Saturday, February 25
Green Bay, Wis. / Kress Center
5 PM ET
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Green Bay
bobby Planutis
Mastodons Close Regular Season on the Road at Green Bay
2/24/2023 1:54:00 PM | Men's Basketball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Purdue Fort Wayne enters Saturday with a path to hosting a 2023 Barbasol Horizon League Championship contest.
Game Day Information
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (16-14, 8-11 Horizon League) at Green Bay Phoenix (3-27, 2-17 Horizon League)
When: Saturday, February 25 | 5 p.m. ET
Where: Green Bay, Wis. | Kress Center
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: Listen
Game Notes (PDF): Purdue Fort Wayne | Green Bay
Series Record: 'Dons lead 4-2
'Dons and Ends:
// The 'Dons will be either the No. 8 or No. 9 seed in the 2023 Barbasol Horizon League Championship. A Mastodon win over Green Bay and a loss by Wright State at Detroit Mercy on Saturday would put the 'Dons at No. 8 and earn a home game in the #HLMBB Championship. A loss by the 'Dons or a Wright State win would give the 'Dons the No. 9 seed and send them on the road for the opening round on Feb. 28.
// Jarred Godfrey broke the program's all-time scoring record vs. Robert Morris (Feb. 12). He now owns 2,128 points. John Konchar's 2,065 points is now in second place. Godfrey broke the record on a free throw. Konchar also broke the record on a free throw when he set the previous record Jan. 24, 2019 against Omaha.
// Jarred Godfrey is closing in on the program's all-time 3-point record. Godfrey owns 256 3-pointers. Only Mo Evans (266 from 2013-17) had made more 3-pointers than Godfrey in program history.
// Jarred Godfrey has five games of 20 plus points over the last seven games. He has 13 games of 20 or more points this season.
// Jarred Godfrey is the all-time leader in games played in program history with 151. He set the record on Jan. 25th at Northern Kentucky, when he passed former teammate Cameron Benford (2017-22) who played in 141 games for the previous record mark.
// Ra Kpedi on the season has seven double-digit rebound games, including double-doubles at Northwestern (Nov. 18), vs. Oakland (Dec. 3) and vs. Cleveland State (Jan. 16).
// Jarred Godfrey's six steals against Wright State on Feb. 19 was a career best. It was the most steals in a game by a Mastodon since John Konchar had seven against Denver on Jan. 6, 2017.
// Jarred Godfrey has made a career-high 131 free throws, 7th most in a single season in program history.
// Ra Kpedi has already passed his rebound total from last season. He owns 248 rebounds this season, and had 208 last year. He'll need to reach 262 to crack the top 10 in program history in single-season rebounds.
// Ra Kpedi broke into the top 10 in career rebounds against Youngstown State on Friday, Feb. 10. He now owns 528 career rebounds as Mastodon, 7th in program history.
// Ra Kpedi is averaging 8.7 rebounds per game in league play. The last Mastodon to average that many rebounds per game in league play was John Konchar in 9.3 in the Summit League in 2016-17.
// Jarred Godfrey is the only active player in NCAA Division I men's basketball with 2,000 points, 600 rebounds, 400 assists, 200 3-pointers and 200 steals. Since 1992-93 only four other student-athletes have finished with such a career stat line. D.J Cooper (Ohio, 2010-13), Kerry Kittles (Villanova, 1993-96), Ricky Minard (Morehead State, 2001-04) and Marreon Jackson (2017-12, Toledo/Arizona State) are the others. (per sports-reference.com)
// The 'Dons are 14-3 this season when scoring 71 or more points in a game.
// Per sports-reference.com, Ra Kpedi leads the Horizon League in offensive rebounding percentage at 15.2 percent. He is first in the league with 111 total offensive boards.
// Jarred Godfrey owns 641 rebounds, third in program history. He is also in the top five in points, assists, steals, field goals, free throws and 3-pointers in program history.
// Jarred Godfrey is shooting 89.7 percent (131-of-146) from the free throw line this season, 13th in the nation. Only once in program history has a player made 50 or more free throws in a season and finished at 90 percent or better. That was Ben Botts in 2008-09, making 65-of-71 (91.5 percent). The best free throw percentage in program history with 100 attempts in a season is Steve Bard in 1987-88 who made 88-of-102 (86.3 percent). The Division I era program record for best single-season free throw percentage in school history is Bryson Scott's 81.8 percent in 2017-18 on 202-of-247 shooting.
// Ra Kpedi has won the opening tip in 25-of-30 games this season. He also won the tip in overtime against Oakland (Dec. 3).
// The 'Dons are 14th in the nation in 3-pointers per game (9.6).
// The 'Dons are 20th in the nation in 3-point defense with teams shooting just 30.0 percent against them from three.
// Jarred Godfrey (2,128), Damian Chong Qui (1,567), Anthony Roberts (1,522), Bobby Planutis (1,188) and Deonte Billups (1,057) have each scored 1,000 career NCAA points.
