Saturday, November 26
Iowa City, Iowa
1:00 p.m.
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Iowa
Photo by: Lucas Carter
Men's Basketball Travels to Iowa City for Saturday Meeting
11/25/2011 9:24:00 AM | Men's Basketball
PREGAME NOTES
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IPFW Mastodons travel to Iowa City, Iowa, to face off against the Iowa Hawkeyes in the team's second road contest of the 2011-12 season.
Opponent: Iowa Hawkeyes (2-3)
When: Saturday, November 26, 1 p.m. EST
Where: Iowa City, Iowa; Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM (Mike Maahs play-by-play)
Live Stats: Iowa University GameTracker
Streaming Video: Big Ten Network Online
SCOUTING THE HAWKEYES
Iowa comes into Saturday's game on a two-game losing skid, falling to Creighton and Campbell in its last two
contests.
Matt Gatens leads the team by scoring 15.8 points per game, as Eric May puts in 11.2 points per contest.
Melsahn Basabe (8.2), Josh Oglesby (8.0), Aaron White (7.8), and Zach McCabe (7.8) each average over seven
and a half points per game, giving the Hawkeyes a deep and balanced offensive attack.
White pulls down a team-best 5.0 rebounds per game, as the Hawkeyes out-rebound its opponents 37.6-
to-35.0 rebounds per contest.
Bryce Cartwright has dished out a team-best 22 assists, as Iowa has five players with at least 10 assists
this year. Gatens leads the team with nine steals, as McCabe has seven with three players (May, Besabe, and
Devon Archie) each blocking a team-high two shots.
LAST TIME OUT
Behind a 17-point, 10-rebound double-double from Trey McCorkle and a 16-point performance from Mario
Hines off the bench, the IPFW Mastodons scored 50 total points in the paint en route to a 26-point, 85-59
victory over the Judson Eagles on Monday evening at the Memorial Coliseum.
McCorkle's double-double was his second of the season, while Hines' point total is a new IPFW career-high.
Frank Gaines added 16 points and a team-best three blocked shots, while Jason Smeathers chipped in 10, as
all 11 players that saw action in the game reached the scoring column.
Jonny Marlin dished out a game-high four assists, as seven players had at least two assists in the lopsided
win. Joe Edwards picked up four steals for IPFW, who had 11 total steals in the contest.
IPFW made 45.8 percent (33-of-72) of its shots from the field, but converted on just 2-of-18 from long
range (11.1 percent) and 17-of-30 (56.7 percent) from the charity stripe, while out-rebounding the Eagles
49-33.
QUICK HITTERS
• Tony Jasick is coaching in his third game since taking the helm of the program on April 20.
• Frank Gaines was named the College Sports Madness.com Summit League Player of the Week on Novmeber 14 behind 29 points and nine rebounds
• IPFW junior guard Frank Gaines has been named to the Summit League Preseason First Team.
• IPFW and Iowa have not faced on the basketball court; however, the Mastodons are 0-17 all-time against teams from the Big Ten Conference
• Frank Gaines currently leads the Summit League in scoring, averaging 23.3 points per game
• Trey McCorkle has picked up two double-double's in the first two games of the season with 19 points and 11 rebounds against Nebraska Omaha, and 17 points and 10 rebounds against Judson
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