Sunday, November 28
Fort Myers, Fla.
6 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
3-3,0-0Horizon
78
at
85
Florida Gulf Coast
6-2,0-0ASUN
1
2
F
Purdue Fort Wayne
32
46
78
FGCU
34
51
85
Team Stats
Pur-FW
FGCU
FG%
.439
.463
3FG%
.393
.455
FT%
.810
.806
RB
34
33
TO
15
15
STL
8
11
Game Leaders
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
14
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
5
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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/ Men's Basketball
G
/ Men's Basketball
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/ Men's Basketball
Damian Chong Qui
Photo by: Rachel Von Art
Kpedi Records Double-Double, Chong Qui Scores 1,000th Point at FGCU
11/28/2021 9:34:00 PM | Men's Basketball
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Ra Kpedi recorded the first double-double of his career on Sunday night (Nov. 28), but the Purdue Fort Wayne men's basketball team fell to Florida Gulf Coast 85-78 in the final game of the Hilton Garden Inn FGCU Invitational.
Midway through the second half, Damian Chong Qui scored the 1,000th point of his career. After putting his defender through the spin cycle, Chong Qui dropped in a layup through contact. He finished with 14, one of five Mastodons in double-figures.
Kpedi finished with 15 points and a career-high 12 rebounds. Six of his boards were on the offensive end. Jalon Pipkins led the Mastodons with 16 points.
The Mastodons jumped out to an eight-point lead in the opening seven minutes, going up 11-3 after Jarred Godfrey scored on a drive to the hoop. The rest of the first half was back-and-forth; there were seven ties and five lead changes in the first half alone.
The game continued to be tight after the halftime break, as there were eight more lead changes and five more ties in the second half. FGCU built up a nine-point lead with 9:40 to go. Chong Qui went to the line for two freebies, got a rebound on the next possession, then stripped Cyrus Largie and fed Kpedi for a breakaway dunk. This cut the Eagles' lead down to five. Five was as close as the 'Dons got, however. They did at the 8:48 mark and then with 31 seconds left after Kpedi hit a free throw.
FGCU got 27 points out of Tavian Dunn-Martin and a 16-point, 13-rebound double-double from Kevin Samuel.
Purdue Fort Wayne falls to 3-3 while FGCU improves to 6-2. The Mastodons will open Horizon League play on Thursday (Dec. 2) when they welcome Wright State to the Memorial Coliseum.
Midway through the second half, Damian Chong Qui scored the 1,000th point of his career. After putting his defender through the spin cycle, Chong Qui dropped in a layup through contact. He finished with 14, one of five Mastodons in double-figures.
Kpedi finished with 15 points and a career-high 12 rebounds. Six of his boards were on the offensive end. Jalon Pipkins led the Mastodons with 16 points.
The Mastodons jumped out to an eight-point lead in the opening seven minutes, going up 11-3 after Jarred Godfrey scored on a drive to the hoop. The rest of the first half was back-and-forth; there were seven ties and five lead changes in the first half alone.
The game continued to be tight after the halftime break, as there were eight more lead changes and five more ties in the second half. FGCU built up a nine-point lead with 9:40 to go. Chong Qui went to the line for two freebies, got a rebound on the next possession, then stripped Cyrus Largie and fed Kpedi for a breakaway dunk. This cut the Eagles' lead down to five. Five was as close as the 'Dons got, however. They did at the 8:48 mark and then with 31 seconds left after Kpedi hit a free throw.
FGCU got 27 points out of Tavian Dunn-Martin and a 16-point, 13-rebound double-double from Kevin Samuel.
Purdue Fort Wayne falls to 3-3 while FGCU improves to 6-2. The Mastodons will open Horizon League play on Thursday (Dec. 2) when they welcome Wright State to the Memorial Coliseum.
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