Mastodons Travel North to Face Spartans

PREGAME NOTES

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IPFW Mastodons travel north to East Lansing, Mich., to face off against the Spartans of Michigan State University in a 7 p.m. tip-off tonight.

Opponent: Michigan State (1-1)
When: Tuesday, November 15, 7 p.m.
Where: East Lansing, Mich.; Breslin Center (14,797)
Radio: IPFW Internet Radio (Mike Maahs, play-by-play)
Live Stats: Michigan State GameTracker Stats

Streaming Video: Big Ten Online

SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
Michigan State comes into the game with an even 1-1 record, and have four players averaging double-figure points.

Leading MSU in scoring is Porsche Poole who puts up 15.0 points per game for the balanced offensive attack, while Jasmin Hines, Becca Mills, and Lykendra Johnson average 13.0, 12.0, and 11.0 points per game, respectively.

Mills pulls down 9.0 rebounds per game to lead the team, as Kelsey Smith averages 8.0. Poole and Jasmine Thomas have nine and eight assists apiece, as Poole leads the team with six steals.

LAST TIME OUT
A career-high 21 points from sophomore Erin Murphy was overshadowed by a strong Youngstown State offensive showing, as the Penguins came out firing in the first half and never looked back, outlasting IPFW 91-81 at the Gates Center in Fort Wayne, Ind. on Sunday.

Murphy's 21 points led the Mastodons, while Amanda Hyde finished with 15 and Anne Boese recorded 12. IPFW went 26-62 from the field (41%), while Youngstown State shot an impressive 51% from the floor (29-56), going 12-20 in the second half alone.

QUICK HITTERS
•   Last season IPFW played in its first post-season basketball tournament as part of NCAA Division I when they competed in the Women's Basketball Invitational, falling to Cleveland State
•   IPFW head coach Chris Paul is the winningest coach in program history at 72-100
•   The Mastodons have made a three-point basket in 378 consecutive games, the sixth longest active streak in the NCAA
•   IPFW senior Stephanie Rosado was named to the Summit League Preseason First Team
•   IPFW's 20 wins last season set a program Division I record, and was the first time since 1995-96 that the 'Dons have reached 20 wins in a season
•   Last season's second seed in the conference tournament was the highest since joining the Summit League
•   Senior Anne Boese currently ranks eighth in Summit League history with 228 career three-point baskets made, and trails the all-time conference leader (Brenna Doty of Buffalo) by 34.

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