'Dons go Cold Late Against 'Roos

Saturday, January 19

Fort Wayne, Ind.

7 p.m.

Purdue Fort Wayne

9-12, 2-5Summit

Kansas City

6-14, 3-5Summit

Kansas City

IPFW

Photo by: Lucas Carter

1/19/2013 7:56:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IPFW Mastodons held Kansas City to just seven points over the final five minutes of the game; however, the IPFW offense was equally as cold, scoring just one point over the final 5:15 of the contest, giving the Mastodons their first home loss of the season by a 63-59.

Frank Gaines led IPFW with 17 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the field, while Mario Hines scored 13 and Joe reed 10. Pierre Bland and Michael Kibiloski each pulled down four rebounds for IPFW, while Isaiah McCray gave out a game-high three assists.

The Mastodons (9-12, 2-5 Summit League) jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the game, and pushed the lead to 18-9 with just under eight minutes to play in the opening stanza. The Kangaroos chipped away at the lead, using an 8-0 run to cut the gap to one, and took their first lead of the half on a Thomas Staton jumper with 48 seconds in the period.

IPFW took a one-point, 25-24 lead with 31 seconds left on a Hines three-point play, but a Estan Tyler jumper at the buzzer sent the visitors into the locker room with a 26-25 lead after the first 20 minutes of play.

The late first half momentum carried over for Kansas City (6-14, 3-5 Summit) into the second half, as the visitors scored the first five points of the period to take a six-point, 31-25 lead.

The lead remained at six with 18:28 to play before the 'Dons rattled off 10 of the next 13 points to lead by one at 37-36. the lead changed hands five times in a two minute span, before UMKC pushed ahead by three at 44-41.

IPFW took a two-point lead on back-to-back three-point plays by Reed, and led by three after a three-pointer by Kibiloski with 6:01 left on the clock. A Gaines lay-in with 5:16 to play provided the last basket for the Mastodons, as the Kangaroos ended the game on a 7-1 run to claim the four-point win.

Estan Tyler scored a game-high 19 points for Kansas City, while Staton scored 14, and Trinity Hall and Kirk Korver each added 11.

The Mastodons return to action on Thursday, January 24 when the squad hosts Western Illinois in a 7 p.m. tip-off at the Gates Sports Center on the IPFW campus.

~ Feel the Rumble ~