Purdue Fort Wayne
Youngstown State
Final Regular Season Road Trip Of The Year This Weekend
2/11/2021 11:25:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Presented by Glenbrook Dodge
GAME 1
When: Friday, February 12 | 5:00 p.m. ET
GAME 2
When: Saturday, February 13 | 5:00 p.m. ET
Game Day Information
Where: Beeghly Center | Youngstown State
Video: ESPN+ (Friday | Saturday)
Radio: The Fan 1380 AM (link)
Talent: Brett Rump, Art Saltsberg
Live Stats: Friday | Saturday
Series History: Series tied 2-2
Game Notes (PDF): Purdue Fort Wayne | Youngstown State | Horizon League
KNOW YOUR FOE:
• Youngstown State is led by Naz Bohannon. He is averaging 16.2 points per game while adding 8.3 rebounds per contest.
• Youngstown State had a pair of overtime wins at Robert Morris last weekend. They won by scores of 84-78 and 70-66. They then defeated Rochester (Michigan) 60-50 in non-league play on Monday.
• The Penguins close out the season with home games with IUPUI after the two games with Purdue Fort Wayne.
• The Mastodons and Penguins haven't played since 2005 with the series even at 2-2 and the home team winning all four meetings.
FROM THREE!:
• The Mastodons are No. 3 in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage at 40.4 percent.
• The program record for single-season 3-point percentage was set in 1986-87 when the 'Dons shot 43.2 percent (101-of-234). The Division I era mark came in 2015-16 when the Summit League Regular Season Champion shot 41.0 percent (354-of-863). That team was powered by Max Landis who won the Summit League Player of the Year Award and shot 45.6 percent and made a program single-season record 125 3-pointers.
• The Mastodons set a program record for single-game 3-point percentage at Milwaukee (Jan. 16) by making 70.6 percent (12-of-17).
• Three of the Mastodons' top 10 all-time 3-point percentage performances have happened this season.
1st, Jan. 16 at Milwaukee (70.6 percent, 12-of-17)
7th, Dec. 27, vs. Robert Morris (64.7 percent, 11-of-17)
10th, Jan. 9, vs. UIC (61.1 percent, 11-of-18)
'DONS AND ENDS:
• Jarvis Walker had one of his best games in his young career last weekend when he recorded nine points on 4-of-5 shooting with four assists and two rebounds in the opener against Detroit Mercy.
• Also in the opener against Detroit Mercy, Demetric Horton had a nice game with a career-high 17 points. The junior college transfer made 5-of-9 from beyond the arc off the bench.
• Cameron Benford played 19 minutes and 14 minutes against Detroit Mercy last weekend. His average of 16.5 minutes over the two games is the most he's averaged in a two-game series this season.
• Deonte Billups is nearing 500 points. He enters the weekend with 438 points.
• Number of double-digit points games for Mastodons this season: Jarred Godfrey (14), Jalon Pipkins (13), Bobby Planutis (9), Demetric Horton (9), Deonte Billups (6), Dylan Carl (5) and Jarvis Walker (1).
• The Mastodons have 10 players averaging 10 minutes per game or more. The last time the 'Dons finished a season with that many players seeing 10 or more minutes per game was 2011-12 when 11 different players did so.
• Jalon Pipkins attempted a combined three 3-pointers in the six games against Robert Morris, Northern Kentucky and UIC. However in the last eight games against Milwaukee, Green Bay, Oakland and Detroit Mercy he is 15-of-34 at 44.1 percent from three.
• Two of the best shooting games during the Division I era have occurred this season. The 'Dons shot 64.2 percent against Robert Morris (Dec. 27) and 62.8 percent at Milwaukee (Jan. 16). The performances rank fourth and fifth best in program history during the DI era.
• The 'Dons didn't miss a shot in the first seven and a half minutes of the second half at Milwaukee (Jan. 16). The 'Dons were 7-for-7, 6-of-6 from three, with four made free throws for good measure.
• Dylan Carl is 12th in the nation in two-point shots. He has made 47-of-64 from inside the arc for a 73.4 percent mark.
• With two overtime wins this season, the 'Dons are now 8-3 in overtime games under head coach Jon Coffman.
• The 'Dons have shot 60 percent or better in a half six times this season.
• The Mastodons' 33 point victory over UIC on Jan. 9 was the Mastodons' largest over a league opponent since defeating IUPUI by 38 points on March 8, 2014 85-47 in the Summit League Tournament.
• The Mastodons are shooting 50.1 percent on the season, 15th best in the nation and best in the league.
• The program record for single-season team field goal percentage came in 1992-93 when the 'Dons shot 52.6 percent on the season. The Division I era record came in 2016-17 when the Mastodons shot 49.6 percent.
• The Mastodons' 8.7 3-pointers per game rank 61st in the nation.
• Six times this season, the 'Dons have kept their opponent to a sub 30.0 percent shooting performance from beyond the arc.
• The 'Dons limited Southeastern Louisiana to 3.6 percent (1-of-28) from three. Per sports-reference.com, since 2010-11, it was only the third time a team has limited an opponent to a sub 4.0 percent performance from beyond the arc with 28 or more attempts from three. Of note in the game, Southeastern Louisiana made their first attempt and missed their next 27.
• Deonte Billups made a career-high six 3-pointers in the opener against Northern Kentucky. It is the most 3-pointers in a game by a Mastodon this season. It was one of Billups' best games as a Mastodon. All told he was 8-of-10 from the floor for a career-high 22 points while adding three rebounds.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
