Michael Nickerson 12 Justus Stanback F 6-8 220 So. West Lafayette, Ind./West Lafayette Alma Mater: Kennesaw State, ‘08 14 Elijah Ray F 6-6 232 So. Gary, Ind./Bowman Academy Assistant Coach: Scott Gillespie 15 DavRon Williams F 6-7 225 Sr. Marion, Ind./Marion (NC Central) Alma Mater: Ripon College, ‘11 15 # Matt O’Leary F 6-8 225 Jr. Terre Haute, Ind./North Vigo (Loyola) 22 Marcellus Barksdale G 6-5 210 Jr. Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 25 P.J. Boutte G 5-9 160 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind./Howe (Detroit) P.J. BOUTTE (boo-TAY) 31 John Hubler G 6-5 185 Fr. Whiteland, Ind./Whiteland DARELL Combs (duh-RELL) 32 D.J. McCall G 6-5 180 Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind./Concordia Lutheran John HUBLER (HUE-blur) 33 # Nick Osborne F 6-8 220 Jr. Muncie, Ind./Muncie Central (Loyola) KHUFU NAJEE (COO-foo) (nah-GEE) 45 Aaron Brennan F 6-6 200 Fr. Noblesville, Ind./Guerin Catholic Leo SVETE (SVET-ee) # will sit out the 2014-15 season DAVRON Williams (DAVE-ron) UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS TWITTER HANDLES Location ..................................................................................................................Indianapolis, Ind. IUPUI Athletics: @IUPUIJaguars Founded ......................................................................................................................................... 1969 IUPUI Basketball: @IUPUIMensBball Nickname ..................................................................................................................................Jaguars Jason Gardner: @coachgardner22 Colors .....................................................................................................................Red, gold & black Matt Crenshaw: @Coach_Crenshaw Enrollment ...........................................................................................................30,690 (Fall 2014) Jon-Michael Nickerson: @JMac_Nickerson Affiliation ................................................................................................................ NCAA Division I Scott Gillespie: @SGBasketball5 Conference ......................................................................................................The Summit League Mason Archie, II: @MasonArchie2 Marcellus Barksdale: @MXBarksdale Home Facility .....................................................................................Indiana Farmers Coliseum P.J. Boutte: @PJBoutte25 Capacity ......................................................................................................................................... 6,800 Aaron Brennan: @Aaron_Brennan_ Chancellor ....................................................................................................................Charles Bantz Darell Combs: @KidDRell1 Athletics Director ..................................................................................................Michael