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Thursday, January 10
Fort Wayne, Ind.
7 P.M.
Purdue Fort Wayne
vs
Oral Roberts
Rylen Grundy
First Place Battle Set For #BeatType1 Game With ORU On Thursday
1/9/2019 1:44:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Mastodons welcome Oral Roberts to the Coliseum on Thursday night. The two clubs are the only 3-0 teams in the Summit League. It is a #BeatType1 game.
What: Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (11-7, 3-0 Summit) vs. Oral Roberts (7-11, 3-0 Summit)
When: Thursday, Jan. 10 | 7:00 PM ET
Where: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (12,000) | Fort Wayne, Ind.
All-Time Series: Oral Roberts leads 10-8
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM/100.9 FM
Talent: Brett Rump, Kent Hormann
TV: CN81
Talent: John Nolan, Jeff Parrish
Game Notes (PDF): Purdue Fort Wayne | Oral Roberts
KNOW YOUR FOE
It will be a battle of the only undefeated teams in the Summit League. Both clubs enter 3-0. Oral Roberts has a win at Omaha and wins at home over North Dakota and Western Illinois.
THE SERIES
Oral Roberts leads 10-8. The 'Dons have won six of the last seven meetings. The 'Dons have won the last four meetings in Fort Wayne.
LAST TIME OUT
The Mastodons made 17 3-pointers on their way to a 104-88 win over league favorite South Dakota State. Kason Harrell (23), John Konchar (23) and Matt Holba (20) all reached the 20-point mark in the contest. The 'Dons hit the 90-point mark with 8:34 left in the game.
'DONS AND ENDS
• The 'Dons are 3-0 in league play. The last time the 'Dons started a league season 3-0 was 2015-16, when Purdue Fort Wayne would go on to win the regular season league title.
• The last time the 'Dons started league play 4-0 was 2010-11 when the 'Dons opened the season 5-0.
• The Mastodons have out rebounded seven of their last nine opponents. One of the two games they didn't, at North Dakota State, the teams had equal rebounds.
• Kason Harrell has 213 career 3-pointers, fourth place all-time in program history In third place is Ben Botts (2007-11) with 237.
• Kason Harrell and John Konchar have scored in double-digits in every game this year.
• The 'Dons are fifth in the nation in total assists (292).
• The 'Dons have six games with 20 or more assists this season. They had three all of last season.
• At 521 attempts on the season, the 'Dons are third in the nation in attempted 3-pointers.
• The 'Dons are first in the nation in made 3-pointers (194).
• The Mastodons' 135 total steals on the season ranks 15th in the nation.
• The Mastodons' 641 total rebounds rank 17th in the nation
• At 610 minutes, John Konchar is third in the nation in total minutes.
• John Konchar is 11th in the nation in total rebounds (169).
• Over the last seven games John Konchar 43-of-50 (86.0 percent) from the free throw line.
• Over his first three seasons, John Konchar averaged 3.3 free throw attempts per game. This season he is averaging 5.9 attempts per game.
• John Konchar has 659 career made field goals, most all-time in program history. He set the new record on Dec. 15 vs. Austin Peay. He passed Bruce Roland who had 608 field goals from 1986-89.
#BeatType1 GAME INFO
The Summit League and its member institutions are teaming up to bring awareness to type 1 diabetes. Currently, there are 1.25 million Americans battling type 1 diabetes. While the condition occurs at every age and in every race, most of those diagnosed are children. More than 70,000 children under the age of 14 are newly diagnosed with this life-changing condition each year.
• Nearly 10 percent of Americans are affected by diabetes, with over one million new diagnoses made each year.
• Type 1 diabetes is typically diagnosed in juveniles and those affected juveniles stay on insulin therapy for life.
• Lutheran Health will be doing finger prick tests in the lobby of the Coliseum.
OVER THE FIVE GAME WINNING STREAK
• The 'Dons are shooting 53.7 from the floor and limiting opponents to 40.7 percent shooting. The 'Dons have shot better than 50 percent in all five games.
• The 'Dons are shooting nearly 40 percent from beyond the arc, shooting 38.9 percent (63-of-162).
