IPFW Looks to Rebound in Brookings

BROOKINGS, S.D. - The IPFW Mastodons will look to rebound from back-to-back narrow losses on Wednesday evening when the squad travels to Brookings, South Dakota, to take on the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State University.

GAMEDAY INFORMATION
DATE: Wednesday, January 21 | 8 p.m. ET
LOCATION: Brookings, S.D. | Frost Arena
AUDIO: ESPN Radio 1380 AM | Dallas Cole, play-by-play
VIDEO: ESPN3
SERIES HISTORY: South Dakota State leads 12-10
LAST MEETING: IPFW 64, South Dakota State 60 | March 10, 2014 | Sioux Falls, S.D.

QUICK HITTERS
•   Against Oral Roberts, Steve Forbes picked up his fifth double-double of the season, the most in a season since Deilvez Yearby had nine in 2009-10.
•   IPFW has put together runs of 10-0 or better in half of its 18 games this season, with the team totaling 14 different 10-0 or better runs total on the year.
•   IPFW held Denver to just 10 rebounds in the team's victory on Thursday evening, the fourth fewest in NCAA Division I since 1996-97, and the lowest in program history.
•   IPFW's Isaiah McCray has the 19th best scoring average among schools' fifth scorers.
•   Forbes currently ranks 23rd in the country in career field goal percentage among active players.
•   Isaiah McCray ranks 233rd in the country in blocked shots, despite being just 6-0 tall. He is one of five guards ranked in the top 250 in the NCAA rankings.
•   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.
•   These teams met up in the Summit League Tournament semifinal last season, an IPFW win that advanced the team to the championship game.

SCOUTING THE JACKRABBITS
South Dakota State has been a streaky team throughout the season, opening the year with back-to-back losses, before answering with back-to-back wins. After a solitary loss to Florida Gulf Coast, the Jackrabbits picked up seven consecutive wins. Four straight wins followed, which was answered by the teams' current four-game win streak.
   The teams' last game, a 71-57 win over in-state rival South Dakota was a microcosm of the season, as the Coyotes opened the game by scoring 20 straight points to open the game, only to see the Jackrabbits answer with 18 straight of their own. Reed Tellinhulsen and Deondre Parks each scored 15 points in the win, while George Marshall chipped in a dozen. Tellinhuisen pulled down a team-best eight rebounds, with Jake Bittle handing out four assists.
   Parks paces the team on the season by averaging 13.8 points per game, with Marshall adding 13.7 and Cody Larson 13.3. Tellinhuisen is just off of the double figure pace at 9.5 points per game. Larson paces the team by averaging 7.4 rebounds per game, with Bittle handing out 2.8 assists per contest.

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Steve Forbes

Isaiah McCray

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