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Indiana Up Next for IPFW Women's Basketball
11/26/2012 9:58:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The IPFW women's basketball team will play the Indiana Hoosiers tonight at 7 p.m. IPFW enters the contest with an overall record of 2-2.
ABOUT THE MASTODONS
IPFW is led by junior Amanda Hyde who leads the team with a scoring average of 15.8 points per game. Hyde scored a career-high 22 points her last time out guiding the Mastodons to a 51-46 win over Coastal Carolina. She also contributes by grabbing five rebounds per game while averaging just under three assists per contest.
Point guard Haley Seibert has started the year strong for IPFW as she leads the team in assists with an average of 3.3 per game. Seibert also looks to score as her average of 11 points per game is the second highest total on the team. The Mastodons also have a spark off the bench as Erin Murphy changes the pace of the game with her 9.0 points per game average.
Stefanie Mauk is currently leading the team in rebounds with an average of 7.8 per game. Mauk has grabbed a team-high 11 offensive rebounds to go with 20 on the defensive end. She also leads the team in steals with eight.
SCOUTING INDIANA
Indiana is currently on a four-game winning streak as they enter Monday with a 4-1 overall record. The Hoosiers dropped the season-opener 64-52 at Valparaiso, but they responded to win their next four with road wins at Murray State and A&M Corpus Christi and home wins over Indiana State and IUPUI.
Aulani Sinclair is off to a great start to the 2012-13 season for Indiana as she leads the team with an average of 20.2 points per game. Jasmine McGhee also contributes to Indiana's offensive attack as she averages 10.0 ppg.
Indiana is shooting 38 percent from the field (108-279) and 34 percent from distance (24-69). The team rebounds the ball very well averaging 38 boards per game and they also get after their opponents defensively with 23 team blocks and 34 steals.
LAST TIME OUT
Junior Amanda Hyde scored a career-high 22 points on Saturday afternoon as the IPFW women's basketball team moved to .500 (2-2 overall) with a 51-46 win over Coastal Carolina.
Hyde was the player of the game for IPFW as she scored her 22 points on 8-of-18 shooting from the floor. She knocked down one 3-point field goal and was also 5-for-6 from the charity stripe. Hyde provided IPFW with more than just scoring as she also grabbed six rebounds and dished out two assists in 38 minutes of action.
Stefanie Mauk was also a key contributor to the win over Coastal Carolina as she led the team with eight rebounds and four steals. Three of Mauk's team-high eight rebounds came on the offensive end. Joining S. Mauk with three offensive rebounds was sophomore Hillary Moore. Moore added three on the defensive end to total a season-high six boards on Saturday.
Point guard Haley Seibert didn't make a field goal against Coastal Carolina, but she did hit all six of her free throw attempts to score six points against the Chanticleers. She added four rebounds and three assists in 37 minutes of action. Seibert's most impressive stat on Saturday was that she only recorded one turnover against the defensive pressure of Coastal Carolina.
Coastal Carolina (4-2) had two players in double figure scoring as AJ Jordan ended the day with 12 points on 6-of-12 shooting and Shatia Cole added 10. IPFW held Coastal Carolina to just 46 points after the Chanticleers scored 79 points in each of their last two games. The Mastodons were focused on the defensive end of the court as they held Coastal Carolina to just 34 percent shooting from the floor.
3-POINT STREAK
The IPFW Mastodons have made a 3-point field goal in 409 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 552 consecutive games. Sam Houston State and Connecticut rank ahead of IPFW with 503 and 478 respectively.
ALL-TIME SERIES
IPFW has only faced Indiana one time in program history and the Mastodons almost recorded an upset, taking a 68-69 loss during the 2006-07 season. The game was played in Fort Wayne on Dec. 10.
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 matched her career-high with nine boards on the road at Ball State. Mauk most recently grabbed three offensive rebounds and six defensive against Coastal Carolina improving her average to 7.8 boards per game.
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 reached double figure scoring in all four 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 scored 15 points against the Ball State Cardinals and most recently set a new career-high with 22 points against Coastal Carolina on 8-of-18 shooting.
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.
