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Kason Harrell
'Dons Set For Sunday Showdown At Cleveland State
11/24/2018 11:32:00 AM | Men's Basketball
What: Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (3-4) at Cleveland State Vikings (2-4)
When: Sunday, November 25 | 5:00 PM ET
Where: Wolstein Center (13,610) | Cleveland, Ohio
All-Time Series: Cleveland State leads 2-0
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM/100.9 FM
Talent: Brett Rump Link
Video: ESPN+ ($)
Live Stats: Link
Game Notes (PDF): Cleveland State | Purdue Fort Wayne
SCOUTING CLEVELAND STATE
Cleveland State has wins over Urbana and South Carolina State. Cleveland State lost 89-62 at Ohio State in their last game. Tyree Appleby leads the team with 13.0 points per game.
THE SERIES
Cleveland State leads 2-0 with only one contest coming when the Mastodons were an NCAA DI member. Sunday's game is part of the Buckeye Classic.
12/03/1994 L, 76-97 (road)
11/18/2002 L, 71-78 (neutral site at Fort Collins, Co)
The 'Dons are 8-10 against current Horizon League teams under Jon Coffman.
LAST TIME OUT
The Mastodons fell to Samford 74-66 on Friday night. John Konchar had 24 points with nine rebounds.
'DONS AND ENDS
• Kason Harrell and John Konchar have hit double-digits in all seven games this year.
• John Konchar scored 24 points vs. Samford to move his career total to 1,543, third all-time in program history. He passed former teammate Mo Evans who scored 1,522 points from 2013-17.
• The 'Dons have recorded double-digit steals in three games this year.
• At 16.3, Purdue Fort Wayne is averaging the most assists per game in the league.
• A pair of newcomers are shooting 50 percent from the floor. Dee Montgomery is 20-of-39 (51.3 percent) and Jarred Godfrey is 18-of-36 (50.0 percent).
• Kason Harrell needs two more blocks to bring his career total to 50.
• The Mastodons saw a 24-game non-conference regular season home winning streak come to an end on Friday with a loss to Samford.
• The 'Dons have attempted more than 20 3-pointers in every game this season and more than 35 in three games. At 30.0 attempts per game (175 total), no team in the league is taking more 3-pointers. The total attempted ranks 10th in the nation
• As would be expected, the 'Dons are also 10th in the nation and first in the league in made 3-pointers (62).
• The Mastodons' 1.38 assist/turnover ratio is best in the league.
ONE AWAY
Jon Coffman's career record is sitting at 81-57. His .587 winning percentage is already the best in program history. However, Coffman's next victory will give him his 82nd victory, matching Dane Fife's 82-97 (2005-11) mark for most wins by a head coach during the Division I era. The program record for victories is Andy Piazza's 143-109 mark from 1987-96.
JUST THREE
According to sports-reference.com, since 1992-93 John Konchar is only the third player in all of NCAA Division I men's basketball to reach 1,500 points, 900 rebounds, 400 assists and 200 steals in a career. Kyle Collinsworth (BYU, 2010-16) and Terrence Williams (Louisville, 2005-09) are the other two.
MORE SPORTS-REFERENCE.COM KONCHAR STATS
• John Konchar's sports-reference.com career offensive rating of 131.5 is the best ever recorded by the site based on stats going back to 2009-10. The site lists a basic definition of the stat as: "The number of points produced by a player per hundred total individual possessions."
• If you are a fan of the sports-reference.com win share stat, Konchar led the Summit League in 2015-16 (5.6) and ranked second in 2016-17 (6.3) and second in 2017-18 (5.8).
YES, MORE JOHN KONCHAR NOTES
• John Konchar has 82 career games with double-digit points and 38 career games with double-digit rebounds.
• He has 53 career games with one or zero turnovers.
• John Konchar was the only player last season in the nation with 450 points, 250 rebounds, 80 steals and 150 assists.
• His 81 steals last year led the league ranked 13th most in a season by a player in Summit League history.
• John Konchar was named to the 2018-19 Preseason All-Summit League Team.
