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 (8-15, 4-5 SUMMIT) south dakota state (17-8, 8-3) VS. Date Opponent Result/Time Nov. 5 # IU South Bend W, 80-60 Nov. 14 Indiana State L, 66-79 (ot) IUPUI (8-15, 4-5) Nov. 16 at Purdue L, 57-77 Saturday, February 7 - 1:00 pm ET - Indiana Farmers Coliseum (6,800) - Indianapolis 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 South Dakota State Jackrabbits Nov. 29 Georgia State L, 63-66 Record: ............................................8-15, 4-5 Summit Record: ............................................18-7, 8-3 Summit Dec. 6 at Evansville L, 62-89 Last Game: .......................L, 68-78 vs. Oral Roberts Last Game: .......................... L, 74-84 at Fort Wayne Dec. 9 at Xavier L, 43-66 Head Coach: ....................................... Jason Gardner Head Coach: ..............................................Scott Nagy Dec. 13 Eastern Kentucky L, 64-73 Career Record: ..............................8-15 (1st season) Career Record: ...................377-229 (20th 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 / 4-6 Last 5 / Last 10: ............................................ 4-1 / 8-2 Top Scorer: ............Marcellus Barksdale (8.3 ppg) Top Scorer: ....................Deondre Parks (14.7 ppg) Dec. 23 ^ at Richmond L, 53-57 Top Rebounder: ........DavRon Williams (6.2 rpg) Top Rebounder: .................Cody Larson (7.2 rpg) Dec. 27 ^ at Pepperdine W, 55-53 Assist Leader: .......................... P.J. Boutte (3.2 apg) Assist Leader: ...........................Jake Bittle (2.4 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: .......................................................... HTSN Jan. 10 * Denver W, 52-49 Talent: .....................................Scott McCauley (pxp) ..........Will Flemming (pxp); Bob Lovell (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. SDSU: ..............................................6-11 Network: ........................................................ ESPN3 Jan. 24 * South Dakota W, 65-50 Last Meeting: ........... Jan. 14, 2015 - SDSU 68-53 Jan. 30 * at Western Illinois L, 59-63 Home Record vs. SDSU: ..................................... 4-3 Feb. 5 * Oral Roberts L, 68-78 quick hitters Feb. 7 * South Dakota State 1:00 pm Feb. 11 * Fort Wayne 7:00 pm - IUPUI is working off back-to-back losses since mid-December, having lost at Western Illinois and at home to Oral Roberts on Thursday night. Feb. 14 * at Denver 6:00 pm - IUPUI is 6-1 this season when leading at the half, including going 4-0 in Summit League games. Feb. 19 * at North Dakota State 8:00 pm - IUPUI has now played overtime in four of eight home games and five games overall this season. - IUPUI has surpassed last year’s win total (6) and the program’s league win total from the last two years combined (2). Feb. 21 * at South Dakota 3:00 pm - In nine league games, IUPUI is outshooting (+2.0%) and outrebounding (+2.2 rpg) opponents, but the Jags are -1.7 Feb. 26 * Western Illinois 7:00 pm turnovers per game in Summit League play. Feb. 28 * Omaha 1:00 pm - Senior Khufu Najee became the 10th different Jaguar to lead the team in scoring this season with his 11 points at ORU. IUPUI has had 10 different players score in double-figures in a game and boasts nine players scoring between 4.3 Mar. 7-8 Summit League Quarterfinals tbd and 8.3 points per game. No IUPUI player has scored in double-digits in more than eight of the team’s 23 games. Mar. 9 Summit League Semifinals tbd - Senior DavRon Williams has led IUPUI in rebounding in 13 of 23 games. - More than 46.8% of IUPUI’s points have come from the bench this year as Jags’ subs average 28.5 points per game. Mar. 10 Summit League Finals tbd - This marks the 43rd season of IUPUI basketball, beginning with the 1972 campaign. - IUPUI will play every home game at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum this season in year one of a five-year pact. IUPUI # denotes exhibition; ^ part of Gotham Classic last 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 #22 - Marcellus Barksdale #32 - D.J. McCall #12 - Justus Stanback #45 - Aaron Brennan Sr. // G // 6-4 Jr. // G // 6-5 Fr. // G // 6-5 So. // F // 6-8 Fr. // F // 6-6 Berkeley, Calif. Lexington, Ky. Fort Wayne, Ind. West Lafayette, Ind. Noblesville, Ind. PPG: 7.4 FG%: 46.5 PPG: 8.3 FG%: 36.1 PPG: 4.7 FG%: 41.9 PPG: 2.3 FG%: 50.0 PPG: 6.7 FG%: 51.3 RPG: 2.9 3FG%: 25.0 RPG: 4.3 3FG%: 22.9 RPG: 3.0 3FG%: 33.3 RPG: 1.2 3FG%: 00.0 RPG: 3.3 3FG%: 42.9 APG: 1.0 FT%: 75.0 APG: 2.5 FT%: 76.5 APG: 1.3 FT%: 64.0 APG: 0.2 FT%: ---- APG: 1.0 FT%: 69.2 MPG: 24.0 MPG: 31.7 MPG: 19.8 MPG: 9.1 MPG: 22.0 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: (8-15; 1st season) 2 Mason Archie, II G 6-5 185 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind./Tindley School (Davidson) IUPUI Record: (8-15; 1st season) 4 # Jordan Pickett G 6-0 165 So. Indianapolis, Ind./Pike (Loyola) Summit Record: (4-5; 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 Moore John Hubler: @johnnyboy_51 Website .............................................................................................................www.IUPUIJags.com