Monday, November 17
Edwardsville, Ill.
8 p.m.
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
SIUE
Mastodons Look for Second Straight Win to Open Season
11/16/2014 7:25:00 PM | Men's Basketball
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - The IPFW men's basketball team will look to improve to 2-0 for the first time since 1999 on Monday evening when the squad faces off against the SIUE Cougars in the squads' first road game of the 2014-15 season.
When: Monday, November 17, 2014 | 8 p.m. ET
Where: Edwardsville, Ill. | Vadalabene Center (4,000)
Radio: ESPN Radio 1380 AM | Brett Rump, play-by-play
Live Video: OVC All-Access
Live Stats: SIUE Presto Live Stats
SCOUTING THE MASTODONS
IPFW comes into the game following a 74-50 victory over the Manchester Spartans, in which Mo Evans scored a game-high 15 points while dishing out eight assists.
The Mastodons used a 19-0 first-half run in which the hosts held the Spartans scoreless for over six minutes, and cruised to the lopsided win.
Joe Edwards added 13 points while Steve Forbes chipped in a dozen. Isaiah McCray narrowly missed a double-double with eight points and nine rebounds, as the Mastodons out-rebounded the Cougars 35-to-26.
SCOUTING THE COUGARS
SIUE comes into the second game of the season after routing Harris-Stowe by a 104-56 score, including out-scoring the opponent 54-23 in the second half.
Four players reached double-figure scoring for SIUE, led by a near-triple-double effort from Donivine Stewart with 20 points, 10 assists, and eight rebounds. Kris Davis and Michael Messer each scored 17, while Maurice Wiltz poured in 10.
SIUE out-rebounded Harris-Stowe 54-to-40, as all 11 players who saw action in the game pulled down at least two rebounds. The Cougars shot 48.6 percent (36-of-74) from the field, and 12-of-26 (46.2%) from long range.
LAST TIME VS. SIUE
The IPFW men's basketball squad scored 56 second-half points, running away with a 95-75 win over the SIU Edwardsville Cougars on Saturday evening in the Gates Sports Center.
Luis Jacobo scored a game-high 20 points for IPFW (9-4), as Pierre Bland picked up his first double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds from his guard position. Isaiah McCray and Michael Kibiloski each scored 11, while Steve Forbes chipped in 10 in the balanced IPFW effort. Three others - Joe Reed (8), Joe Edwards (7), and Mo Evans (7) were also within striking distance of double-figures in the win.
Bland pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds, as the Mastodons out-rebounded the Cougars 37-to-24, as IPFW picked up nine offensive boards. Evans dished out a career-high-tying four assists, while Bland led the squad with three steals.
The Mastodon offense struggled out of the gate in the game, as the team scored just six points in the first five minutes of action, as the team found itself trailing by as many as four in the first half, and wouldn't take its first lead until the game was seven and a half minutes old.
Trailing by one at 18-17, IPFW ran off seven straight points on lay-ins by Forbes and Bland, a jumper by Evans, and a free throw from Forbes, as the 'Dons pushed ahead to a six-point lead, and never trailed again in the game.
SIUE fought back, closing the gap to two at 29-27, but an 10-2 IPFW run pushed the hosts ahead by double digits, sending the Mastodons into the locker room with a 39-31 advantage.
A 15-6 run to start the second half put IPFW ahead by 17 just over three minutes into the second half, and the margin never reached single digits the rest of the way.
A Forbes dunk halfway through the second half put IPFW ahead by 20, and the lead reached its high water mark at 86-63 after a McCray made three-point basket, as head coach Tony Jasick emptied his bench over the final minute and a half, as the team cruised to the 20-point win.
Maurice Wiltz and Keton Jackson each scored 14 for the Cougars, who put four players in double-figures in the game.
IPFW shot 57.4% from the field in the game (31-of-54), while making 12-of-25 (48%) from long range, and 21-of-31 (67.7%) from the charity stripe. SIUE went 27-of-61 (44.3%) from the field, 9-of-23 (39.1%) from beyond the arc, and 12-of-14 (85.7%) from the free throw line.
QUICK HITTERS
• IPFW was picked to finish first in the Summit League in the preseason poll of the league's head coaches, SIDs, and select media members.
• IPFW's 25 wins last season was the first time since 1992-93 that a team has won at least 20 games, and stands as the most wins in program history
• IPFW's 25-11 record last year was the most wins and highest win percentage of any NCAA Division I team in the state.
• IPFW returns five players who have started at least 10 games in their careers at IPFW, and another - Max Landis - who started parts of two seasons at Gardner-Webb.
• The Mastodons will play in 10 games that will be nationally and regionally televised, highlighted by the December 8 game at Purdue. Among that group are four others that are televised on ESPN3, and five on Fort Wayne's PBS39 station.
• IPFW Is looking for its first 2-0 start since the 1999 season
• IPFW holds a 10-8 lead in the all-time series with SIUE, and have won eight of the last nine meetings
• The Mastodons used a 19-0 run in the first half of its season-opener against Manchester to pull away for a 74-50 victory at the Gates Sports Center
• The two teams met last season in Fort Wayne for a 95-75 IPFW win, in the first of three games against teams from the OVC (the game was followed by games against Eastern Illinois and Eastern Kentucky).
