Tuesday, February 28
Detroit, MI
7 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Detroit Mercy
Men's Hoops Starts Title Chase at Detroit Mercy on Tuesday Night
2/27/2023 2:19:00 PM | Men's Basketball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The second season begins on Tuesday (Feb. 28) for the Mastodon men's basketball team. The ninth-seeded 'Dons will travel to eighth-seeded Detroit Mercy for an opening round game in the 2023 Barbasol Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship.
Game Day Information
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (17-14) at Detroit Mercy Titans (13-18)
When: Tuesday, February 28 | 7 p.m. ET
Where: Detroit, Mich. | Calihan Hall
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: Listen
Game Notes (PDF): Purdue Fort Wayne | Detroit Mercy
Series Record: Series tied 4-4
Ticket Info: $10 I Horizon League students free with ID I Buy online
'Dons and Ends:
// Jarred Godfrey was named to the 2023 All-Horizon League Second Team. He now has four all-league honors to his name in his career.
// Jarred Godfrey scored 29 points at Green Bay on Saturday to close the regular season. It is his fifth highest scoring game of his career.
// Jarred Godfrey broke the program's all-time scoring record vs. Robert Morris (Feb. 12). He now owns 2,157 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 260 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 eight games. He has 14 games of 20 or more points this season.
// Jarred Godfrey is the all-time leader in games played in program history with 152. 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).
// Bobby Planutis made four 3-pointers in both games of last week's Wisconsin swing. He has 16 games in his career of four or more 3-pointers.
// 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 134 free throws, 7th most in a single season in program history.
// Ra Kpedi has already passed his rebound total from last season. He owns 254 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 (Feb. 10). He now owns 534 career rebounds as a Mastodon, 7th in program history.
// Ra Kpedi averaged 8.6 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 15-3 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 15.0 percent. He is first in the league with 113 total offensive boards.
// Jarred Godfrey owns 646 rebounds, third in program history. He is also in the top three in points, assists, steals, field goals, free throws and 3-pointers in program history.
// Jarred Godfrey is shooting 89.7 percent (134-of-150) from the free throw line this season, 14th 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 26-of-31 games this season. He also won the tip in overtime against Oakland (Dec. 3).
// The 'Dons are 16th 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 29.9 percent against them from three.
// Jarred Godfrey (2,157), Damian Chong Qui (1,569), Anthony Roberts (1,530), Bobby Planutis (1,202) and Deonte Billups (1,062) 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 (17-14) at Detroit Mercy Titans (13-18)
When: Tuesday, February 28 | 7 p.m. ET
Where: Detroit, Mich. | Calihan Hall
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: Listen
Game Notes (PDF): Purdue Fort Wayne | Detroit Mercy
Series Record: Series tied 4-4
Ticket Info: $10 I Horizon League students free with ID I Buy online
'Dons and Ends:
// Jarred Godfrey was named to the 2023 All-Horizon League Second Team. He now has four all-league honors to his name in his career.
// Jarred Godfrey scored 29 points at Green Bay on Saturday to close the regular season. It is his fifth highest scoring game of his career.
// Jarred Godfrey broke the program's all-time scoring record vs. Robert Morris (Feb. 12). He now owns 2,157 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 260 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 eight games. He has 14 games of 20 or more points this season.
// Jarred Godfrey is the all-time leader in games played in program history with 152. 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).
// Bobby Planutis made four 3-pointers in both games of last week's Wisconsin swing. He has 16 games in his career of four or more 3-pointers.
// 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 134 free throws, 7th most in a single season in program history.
// Ra Kpedi has already passed his rebound total from last season. He owns 254 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 (Feb. 10). He now owns 534 career rebounds as a Mastodon, 7th in program history.
// Ra Kpedi averaged 8.6 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 15-3 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 15.0 percent. He is first in the league with 113 total offensive boards.
// Jarred Godfrey owns 646 rebounds, third in program history. He is also in the top three in points, assists, steals, field goals, free throws and 3-pointers in program history.
// Jarred Godfrey is shooting 89.7 percent (134-of-150) from the free throw line this season, 14th 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 26-of-31 games this season. He also won the tip in overtime against Oakland (Dec. 3).
// The 'Dons are 16th 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 29.9 percent against them from three.
// Jarred Godfrey (2,157), Damian Chong Qui (1,569), Anthony Roberts (1,530), Bobby Planutis (1,202) and Deonte Billups (1,062) 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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