Purdue Fort Wayne
Coastal Carolina
Women's Hoops to Host Coastal Carolina on Saturday
11/21/2012 1:02:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The IPFW women's basketball team will face Coastal Carolina on Saturday, Nov. 24. The contest will tip-off at 2 p.m. in the Gates Sports Center.
ABOUT IPFW
IPFW enters the weekend with an overall record of 1-2. They were defeated by SIU Edwardsville in the season opener, but bounced back to record a victory over Grace at the Memorial Coliseum. The Mastodons most recently fell on the road at Ball State by the final score of 53-46.
Amanda Hyde leads IPFW in scoring with an average of 13.7 per contest. Hyde is shooting 46 percent (20-for-43) from the floor and is the only player to reach double figure scoring in each game this season. The Mastodons also lean on point guard Haley Seibert and sixth man Erin Murphy to score at a high level. Seibert is second on the team averaging 12.7 points per game and Murphy is close behind at 10.3.
Junior Stefanie Mauk has been very active on the offensive glass, giving IPFW many second chance scoring opportunities. Mauk has eight offensive boards and 15 on the defensive side which leads the team in each category. She is currently fourth in the Summit League with a rebounding average of 7.7 per game.
SCOUTING THE CHANTICLEERS
The Chanticleers are on a four-game winning streak after defeating Southern Virginia on Tuesday by the final score of 79-46. The only loss on the Coastal Carolina schedule came against The College of Charleston in the season opener. The Chanticleers were held to just 38 points in a 38-56 loss, but the team has responded by scoring 79 points in each of their last two contests.
Coastal Carolina has three student-athletes with a double figure scoring average. AJ Jordan leads the team at 13 points per game. She is a versitle athlete that that also averages six rebounds and five assists per contest. Shatia Cole and Angelica Henry also impact the Chanticleers offense as Cole averages 12.6 points per game and Henry comes off the bench to provide a spark averaging 11.8.
LAST TIME OUT
The IPFW women's basketball team erased an 11 point second half deficit and trimmed the Ball State lead to one at 42-41, but the Cardinals were able to hold off the IPFW comeback winning by the final score of 53-46.
IPFW faced Ball State for just the fourth time in program history on Monday night. The Mastodons got off to a sluggish start in their first road game of the year as they trailed 6-0 just two minutes into the game. Rebecca Bruner scored the first two points of the game for IPFW and Haley Seibert hit a 3-point field goal early, but IPFW was forced to play from behind as they trailed 26-19 at the half.
The Mastodons made halftime adjustments and came out firing in the second half after just shooting 29 percent from the floor in the first. IPFW was able to cut the Ball State lead to four with nearly 14 minutes remaining, but the Cardinals expanded the lead back to 10 with 9:26 to play.
Rachel Mauk made a layup off an assist from Seibert and Stefanie Mauk followed up with a 3-point field goal that made the score 42-37. IPFW got within one point at 42-41 after a fast break score from Amanda Hyde, but the Mastodons couldn't stop Nathalie Fontaine down the stretch as they fall to 1-2 on the year.
Fontaine scored 15 points for the Cardinals on 6-of-13 shooting. She scored 11 straight points for the Cardinals from the 10 minute mark in the second half to the three minute mark. Shelbie Justice iced the game for Ball State by hitting three free throws during the final second of the game.
Amanda Hyde was the leading scorer for IPFW on Monday night. She finished the game with 15 points and five rebounds. The only other Mastodon to reach double figure scoring was Erin Murphy who lit up Ball State with 14 points off the bench. Rebecca Bruner, Stefanie Mauk, and Seibert all finished the game with five points.
THREE-POINT STREAK
The IPFW Mastodons have made a 3-point field goal in 408 straight contests, a stretch that ranks as the fourth longest active streak in NCAA Division I. Iowa State's streak is at the top of the list by making a 3-point field goal in 550 consecutive games. Sam Houston State and Connecticut rank ahead of IPFW with 502 and 475 respectively.
ALL-TIME SERIES
IPFW defeated Coastal Carolina 60-49 during the 2006-07 season to open up a 1-0 lead in the all-time series. The game between the Mastodons and Chanticleers was played on a neutral court in Muncie, Ind. The 'Dons faced Ball State the following night.
CRASH THE BOARDS
Junior Stephanie Mauk grabbed a career-high nine rebounds against SIU Edwardsville in the season opener and has now led the team in rebounds in each game this season. She hauled down five rebounds in a win over Grace and most recently matched her career-high with nine boards on the road at Ball State.
BACK HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA
The Mastodons will play 13 of their first 17 games of the season in the state of Indiana. Aside from home games, the Mastodons will travel to Indiana on Nov. 26 and they already faced in-state rival Ball State on Nov. 19 for their first road contest of the year. IPFW will face Valparaiso on Dec. 4 and host Purdue on Dec. 6. Additionally, four of the first five Summit League games of the season will also be played at the Gates Sports Center.
HYDE WITH A HOT HAND
Amanda Hyde has reach double figure scoring in all three games this season. She dropped 14 points in the season opener against SIU Edwardsville and followed that performance with 13 points at home against Grace. Hyde most recently scored a season-high 15 points against the Ball State Cardinals.
THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL
The college basketball world's best kept secret the past few seasons, The Summit League has been flying "under the radar" when it comes to achievements that place it firmly among the most-discussed "Mid-Major" conferences. The Summit League is a national pace-setter for improved performance over the past three seasons. Of the 31 Division I conferences from 2010-12, The Summit League boasts the nation's largest ranking improvement in D-I RPI (+11) and the fourth-highest in winning percentage (+6).
In addition, The Summit League ranked seventh in total tournament attendance following of the 2012 basketball championship. The league was only behind the "power six" conferences and also ranked sixth in average tournament attendance, ahead of the Pac-12.
Those staggering numbers illustrate the recent rise of The Summit League, which finished the 2011-12 campaign seventh in average tournament attendance, 19th in RPI, 21st in average attendance and 23rd winning percentage. Since 2009-10, The Summit League is the lone conference to improve its RPI by at least four spots in consecutive seasons.
