‘Dons look to Keep Road Winning Streak Alive at Evansville

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The IPFW women's basketball team, coming off their biggest win in programs history after knocking of nationally ranked Michigan State, will look to win their third straight road game as they take on Evansville on December 4 at 11:00 a.m.

Gameday information

When: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 | 11:00 a.m.
Where: Evansville, Ind. | Ford Center (10,000)
Audio: IPFW Internet Radio; Mike Maahs play-by-play
Live Stats: Edwardsville Stat Broadcast
Live Video: Edwardsville Sidearm Showcase
Series History: First meeting

IPFW Mastodons (4-4)
Last Game: Won 81-76 at Michigan State on December 1
Coach: Chris Paul | 8th Full Season
Scoring Leader: Amanda Hyde | 21.4 ppg
Rebounding Leader: Stefanie Mauk | 5.0 rpg
Assist Leader: Amanda Hyde | 3.6 apg

Evansville Purple Aces (3-4)
Last Game: Lost 93-77 at UT Martin on November 25
Coach: Oties Epps | 3rd Season
Scoring Leader: Sara Dickey | 18.3 ppg
Rebounding Leader: Mallory Ladd | 10.6 rpg
Assist Leader: Kat Taylor | 4.3 apg

Scouting the Purple Aces

Evansville hasn't played a game since November 25 when they fell to Tennessee Martin 93-77 on the road. The Purple Aces are 2-1 on the year at home, defeating Eastern Illinois and Ball State, the latter of whom the 'Dons will face on December 29. Earlier in the season, Evansville fell to Missouri out of the SEC 78-43, but have scored 80 points three times already this year. They have out-scored their opponents 251-to-242 in the second half but are currently being out-scored in the first half 246-to-229.

They are led by freshman guard Sara Dickey who enters the game averaging 18.3 points. She had scored in double figures in all seven games, and scored 20-plus points three times. On the boards, junior Mallory Ladd averages 10.6 rebounds a game and 13.1 points. Ladd grabbed 19 rebounds against Murray State and has reached double-digits rebounds in four games while scoring in double figures six times. Kat Taylor is the third player who averages double figures for the Purple Aces at 10.9 points. She also leads their team in assists with 30 on the season and is shooting 84.8 percent from the free throw line.

All-Time Series

This will be the first meeting between IPFW and Evansville in program history.

Player of the Week Trifecta

Amanda Hyde took home three Player of the Week honors as College Sports Madness named her the Madness Mid-Major Women's Basketball Player of the Week and the Madness Summit League Women's Basketball Player of the Week while she shared the Summit League Player of the Week honors with Ashley Luke from Western Illinois. Hyde, a Findlay, Ohio native, becomes the first IPFW women's basketball player to ever earn the Madness Mid-Major National Player of the Week honor and earns her second career Madness Summit League Player of the Week.

David KO's goliath

When the Mastodons took down No. 21/18 Michigan State 81-76, on December 1, it was not only the program's first victory over a Big Ten team, but it was also the program's first victory over a nationally ranked team since moving to Division I.

The win also marked the first time a current Summit League member has defeated the Spartans and it was MSU's first non-conference loss at home since falling to then ranked No. 24 Texas on December 10, 2011.

She also starred in...

ESPN-W featured Amanda Hyde in their weekend wrap up article on December 2, in their "She Also Starred" column, written by Graham Hays. Here are the contents of that feature:

Amanda Hyde, IPFW: The reigning Summit League player of the year wasn't perfect last week, but it's hard to imagine how any player in the country was better.

In Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne's final game before Thanksgiving, Hyde scored 41 points in a win at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, hitting 10-of-12 shots from the field and 18-of-21 shots from the free throw line. And lest anyone think she was looking solely for her own shot, she had six assists. But doing even that in an acronym fight like IPFW-SIUE is one thing. Coming up big on the road against a ranked team is quite another. Hyde wrapped up the week by scoring 23 points and adding seven assists in an 81-76 victory against No. 21 Michigan State in East Lansing on Sunday. The victory was the first for the Mastodons (yes, the Mastodons) over a ranked team.

Not bad for a math major with a 4.0 GPA who, in addition to her playing honors a season ago, was also named the Summit League's Scholar Athlete of the Year across all women's sports. Who said "Nerd City" was only a Stanford point of pride?

~ Feel the Rumble ~

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