• The 'Dons are scoring 94.2 points per game and limiting opponents to 74.0.
• John Konchar is averaging 25.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game.
• John Konchar's shooting numbers: from the field: 60.9 percent (42-of-69), from three: 48.3 percent (14-of-29) and from the free throw line: 81.6 percent (31-of-38).
• Kason Harrell is shooting 62.7 percent (37-of-59) from the floor to average 19.2 points per game. For a player previously mainly known as a 3-point shooter, only 20 of his 59 attempts have been from three. He has made nine of the 20 attempts.
• Dee Montgomery is shooting 55.2 percent (16-of-29) from the floor, making 8-of-18 from three.
• John Konchar leads the team with 28 assists. Dylan Carl is second with 15.
JOHN KONCHAR AWARDS KEEP COMING
John Konchar, who has two Summit League Player of the Week Awards this year, received the Summit League Male Athlete of the Month for December 2018. He averaged 23.5, 10.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists in eight games in December. He is the second Mastodon to receive a monthly honor this year, cross country's Emma Rafuse was named the Female Athlete of the Month in October. The last Mastodon to receive the Male Athlete of the Month for the Summit League was men's basketball's Max Landis in February 2016.
ON JOHN KONCHAR'S PERFORMANCE IN THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE WIN
• John Konchar scored 22 of Purdue Fort Wayne's final 26 points starting with the 5:08 mark of the second half.
• His shot at 5:08 started a stretch of six consecutive made field goals from the floor for Konchar. The streak was only stopped when his deep three at the end of regulation which could have won the game, rimmed out.
• His 38 points were not only a career best but the second most points for a Mastodon in the Division I era (2001-present). Only Max Landis had a better game, scoring 44 at South Dakota on Feb. 4, 2016.
JUST TWO
According to sports-reference.com, since 1992-93 John Konchar is only the second player in all of NCAA Division I men's basketball to reach 1,500 points, 1,000 rebounds, 400 assists and 200 steals in a career. Kyle Collinsworth (BYU, 2010-16) is the other. Collinsworth finished with 1,707 points, 1,047 rebounds, 703 assists and 229 assists.
MORE SPORTS-REFERENCE.COM KONCHAR STATS
• John Konchar's sports-reference.com career offensive rating of 131.6 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 3.6, he ranks second.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
What: Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (11-7, 3-0 Summit) vs. Oral Roberts (7-11, 3-0 Summit)
When: Thursday, Jan. 10 | 7:00 PM ET
Where: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (12,000) | Fort Wayne, Ind.
All-Time Series: Oral Roberts leads 10-8
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM/100.9 FM
Talent: Brett Rump, Kent Hormann
TV: CN81
Talent: John Nolan, Jeff Parrish
Game Notes (PDF): Purdue Fort Wayne | Oral Roberts
KNOW YOUR FOE
It will be a battle of the only undefeated teams in the Summit League. Both clubs enter 3-0. Oral Roberts has a win at Omaha and wins at home over North Dakota and Western Illinois.
THE SERIES
Oral Roberts leads 10-8. The 'Dons have won six of the last seven meetings. The 'Dons have won the last four meetings in Fort Wayne.
LAST TIME OUT
The Mastodons made 17 3-pointers on their way to a 104-88 win over league favorite South Dakota State. Kason Harrell (23), John Konchar (23) and Matt Holba (20) all reached the 20-point mark in the contest. The 'Dons hit the 90-point mark with 8:34 left in the game.
'DONS AND ENDS
• The 'Dons are 3-0 in league play. The last time the 'Dons started a league season 3-0 was 2015-16, when Purdue Fort Wayne would go on to win the regular season league title.
• The last time the 'Dons started league play 4-0 was 2010-11 when the 'Dons opened the season 5-0.
• The Mastodons have out rebounded seven of their last nine opponents. One of the two games they didn't, at North Dakota State, the teams had equal rebounds.
• Kason Harrell has 213 career 3-pointers, fourth place all-time in program history In third place is Ben Botts (2007-11) with 237.
• Kason Harrell and John Konchar have scored in double-digits in every game this year.
• The 'Dons are fifth in the nation in total assists (292).
