About Denver: The Pioneers lost their first Summit League road game of the season with a 69-53 defeat at Fort Wayne on Jan. 8. Marcus Byrd scored 14 points, playing a career-high 40 minutes in the loss at IPFW, while Brett Olson had 13 points. Big man Daniel Amigo returned after missing 10 games due to injury and scored four points in 20 minutes of action. Olson is leading the way averaging 13.4 points, 3.3 rebounds a game and 3.0 assists. Cam Griffin is averaging 11.9 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists a game on 53.8 percent shooting from the field. Nate Engesser is averaging 11.0 points a game on 53.7 percent shooting. Denver was selected to finish second in The Summit League by league head coaches, SIDs and members of the media.

About IUPUI: The Jaguars dropped their last Summit League game at Oral Roberts on Jan. 7 69-61 in overtime. Khufu Najee scored 11 points and grabbed four rebounds in the defeat at Oral Roberts. DavRon Williams had eight points and seven rebounds. IUPUI is led by Marcellus Barksdale who is averaging 9.1 points and 4.6 rebounds. Edwards is averaging 11.2 points and 2.5 rebounds a game. Williams is averaging 7.6 points and 6.6 rebounds. The Jaguars with their win at Fort Wayne earlier in the season have already matched their league win total from last season. IUPUI was selected to finish ninth in The Summit League in the preseason poll.

The Match-up: This will be the third meeting between the schools. The teams split with each team winning home games last season. The Jaguars defeated the Pioneers during the 2013-14 season at IUPUI by the score of 59-49.