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Saturday, February 20
Fort Wayne, Ind.
7 p.m.
Purdue Fort Wayne
22-7, 11-3SL
94
vs
90
Omaha
17-12, 9-6SL
1
2
F
Omaha
44
46
90
IPFW
54
40
94
Team Stats
OMAHA
IPFW
FG%
.493
.462
3FG%
.400
.370
FT%
.625
.923
RB
36
40
TO
8
12
STL
6
5
Game Leaders
Pts
23
FGM
9
3FGM
5
FTM
0
Pts
20
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
9
Pts
19
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
4
Pts
19
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Players Mentioned
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/ Men's Basketball
IPFW Defeats Visiting Omaha 94-90 On Senior Night
2/20/2016 10:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Junior DeAngelo Stewart/Detroit, Mich. scored a career-high 23 points to lead IPFW to a 94-90 men's college basketball Summit League home win past Omaha Saturday night at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center in Fort Wayne. Redshirt-senior Max Landis/Indianapolis added 20 points, while senior Michael Calder/Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and redshirt-freshman John Konchar/Chicago, Ill. each had 19 points for the host Mastodons (22-7, 11-3 Summit League), who led 54-44 at halftime and maintained sole possession of first place in the league standings with the Homecoming and Senior Night victory. Tra-Deon Hollins scored a game-high 24 points for the visiting Mavericks (17-12, 9-6 Summit League), who remain alone in third place in the standings. IPFW will return to the road for its final two regular season games, beginning at Western Illinois next Thursday, Feb. 25 at 9 p.m. ET.
IPFW, ranked No. 16 in the latest Mid-Major Top 25, scored the first seven points of the contest in front of a raucous, sell-out capacity crowd of 1,832. Appropriately enough, the three seniors who were recognized during a special pregame ceremony scored the first seven … Joe Reed/Greenwood opened with a three-point field goal, followed by two free throws from Calder and a jumper from Landis. Omaha closed to within 7-5 at 15:42, but the Mastodons used a 9-0 run to lead 16-5 at 13:25, and extended the run to 16-4 for a 23-9 advantage at 11:34. Konchar started the outburst with a slam dunk and finished it with a jumper, while Stewart came in off the bench and made two three-pointers during the run. IPFW led 39-28 at 5:23 after three free throws by Landis, who was fouled on a three-point attempt, and the lead was 42-28 at 4:57 following a three-pointer by Calder. It was 54-44 at the intermission behind 13 first-half points by Stewart, while Konchar also had 13 at the break and Landis had 11. Hollins scored 14 first-half points for Omaha.
IPFW continued its momentum with a 10-4 run to start the second half for its largest lead of the night at 64-48 with 17:02 on the clock – getting two more three-pointers from Stewart and another dunk by Konchar. Omaha closed to within 64-57 at 14:07 with a 9-0 run, including consecutive layups from Hollins. IPFW responded with a 9-4 run to lead 73-63 at 11:14 after five quick points from Landis, including his first and only three-pointer at 11:51 of the second half. The Mavericks battled back to within 81-78 at 5:13 after a 15-8 run sparked by six points each from Jake White and Randy Reed, and the visitors finally managed to tie it for the first time at 88-88 with 1:32 remaining, courtesy a conventional three-point play by Hollins. The Mastodons, however, secured their senior night win in the regular season home finale with an old-fashioned three-point play by Calder at 1:07, 2-2 free throws from Landis at :14.7 and 1-2 free throws by Reed at :02.5. Hollins added another layup at 1:02, but Omaha had a turnover and a missed three-point attempt over the final 18-seconds. IPFW never trailed in the contest and led for 39:14 of the 40 minutes, while assuring itself of a top two seed for the upcoming Summit League Tournament March 5-8 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Stewart led IPFW with his career-high 23 points, tying his career-high with five three-pointers (5-8), and equaled his career-high with nine rebounds, as well. Landis finished with 20 points for his 10th 20-point game this season, making 9-9 free throws, and adding a game-high seven assists. Calder (3-7 3FGs) and Konchar each added 19 points, with Calder adding four assists and Konchar grabbing a game-high 14 rebounds for his second-straight and 11th collegiate double-double, adding three assists, as well. Reed finished with 10 points and six rebounds, while playing in his school-record 127th career game. IPFW shot 46% (30-65) from the field, including 37% (10-27) on three-pointers and a season-best 92% (24-26) at the free throw line.
