Thursday, January 19
Tulsa, Okla.
8:05 p.m.
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Oral Roberts
Photo by: Lucas Carter
'Dons Travel to Face Oral Roberts on Thursday
1/18/2012 9:14:00 PM | Men's Basketball
PRE-GAME NOTES
TULSA, Okla. - IPFW closes out its first half of the Summit League season on Thursday night, as the Mastodons (9-8, 3-5 Summit League) travel to face off against conference leader Oral Roberts on Thursday evening at the Mabee Center.
Opponent: Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (16-4, 3-5 Summit league)
When: Thursday, January 19, 2012 | 8:05 p.m. EST
Where: Tulsa, Okla. | Mabee Center (10,575)
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM (Mike Maahs, play-by-play)
Live Stats: ORU Live Stats
Streaming Video: Oral Roberts Elive (subscription required)
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES
Oral Roberts comes into the game with a perfect 8-0 record in Summit League play, as each of the teams are at the halfway point of the League season.
In the Golden Eagles' last game, an 81-71 win in Indianapolis against IUPUI, Warren Niles scored 23 points while Michael Craion and Damen Bell-Holter each had 18 points. Craion pulled down 10 rebounds for a double-double, with Bell-Holter and Roderick Pearson each dishing out four assists.
For the year, ORU has four players averaging double-figure points led by Dominique Morrison's 19.8 point per game average. Niles (11.8), Craion (11.4), and Steven Roundtree (10.7) all average over ten points per game, as Bell-Holter and Pearson are just off of the pace averaging 8.5 and 7.3 points per game, each.
Craion leads the team by pulling down 6.6 rebounds per game, with the Golden Eagles out-rebounding its opponents 32.5-to-28.5 for the year. Niles has a team-high 50 assists, while Craion has 16 blocked shots and 32 steals.
SERIES vs. ORAL ROBERTS
IPFW and Oral Roberts have met nine times previously on the basketball court, with Oral Roberts holding a 6-3 advantage in the all-time series. IPFW has won the most recent two meetings, and three of the last five, as the Golden Eagles opened the series by winning the first four meetings, including a game in March, 2008 in the second round of the Summit League Tournament. Below are the all-time game-by-game meetings of the two squads.
HIGH SCORER
According to the latest NCAA Statistical rankings (1/15/12), IPFW junior Frank Gaines currently ranks 10th in the country in points per game, averaging 20.4 per contest. He has reached the 20-point plateau in 11 of the team's 17 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-20.
LAST TIME OUT
In a game featuring two of the top 11 scorers in NCAA Division I, the teams combined for 182 points, including 20 off the bench from Mario Hines in an Oakland 96-86 victory over the IPFW Mastodons on Saturday evening.
Coming into the game, Oakland's Reggie Hamilton was third in Division I in scoring average, while IPFW's Frank Gaines was 11th. Hamilton ended with a game-high 30 points, while Gaines had 19.
Hines led five IPFW players in double-figures in the scoring column, making 8-of-9 shots from the field and 4-of-7 charity stripe attempts. Antwaun Boyd scored a career-high 15 points, while Justin Jordan added a dozen, and Michael Kibiloski 11. Three of the Mastodons' double-figure scorers came off the bench, as the IPFW reserves out-scored their Oakland counterparts 49-to-37 in the game.
Hines and Isaiah McCray pulled down five rebounds to lead the team, with IPFW out-rebounding Oakland 34-to-28, while Jordan led the team with four assists.
QUICK HITTERS
• Frank Gaines currently sits third in the Summit League and 10th in NCAA Division I in scoring, averaging 20.4 points per game.
• IPFW head coach Tony Jasick is 9-8 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 16 games.
• Trey McCorkle's field goal percentage of .588 puts him 23rd in the country.
• IPFW has an RPI of 249 in the latest RPI rankings Oral Roberts ranks 47th.
• IPFW Is 6-5 all-time on January 14,
• Oral Roberts holds a one-game lead in the Summit League standings, with IPFW sitting a game out of fourth place.
• Over the course of the 17-game season, IPFW has led for nearly six hours of game-play time (5 hours, 57 minutes, 24 seconds), while trailing for just over five hours (5:02:39).
