Warmer Weather Awaits Mastodons At Stetson On Sunday

Who: Stetson Hatters
When: Sunday, Dec 18 | 1:00 PM ET
Where: J. Ollie Edmunds Center (4,000) | DeLand, Fla. .
All-Time Series: Fort Wayne leads 2-0
Last Meeting: 12/19/15 - Fort Wayne 98, Stetson 89 - at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM/100.9 FM | PBP: Brett Rump Link
Live Stats: Link
Live Video: ESPN3
Game Notes (PDF): Fort Wayne | Stetson

Quick Hits
• Fort Wayne head coach Jon Coffman is no stranger to Stetson. He spent eight seasons (2001 to 2009) as an assistant coach for the Hatters. Two of the classes he helped recruit were ranked the best in the Atlantic Sun Conference by ESPN.com.
• John Konchar is shooting 65.9 percent on the season, 11th best in the nation. It is an improvement from his 58.4 percent shooting last year.
• Fort Wayne's losses have come at Arkansas, Illinois State and Notre Dame. No other squad has won on those courts either, as those three teams are a combined 20-0 at home this year.
• The 'Dons hold an RPI of 78. Their highest ranking this year was 66.
• Fort Wayne's last game was a 40-point win over Austin Peay by the score of 98-58. The last time the 'Dons defeated a Division I opponent by 40 points was Feb. 8, 2011 when Fort Wayne defeated Chicago State 95-50.
• John Konchar has five double-doubles this season, the most in the Summit League. After last year's 14 he now owns 19 in his career.
• Fort Wayne has had six games with five or more 'Dons in double-digits this year.

SCOUTING THE HATTERS
Stetson (6-6) is coming off wins over SIUE (80-72) and South Alabama (87-78). Three Hatters are averaging better than 10 points per game. Derick Newton (17.8), Divine Myles (16.3) and Luke Doyle (12.2) make up the trio.

SCOUTING THE MASTODONS
Fort Wayne (8-3) returns to action after a week break for finals. The Mastodons are out rebounding opponents by six boards per game. The 'Dons are shooting 50.4 percent on the season, nearly 10 percentage points better than the 40.7 percent their opponents are shooting.

LAST TIME OUT
Thanks to a 48-24 first half, Fort Wayne topped Austin Peay by 40 points 98-58 on Dec. 10. Brent Calhoun had a career-high 16 points in the contest while recording five rebounds and two blocks.

UP NEXT
The 'Dons take a short trip to the Motor City to play at Detroit Mercy on Thursday, Dec. 22. The Summit League-Horizon League matchup will start at 7 p.m. It will be Fort Wayne's first ever contest against Detroit Mercy.

RANKING THE DONS
Fort Wayne is No. 7 in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll. In addition, earlier this season the 'Dons received a vote two USA Today Coaches Polls and an Associated Press Top 25 Poll. It was the first time in program history the 'Dons have received a vote in the USA Today and AP Polls.

IN NATIONAL RANKINGS...
Fort Wayne ranks 11th in field goal percentage (50.4 percent), 11th in scoring (88.0), 33rd in total rebounds (434), 13th in the nation in steals (96), 17th in 3-point field goal percentage (41.1 percent) and 19th in total made 3-pointers (106).

1,000 FOR MO
Mo Evans picked up his 1,000th career point vs. Kenyon. He is the 13th player in program history to reach the plateau. He now owns 1,167 career points and ranks seventh all-time in scoring at Fort Wayne.

MO RANKINGS, NO PROBLEMS
Mo Evans is eighth in the nation in total assists (65) and eighth in the country in total steals (27).

DIMES FOR DAYS
Mo Evans recorded 11 assists against Austin Peay (Nov. 30) and 10 against Miami (Ohio) (Dec. 3). The last Mastodon to reach 10 or more assists in back-to-back games was Demetrius Johnson who had 10 against both North Dakota State and South Dakota State in 2008.

YOU GET AN ASSIST, AND YOU GET AN ASSIST!
The Mastodons' 24 assists at Austin Peay marked the most against an NCAA Division I opponent since recording 24 against Chicago State on Feb. 8, 2011. They also had 27 against IUPUI the same season.

KASON, KEEPIN' ON
Kason Harrell is averaging 10.3 points per game this season for the 'Dons after playing only 73 minutes last season. The sophomore has made a 3-pointer in all but one game this year. He had 21 points at Austin Peay on Nov. 30.

40-MINUTE MAN
John Konchar has played in every minute of a game five times in his career. This season he has done it twice. He played 45 minutes in an overtime effort against Indiana and 40 minutes at Notre Dame.

~ Feel the Rumble ~

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Players Mentioned

Brent Calhoun

Mo Evans

Kason Harrell

John Konchar