2008-09 IUPUI BASKET B ALL GAME NOTES IUPUI JAGUARS 2008-09 Basketball IUPUI (9-10, 2-6 Summit) at IPFW (8-11, 3-5 Summit) Saturday, January 24, 2009 s XL 950 AM Gates Sports Center (2,700) s Fort Wayne, Ind. probable starters Pos. ## Name PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% G 24 Gary Patterson (5-10, Sr.) 10.1 2.1 3.3 36.8 42.9 82.1 2008-09 Schedule/Results G 42 John Ashworth (6-3, So.) 4.4 2.3 2.4 35.1 28.6 79.2 Date Opponent Time/Result F 5 Alex Young (6-5, Fr.) 12.9 3.6 1.1 44.6 25.0 56.5 Nov. 6 # U. of Indianapolis W, 83-75 F 20 Jon Avery (6-7, Jr.) 8.3 6.1 0.8 64.6 --- 48.9 F 54 Billy Pettiford (6-7, Jr.) 5.9 6.3 3.0 40.7 22.2 62.9 Nov. 11 ^ vs. Northeastern L, 60-73 Nov. 12 ^ vs. Michigan Tech W, 65-51 off the bench Nov. 18 at Indiana L, 57-60 G 1 Leroy Nobles (6-5, So.) 8.8 3.6 1.0 43.2 37.5 77.6 Nov. 22 IU East W, 92-55 G 11 Adrian Moss (5-9, So.) 4.1 1.3 2.3 34.1 27.3 55.6 G 15 Ryan McDaniel (6-1, R-Fr.) 0.0 0.0 1.0 --- --- --- Nov. 25 Eastern Illinois W, 67-60 G 22 Larry Stone (5-9, Fr.) 2.1 0.5 0.8 41.2 100.0 40.0 Nov. 29 at Western Michigan W, 76-68 F 23 Robert Glenn (6-7, Jr.) 11.7 5.2 0.8 61.0 00.0 68.5 Dec. 2 IU South Bend W, 84-59 F 30 Jason Smeathers (6-8, Fr.) 1.0 0.7 0.4 16.7 12.5 40.0 Dec. 6 * Western Illinois L, 48-58 F 55 Christian Siakam (6-7, R-Fr.) 1.3 1.2 0.0 50.0 --- 66.7 Dec. 14 ! vs. #20/18 Arizona St. L, 58-59 (ot) ABOUT THE GAME IUPUI (9-10, 2-6 Summit) looks to end its five-game losing skid at IPFW (8-11, 3-5) on Saturday eve- Dec. 20 at Seton Hall W, 67-65 ning at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center (2,700) in Fort Wayne, Ind.. Tipoff is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. Dec. 23 Indiana State W, 62-41 EST and can be heard live on XL 950 with pregame coverage beginning at 3:30. Greg Rakestraw enters his ninth season as voice of the Jaguars. Saturday’s game will not be available as part of the Dec. 27 at Massachusetts L, 57-64 IUPUI LIVE! package. Dec. 31 * UMKC W, 72-69 GOOD SAMARITANS Jan. 2 * Southern Utah W, 59-54 As promised, IUPUI Head Coach Ron Hunter and his staff went barefoot for the game with Cente- nary last Saturday night in an effort to help raise shoes for Samaritan’s Feet, a non-profit organiza- Jan. 8 * at North Dakota State L, 52-55 tion with a goal of raising 10 millions pairs of shoes for those in need over a 10-year span. Hunter Jan. 10 * at South Dakota State L, 63-83 challenged coaches across the nation to join him by coaching in their bare feet with an end result of approximately 500 coaches of all age groups taking part. Hunter and the Jaguars delivered 500 Jan. 15 * Oral Roberts L, 58-67 pairs of shoes to the Wheeler Boys & Girls Club on Monday as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Day of Service. Jan. 17 * Centenary L, 56-58 Jan. 22 * at Oakland L, 57-75 LAST MEETING/SERIES INFORMATION Tonight’s game is the 29th meeting all-time between IUPUI and IPFW with the Jaguars owning a Jan. 24 * at IPFW 4 pm 19-9 lead in the series. IUPUI has won the past six meetings between the two schools and nine of Jan. 29 * at Southern Utah 7 pm the past 10. IUPUI is just 5-6 all-time in games played in Fort Wayne although the sites are unknown for the first five meetings in the series. IUPUI needed overtime to take the most recent meeting, Jan. 31 * at UMKC 7:05 pm an 88-81 contest in Fort Wayne on Feb. 23, 2008. George Hill had 30 points, 11 rebounds and Feb. 5 * South Dakota State 7 pm four assists in 45 minutes and Gary Patterson tossed in 27 on 10-of-15 shooting. Senior Austin Montgomery rounded out the double-digit scorers with 17 points. David Carson led five ‘Dons in Feb. 7 * North Dakota State 7 pm double-digits with 23 points while DeWitt Scott pumped in 19. Feb. 12 * at Centenary 7 pm SCOUTING THE MASTODONS Feb. 14 * at Oral Roberts 7:05 pm IPFW enters play with an 8-11 mark and 3-5 record in Summit League