Men's Basketball Closes Weekend against Kangaroos

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IPFW Mastodons will look to carry the momentum gained from Thursday night's thrilling win over the South Dakota Coyotes into Saturday evening, where the 'Dons play host to the Kansas City Kangaroos.

Opponent: Kansas City Kangaroos
When: Saturday, January 19, 2013 | 7 p.m.
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (5,200)
Radio: WKJG ESPN Radio 1380 AM | Kent Hormann, play-by-play; Jeff Parrish, analyst
Live Stats: IPFW Live Stats
Streaming Video: IPFW All-Access

ABOUT IPFW

IPFW makes its way to the Memorial Coliseum looking to win its second straight game, and eighth in a row at home.

In the team's last game, a 62-60 win over the South Dakota Coyotes, Frank Gaines led three players in double-figure scoring with 14 points - all in the second half, while Luis Jacobo scored 13 and Joe Edwards 12. Mario Hines pulled down six rebounds, with Michael Kibiloski grabbing five.

For the year the team is led by Gaines who averages 18.5 per contest, third-best in the Summit League, with Jacobo also averaging in double-figures at 11.1 points per game. Four others - Hines, Kibiloski, Edwards, and Isaiah McCray - average between 8.5 and 5.4 points per game, each.

IPFW, which out-rebounds its opponents by four rebounds per game, is led by Hines who pulls down 5.9, with Gaines second on the squad at 4.3 boards per contest. Hines has a team-best 24 blocked shots, while McCray has 32 steals.

ABOUT KANSAS CITY

Kansas City comes into the weekend finale having lost 10 of their last 11 games, with the lone win coming on January 12 at South Dakota.

In the team's last game, an 81-68 loss at Oakland, Estan Tyler scored 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field, and 4-of-7 from long range, while Nelson Kirksey added 10 points. Fred Chatmon scored seven while pulling down six rebounds, as the
Kangaroos were out-rebounded 31-to-22 in the contest.

Tyler leads the team with a scoring average of 11.4 points per game, with Thomas Staton second on the team at 11.1. Chatmon leads the team with a 7.2 rebound per game average, pacing the team that gets out-rebounded by an average of 1.7 rebounds per contest. Tyler also leads the team with a 3.4 assist-per-game average, with Chatmon leading the team in blocked shots - 25 - and Staton leading in steals with 17.

ALL-TIME SERIES

The IPFW Mastodons hold a narrow 6-5 lead in the all-time series with the Kansas City Kangaroos. In each of the first eight meetings, the home team proved victorious; however, the last three meetings have turned the tables, with the road team going undefeated, including a 76-73 IPFW win a season ago in Kansas City that propelled the squad into the Summit League Tournament.

QUICK HITTERS

• IPFW is 7-0 at home this season

• IPFW senior Frank Gaines currently has 1,561 career points, second most in a career in IPFW history, and needs 205 more to move into the career lead, passing Sean Gibson (1989-93) who has 1,765 over his career.

• Gaines is also nine points away from climbing into the top-30 all-time in Summit League history in scoring.

• As of the latest NCAA Rankings (January 13), IPFW ranks 70th in steals per game (8.3), and 78th in rebounding margin

(+4.4), while Frank Gaines ranks 33rd in scoring (18.8 points per game)

• Frank Gaines has reached double-figure scoring 72 times in his career and 33 20-point games, but saw his 27-game double-figure streak snapped against Miami (Ohio). His previous time being held to single digits was December 20,

2011 against Purdue.

• Against Judson, IPFW set single-game school records for fewest points allowed (22), and largest margin of victory (70 points)

• Earlier this year in a triple-overtime win over Texas-Pan America, IPFW set single-game school records with 57 free throw attempts, while the team's 63 rebounds are the second-most in school history.

• IPFW is 6-6 all-time on January 19

• Nine of ten IPFW players who have seen action this season have started at least one game

• IPFW is 6-1 this season when leading at halftime, and are 15-5 under Jasick when leading after the first 20 minutes.

• Tony Jasick is the 13th youngest head coach in NCAA Division I

• Six different players have led the team in scoring this season (including ties), led by Gaines, who has led the team nine times

• Gaines also stands second in career school history in free throws made and attempted, fourth in rebounding, 7th in blocked shots and 8th in steals

• The Mastodons have out-rebounded 12-of-20 teams this season, and are 6-6 when out-rebounding their opponents

~ Feel the Rumble ~

Purdue University Fort Wayne Athletics

Men's Basketball Closes Weekend against Kangaroos

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