Friday, February 10
Fort Wayne, Ind.
7 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
vs
Youngstown State
JoJo Peterson
'Dons Look to Sweep Season Series With Youngstown State
2/9/2023 11:34:00 AM | Men's Basketball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Mastodons start a stretch of four straight games in Fort Wayne on Friday (Feb. 10) evening at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum against first-place Youngstown State. The 'Dons won at YSU earlier this season.
Game Day Information
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (15-10, 7-7 Horizon League) vs. Youngstown State (19-6, 11-3 Horizon League)
When: Friday, February 10 | 7 p.m. ET
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: Listen
Tickets: Link
Game Notes (PDF): Purdue Fort Wayne | Youngstown State
Series Record: Mastodons lead 5-4
About Youngstown State:
// The Penguins are looking for their 20th win of the season.
// Youngstown State's Dwayne Cohill is averaging 17.5 points per game on 48.8 percent shooting from three.
'Dons and Ends:
// Deonte Billups went over 1,000 points for his career and Jarred Godfrey hit 2,000 career points in the same game, Feb. 2 at Oakland.
// Jarred Godfrey enters Friday's game with 2,012 career points. He is only the second Mastodon in program history to reach 2,000. John Konchar is the other. Konchar sits in first place in program history with 2,065 points. Godfrey needs 54 points to pass Konchar and own the title to himself.
// Jarred Godfrey is the all-time leader in games played in program history. He played in his 142nd career game on Jan. 25th at Northern Kentucky to pass Cameron Benford (2017-22) who played in 141 games for the previous record mark. Godfrey now owns 146 career games played.
// Jarred Godfrey has nine games of 20 or more points this season. He has 34 career games of 20 or more points.
// Ra Kpedi on the season has six double-digit rebound games, including double-doubles at Northwestern (Nov. 18), vs. Oakland (Dec. 3) and vs. Cleveland State (Jan. 16).
// Four Mastodons are averaging double-digits in league play: Jarred Godfrey (17.5), Deonte Billups (10.4), Bobby Planutis (10.2) and Damian Chong Qui (10.0).
// Ra Kpedi is averaging 8.8 rebounds per game in league play. The last Mastodon to average that many rebounds per game in league play was John Konchar at 9.3 per game 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 13-1 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 15.8 percent. He is second in the league with 93 total offensive boards.
// Jarred Godfrey owns 613 rebounds, fourth 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 91.0 percent (101-of-111) from the free throw line this season, 7th 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 2009-09, making 65-of-71 (91.5 percent).
// Ra Kpedi has won the opening tip in 22-of-25 games this season. He also won the tip in overtime against Oakland (Dec. 3).
// The 'Dons are 12th in the nation in 3-pointers per game (9.9).
// The 'Dons are 10th in the nation in 3-point defense with teams shooting just 28.5 percent against them from three.
// Jarred Godfrey (2,012), Damian Chong Qui (1,513), Anthony Roberts (1,497), Bobby Planutis (1,136) and Deonte Billups (1,011) 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.
// The 'Dons have 15 games of double-digit offensive rebounds this season.
Game Day Information
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (15-10, 7-7 Horizon League) vs. Youngstown State (19-6, 11-3 Horizon League)
When: Friday, February 10 | 7 p.m. ET
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: Listen
Tickets: Link
Game Notes (PDF): Purdue Fort Wayne | Youngstown State
Series Record: Mastodons lead 5-4
About Youngstown State:
// The Penguins are looking for their 20th win of the season.
// Youngstown State's Dwayne Cohill is averaging 17.5 points per game on 48.8 percent shooting from three.
'Dons and Ends:
// Deonte Billups went over 1,000 points for his career and Jarred Godfrey hit 2,000 career points in the same game, Feb. 2 at Oakland.
// Jarred Godfrey enters Friday's game with 2,012 career points. He is only the second Mastodon in program history to reach 2,000. John Konchar is the other. Konchar sits in first place in program history with 2,065 points. Godfrey needs 54 points to pass Konchar and own the title to himself.
// