Saturday, December 31
Youngstown, Ohio
2:45 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Youngstown State
Keaton Dukes
'Dons Close 2022 With a Trip to Youngstown State
12/30/2022 10:25:00 AM | Men's Basketball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The 'Dons will try to not drop the ball on New Year's Eve at Youngstown State on Saturday (Dec. 31) in Horizon League play.
Game Day Information
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (9-5, 1-2 Horizon League) at Youngstown State Penguins (10-4, 2-1 Horizon League)
When: Saturday, December 31 | 2:45 p.m. ET
Where: Youngstown, Ohio | Beeghly Center
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: 1380 AM The Fan | Listen
Talent: Brett Rump
Game Notes (PDF): Purdue Fort Wayne | Youngstown State
Series Record: Series tied 4-4
KNOW YOUR FOE:
// Youngstown State earned an 85-71 win over Cleveland State on Thursday.
'DONS AND ENDS:
// Ra Kpedi grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds at Robert Morris (Dec. 29) with a career-best nine offensive rebounds. Kpedi is the first Mastodon with 15 rebounds since John Konchar had 15 vs. North Dakota State (March 2, 2019). He is the first Mastodon to record nine offensive rebounds in a game since Kevin Harden had nine against UTPA (now UTRGV) on Nov. 16, 2012.
// The 'Dons are giving up 64.2 points per game, best in the Horizon League. Should the Mastodons finish the season at this average, it would be the best during the Division I era (2001-present) in program history. The current record is the 66.0 points the 'Dons gave up in 2012-13.
// The 'Dons are 8-1 this season when scoring 70 or more points in a game.
// Per sports-reference.com, Ra Kpedi leads the Horizon League in offensive rebounding percentage at 16.7 percent. He has a league-best 53 offensive boards.
// Jarred Godfrey owns 1,821 career points. He needs 21 points to take over second in program history. Frank Gaines is second with 1,841 points from 2008-13.
// Jarred Godfrey owns 558 rebounds, seventh in program history. When he reaches 603 rebounds he'll enter the top five in program history. He is already in the top five in points, assists, steals, field goals and 3-pointers.
// Ra Kpedi has won the opening tip in 12-of-14 games this season. He also won the tip in overtime against Oakland (Dec. 3).
// The 'Dons are 9th in the nation in 3-pointers per game (10.4).
// The Mastodons' win over Missouri State was their first over a Missouri Valley Conference member in exactly nine years. The last win came on a 65-61 decision at Bradley on Dec. 10, 2013.
// The 'Dons had 10 different players record a field goal in the win over Missouri State.
// The 'Dons scored 45 bench points against SEMO with 10 Mastodons recording a field goal.
// The 'Dons had 21 assists at SEMO. Their 35th game of 20+ assists since the start of the 2015-16 season.
// Jarred Godfrey (1,821), Anthony Roberts (1,410), Damian Chong Qui (1,399) and Bobby Planutis (1,046) have each scored 1,000 career NCAA points. Deonte Billups (889) could enter that group this season.
// The 'Dons have 10 games of double-digit offensive rebounds this season.
// Jarred Godfrey has failed to reach double-digits only once this season (nine points vs. Bluffton).
// Jarred Godfrey is one of two current student-athletes in NCAA Division I men's basketball with 1,800 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists. Taevion Kinsey (Marshall) is the other.
// Jon Coffman owns a 148-119 career record. The Mastodons' victory over Bluffton (Nov. 27) set a new program record for coaching wins for Coffman. He passed Andy Piazza who went 142-108 with the 'Dons from 1987 to 1996.
// 10 Mastodons are averaging 9.1 or more minutes per contest.
Game Day Information
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (9-5, 1-2 Horizon League) at Youngstown State Penguins (10-4, 2-1 Horizon League)
When: Saturday, December 31 | 2:45 p.m. ET
Where: Youngstown, Ohio | Beeghly Center
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: 1380 AM The Fan | Listen
Talent: Brett Rump
Game Notes (PDF): Purdue Fort Wayne | Youngstown State
Series Record: Series tied 4-4
KNOW YOUR FOE:
// Youngstown State earned an 85-71 win over Cleveland State on Thursday.
'DONS AND ENDS:
// Ra Kpedi grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds at Robert Morris (Dec. 29) with a career-best nine offensive rebounds. Kpedi is the first Mastodon with 15 rebounds since John Konchar had 15 vs. North Dakota State (March 2, 2019). He is the first Mastodon to record nine offensive rebounds in a game since Kevin Harden had nine against UTPA (now UTRGV) on Nov. 16, 2012.
// The 'Dons are giving up 64.2 points per game, best in the Horizon League. Should the Mastodons finish the season at this average, it would be the best during the Division I era (2001-present) in program history. The current record is the 66.0 points the 'Dons gave up in 2012-13.
// The 'Dons are 8-1 this season when scoring 70 or more points in a game.
// Per sports-reference.com, Ra Kpedi leads the Horizon League in offensive rebounding percentage at 16.7 percent. He has a league-best 53 offensive boards.
// Jarred Godfrey owns 1,821 career points. He needs 21 points to take over second in program history. Frank Gaines is second with 1,841 points from 2008-13.
// Jarred Godfrey owns 558 rebounds, seventh in program history. When he reaches 603 rebounds he'll enter the top five in program history. He is already in the top five in points, assists, steals, field goals and 3-pointers.
// Ra Kpedi has won the opening tip in 12-of-14 games this season. He also won the tip in overtime against Oakland (Dec. 3).
// The 'Dons are 9th in the nation in 3-pointers per game (10.4).
// The Mastodons' win over Missouri State was their first over a Missouri Valley Conference member in exactly nine years. The last win came on a 65-61 decision at Bradley on Dec. 10, 2013.
// The 'Dons had 10 different players record a field goal in the win over Missouri State.
// The 'Dons scored 45 bench points against SEMO with 10 Mastodons recording a field goal.
// The 'Dons had 21 assists at SEMO. Their 35th game of 20+ assists since the start of the 2015-16 season.
// Jarred Godfrey (1,821), Anthony Roberts (1,410), Damian Chong Qui (1,399) and Bobby Planutis (1,046) have each scored 1,000 career NCAA points. Deonte Billups (889) could enter that group this season.
// The 'Dons have 10 games of double-digit offensive rebounds this season.
// Jarred Godfrey has failed to reach double-digits only once this season (nine points vs. Bluffton).
// Jarred Godfrey is one of two current student-athletes in NCAA Division I men's basketball with 1,800 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists. Taevion Kinsey (Marshall) is the other.
// Jon Coffman owns a 148-119 career record. The Mastodons' victory over Bluffton (Nov. 27) set a new program record for coaching wins for Coffman. He passed Andy Piazza who went 142-108 with the 'Dons from 1987 to 1996.
// 10 Mastodons are averaging 9.1 or more minutes per contest.
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