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Purdue Fort Wayne
Centenary
Mixon's Career-High 20 leads IPFW past Centenary
1/10/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 10, 2009
Shreveport, LA - Jeremy Mixon scored a career-high 20 points and IPFW held back a frenzied Centenary College comeback in stopping the Gents, 68-64 on Saturday afternoon at the Gold Dome in Shreveport, Louisiana.
After holding a slim, 29-28 lead at the half, IPFW began to open things up in the second half.
Junior forward Deilvez Yearby got it started with a one-handed slam off of an assist from starting point guard Zach Plackemeier.
Following a 3-pointer by junior guard Nick Daniels, Mixon slashed to the hoop for back-to-back layups to give the Mastodons a 40-32 lead.
Daniels and Mixon combined for most of IPFW's scoring in a 24-10 run to open the half and give the 'Dons their biggest lead of the contest at 55-38 with just 5:04 left.
Sensing they had nothing left to lose, Centenary began to sell out on the defensive end. The Gents went full court pressure for the remained of the game and climbed back into it as guards Nick Stallings and Gary Redus II began to heat up.
Redus hit a short jumper to draw the Gents to within 12 at 63-51.
After a Stallings jumper and a three-point play by Redus, the IPFW lead was cut to six at 64-58 with 1:43 remaining.
Stallings then slashed to the basket. His layup was good and he was fouled in the act. Fortunately for the 'Dons, Stallings missed the bonus.
A Redus layup with :22 left cut the Mastodon lead to 64-62, but that is as close as Centenary would get.
Mixon, Yearby, and senior forward David Carson hit foul shots in the final 20-seconds to lift IPFW to their second conference win of the year.
Along with Mixon, IPFW got double-digit scoring games from Carson (15), Yearby (13), and Daniels (11).
IPFW was led in rebounding by sophomore guard Ben Botts who hauled down a career-high 10 rebounds.
Centenary (3-14, 1-4) was led by Stallings with 18. Redus finished with 17 and guard Adam Chase had 15.
The Mastodons shot 51.2% from the field while Centenary managed to sink 43.6% of their shots.
The 'Dons won the battle of the boards, 33-27.
With the win, IPFW improves to 7-10 and 2-4 in The Summit League. The Mastodons will play their next three conference games at home. The 'Dons kick of the homestand next Saturday vs. Oakland at 7pm.
On Thursday (1/22) IPFW hosts Western Illinois and on Saturday (1/24) IUPUI comes to Fort Wayne. The Western Illinois and IUPUI games will be held at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center.
~Dons~
