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Summit League schedule opens with IUPUI at home Saturday

December 31, 2007 on 8:35 pm | In Athletics |

MACOMB, Ill. - The Summit League schedule opens this week with games on Thursday, Dec. 6 and Saturday, Dec. 8. Western Illinois will play its first league contest Saturday evening, hosting IUPUI at 7 p.m. Western Illinois is the only remaining charter member of the league, which began competition 26 years ago.

Western Illinois Leathernecks (3-5, 0-0) vs. IUPUI (5-2, 0-0)
Saturday, December 8, 2007 Macomb, Ill.
Tip-off: 7 p.m. CST (30 min. after conclusion of women’s 4:30 p.m. game)
Arena: Waste Management Court at Western Hall (5,139)
Television: wiutv3 (Macomb, Ch. 3) Live video
Radio: Western Sports Network (Michael Jones-play by play; Arlen Britton-color analyst) Live audio
Live Stats: www.wiuathletics.com
Series: IUPUI leads 19-7, winning the last 17

Game Notes
Series History - IUPUI
IUPUI leads the all-time series with Western Illinois, 19-7, and has won the last 17 meetings. Western won six of the first seven contests, in the 1970’s, but IUPUI has an 18-2 advantage since joining The Summit League in 1998-99.
Derek Thomas is 0-9 against the Jaguars, who won both meeting against the Leathernecks last season.

Last Time Out
A solid team effort and strong free throw shooting in the second half led to a 71-69 road win for the Leathernecks at Texas-Pan American Monday night. The win gave Western a split on its two-game Texas road trip after it fell to UT-Arlington, 80-57, two days earlier.
The Leathernecks shot 50 percent from the field and 90 percent from the line in the second half, as three players ended in double-figures. David Jackson scored a team-high 22, followed by a career-high 15 points from Josh Rivers and 12 by Jerryck Owens-Murrey.
UTPA led by as many as 13 in the second half, and by 11 with six minutes to play, but Western used a 15-3 run to take its first lead of the half at the 1:26 mark. The Leathernecks were sent to the line six times after that and hit all six attempts.

Jackson Notches Second 20-Point Outing
Senior David Jackson has notched 20-point games in two of his last three outings, scored a season-high 28 points against UT-Pan American in Macomb and recording 22 points against the same team on the road.

Starting Lineup Sees First Changes of Season
The starting lineup saw its first new look of the season at Texas-Pan American as Jerryck Owens-Murrey and Louis Johnson earned their first starts of the season. Owens-Murrey, coming off a career-high 10-rebound game, provided five rebounds and 12 points, while Johnson contributed two points and a pair of rebounds.

Owens-Murrey Improves Scoring, Rebounding
Jerryck Owens-Murrey averaged 9.5 points and 7.5 rebounds during the two-game Texas road swing, improving his season averages to 8.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. After his career-high 10 rebounds at UT-Arlington he was rewarded with a spot in the starting lineup. He responded with a 12-point, 5-rebound outing and helped the Leathernecks to a road victory at UT-Pan American.

Late Free Throws Help at UTPA
The Leathernecks hit 17 of their 19 second-half free throws in their 71-69 victory at UT-Pan American, converting their last 16 attempts. They were sent to the line six times in the final 1:26, helping fend off a potential UTPA comeback.
David Jackson was 5-of-5 in the second half while Nikola Bodic was 4-of-4. Both James Washington and Louis Johnson were 2-of-2.

Rivers Converts Five Threes at UTPA
Josh Rivers recorded a career-high 15 points at UTPA, thanks to 5-of-8 shooting from behind the arc. He was 3-of-5 from long range in the first half and 2-of-3 in the second. His final three-pointer of the night sparked a 15-3 run that erased an 11-point deficit and gave the Leathernecks a one-point lead with 1:26 to play.

DuBois Ranks Third in Rebounding
David DuBois’ team-high rebounding average of 7.1 per game currently ranks third in The Summit League, behind Oakland’s Derick Nelson (8.7 rpg) and North Dakota State’s Brett Winkelman (8.5 rpg).
DuBois has led the squad on the boards five times this year.

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