2021–22 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team

The 2021–22 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team represented Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by first year head coach Matt Crenshaw, played their home games at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis, Indiana as members of the Horizon League.^[1]

2021–2022 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball
Conference	Horizon League
Record	3–26 (1–16 Horizon)
Head coach	Matt Crenshaw (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Antwain Banks (1st season) Tommy Strine (1st season) Roy Hairston (1st season)
Home arena	Indiana Farmers Coliseum
Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 Horizon League men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Cleveland State	15	–	6		.714			20	–	11		.645
Purdue Fort Wayne	15	–	6		.714			21	–	12		.636
Northern Kentucky	14	–	6		.700			20	–	12		.625
Wright State †	15	–	7		.682			22	–	14		.611
Oakland	12	–	7		.632			20	–	12		.625
Detroit Mercy	10	–	7		.588			14	–	15		.483
Youngstown State	12	–	9		.571			19	–	15		.559
UIC	9	–	10		.474			14	–	16		.467
Milwaukee	8	–	14		.364			10	–	22		.313
Robert Morris	5	–	16		.238			8	–	23		.258
Green Bay	4	–	16		.200			5	–	25		.167
IUPUI	1	–	16		.059			3	–	26		.103
† 2022 Horizon League tournament winner

Previous season

The Jaguars finished the 2020–21 season 8–10, 7–9 in Horizon League play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Horizon League tournament to Milwaukee.

Offseason

Departures

Departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Marcus Burk	G	6'3	195	RS Senior	Indianapolis, IN	Graduated playing for the Grand Rapids Gold in the NBA G League
Amrit Dhaliwal	G	6'0	175	Sophomore	Modesto, CA
Dimitri Georgiadis	G	6'9	245	Junior	Richmond, VA	Transferred to Virginia Tech to play football
Elyjah Goss	F	6'7	215	Senior	Bolingbrook, IL	Graduated
Acton Shirley	C	7'0	260	Junior	Zebulon, GA	Transferred to San Diego Christian
Sawyer Stoltz	F	6'9	200	Sophomore	Huntington, IN

Incoming transfers

Transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Zach Gunn	F	6'6	210	Graduate Student	Fishers, IN	Ball State
B.J. Maxwell	G/F	6'5	200	Graduate Student	Austin, TX	St. Edward's
Derek Petersen	G	6'2	175	Freshman	Greenwood, IN	Hope College

Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kaleb Edwards PG	Fishers, IN	St. Theodore Guerin High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	May 31, 2021
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Chuks Isitua C	Lagos, Nigeria	Jack Yates Senior High School	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jun 12, 2021
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:     ESPN grade: NR
KJ Pruitt PG	Lewisville, TX	Sunrise Christian Academy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	May 18, 2021
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Boston Stanton III PG	Lewisville, TX	Denver East High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Aug 2, 2021
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2021–22 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G/F 0 B.J. Maxwell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) GS Austin, Texas G 1 KJ Pruitt   6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Lewisville, Texas G 2 Bobby Harvey   6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Chicago, Illinois G 4 Bakari Lastrap 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Houston, Texas G 5 Nathan McClure 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Houston, Texas G 10 Mike DePersia 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Cherry Hill, New Jersey G 11 Kaleb Edwards (W)   6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Fishers, Indiana F 15 Zach Gunn   6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) GS Fishers, Indiana F 20 Derek Peterson (W)   6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Greenwood, Indiana F/C 23 Chuks Isitua 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Lagos, Nigeria F 24 Jonah Carrasco   6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Wichita, Kansas G 25 Boston Stanton III 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Denver, Colorado F 33 Dimitar Pandev (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Strumica, North Macedonia	Head coach Matt Crenshaw (IUPUI) Assistant coach(es) Antwain Banks (Kentucky State) Tommy Strine (Anderson (IN)) Roy Hairston (Purdue) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2021* 11:00 am, ESPN+		Anderson	W 74–60	–	20 – Seay	9 – McClure	7 – Stanton III	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (2,110) Indianapolis, IN
Regular season
November 9, 2021* 6:45 pm, FS1		at Butler	L 47–56	0–1	14 – Maxwell	6 – Maxwell	3 – Stanton III	Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,134) Indianapolis, IN
November 11, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Evansville	L 40–60	0–2	8 – Maxwell	4 – Maxwell	3 – DePersia	Ford Center (3,145) Evansville, IN
November 15, 2021* 6:00 pm		vs. Denver 210 San Antonio Shootout	L 47–63	0–3	14 – Maxwell	6 – Tied	4 – LaStrap	Convocation Center (197) San Antonio, TX
November 16, 2021* 6:00 pm		vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 210 San Antonio Shootout	L 59–65	0–4	14 – Maxwell	7 – Tied	4 – Pruitt	Convocation Center (148) San Antonio, TX
November 17, 2021* 5:30 pm, CUSA.tv		at UTSA 210 San Antonio Shootout	L 57–60	0–5	13 – Maxwell	10 – Maxwell	4 – LaStrap	Convocation Center (678) San Antonio, TX
November 23, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Spalding	W 61–41	1–5	10 – LaStrap	7 – McClure	2 – Tied	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (603) Indianapolis, IN
December 2, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Detroit Mercy	L 45–69	1–6 (0–1)	10 – Maxwell	4 – Tied	4 – LaStrap	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (892) Indianapolis, IN
December 4, 2021 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Oakland	L 45–78	1–7 (0–2)	19 – Maxwell	9 – Maxwell	4 – Pruitt	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (898) Indianapolis, IN
December 10, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Tennessee State	L 44–70	1–8	10 – Pruitt	5 – Tied	4 – McClure	Gentry Complex (334) Nashville, TN
December 16, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Chicago State	L 55–61	1–9	20 – Maxwell	5 – Isitua	2 – Tied	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (725) Indianapolis, IN
December 21, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Morehead State	L 52–80	1–10	17 – Seay	5 – Carrasco	3 – LaStrap	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (728) Indianapolis, IN
December 30, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Cleveland State	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues at IUPUI					Indiana Farmers Coliseum  Indianapolis, IN
January 1, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Purdue Fort Wayne	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues at IUPUI					Indiana Farmers Coliseum  Indianapolis, IN
January 6, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Kentucky	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues at both programs					BB&T Arena  Highland Heights, KY
January 8, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Wright State	L 58–72	1–11 (0–3)	16 – Seay	7 – Maxwell	5 – LaStrap	Nutter Center (2,967) Dayton, OH
January 10, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UIC	L 65–67	1–12 (0–4)	16 – LaStrap	6 – McClure	3 – Tied	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (613) Indianapolis, IN
January 13, 2022 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Green Bay	L 54–69	1–13 (0–5)	18 – Maxwell	9 – Seay	5 – DePersia	Kress Events Center (1,342) Green Bay, WI
January 15, 2022 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Milwaukee	L 54–89	1–14 (0–6)	9 – Tied	6 – McClure	3 – Tied	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2,091) Milwaukee, WI
January 18, 2022* 7:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 19 Ohio State	L 37–83	1–15	12 – LaStrap	6 – DePersia	2 – Tied	Value City Arena (10,666) Columbus, OH
January 20, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Wright State	L 45–73	1–16 (0–7)	10 – LaStrap	5 – Maxwell	2 – Tied	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (692) Indianapolis, IN
January 22, 2022 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Kentucky	L 41–60	1–17 (0–8)	11 – LaStrap	6 – DePersia	5 – DePersia	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (795) Indianapolis, IN
January 24, 2022 7:00 pm		Brescia	Canceled					IUPUI Gymnasium  Indianapolis, IN
January 27, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Oakland	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues at IUPUI					Athletics Center O'rena  Auburn Hills, MI
January 29, 2022 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Detroit Mercy	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues at IUPUI					Calihan Hall  Detroit, MI
January 31, 2022 12:00 pm, ESPN+		East–West	W 75–59	2–17	19 – LaStrap	14 – McClure	5 – DePersia	IUPUI Gymnasium (163) Indianapolis, IN
February 3, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Youngstown State	L 55–61	2–18 (0–9)	22 – Maxwell	10 – McClure	4 – LaStrap	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (420) Indianapolis, IN
February 5, 2022 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Robert Morris	L 55–61	2–19 (0–10)	16 – Maxwell	12 – Isitua	6 – DePersia	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (582) Indianapolis, IN
February 10, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Purdue Fort Wayne	L 57–72	2–20 (0–11)	19 – Maxwell	6 – Isitua	6 – LaStrap	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (1,188) Fort Wayne, IN
February 12, 2022 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cleveland State	L 45–83	2–21 (0–12)	17 – Maxwell	11 – Maxwell	3 – DePersia	Wolstein Center (4,002) Cleveland, OH
February 14, 2022 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at UIC	L 54–57	2–22 (0–13)	14 – Maxwell	10 – Isitua	4 – DePersia	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,242) Chicago, IL
February 17, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Robert Morris	W 66–56	3–22 (1–13)	18 – Maxwell	7 – Isitua	5 – LaStrap	UPMC Events Center (1,154) Moon, PA
February 19, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Youngstown State	L 61–74	3–23 (1–14)	14 – Tied	7 – Isitua	5 – LaStrap	Beeghly Center (2,110) Youngstown, OH
February 24, 2022 8:00 pm, ESPN+		Milwaukee	L 54–66	3–24 (1–15)	14 – Maxwell	10 – Isitua	5 – DePersia	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (603) Indianapolis, IN
February 26, 2022 4:45 pm, ESPN+		Green Bay	L 41–67	3–25 (1–16)	12 – McClure	12 – McClure	5 – DePersia	IUPUI Gymnasium (982) Indianapolis, IN
Horizon League tournament
March 1, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(12)	at (5) Oakland First round	L 58–69	3–26	15 – Maxwell	14 – Isitua	9 – DePersia	Athletics Center O'rena (1,728) Rochester, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Source^[2]

References

1. "CRENSHAW NAMED TENTH HEAD COACH IN IUPUI MEN'S BASKETBALL HISTORY". IUPUI Athletics. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
2. "2021-2022 Men's Basketball Schedule". IUPUI Athletics. Retrieved November 17, 2021.