play. IPFW is 4-4 at home this season and 1-0 inside Gates, site of Saturday’s game. Senior forward David Carson leads IPFW Feb. 19 * IPFW 7 pm in scoring (15.3 ppg) and is second on the team in rebounding (5.4 rpg). Sophomore guard Ben Feb. 21 * Oakland 7 pm Botts is the only other IPFW player scoring in double-figures at 10.9 points per game.The Muncie- native leads IPFW in threes made (33) and is shooting 38 percent from deep. Kansas State-transfer Feb. 28 * at Western Illinois 7 pm Deilvez Yearby leads Head Coach Dane Fife’s team in rebounding (6.5 rpg) and ranks among The Summit League leaders in blocked shots (30). As a team, IPFW is shooting a Summit League best Mar. 7/8 Summit League Quarterfinals tbd 44.1 percent from three in league games. Mar. 9 Summit League Semifinals tbd LAST TIME OUT Mar. 10 Summit League Finals tbd IUPUI’s losing streak reached five games as the Jaguars dropped a 75-57 contest at Oakland on Thursday night. OU senior Erik Kangas torched the Jags for 33 points, including eight threes, while # exhibition game freshman swingman Drew Maynard added 15. IUPUI got 14 points from freshman Alex Young ^ 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer and 13 from Gary Patterson, but was unable to get over the hump in the second half. Sophomore (Ann Arbor, Mich.) John Ashworth cut the Oakland lead back to six with a three from the top of the key with just under ! Desert Classic 10 minutes left, but Oakland responded by scoring eight straight moments later to put the game (Phoenix, Ariz.) away. IUPUI scored a season-low six points off turnovers and yielded a season-high 20 points off * Summit League game All games broadcast on XL 950 AM turnovers. Three straight second half turnovers resulted in eight points for Kangas, who sandwiched threes around a 12-foot runner during the run. PAGE 1 s WWW .IUPUIJA G S .COM 2008-09 IUPUI BASKET B ALL GAME NOTES chosen by the Indiana Business Journal’s Bill Specialty Stats... HITTING THE SKIDS Benner as Indiana’s Sportsperson of the Year. POT - Points off Turnovers IUPUI’s current five-game losing skid is the PP - Points in the paint program’s longest since Dec. 23-Jan. 13 of the SUB .500 2nd - Second chance points 2000-01 season. A loss tonight would push the Having opened Summit League play 2-6, IUPUI BP - Points off the bench slide to six, marking the program’s longest since is four games under .500 in the league for the it lost nine-in-a-row from Jan. 6-Feb. 3, 2000. first time since Feb. 27, 2001 when the Jags The five straight league losses are IUPUI’s most dropped its conference finale at UMKC to close IUPUI-Opposition consecutive since losing eight straight during the at 6-10. IUPUI hasn’t been five games under Opponent POT PP 2nd BP 1999-00 season. since falling to 3-8 after losing to Southern Utah UIndy (exh.) 19-20 44-28 15-3 18-7 on Feb. 10, 2001. vs. Northeastern 10-9 24-26 12-15 25-17 DURING THE SLIDE vs. Mich. Tech 20-10 30-22 10-8 21-23 Here are some of the most notable stats during GLENN’S STREAK SNAPPED at Indiana 11-9 28-28 5-9 4-14 IUPUI’s current five-game losing streak: Junior Robert Glenn had scored in double- IU East 27-10 52-18 20-10 46-28 FG%: IUPUI is being outshot 49% to 43.2% digits in seven straight games before tallying 3FG%: IUPUI is being outshot 41.4% to 33% just two at Oakland on Thursday. The 6-foot-7 E. Illinois 15-7 22-20 11-10 13-26 FT%: IUPUI is hitting just 63.5% Glenn played just 12 minutes off the bench and at W. Michigan 19-15 28-32 11-6 20-19 Interestingly, IUPUI is outrebounding the opposi- went without a blocked shot for the first time this IU South Bend 20-8 56-16 22-5 30-11 tion and is nearly equal in turnover differential season. W. Illinois 7-18 20-12 5-0 7-7 over the past five games. vs. Ariz. St. 17-18 24-18 3-16 5-0 ROCKIN’ ROB at Seton Hall 11-16 32-22 8-7 22-19 DOUBLE TIME Junior Robert Glenn is making a strong case Ind.