Saturday, January 14
Memorial Coliseum
7:00 p.m.
Purdue Fort Wayne
vs
Oakland
Photo by: Lucas Carter
Mastodons Close Homestand Saturday Against Grizzlies
1/13/2012 12:33:00 PM | Men's Basketball
PRE-GAME NOTES
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - IPFW closes its season-long four-game homestand on Saturday, when the Mastodons (9-7, 3-4 Summit League) host the Oakland Grizzlies in a 7 p.m. tip-off at the Memorial Coliseum.
Opponent: Oakland Golden Grizzlies (9-10, 3-4 Summit league)
When: Saturday, January 14, 2012 | 7:00 p.m.
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Memorial Coliseum (5,800)
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM (Kent Hormann, play-by-play; Jeff Parrish, analyst)
Live Stats: IPFW Sidearm Live Stats
Streaming Video: Mastodon All-Access
SCOUTING THE GRIZZLIES
The Golden Grizzlies come into Saturday's game after snapping its six-game losing skid with a 93-81 win against IUPUI on Saturday, January 7.
In that game, Reggie Hamilton scored a game-high 31 points, while Corey Petros added 20 off of the bench for the Grizzlies. Drew Valentine scored nine points while grabbing eight rebounds, with Ryan Bass dishing out a game-high-tying five assists.
For the year the team is led by Summit League leading scorer Reggie Hamilton, who currently sits third in NCAA in points per game averaging 23.2 points per game, including a 41-point outburst at Valparaiso on December 17.
Four others, Travis Bader (13.2), Valentine (12.1), Laval Lucas-Perry (10.7), and Petros (10.0) average in double-figure scoring for the season. Petros pulls down a team-best 8.3 rebounds per game, as Hamilton has dished out 82 assists and picked up 48 steals, each team-bests, and the steals marking the high-water mark in the Summit league.
SERIES vs. OAKLAND
IPFW and Oakland have met 17 times previously on the basketball court, with Oakland holding a strong 14-3 advantage in the all-time series. The Grizzlies have won the last eight meetings between the two teams, with the most recent Mastodon win coming on February 16, 2008, as IPFW completed the series sweep over the Grizzlies in the Mastodons' first season in the Summit League.
HIGH SCORER
According to the latest NCAA Statistical rankings (1/8/12), IPFW junior Frank Gaines currently ranks 11th in the country in points per game, averaging 20.5 per contest. He has reached the 20-point plateau in 11 of the team's 16 games this season, including scoring a career-high 30 points against Western Illinois on January 7. In all, the Summit League has five scorers inside of the top-19 overall, with Oakland's Reggie Hamilton leading the league and is third in the country. Below is the list of the top 11, along with the Summit League members inside of the top-25.
LAST TIME OUT
Frank Gaines scored a career-high 30 points, including making 4-of-7 shots from long range, but his big night was overshadowed by a Western Illinois squad that made 9-of-12 three-point shots, before fending off the Mastodons late, in a 75-65 Leatherneck win on Saturday afternoon.
Gaines earned his 30 points on 10-of-17 shooting from the field, his four three-point baskets, and 6-of-8 from the charity stripe. Mario Hines scored nine, while Jonny Marlin and Jason Smeathers each scored seven.
Justin Jordan dished out four assists, while Gaines grabbed a team-best six rebounds, as the Leathernecks out-rebounded the 'Dons 29-to-27.
QUICK HITTERS
• Frank Gaines currently sits third in the Summit League and 11th in NCAA Division I in scoring, averaging 20.5 points per game.
• IPFW head coach Tony Jasick is 9-7 in his first season as head coach of the Mastodons
• Gaines saw his 19-game double-figure scoring streak snapped at Nebraska Omaha on December 11, being held to seven points. He has scored 20 or more in 11 of his last 15 games.
• Trey McCorkle's field goal percentage of .600 puts him 15th in the country.
• IPFW has an RPI of 231 in the latest RPI rankings Oakland ranks 134th.
• IPFW Is 4-3 all-time on January 14,
• Frank Gaines averaged 22 points per game against Oakland last season, and over 10 points in four career games against the Golden Grizzlies.
• The winner of today's game will go a half-game up on the other in the Summit League standings.
• Over the course of the 16-game season, IPFW has led for nearly six hours of game-play time (5 hours, 53 minutes, 42 seconds), while trailing for less than four and a half hours (4:28:28).