• John Konchar was selected to this third Summit League First Team last year, making him the first Mastodon in program history (DI or DII eras) to become a three-time all-league first team honoree.
• John Konchar was named to 2018 Summit League All-Tournament Team last March after recording 29 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and two blocks with just one turnover against North Dakota State. The last time a student-athlete earned Summit League All-Tournament Team honors playing just one game in the tournament was in 1990 when Lee Campbell of Missouri State earned the honor.
• John Konchar owns five career Summit League Player of the Week honors.
• John Konchar was named to the 2016-17 and 2017-18 NABC All-District Second Teams.
KONCHAR CAREER STEALS
• John Konchar is in second place in Purdue Fort Wayne career history with 216 steals. Next up on the list is Lawrence Jordan's (1985-86, 87-90) 324. Konchar's total is ninth in Summit League history.
• John Konchar's steal total is third in NCAA Division I among active student-athletes.
KONCHAR CAREER REBOUNDS
• John Konchar is averaging 8.7 rebounds per game in his career. It is the best average in school history. If he finished his career with that average, he would rank seventh all-time in Summit League history for the statistic.
• His 926 total rebounds ranks third in Summit League history. Only Oakland's Keith Benson (1,103 from 2007-11) and Oral Roberts' Caleb Roberts (1,189 from 2003-07) have more boards.
• Konchar is second in school history in rebounds with only Sean Gibson (1989-93) and his 965 rebounds ranking higher.
• His career total rebounds ranks fourth among active NCAA Division I players.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
John Konchar has 36 career double-doubles. It is the sixth most double-doubles of all active players in NCAA Division I.
YOU COULDN'T GET, LIKE, ONE MORE?
John Konchar has double-digit scoring in each game this year, but has rebound totals of 8, 7, 9, 9, 7, 9 and 9 ... putting him four times only one rebound short of adding to his double-double total.
KASON HARRELL NOTES
• Kason Harrell is on the 1,000 career point watch list, now owning 944 career points.
• Kason Harrell's 192 career made 3-pointers ranks fifth in school history. Up next on the list is fourth place DeWitt Scott. He made 210 treys from 2005-08.
• His 89 3-pointers last season ranked fifth in school history for a single-season.
• Kason Harrell has 19 career games of four or more 3-pointers. His career high is six, a total he hit four times last season. One of those games was a victory at Assembly Hall over Indiana.
20 FOR FRESHY
Freshman Jarred Godfrey had 23 points vs. Earlham on Nov. 8. He is the first Mastodon freshman to score 20 points in a game since John Konchar did it four times as a redshirt freshman in 2015-16. Godfrey is the first true freshman to hit the 20 mark since Mo Evans scored 22 against Purdue Calumet on Nov. 20, 2013. It is a good sign for Godfrey, as Evans and Konchar both rank in the top five in scoring in program history.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY FROM MILAN TO FORT WAYNE
In what could be best described as a young team's educational journey... Purdue Fort Wayne went on a foreign tour to Italy from August 6-16. The 'Dons played three games and traveled to Milan, Vicenza, Venice, Florence and Rome among other cities.
SOME NOTES ON LAST YEAR
• Purdue Fort Wayne made their fifth consecutive postseason tournament last year, qualifying for the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT).
• The Mastodons are the only Division I program in the state of Indiana to play in the postseason each of the last five seasons.
• The 'Dons have averaged 20.6 wins per season over the last five seasons.
• Entering the year, only Valparaiso (115) and Butler (105) recorded more wins than the Mastodons (103) over the last five seasons among Indiana non-power five schools.
• The 'Dons committed single-digit turnovers in eight of 14 Summit League games last season.
• Purdue Fort Wayne finished Summit League play with 108 steals while their opponents recorded only 50.