Hollins led Omaha with his game-high 24 points, adding game-highs of seven assists and four steals. Reed had 19 points for the Mavericks, while White had 16 points, Kyler Erickson had 12 points and Tre'Shawn Thurman contributed 11 points and nine rebounds. Omaha shot 49% (35-71) from the field, including 40% (10-25) on three-pointers and 63% (10-16) at the line.
IPFW was playing Omaha for the 10th time overall since 2011-12, and the Mastodons lead the series, 8-2, including a 106-101 overtime win in Nebraska earlier this season (January 16).
IPFW continues its finest start to a season as a Division I program (2001-02) with its 22-7 record. It's the second 20-win season for the Mastodons since moving up to Division I, along with the 2013-14 team that finished 25-11 ... the program's best Division I season to date.
IPFW, ranked No. 16 in the latest Mid-Major Top 25, scored the first seven points of the contest in front of a raucous, sell-out capacity crowd of 1,832. Appropriately enough, the three seniors who were recognized during a special pregame ceremony scored the first seven … Joe Reed/Greenwood opened with a three-point field goal, followed by two free throws from Calder and a jumper from Landis. Omaha closed to within 7-5 at 15:42, but the Mastodons used a 9-0 run to lead 16-5 at 13:25, and extended the run to 16-4 for a 23-9 advantage at 11:34. Konchar started the outburst with a slam dunk and finished it with a jumper, while Stewart came in off the bench and made two three-pointers during the run. IPFW led 39-28 at 5:23 after three free throws by Landis, who was fouled on a three-point attempt, and the lead was 42-28 at 4:57 following a three-pointer by Calder. It was 54-44 at the intermission behind 13 first-half points by Stewart, while Konchar also had 13 at the break and Landis had 11. Hollins scored 14 first-half points for Omaha.
IPFW continued its momentum with a 10-4 run to start the second half for its largest lead of the night at 64-48 with 17:02 on the clock – getting two more three-pointers from Stewart and another dunk by Konchar. Omaha closed to within 64-57 at 14:07 with a 9-0 run, including consecutive layups from Hollins. IPFW responded with a 9-4 run to lead 73-63 at 11:14 after five quick points from Landis, including his first and only three-pointer at 11:51 of the second half. The Mavericks battled back to within 81-78 at 5:13 after a 15-8 run sparked by six points each from Jake White and Randy Reed, and the visitors finally managed to tie it for the first time at 88-88 with 1:32 remaining, courtesy a conventional three-point play by Hollins. The Mastodons, however, secured their senior night win in the regular season home finale with an old-fashioned three-point play by Calder at 1:07, 2-2 free throws from Landis at :14.7 and 1-2 free throws by Reed at :02.5. Hollins added another layup at 1:02, but Omaha had a turnover and a missed three-point attempt over the final 18-seconds. IPFW never trailed in the contest and led for 39:14 of the 40 minutes, while assuring itself of a top two seed for the upcoming Summit League Tournament March 5-8 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Stewart led IPFW with his career-high 23 points, tying his career-high with five three-pointers (5-8), and equaled his career-high with nine rebounds, as well. Landis finished with 20 points for his 10th 20-point game this season, making 9-9 free throws, and adding a game-high seven assists. Calder (3-7 3FGs) and Konchar each added 19 points, with Calder adding four assists and Konchar grabbing a game-high 14 rebounds for his second-straight and 11th collegiate double-double, adding three assists, as well. Reed finished with 10 points and six rebounds, while playing in his school-record 127th career game. IPFW shot 46% (30-65) from the field, including 37% (10-27) on three-pointers and a season-best 92% (24-26) at the free throw line.
Hollins led Omaha with his game-high 24 points, adding game-highs of seven assists and four steals. Reed had 19 points for the Mavericks, while White had 16 points, Kyler Erickson had 12 points and Tre'Shawn Thurman contributed 11 points and nine rebounds. Omaha shot 49% (35-71) from the field, including 40% (10-25) on three-pointers and 63% (10-16) at the line.
IPFW was playing Omaha for the 10th time overall since 2011-12, and the Mastodons lead the series, 8-2, including a 106-101 overtime win in Nebraska earlier this season (January 16).
IPFW continues its finest start to a season as a Division I program (2001-02) with its 22-7 record. It's the second 20-win season for the Mastodons since moving up to Division I, along with the 2013-14 team that finished 25-11 ... the program's best Division I season to date.
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