• Oakland has won the last eight meetings between the two teams
~ Feel the Rumble ~
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - IPFW closes its season-long four-game homestand on Saturday, when the Mastodons (9-7, 3-4 Summit League) host the Oakland Grizzlies in a 7 p.m. tip-off at the Memorial Coliseum.
Opponent: Oakland Golden Grizzlies (9-10, 3-4 Summit league)
When: Saturday, January 14, 2012 | 7:00 p.m.
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Memorial Coliseum (5,800)
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM (Kent Hormann, play-by-play; Jeff Parrish, analyst)
Live Stats: IPFW Sidearm Live Stats
Streaming Video: Mastodon All-Access
SCOUTING THE GRIZZLIES
The Golden Grizzlies come into Saturday's game after snapping its six-game losing skid with a 93-81 win against IUPUI on Saturday, January 7.
In that game, Reggie Hamilton scored a game-high 31 points, while Corey Petros added 20 off of the bench for the Grizzlies. Drew Valentine scored nine points while grabbing eight rebounds, with Ryan Bass dishing out a game-high-tying five assists.
For the year the team is led by Summit League leading scorer Reggie Hamilton, who currently sits third in NCAA in points per game averaging 23.2 points per game, including a 41-point outburst at Valparaiso on December 17.
Four others, Travis Bader (13.2), Valentine (12.1), Laval Lucas-Perry (10.7), and Petros (10.0) average in double-figure scoring for the season. Petros pulls down a team-best 8.3 rebounds per game, as Hamilton has dished out 82 assists and picked up 48 steals, each team-bests, and the steals marking the high-water mark in the Summit league.
SERIES vs. OAKLAND
IPFW and Oakland have met 17 times previously on the basketball court, with Oakland holding a strong 14-3 advantage in the all-time series. The Grizzlies have won the last eight meetings between the two teams, with the most recent Mastodon win coming on February 16, 2008, as IPFW completed the series sweep over the Grizzlies in the Mastodons' first season in the Summit League.
HIGH SCORER
According to the latest NCAA Statistical rankings (1/8/12), IPFW junior Frank Gaines currently ranks 11th in the country in points per game, averaging 20.5 per contest. He has reached the 20-point plateau in 11 of the team's 16 games this season, including scoring a career-high 30 points against Western Illinois on January 7. In all, the Summit League has five scorers inside of the top-19 overall, with Oakland's Reggie Hamilton leading the league and is third in the country. Below is the list of the top 11, along with the Summit League members inside of the top-25.
LAST TIME OUT
Frank Gaines scored a career-high 30 points, including making 4-of-7 shots from long range, but his big night was overshadowed by a Western Illinois squad that made 9-of-12 three-point shots, before fending off the Mastodons late, in a 75-65 Leatherneck win on Saturday afternoon.
Gaines earned his 30 points on 10-of-17 shooting from the field, his four three-point baskets, and 6-of-8 from the charity stripe. Mario Hines scored nine, while Jonny Marlin and Jason Smeathers each scored seven.
Justin Jordan dished out four assists, while Gaines grabbed a team-best six rebounds, as the Leathernecks out-rebounded the 'Dons 29-to-27.
QUICK HITTERS
• Frank Gaines currently sits third in the Summit League and 11th in NCAA Division I in scoring, averaging 20.5 points per game.
• IPFW head coach Tony Jasick is 9-7 in his first season as head coach of the Mastodons
• Gaines saw his 19-game double-figure scoring streak snapped at Nebraska Omaha on December 11, being held to seven points. He has scored 20 or more in 11 of his last 15 games.
• Trey McCorkle's field goal percentage of .600 puts him 15th in the country.
• IPFW has an RPI of 231 in the latest RPI rankings Oakland ranks 134th.
• IPFW Is 4-3 all-time on January 14,
• Frank Gaines averaged 22 points per game against Oakland last season, and over 10 points in four career games against the Golden Grizzlies.
• The winner of today's game will go a half-game up on the other in the Summit League standings.
• Over the course of the 16-game season, IPFW has led for nearly six hours of game-play time (5 hours, 53 minutes, 42 seconds), while trailing for less than four and a half hours (4:28:28).
• Oakland has won the last eight meetings between the two teams
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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