Mastodons Set for Homecoming Battle with Big Green

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IPFW Mastodons will look to snap out of its two-game losing skid on Saturday evening, when the squad hosts the Dartmouth Big Green in a 7 p.m. tip-off at the Memorial Coliseum.

Opponent: Dartmouth Big Green (3-2)
When: Saturday, December 7 | 7 p.m.
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Memorial Coliseum (5,200)
Radio: WKJG 1380 AM The Fan | Kent Hormann, play-by-play; Brett Rump, analyst
Live Stats: IPFW Sidearm Live Stats
Live Video: IPFW All-Access

SCOUTING THE BIG GREEN

Dartmouth comes into the game in the middle of a three-game midwestern road swing, having faced off against Northern Illinois on Thursday, and to face Illinois on December 10.

In their last game, a 64-57 loss at Northern Illinois, Gabas Maldunas scored a game-high 18 points, as the Big Green overcame a 13-point second half deficit to take a lead with just under eight minutes to play, before falling to a 6-0 game-ending run from the Huskies. Alex Mitola scored 13 points, while John Golden scored a dozen. Muldunas pulled down eight rebounds, while four players - Golden, Maldunas, Mitola, and Malik Gill each dished out two assists.

On the season, the Big Green put four players into a double-figure scoring average, led by Mitola's 13.0 per game, while Maldunas averages 11.4, Golden, 11.0, and Connor Boehm 10.8. Tyler Melville is just off of the double-figure pace at 8.8 points per game. Maldunas pulls down an average of 10.4 rebounds per contest, as the Big Green out-rebound their opponents by an average of 8.8 rebounds per game.

Mitola and Maldunas lead the team with 14 and 12 assists, each, Maldunas leads the team with four blocked shots, while Kevin Crescenzi and Gill each lead the team with six steals.

BALANCING ACT

This season, IPFW has employed a balanced offensive attack that has seen six different players lead the team in scoring at least once in the team's eight games, with seven players scoring at least 19 points in a game this year, with five of those reaching the 20-point plateau.

IPFW VS. THE IVY LEAGUE

IPFW is 2-0 all-time against Dartmouth, with both of the wins coming in the last two seasons. That pair of games are the only meetings between IPFW and the current members of the Ivy League.

QUICK HITTERS

• IPFW has had eight players score in double figures in at least one game this season for IPFW, while seven of the team's 10 games have had a different leading scorer.

• IPFW is receiving votes in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 Poll, and sits 45th overall with nine points. It is the first time since during the 2010-11 season that the team was receiving votes in the poll

• This season IPFW has trailed for just one hour, one minute and 17 seconds of game-play time, while leading for five hours, 11 minutes and 35 seconds.

• This is the third meeting between the teams, with IPFW sweeping the previous two meetings.

• Dartmouth is the only team in the Ivy League that IPFW has faced.

• Under head coach Tony Jasick, the Mastodons are 26-10 when leading at halftime, and 20-18 when scoring first.

• IPFW's 106 points against Purdue Calumet are the first time since January 11 (SIU Edwardsville / 107 points) that the team has reached the 100-point plateau.

• The Mastodons have seven players who have scored at least 19 points in a game this year

• IPFW is 8-3 all-time on December 7

• Before the game, IPFW inducted four former student-athletes into the Athleics Hall of Fame - Ricky De La Torre (men's soccer), Ryan Keena (baseball), Andi Reichhart Adams (women's volleyball), and Leah Sheets Swing (women's basketball)

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