Women's Basketball Travels to IUPUI For An Afternoon Contest

INDIANAPOLIS - After dropping its Summit League opener, the IPFW women's basketball team looks to rebound on the road as the Mastodons take on in-state rival IUPUI at 3 p.m. on January 4.

Gameday Information
When: Sunday, January 4 | 3 p.m.
Where: Indianapolis, Ind. | The Jungle (1,215)
Radio: IPFW Internet Radio; Mike Maahs, play-by-play
Live Video: IUPUI Sidearm All-Access
Live Stats: IUPUI Sidearm Live Stats
Series History: IUPUI leads 13-12
Last Meeting: IPFW won 78-73 | February 22, 2014 | Fort Wayne, Ind.

IPFW Mastodons 6-8, 0-1 Summit league
Last Game: L, 98-85 vs. Western Illinois (Jan. 2)
Coach: Chris Paul | 10th Season
Scoring Leader: Haley Seibert | 16.1 ppg
Rebounding Leader: Keanna Gary | 5.5 rpg
Assist Leader: Rachel Rinehart | 2.9 apg
Steal Leader: Rachel Rinehart | 1.4 spg
Block Leader: Courtney Ogle | 1.1 bpg

IUPUI Jaguars 5-8, 0-0 Summit league
Last Game: L, 57-43 at NKU (Dec. 30)
Coach: Austin Parkinson | 5th Season
Scoring Leader: Nevena Markovic | 9.5 ppg
Rebounding Leader: Nevena Markovic | 5.6 rpg
Assist Leader: Caitlyn Tolen | 2.4 apg
Steal Leader: Martha Burse and Caitlyn Tolen | 1.0 spg
Block Leader: Shawnece Teague | 1.3 bpg

Rinehart earns first POW honor...
Rachel Rinehart was named The Summit League's Player of the Week for her performances Dec. 22-28. She was also named the Madness Summit League Women's Basketball Player of the Week award by College Sports Madness.

Rinehart earns her first career Player of the Week award after guiding IPFW to a win over Milwaukee. The sophomore guard scored a career-high 26 points on 8-of-10 shooting against the Panthers while adding three rebounds and three assists. Earlier in the week, Rinehart scored 12 points with four rebounds, two assists and two steals in a loss to Oakland. For the week, Rinehart averaged 19 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, one steal and one block per game. She had a 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio while shooting 71 percent (12-of-17) from the field, 60 percent (3-of-5) from downtown and 92 percent (11-of-12) from the free throw line.

Knocking 'Em Down at the Charity Stripe...
After a 2-for-2 night at the free throw line against Western Illinois, IPFW guard Haley Seibert increased her lead at the top spot among NCAA Division I players in free throw percent at 95.8, for games played through January 2.

Seibert has connected on 68-of-71 attempts for the year, which includes a run of 54 consecutive made. Seibert leads Nebraska's Rachel Theriot, who has made 43-of-45 attempts for a 95.6 percent. To qualify for the national rankings, players must make a minimum of 2.5 free throws per game and play in 75% of their team's games.

Three-Point Streak...
The IPFW Mastodons have made a 3-point field goal in 479 straight contests, a stretch that ranks as the third longest active streak in NCAA Division I. Iowa State's streak is at the top of the list by making a 3-point field goal in 623 consecutive games. Sam Houston State is the only other team head of IPFW with 573.

	Team	Streak
1.	Iowa State	623
	Next: vs. Kansas State (1/3)
2.	Sam Houston State	573
	Next: vs. Incarnate Word (1/3)
3.	IPFW	479
	Next: at IUPUI (1/4)

All-Time Results vs. IUPUI

2/1/1980	H	IUPUI	L, 52-60	Fort Wayne, Ind.
1/23/1981	A	IUPUI	L, 40-61	Indianapolis, Ind.
1/25/1982	H	IUPUI	L, 45-77	Fort Wayne, Ind.
12/23/1991	H	IUPUI	W, 110-70	Fort Wayne, Ind.
1/23/1992	A	IUPUI	W, 93-79	Indianapolis, Ind.
2/19/2002	A	IUPUI	L, 74-84	Indianapolis, Ind.
1/13/2003	H	IUPUI	L, 64-81	Fort Wayne, Ind.
12/23/2004	A	IUPUI	W, 70-69	Indianapolis, Ind.
12/8/2005	H	IUPUI	L, 50-59	Fort Wayne, Ind.
12/5/2006	A	IUPUI	W, 59-50	Indianapolis, Ind.
1/26/2008	A	IUPUI	W, 68-50	Indianapolis, Ind.
2/25/2008	H	IUPUI	L, 62-72 OT	Fort Wayne, Ind.
1/24/2009	H	IUPUI	L, 61-70	Fort Wayne, Ind.
2/23/2009	A	IUPUI	W, 61-56	Indianapolis, Ind.
3/8/2009	N	IUPUI	L, 59-61	Sioux Falls, S.D.
1/4/2010	H	IUPUI	W, 61-49	Fort Wayne, Ind.
1/30/2010	A	IUPUI	W, 66-49	Indianapolis, Ind.
1/8/2011	H	IUPUI	W, 72-55	Fort Wayne, Ind.
2/7/2011	A	IUPUI	W, 84-59	Indianapolis, Ind.
1/9/2012	H	IUPUI	W, 59-50	Fort Wayne, Ind.
2/4/2012	A	IUPUI	L, 62-76	Indianapolis, Ind.
12/28/2012	H	IUPUI	L, 74-79	Fort Wayne, Ind.
3/2/2013	A	IUPUI	L, 67-82	Indianapolis, Ind.
1/25/2014	A	IUPUI	L, 68-70	Indianapolis, Ind.
2/22/2014	H	IUPUI	W, 78-73	Fort Wayne, Ind.

Overall: 12-13
League: 8-6
Home: 5-7
Away: 7-5
Neutral: 0-1

On This Date...January 4 (5-7)

2010	IUPUI	W, 61-49
2006	at Northern Illinois	L, 64-73
2002	vs Bucknell	L, 44-73
2001	at Kentucky Wesleyan	W, 78-76
1998	NORTHERN KENTUCKY	L, 56-68
1997	at Quincy	L, 66-69
1996	at Quincy	W, 87-72
1992	LEWIS	W, 91-59
1988	ASHLAND	L, 54-65
1986	at Northern Kentucky	L, 49-70
1984	MARION	W, 61-47
1983	at Marion	L, 60-63

~ Feel the Rumble ~

Women's Basketball Travels to IUPUI For An Afternoon Contest

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Players Mentioned

Keanna Gary

Courtney Ogle

Rachel Rinehart

Haley Seibert

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Women's Basketball Travels to IUPUI For An Afternoon Contest

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Players Mentioned

Keanna Gary

Courtney Ogle

Rachel Rinehart

Haley Seibert

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