LAST YEAR IN THE NATION THE 'DONS WERE…
• 15th in 3-pointers per game (10.3)
• 17th in steals per game (8.0)
• 18th in turnover margin (3.3)
• 21st in points per game (82.3)
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
The Mastodons have attained an overall home record of 130-44 in Fort Wayne since 2006-07. The 'Dons are 78-26 in home games played at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum and 52-18 in home games played on campus at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
When: Sunday, November 25 | 5:00 PM ET
Where: Wolstein Center (13,610) | Cleveland, Ohio
All-Time Series: Cleveland State leads 2-0
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM/100.9 FM
Talent: Brett Rump Link
Video: ESPN+ ($)
Live Stats: Link
Game Notes (PDF): Cleveland State | Purdue Fort Wayne
SCOUTING CLEVELAND STATE
Cleveland State has wins over Urbana and South Carolina State. Cleveland State lost 89-62 at Ohio State in their last game. Tyree Appleby leads the team with 13.0 points per game.
THE SERIES
Cleveland State leads 2-0 with only one contest coming when the Mastodons were an NCAA DI member. Sunday's game is part of the Buckeye Classic.
12/03/1994 L, 76-97 (road)
11/18/2002 L, 71-78 (neutral site at Fort Collins, Co)
The 'Dons are 8-10 against current Horizon League teams under Jon Coffman.
LAST TIME OUT
The Mastodons fell to Samford 74-66 on Friday night. John Konchar had 24 points with nine rebounds.
'DONS AND ENDS
• Kason Harrell and John Konchar have hit double-digits in all seven games this year.
• John Konchar scored 24 points vs. Samford to move his career total to 1,543, third all-time in program history. He passed former teammate Mo Evans who scored 1,522 points from 2013-17.
• The 'Dons have recorded double-digit steals in three games this year.
• At 16.3, Purdue Fort Wayne is averaging the most assists per game in the league.
• A pair of newcomers are shooting 50 percent from the floor. Dee Montgomery is 20-of-39 (51.3 percent) and Jarred Godfrey is 18-of-36 (50.0 percent).
• Kason Harrell needs two more blocks to bring his career total to 50.
• The Mastodons saw a 24-game non-conference regular season home winning streak come to an end on Friday with a loss to Samford.
• The 'Dons have attempted more than 20 3-pointers in every game this season and more than 35 in three games. At 30.0 attempts per game (175 total), no team in the league is taking more 3-pointers. The total attempted ranks 10th in the nation
• As would be expected, the 'Dons are also 10th in the nation and first in the league in made 3-pointers (62).
• The Mastodons' 1.38 assist/turnover ratio is best in the league.
ONE AWAY
Jon Coffman's career record is sitting at 81-57. His .587 winning percentage is already the best in program history. However, Coffman's next victory will give him his 82nd victory, matching Dane Fife's 82-97 (2005-11) mark for most wins by a head coach during the Division I era. The program record for victories is Andy Piazza's 143-109 mark from 1987-96.
JUST THREE
According to sports-reference.com, since 1992-93 John Konchar is only the third player in all of NCAA Division I men's basketball to reach 1,500 points, 900 rebounds, 400 assists and 200 steals in a career. Kyle Collinsworth (BYU, 2010-16) and Terrence Williams (Louisville, 2005-09) are the other two.
MORE SPORTS-REFERENCE.COM KONCHAR STATS
• John Konchar's sports-reference.com career offensive rating of 131.5 is the best ever recorded by the site based on stats going back to 2009-10. The site lists a basic definition of the stat as: "The number of points produced by a player per hundred total individual possessions."
• If you are a fan of the sports-reference.com win share stat, Konchar led the Summit League in 2015-16 (5.6) and ranked second in 2016-17 (6.3) and second in 2017-18 (5.8).
YES, MORE JOHN KONCHAR NOTES
• John Konchar has 82 career games with double-digit points and 38 career games with double-digit rebounds.
• He has 53 career games with one or zero turnovers.
• John Konchar was the only player last season in the nation with 450 points, 250 rebounds, 80 steals and 150 assists.
• His 81 steals last year led the league ranked 13th most in a season by a player in Summit League history.
• John Konchar was named to the 2018-19 Preseason All-Summit League Team.
• John Konchar was selected to this third Summit League First Team last year, making him the first Mastodon in program history (DI or DII eras) to become a three-time all-league first team honoree.