• The 'Dons have six games with 20 or more assists this season. They had three all of last season.
• At 521 attempts on the season, the 'Dons are third in the nation in attempted 3-pointers.
• The 'Dons are first in the nation in made 3-pointers (194).
• The Mastodons' 135 total steals on the season ranks 15th in the nation.
• The Mastodons' 641 total rebounds rank 17th in the nation
• At 610 minutes, John Konchar is third in the nation in total minutes.
• John Konchar is 11th in the nation in total rebounds (169).
• Over the last seven games John Konchar 43-of-50 (86.0 percent) from the free throw line.
• Over his first three seasons, John Konchar averaged 3.3 free throw attempts per game. This season he is averaging 5.9 attempts per game.
• John Konchar has 659 career made field goals, most all-time in program history. He set the new record on Dec. 15 vs. Austin Peay. He passed Bruce Roland who had 608 field goals from 1986-89.
#BeatType1 GAME INFO
The Summit League and its member institutions are teaming up to bring awareness to type 1 diabetes. Currently, there are 1.25 million Americans battling type 1 diabetes. While the condition occurs at every age and in every race, most of those diagnosed are children. More than 70,000 children under the age of 14 are newly diagnosed with this life-changing condition each year.
• Nearly 10 percent of Americans are affected by diabetes, with over one million new diagnoses made each year.
• Type 1 diabetes is typically diagnosed in juveniles and those affected juveniles stay on insulin therapy for life.
• Lutheran Health will be doing finger prick tests in the lobby of the Coliseum.
OVER THE FIVE GAME WINNING STREAK
• The 'Dons are shooting 53.7 from the floor and limiting opponents to 40.7 percent shooting. The 'Dons have shot better than 50 percent in all five games.
• The 'Dons are shooting nearly 40 percent from beyond the arc, shooting 38.9 percent (63-of-162).
• The 'Dons are scoring 94.2 points per game and limiting opponents to 74.0.
• John Konchar is averaging 25.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game.
• John Konchar's shooting numbers: from the field: 60.9 percent (42-of-69), from three: 48.3 percent (14-of-29) and from the free throw line: 81.6 percent (31-of-38).
• Kason Harrell is shooting 62.7 percent (37-of-59) from the floor to average 19.2 points per game. For a player previously mainly known as a 3-point shooter, only 20 of his 59 attempts have been from three. He has made nine of the 20 attempts.
• Dee Montgomery is shooting 55.2 percent (16-of-29) from the floor, making 8-of-18 from three.
• John Konchar leads the team with 28 assists. Dylan Carl is second with 15.
JOHN KONCHAR AWARDS KEEP COMING
John Konchar, who has two Summit League Player of the Week Awards this year, received the Summit League Male Athlete of the Month for December 2018. He averaged 23.5, 10.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists in eight games in December. He is the second Mastodon to receive a monthly honor this year, cross country's Emma Rafuse was named the Female Athlete of the Month in October. The last Mastodon to receive the Male Athlete of the Month for the Summit League was men's basketball's Max Landis in February 2016.
ON JOHN KONCHAR'S PERFORMANCE IN THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE WIN
• John Konchar scored 22 of Purdue Fort Wayne's final 26 points starting with the 5:08 mark of the second half.
• His shot at 5:08 started a stretch of six consecutive made field goals from the floor for Konchar. The streak was only stopped when his deep three at the end of regulation which could have won the game, rimmed out.
• His 38 points were not only a career best but the second most points for a Mastodon in the Division I era (2001-present). Only Max Landis had a better game, scoring 44 at South Dakota on Feb. 4, 2016.
JUST TWO
According to sports-reference.com, since 1992-93 John Konchar is only the second player in all of NCAA Division I men's basketball to reach 1,500 points, 1,000 rebounds, 400 assists and 200 steals in a career. Kyle Collinsworth (BYU, 2010-16) is the other. Collinsworth finished with 1,707 points, 1,047 rebounds, 703 assists and 229 assists.
MORE SPORTS-REFERENCE.COM KONCHAR STATS
• John Konchar's sports-reference.com career offensive rating of 131.6 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 3.6, he ranks second.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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