Saturday, February 18
Richmond, KY
7:00 p.m.
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Eastern Kentucky
Photo by: Lucas Carter
Men's Basketball Participates in Sears BracketBuster on Saturday
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PREGAME NOTES
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - For the first time in program history, the IPFW Mastodons will take part in the Sears BracketBusters, a series of contests featuring mid-major programs from across the country. The 'Dons will take on the Eastern Kentucky Colonels in their first foray into the special event, with game time set for 7 p.m. in Richmond, Ky.
Opponent: Eastern Kentucky Colonels (14-14, 6-8 Ohio Valley Conference)
When: Saturday, February 18, 2012 | 7:00 p.m.
Where: Richmond, Ky. | McBrayer Arena (6,500)
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM (Mike Maahs, play-by-play)
Live Stats: Eastern Kentucky Sidearm Live Stats
Streaming Video: OVCSports.tv
SCOUTING THE COLONELS
Eastern Kentucky comes into Saturday's game with an even 14-14 record, and in a true test of having an even record, the Colonels have scored 1,836 points this season, while giving up the same number.
In the team's last game, a 74-67 loss at Tennessee Tech, Jaron Jones scored a game-high 21 points, as Mike DiNunno
scored 17 and Joshua Jones 11. DiNunno dished out four assists, as Joshua Jones pulled down a team-high six rebounds.
Jaron Jones leads the team by averaging 16.3 points per game, with DiNunno pouring in 10.1 points and Joshua Jones
9.9. D'Mitri Riggs and Eric Stutz are nearing the double-figure mark at 8.1 and 7.9 points per game, each.
Stutz pulls down a team-high 4.8 rebounds per game for the Colonels, who get out-rebounded by an average of 4.1
rebounds per game. DiNunno has a team-leading 80 assists and 42 steals, while Stutz has 13 blocked shots.
SERIES vs. EASTERN KENTUCKY
This is just the second all-time meeting between between IPFW and Eastern Kentucky. The teams first met on January 15, 2002, IPFW's first season as a NCAA Division I member, and EKU toppled the Mastodons 100-96 in overtime. A year later the Mastodons returned the favor in Fort Wayne with a 79-76 IPFW victory.
LAST TIME OUT
Frank Gaines scored a game-high 28 points, but it was not enough as the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles clinched the Summit League regular season title in a 75-71 Golden Eagle victory on Senior Day at the Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday.
Gaines made 10-of-15 shots from the field, and 5-of-7 from long range, while also pulling down a game-high eight
rebounds, and dishing out a team-best three assists. Trey McCorkle also reached double-digits in the scoring column with 12 points, while Jonny Marlin and Mario Hines each added eight points off of the bench.
The Mastodons came out of the gate quickly, using three baskets from McCorkle, and one each from John Peckinpaugh, Gaines to jump ahead to a quick 10-2 lead five minutes into the game.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - For the first time in program history, the IPFW Mastodons will take part in the Sears BracketBusters, a series of contests featuring mid-major programs from across the country. The 'Dons will take on the Eastern Kentucky Colonels in their first foray into the special event, with game time set for 7 p.m. in Richmond, Ky.
Opponent: Eastern Kentucky Colonels (14-14, 6-8 Ohio Valley Conference)
When: Saturday, February 18, 2012 | 7:00 p.m.
Where: Richmond, Ky. | McBrayer Arena (6,500)
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM (Mike Maahs, play-by-play)
Live Stats: Eastern Kentucky Sidearm Live Stats
Streaming Video: OVCSports.tv
SCOUTING THE COLONELS
Eastern Kentucky comes into Saturday's game with an even 14-14 record, and in a true test of having an even record, the Colonels have scored 1,836 points this season, while giving up the same number.
In the team's last game, a 74-67 loss at Tennessee Tech, Jaron Jones scored a game-high 21 points, as Mike DiNunno
scored 17 and Joshua Jones 11. DiNunno dished out four assists, as Joshua Jones pulled down a team-high six rebounds.
Jaron Jones leads the team by averaging 16.3 points per game, with DiNunno pouring in 10.1 points and Joshua Jones
9.9. D'Mitri Riggs and Eric Stutz are nearing the double-figure mark at 8.1 and 7.9 points per game, each.
Stutz pulls down a team-high 4.8 rebounds per game for the Colonels, who get out-rebounded by an average of 4.1
rebounds per game. DiNunno has a team-leading 80 assists and 42 steals, while Stutz has 13 blocked shots.
SERIES vs. EASTERN KENTUCKY
This is just the second all-time meeting between between IPFW and Eastern Kentucky. The teams first met on January 15, 2002, IPFW's first season as a NCAA Division I member, and EKU toppled the Mastodons 100-96 in overtime. A year later the Mastodons returned the favor in Fort Wayne with a 79-76 IPFW victory.
LAST TIME OUT
Frank Gaines scored a game-high 28 points, but it was not enough as the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles clinched the Summit League regular season title in a 75-71 Golden Eagle victory on Senior Day at the Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday.
Gaines made 10-of-15 shots from the field, and 5-of-7 from long range, while also pulling down a game-high eight
rebounds, and dishing out a team-best three assists. Trey McCorkle also reached double-digits in the scoring column with 12 points, while Jonny Marlin and Mario Hines each added eight points off of the bench.
The Mastodons came out of the gate quickly, using three baskets from McCorkle, and one each from John Peckinpaugh, Gaines to jump ahead to a quick 10-2 lead five minutes into the game.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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