// With a pair of student-athletes with 1,500 career points at the Division I level (Jarred Godfrey and Damian Chong Qui) 'Dons are one of 13 teams in the nation with two or three players who have reached that mark in Division I contests.
// The 'Dons have 15 games of double-digit offensive rebounds this season.
Game Day Information
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (16-14, 8-11 Horizon League) at Green Bay Phoenix (3-27, 2-17 Horizon League)
When: Saturday, February 25 | 5 p.m. ET
Where: Green Bay, Wis. | Kress Center
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: Listen
Game Notes (PDF): Purdue Fort Wayne | Green Bay
Series Record: 'Dons lead 4-2
'Dons and Ends:
// The 'Dons will be either the No. 8 or No. 9 seed in the 2023 Barbasol Horizon League Championship. A Mastodon win over Green Bay and a loss by Wright State at Detroit Mercy on Saturday would put the 'Dons at No. 8 and earn a home game in the #HLMBB Championship. A loss by the 'Dons or a Wright State win would give the 'Dons the No. 9 seed and send them on the road for the opening round on Feb. 28.
// Jarred Godfrey broke the program's all-time scoring record vs. Robert Morris (Feb. 12). He now owns 2,128 points. John Konchar's 2,065 points is now in second place. Godfrey broke the record on a free throw. Konchar also broke the record on a free throw when he set the previous record Jan. 24, 2019 against Omaha.
// Jarred Godfrey is closing in on the program's all-time 3-point record. Godfrey owns 256 3-pointers. Only Mo Evans (266 from 2013-17) had made more 3-pointers than Godfrey in program history.
// Jarred Godfrey has five games of 20 plus points over the last seven games. He has 13 games of 20 or more points this season.
// Jarred Godfrey is the all-time leader in games played in program history with 151. He set the record on Jan. 25th at Northern Kentucky, when he passed former teammate Cameron Benford (2017-22) who played in 141 games for the previous record mark.
// Ra Kpedi on the season has seven double-digit rebound games, including double-doubles at Northwestern (Nov. 18), vs. Oakland (Dec. 3) and vs. Cleveland State (Jan. 16).
// Jarred Godfrey's six steals against Wright State on Feb. 19 was a career best. It was the most steals in a game by a Mastodon since John Konchar had seven against Denver on Jan. 6, 2017.
// Jarred Godfrey has made a career-high 131 free throws, 7th most in a single season in program history.
// Ra Kpedi has already passed his rebound total from last season. He owns 248 rebounds this season, and had 208 last year. He'll need to reach 262 to crack the top 10 in program history in single-season rebounds.
// Ra Kpedi broke into the top 10 in career rebounds against Youngstown State on Friday, Feb. 10. He now owns 528 career rebounds as Mastodon, 7th in program history.
// Ra Kpedi is averaging 8.7 rebounds per game in league play. The last Mastodon to average that many rebounds per game in league play was John Konchar in 9.3 in the Summit League in 2016-17.
// Jarred Godfrey is the only active player in NCAA Division I men's basketball with 2,000 points, 600 rebounds, 400 assists, 200 3-pointers and 200 steals. Since 1992-93 only four other student-athletes have finished with such a career stat line. D.J Cooper (Ohio, 2010-13), Kerry Kittles (Villanova, 1993-96), Ricky Minard (Morehead State, 2001-04) and Marreon Jackson (2017-12, Toledo/Arizona State) are the others. (per sports-reference.com)
// The 'Dons are 14-3 this season when scoring 71 or more points in a game.
// Per sports-reference.com, Ra Kpedi leads the Horizon League in offensive rebounding percentage at 15.2 percent. He is first in the league with 111 total offensive boards.
// Jarred Godfrey owns 641 rebounds, third in program history. He is also in the top five in points, assists, steals, field goals, free throws and 3-pointers in program history.
// Jarred Godfrey is shooting 89.7 percent (131-of-146) from the free throw line this season, 13th in the nation. Only once in program history has a player made 50 or more free throws in a season and finished at 90 percent or better. That was Ben Botts in 2008-09, making 65-of-71 (91.5 percent). The best free throw percentage in program history with 100 attempts in a season is Steve Bard in 1987-88 who made 88-of-102 (86.3 percent). The Division I era program record for best single-season free throw percentage in school history is Bryson Scott's 81.8 percent in 2017-18 on 202-of-247 shooting.
// Ra Kpedi has won the opening tip in 25-of-30 games this season. He also won the tip in overtime against Oakland (Dec. 3).
// The 'Dons are 14th in the nation in 3-pointers per game (9.6).
// The 'Dons are 20th in the nation in 3-point defense with teams shooting just 30.0 percent against them from three.
// Jarred Godfrey (2,128), Damian Chong Qui (1,567), Anthony Roberts (1,522), Bobby Planutis (1,188) and Deonte Billups (1,057) have each scored 1,000 career NCAA points.
// With a pair of student-athletes with 1,500 career points at the Division I level (Jarred Godfrey and Damian Chong Qui) 'Dons are one of 13 teams in the nation with two or three players who have reached that mark in Division I contests.
// The 'Dons have 15 games of double-digit offensive rebounds this season.
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