• The Mastodons next take to the road for a game in Atlanta against the ACC's Georgia Tech.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
When: Monday, November 17, 2014 | 8 p.m. ET
Where: Edwardsville, Ill. | Vadalabene Center (4,000)
Radio: ESPN Radio 1380 AM | Brett Rump, play-by-play
Live Video: OVC All-Access
Live Stats: SIUE Presto Live Stats
SCOUTING THE MASTODONS
IPFW comes into the game following a 74-50 victory over the Manchester Spartans, in which Mo Evans scored a game-high 15 points while dishing out eight assists.
The Mastodons used a 19-0 first-half run in which the hosts held the Spartans scoreless for over six minutes, and cruised to the lopsided win.
Joe Edwards added 13 points while Steve Forbes chipped in a dozen. Isaiah McCray narrowly missed a double-double with eight points and nine rebounds, as the Mastodons out-rebounded the Cougars 35-to-26.
SCOUTING THE COUGARS
SIUE comes into the second game of the season after routing Harris-Stowe by a 104-56 score, including out-scoring the opponent 54-23 in the second half.
Four players reached double-figure scoring for SIUE, led by a near-triple-double effort from Donivine Stewart with 20 points, 10 assists, and eight rebounds. Kris Davis and Michael Messer each scored 17, while Maurice Wiltz poured in 10.
SIUE out-rebounded Harris-Stowe 54-to-40, as all 11 players who saw action in the game pulled down at least two rebounds. The Cougars shot 48.6 percent (36-of-74) from the field, and 12-of-26 (46.2%) from long range.
LAST TIME VS. SIUE
The IPFW men's basketball squad scored 56 second-half points, running away with a 95-75 win over the SIU Edwardsville Cougars on Saturday evening in the Gates Sports Center.
Luis Jacobo scored a game-high 20 points for IPFW (9-4), as Pierre Bland picked up his first double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds from his guard position. Isaiah McCray and Michael Kibiloski each scored 11, while Steve Forbes chipped in 10 in the balanced IPFW effort. Three others - Joe Reed (8), Joe Edwards (7), and Mo Evans (7) were also within striking distance of double-figures in the win.
Bland pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds, as the Mastodons out-rebounded the Cougars 37-to-24, as IPFW picked up nine offensive boards. Evans dished out a career-high-tying four assists, while Bland led the squad with three steals.
The Mastodon offense struggled out of the gate in the game, as the team scored just six points in the first five minutes of action, as the team found itself trailing by as many as four in the first half, and wouldn't take its first lead until the game was seven and a half minutes old.
Trailing by one at 18-17, IPFW ran off seven straight points on lay-ins by Forbes and Bland, a jumper by Evans, and a free throw from Forbes, as the 'Dons pushed ahead to a six-point lead, and never trailed again in the game.
SIUE fought back, closing the gap to two at 29-27, but an 10-2 IPFW run pushed the hosts ahead by double digits, sending the Mastodons into the locker room with a 39-31 advantage.
A 15-6 run to start the second half put IPFW ahead by 17 just over three minutes into the second half, and the margin never reached single digits the rest of the way.
A Forbes dunk halfway through the second half put IPFW ahead by 20, and the lead reached its high water mark at 86-63 after a McCray made three-point basket, as head coach Tony Jasick emptied his bench over the final minute and a half, as the team cruised to the 20-point win.
Maurice Wiltz and Keton Jackson each scored 14 for the Cougars, who put four players in double-figures in the game.
IPFW shot 57.4% from the field in the game (31-of-54), while making 12-of-25 (48%) from long range, and 21-of-31 (67.7%) from the charity stripe. SIUE went 27-of-61 (44.3%) from the field, 9-of-23 (39.1%) from beyond the arc, and 12-of-14 (85.7%) from the free throw line.
QUICK HITTERS
• IPFW was picked to finish first in the Summit League in the preseason poll of the league's head coaches, SIDs, and select media members.
• IPFW's 25 wins last season was the first time since 1992-93 that a team has won at least 20 games, and stands as the most wins in program history
• IPFW's 25-11 record last year was the most wins and highest win percentage of any NCAA Division I team in the state.
• IPFW returns five players who have started at least 10 games in their careers at IPFW, and another - Max Landis - who started parts of two seasons at Gardner-Webb.
• The Mastodons will play in 10 games that will be nationally and regionally televised, highlighted by the December 8 game at Purdue. Among that group are four others that are televised on ESPN3, and five on Fort Wayne's PBS39 station.
• IPFW Is looking for its first 2-0 start since the 1999 season
• IPFW holds a 10-8 lead in the all-time series with SIUE, and have won eight of the last nine meetings
• The Mastodons used a 19-0 run in the first half of its season-opener against Manchester to pull away for a 74-50 victory at the Gates Sports Center
• The two teams met last season in Fort Wayne for a 95-75 IPFW win, in the first of three games against teams from the OVC (the game was followed by games against Eastern Illinois and Eastern Kentucky).
• The Mastodons next take to the road for a game in Atlanta against the ACC's Georgia Tech.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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