McCorkle Leads IPFW to Comeback Win

Saturday, December 10

Omaha, Neb.

8:00 p.m.

Purdue Fort Wayne

5-3 (1-1Summit)

Nebraska Omaha

4-7

OT 1

IPFW

Nebraska Omaha

12/10/2011 7:39:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

OMAHA, Neb. - The IPFW Mastodons erased a 15-point second half deficit to force overtime and held on in the extra stanza for an 83-80 victory over the Nebraska Omaha Mavericks at the Sapp Fieldhouse.

Trey McCorkle scored a game-high 25 points while Jonny Marlin had his first career double-double with 13 points and career-high 10 assists, while Joe Edwards added a career-high 10 points in the win. McCorkle and Edwards each pulled down seven rebounds, as the Mastodons out-rebounded the Mavericks 52-to-47 in the win.

Marlin's 10 assists game against no turnovers, while Jason Smeathers and McCorkle each had three assists apiece. McCorkle led IPFW with two blocks, as Isaiah McCray picked up a pair of steals.

IPFW led early, sporting a three-point advantage at 14-11 after a Mario Hines lay-in; however, the host Mavericks scored eight straight points to take a 19-14 lead they would not give up until late in regulation.

The UNO lead grew to as many as seven in the first half, before the 'Dons cut into the gap, closing to within four at the break at 32-28.

After a three-pointer by Mike Kibiloski cut the deficit to four with 15:21 to play in the game, the hosts, behind a season-high crowd of 1,822, ran off a 13-2 run to push the lead to its high-water mark at 55-40 with 11:54 to play in the game.

The Mastodons chipped away at the deficit, using a 7-0 run capped by a John Peckinpaugh three-point basket, and a 6-0 run to climb to within four after a Hines lay-up.

IPFW took its first lead since the first half on a McCorkle lay-up with 2:22 to play before UNO's Mitch Albers converted an old-fashioned three-point play to give the hosts a one-point advantage. A good free throw by Frank Gaines, who was held to a season-low seven points knotted the game at 68, as the Mastodons' last-second heave at the buzzer was awry, sending the game into an extra period.

In the five-minute extra session, the Mavericks scored first, and led by two at 72-70 before the 'Dons went on a 9-2 run to lead by five at 79-74, and would not trail again, as the 'Dons held on for the 83-80 victory.

IPFW made 30-of-76 (39.5 percent), and 11-of-27 from long range, while UNO converted on 31-of-73 shots from the field and 10-of-31 from three-point range.

Alex Welhouse scored 24 points and pulled down eight rebounds, while Caleb Steffensmeier dished out 11 assists.

The Mastodons look to keep its three-game win streak alive when the squad takes to the court on Tuesday, December 13 when the team hosts the Big Green of Dartmouth at the Memorial Coliseum in a 7 p.m. tip.

~Dons~