INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Ray Jones Jr. had 21 points, seven rebounds and seven assists to lead Southern Utah to a 72-64 victory against IUPUI on Thursday night.
Ramell Taylor and Jackson Stevenett scored 19 points apiece for the Thunderbirds (8-9, 3-4 Summit League), who shot 59.6 percent (28 of 47) from the floor en route to snapping a three-game losing streak.
Ian Chiles had 14 points and Stephen Thomas, Alex Young and Christian Siakam 10 each for the Jaguars (8-11, 2-5). Young scored his 2,000th career point, becoming the third player at the school and 11th in Summit League history to reach that total.
IUPUI led for only an eight-second stretch in the second half as Southern Utah kept a small but steady cushion for most of the game.
The Jaguars got within 61-58, but two Jones free throws and a Stevenett layup gave the Thunderbirds a seven-point advantage with 2:04 remaining. The margin got no fewer than five points afterward as Southern Utah protected its lead at the foul line.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern Utah (8-9) « | 37 | 35 | 72 |
| IUPUI (8-11) | 30 | 34 | 64 |
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| Southern Utah Thunderbirds | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Taylor, F | 39 | 9-15 | 1-4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| J. Stevenett, F | 38 | 6-10 | 7-8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| M. Massey, C | 11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| R. Jones, Jr., G | 38 | 7-9 | 7-8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| D. Heuir, G | 22 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Scott | 17 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| W. Collie | 12 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Johnson | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Jeffery | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| T. Koehler | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Nsenki | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-47 | 15-25 | 33 | 18 | 21 | 72 | |
| 59.6% | 60% | ||||||
| IUPUI Jaguars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Gaines, F | 31 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| C. Siakam, F | 26 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| A. Young, F | 21 | 3-10 | 4-5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| I. Chiles, G | 32 | 5-10 | 2-4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| S. Thomas, G | 32 | 4-13 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Barksdale | 19 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| M. Patton | 14 | 3-7 | 3-3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| S. Esposito | 11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Shanklin | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Gibbs | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-60 | 13-20 | 33 | 9 | 22 | 64 | |
| 40% | 65% | ||||||
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