Saturday, December 6
Fort Wayne, Ind.
7 p.m.
Purdue Fort Wayne
vs
Miami (Ohio)
Men's Basketball Returns Home Against RedHawks
12/5/2014 10:53:00 PM | Men's Basketball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IPFW Mastodons return to Fort Wayne on Saturday, December 6 after spending two games outside of Fort Wayne, and five games away from the Gates Sports Center when the squad faces off against Miami in the RedHawk's first true road game of the 2014-15 season.
When: Saturday, December 6, 2014 | 7 p.m. ET
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Gates Sports Center
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM | Brett Rump, play-by-play; Art Saltsberg, analyst
Video: Mastodon All-Access
Live Stats: IPFW Sidearm Live Stats
SCOUTING THE MASTODONS
IPFW faces off against Miami on Saturday evening after splitting its last four games of the season with wins over Jacksonville and Stetson and losses to Georgia Tech and Dartmouth.
In the most recent game, an 87-76 win over Stetson, the Mastodons put four players in double figures, including two - Steve Forbes and Mo Evans - with 20 or more. Forbes put together a 22-point, 10-rebound double-double, while Evans scored 20, hitting 6-of-10 from long range. Joe Reed and Michael Calder each added 10 points, while Max Landis (9) and Isaiah McCray (8) each finished a basket shy of double figures.
This season the Mastodons have put four players in double-figure scoring average, led by the 15.0 points per game of Forbes. McCray stands second on the team with 12.3 points per game while leading the team with 46 rebounds despite his 6-0 size. Evans (12.2) and Joe Edwards (11.3) also average in double-figures, with Joe Reed (8.4) on the cusp of the double-figure plateau.
Evans leads the team with 25 assists through six games, as the team has 96 assists on 154 baskets during the year, while also out-rebound its opponents by 1.7 rebounds per game.
SCOUTING THE REDHAWKS
Miami comes into the Saturday evening meeting looking to snap out of its current four-game losing skid, with the most recent loss coming on Wednesday evening at home by a 66-62 score against the Dayton Flyers.
In the loss to the Flyers, Willie Moore scored a team-high 14 points off of the bench for the RedHawks while Eric Washington scored 12 with eight assists and Chris Bryant added 10. Dayton led by 16 halfway through the second half before Miami chipped away at the deficit, using a 15-4 run to close to within as few as five, and closed within a possession late, but could not overcome the early deficit in the four-point loss.
The squad has used a balanced effort in the team's seven games, with six different players leading the team in scoring. Will Sullivan leads the team by averaging 10.7 points per game with Eric Washington close behind at 10.3. Two others, Geovonie McKnight and Chris Bryant average nine and seven points per game, respectively.
Eric Washington dishes out 5.7 assists per game, second-most in the MAC, while his 1.7 steals per game rank fifth in the league. Bryant pulls down 4.4 rebounds per game for the RedHakws, who get out-rebounded by an average of 2.4 rebounds per game for the season.
LAST TIME AGAINST MIAMI
The last meeting between the two teams started well for the Mastodons; however, it was Miami that out-lasted IPFW in the seven point RedHawk win.
IPFW jumped out quickly, leading by 16 points at 52-36 at halftime behind the strength of 12-of-17 shooting from long range in the first 20 minutes of action.
Miami answered back in the second half, taking its first lead of the game with 3:55 to play in the game, and used a 9-0 run over the final 1:21 to claim the seven point victory.
Will Sullivan scored 23 points for Miami, hitting 4-of-5 from long range and 8-of-9 from the field, while Geovonie McKnight added 13.
IPFW put five in double-figure scoring led by Michael Kibiloski's 17 points. Mo Evans scored 16, Steve Forbes added 14 points with a game-high seven rebounds, and Joe Edwards and Joe Reed each added 10 points in the loss.
BORN TO RUN
IPFW has had runs of at least 10-0 in five of the team's six games this season, and has seven total double-digit runs, including a 15-0 run in the win at Stetson. The team's longest run came against Manchester in the opener (19-0), while the team also had an 18-0 run in the loss at Dartmouth.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
When: Saturday, December 6, 2014 | 7 p.m. ET
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Gates Sports Center
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM | Brett Rump, play-by-play; Art Saltsberg, analyst
Video: Mastodon All-Access
Live Stats: IPFW Sidearm Live Stats
SCOUTING THE MASTODONS
IPFW faces off against Miami on Saturday evening after splitting its last four games of the season with wins over Jacksonville and Stetson and losses to Georgia Tech and Dartmouth.
In the most recent game, an 87-76 win over Stetson, the Mastodons put four players in double figures, including two - Steve Forbes and Mo Evans - with 20 or more. Forbes put together a 22-point, 10-rebound double-double, while Evans scored 20, hitting 6-of-10 from long range. Joe Reed and Michael Calder each added 10 points, while Max Landis (9) and Isaiah McCray (8) each finished a basket shy of double figures.
This season the Mastodons have put four players in double-figure scoring average, led by the 15.0 points per game of Forbes. McCray stands second on the team with 12.3 points per game while leading the team with 46 rebounds despite his 6-0 size. Evans (12.2) and Joe Edwards (11.3) also average in double-figures, with Joe Reed (8.4) on the cusp of the double-figure plateau.
Evans leads the team with 25 assists through six games, as the team has 96 assists on 154 baskets during the year, while also out-rebound its opponents by 1.7 rebounds per game.
SCOUTING THE REDHAWKS
Miami comes into the Saturday evening meeting looking to snap out of its current four-game losing skid, with the most recent loss coming on Wednesday evening at home by a 66-62 score against the Dayton Flyers.
In the loss to the Flyers, Willie Moore scored a team-high 14 points off of the bench for the RedHawks while Eric Washington scored 12 with eight assists and Chris Bryant added 10. Dayton led by 16 halfway through the second half before Miami chipped away at the deficit, using a 15-4 run to close to within as few as five, and closed within a possession late, but could not overcome the early deficit in the four-point loss.
The squad has used a balanced effort in the team's seven games, with six different players leading the team in scoring. Will Sullivan leads the team by averaging 10.7 points per game with Eric Washington close behind at 10.3. Two others, Geovonie McKnight and Chris Bryant average nine and seven points per game, respectively.
Eric Washington dishes out 5.7 assists per game, second-most in the MAC, while his 1.7 steals per game rank fifth in the league. Bryant pulls down 4.4 rebounds per game for the RedHakws, who get out-rebounded by an average of 2.4 rebounds per game for the season.
LAST TIME AGAINST MIAMI
The last meeting between the two teams started well for the Mastodons; however, it was Miami that out-lasted IPFW in the seven point RedHawk win.
IPFW jumped out quickly, leading by 16 points at 52-36 at halftime behind the strength of 12-of-17 shooting from long range in the first 20 minutes of action.
Miami answered back in the second half, taking its first lead of the game with 3:55 to play in the game, and used a 9-0 run over the final 1:21 to claim the seven point victory.
Will Sullivan scored 23 points for Miami, hitting 4-of-5 from long range and 8-of-9 from the field, while Geovonie McKnight added 13.
IPFW put five in double-figure scoring led by Michael Kibiloski's 17 points. Mo Evans scored 16, Steve Forbes added 14 points with a game-high seven rebounds, and Joe Edwards and Joe Reed each added 10 points in the loss.
BORN TO RUN
IPFW has had runs of at least 10-0 in five of the team's six games this season, and has seven total double-digit runs, including a 15-0 run in the win at Stetson. The team's longest run came against Manchester in the opener (19-0), while the team also had an 18-0 run in the loss at Dartmouth.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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