• IPFW has won the last two meetings between the two teams, and have won three of the last five meetings
~ Feel the Rumble ~
TULSA, Okla. - IPFW closes out its first half of the Summit League season on Thursday night, as the Mastodons (9-8, 3-5 Summit League) travel to face off against conference leader Oral Roberts on Thursday evening at the Mabee Center.
Opponent: Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (16-4, 3-5 Summit league)
When: Thursday, January 19, 2012 | 8:05 p.m. EST
Where: Tulsa, Okla. | Mabee Center (10,575)
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM (Mike Maahs, play-by-play)
Live Stats: ORU Live Stats
Streaming Video: Oral Roberts Elive (subscription required)
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES
Oral Roberts comes into the game with a perfect 8-0 record in Summit League play, as each of the teams are at the halfway point of the League season.
In the Golden Eagles' last game, an 81-71 win in Indianapolis against IUPUI, Warren Niles scored 23 points while Michael Craion and Damen Bell-Holter each had 18 points. Craion pulled down 10 rebounds for a double-double, with Bell-Holter and Roderick Pearson each dishing out four assists.
For the year, ORU has four players averaging double-figure points led by Dominique Morrison's 19.8 point per game average. Niles (11.8), Craion (11.4), and Steven Roundtree (10.7) all average over ten points per game, as Bell-Holter and Pearson are just off of the pace averaging 8.5 and 7.3 points per game, each.
Craion leads the team by pulling down 6.6 rebounds per game, with the Golden Eagles out-rebounding its opponents 32.5-to-28.5 for the year. Niles has a team-high 50 assists, while Craion has 16 blocked shots and 32 steals.
SERIES vs. ORAL ROBERTS
IPFW and Oral Roberts have met nine times previously on the basketball court, with Oral Roberts holding a 6-3 advantage in the all-time series. IPFW has won the most recent two meetings, and three of the last five, as the Golden Eagles opened the series by winning the first four meetings, including a game in March, 2008 in the second round of the Summit League Tournament. Below are the all-time game-by-game meetings of the two squads.
HIGH SCORER
According to the latest NCAA Statistical rankings (1/15/12), IPFW junior Frank Gaines currently ranks 10th in the country in points per game, averaging 20.4 per contest. He has reached the 20-point plateau in 11 of the team's 17 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-20.
LAST TIME OUT
In a game featuring two of the top 11 scorers in NCAA Division I, the teams combined for 182 points, including 20 off the bench from Mario Hines in an Oakland 96-86 victory over the IPFW Mastodons on Saturday evening.
Coming into the game, Oakland's Reggie Hamilton was third in Division I in scoring average, while IPFW's Frank Gaines was 11th. Hamilton ended with a game-high 30 points, while Gaines had 19.
Hines led five IPFW players in double-figures in the scoring column, making 8-of-9 shots from the field and 4-of-7 charity stripe attempts. Antwaun Boyd scored a career-high 15 points, while Justin Jordan added a dozen, and Michael Kibiloski 11. Three of the Mastodons' double-figure scorers came off the bench, as the IPFW reserves out-scored their Oakland counterparts 49-to-37 in the game.
Hines and Isaiah McCray pulled down five rebounds to lead the team, with IPFW out-rebounding Oakland 34-to-28, while Jordan led the team with four assists.
QUICK HITTERS
• Frank Gaines currently sits third in the Summit League and 10th in NCAA Division I in scoring, averaging 20.4 points per game.
• IPFW head coach Tony Jasick is 9-8 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 16 games.
• Trey McCorkle's field goal percentage of .588 puts him 23rd in the country.
• IPFW has an RPI of 249 in the latest RPI rankings Oral Roberts ranks 47th.
• IPFW Is 6-5 all-time on January 14,
• Oral Roberts holds a one-game lead in the Summit League standings, with IPFW sitting a game out of fourth place.
• Over the course of the 17-game season, IPFW has led for nearly six hours of game-play time (5 hours, 57 minutes, 24 seconds), while trailing for just over five hours (5:02:39).
• IPFW has won the last two meetings between the two teams, and have won three of the last five meetings
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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