• John Konchar was named to 2018 Summit League All-Tournament Team last March after recording 29 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and two blocks with just one turnover against North Dakota State. The last time a student-athlete earned Summit League All-Tournament Team honors playing just one game in the tournament was in 1990 when Lee Campbell of Missouri State earned the honor.
• John Konchar owns five career Summit League Player of the Week honors.
• John Konchar was named to the 2016-17 and 2017-18 NABC All-District Second Teams.
KONCHAR CAREER STEALS
• John Konchar is in second place in Purdue Fort Wayne career history with 216 steals. Next up on the list is Lawrence Jordan's (1985-86, 87-90) 324. Konchar's total is ninth in Summit League history.
• John Konchar's steal total is third in NCAA Division I among active student-athletes.
KONCHAR CAREER REBOUNDS
• John Konchar is averaging 8.7 rebounds per game in his career. It is the best average in school history. If he finished his career with that average, he would rank seventh all-time in Summit League history for the statistic.
• His 926 total rebounds ranks third in Summit League history. Only Oakland's Keith Benson (1,103 from 2007-11) and Oral Roberts' Caleb Roberts (1,189 from 2003-07) have more boards.
• Konchar is second in school history in rebounds with only Sean Gibson (1989-93) and his 965 rebounds ranking higher.
• His career total rebounds ranks fourth among active NCAA Division I players.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
John Konchar has 36 career double-doubles. It is the sixth most double-doubles of all active players in NCAA Division I.
YOU COULDN'T GET, LIKE, ONE MORE?
John Konchar has double-digit scoring in each game this year, but has rebound totals of 8, 7, 9, 9, 7, 9 and 9 ... putting him four times only one rebound short of adding to his double-double total.
KASON HARRELL NOTES
• Kason Harrell is on the 1,000 career point watch list, now owning 944 career points.
• Kason Harrell's 192 career made 3-pointers ranks fifth in school history. Up next on the list is fourth place DeWitt Scott. He made 210 treys from 2005-08.
• His 89 3-pointers last season ranked fifth in school history for a single-season.
• Kason Harrell has 19 career games of four or more 3-pointers. His career high is six, a total he hit four times last season. One of those games was a victory at Assembly Hall over Indiana.
20 FOR FRESHY
Freshman Jarred Godfrey had 23 points vs. Earlham on Nov. 8. He is the first Mastodon freshman to score 20 points in a game since John Konchar did it four times as a redshirt freshman in 2015-16. Godfrey is the first true freshman to hit the 20 mark since Mo Evans scored 22 against Purdue Calumet on Nov. 20, 2013. It is a good sign for Godfrey, as Evans and Konchar both rank in the top five in scoring in program history.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY FROM MILAN TO FORT WAYNE
In what could be best described as a young team's educational journey... Purdue Fort Wayne went on a foreign tour to Italy from August 6-16. The 'Dons played three games and traveled to Milan, Vicenza, Venice, Florence and Rome among other cities.
SOME NOTES ON LAST YEAR
• Purdue Fort Wayne made their fifth consecutive postseason tournament last year, qualifying for the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT).
• The Mastodons are the only Division I program in the state of Indiana to play in the postseason each of the last five seasons.
• The 'Dons have averaged 20.6 wins per season over the last five seasons.
• Entering the year, only Valparaiso (115) and Butler (105) recorded more wins than the Mastodons (103) over the last five seasons among Indiana non-power five schools.
• The 'Dons committed single-digit turnovers in eight of 14 Summit League games last season.
• Purdue Fort Wayne finished Summit League play with 108 steals while their opponents recorded only 50.
LAST YEAR IN THE NATION THE 'DONS WERE…
• 15th in 3-pointers per game (10.3)
• 17th in steals per game (8.0)
• 18th in turnover margin (3.3)
• 21st in points per game (82.3)
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
The Mastodons have attained an overall home record of 130-44 in Fort Wayne since 2006-07. The 'Dons are 78-26 in home games played at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum and 52-18 in home games played on campus at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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