'Dons Return To The Court After Finals With Trip To Austin Peay

What: Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (6-6) at Austin Peay Governors (5-4)
When: Saturday, Dec. 15 | 5:00 PM ET
Where: Winfield Dunn Center (7,257) | Clarksville, Tenn.
All-Time Series: 'Dons lead 4-0
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM/100.9 FM
Talent: John Nolan
TV: ESPN+
Game Notes (PDF): Purdue Fort Wayne | Austin Peay

KNOW YOUR FOE
The Governors are 5-4 with Division I wins over Central Connecticut, Troy and Alabama A&M. Terry Taylor is averaging 15.7 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. The Governors play in the Ohio Valley Conference.

THE SERIES
The 'Dons lead the all-time series 4-0. Purdue Fort Wayne is 2-0 in Fort Wayne and 2-0 and in Clarksville, Ind. The meetings came in fall 2015 and fall 2016 when the clubs played a home-and-home both seasons.

LAST TIME OUT
The Mastodons fell at Miami 85-79. John Konchar recorded his 40th career and fourth straight double-double with 28 points and 14 rebounds. The 'Dons out-shot the Redhawks .536 to .500 and out-rebounded Miami 39-27.

'DONS AND ENDS
• John Konchar has 607 career made field goals. He will soon set a new program record. The current record holder is Bruce Roland who had 608 field goals from 1986-89. Roland reached his 608 made baskets on 1,265 attempts. Konchar will enter Saturday's game with only 1,083 attempts.
• Kason Harrell is nearing the top 10 in career scoring for Purdue Fort Wayne. He has 1,036 career points, 13th all-time. To reach 10th place, Harrell will need to pass 10th place Steve Bard (1987-89) who had 1,078 points.
• Kason Harrell has 202 career 3-pointers, fifth place all-time. He is nearing fourth place DeWitt Scott (2005-08) who had 210. In third place is Ben Botts (2007-11) with 237.
• John Konchar has a program-best 980 rebounds, closing in on 1,000. He would be only the third student-athlete in Summit League history to reach 1,000 rebounds.
• Kason Harrell and John Konchar have hit double-digits in every game this year.
• The 'Dons have recorded double-digit steals in four games this year.
• The 'Dons are fourth in the nation in total assists (197).
• The 'Dons have five games with 20 or more assists this season. They had three all of last season.
• At 329 attempts on the season, the 'Dons are sixth in the nation in attempted 3-pointers.
• The 'Dons are third in the nation and first in the league in made 3-pointers (123).
• The Mastodons' 97 total steals on the season is ninth in the nation.

LAST FOUR FOR KONCHAR
• John Konchar has four double-doubles in his last four games. If he can stretch it to five, it will be the first time he has reached five in a row since 2016.
• His double-double on Saturday vs. Miami was the 40th of his career.
• He is averaging 18.5 points, 12.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.0 blocks per game the four game stretch. He is 21-of-29 from the free throw line during the four games.

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 131.1 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). This year at 1.9, he ranks second.

YES, MORE JOHN KONCHAR NOTES
• John Konchar's 2.28 career assist/turnover ratio is the fifth best among active NCAA Division I players.
• John Konchar has 87 career games with double-digit points and 42 career games with double-digit rebounds.
• He has 54 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 and 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 225 steals. Next up on the list is Lawrence Jordan's (1985-86, 87-90) 324. Konchar's total is ninth in Summit League history.
• His steal total is third in NCAA Division I among active student-athletes.

KONCHAR CAREER REBOUNDS
• John Konchar is averaging 8.8 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 980 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 first in school history in rebounds. He passed with Sean Gibson's (1989-93) 965 rebounds on Dec. 5 vs. Akron.
• Konchar's career total rebounds fifth sixth among active NCAA Division I players.

DOUBLE TROUBLE
John Konchar has 40 career double-doubles. It is the fifth most double-doubles of all active players in NCAA Division I.

KASON HARRELL NOTES
• Kason Harrell entered the 1,000-point club on Dec. 5 vs. Akron. He is the 16th player in school history to reach 1,000 points.
• Kason Harrell's 202 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 20 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.

A RECORD FOR THREES
The 21 3-pointers at Eastern Illinois on Nov. 28 tied a program record for a single game. The 'Dons also had 21 against Olivet on Jan. 9, 2017. The 21 at EIU is the best against a Division I opponent in program history, passing the 20 the 'Dons made against Oral Roberts on Dec. 31, 2016.

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.

ONLY ONE
The Mastodons are the only Division I program in the state of Indiana to play in the postseason each of the last five seasons.

~ Feel The Rumble ~

'Dons Return To The Court After Finals With Trip To Austin Peay

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