Game Preview: IUPUI

The Crusaders will conclude the majority of their non conference play Friday when they travel back to Indy to take on former MidCon foe IUPUI.  This game will be played at Conseco Fieldhouse where the Jaguars have already defeated Ball State University this week.  I'm not running a pregame PPS for this game because for some reason the IUPUI website isn't pulling up their stats on my computer.

About the Jags

IUPUI boasts a record of 5-8 with all of their wins coming on their home court (The Jungle?) or at Conseco.  IUPUI is led by only one double digit scorer in Alex Young (19.6 ppg).  Young is also the team's leading rebounder at 6.7 rpg.   The Jaguars started the season only 2-8 but have since gone on to win their last three games.  This is the first meeting for these two teams since the 2006-2007 season where the teams split their two meetings.

Interesting Facts and Alumni of IUPUI
* One of only 22 universities to complete a $1 billion campaign.  Here is a link to make your donation to the Valpo Fund!
* IUPUI offers over 250 degrees

* The Jags have over 30,000 students and over 2,000 full time employees.
* Politicians Dan Coats and Dan Quayle along with astronaut David Wolf all hail from IUPUI.
* Author Norman Bridwell (Clifford the Big Red Dog) is perhaps their most influenicial alumn.

Catch the game
If you won't be at the game you have many options for following along:
1) SectionEE will be there and will be tweeting away.  @SectionEE
2) It looks like you should be able to watch the game through IUPUI's athletic website if you click here. 

Prediction
KVW gets back to himself and leads Valpo with 18 points and the Crusaders play much better and win this one 74-69.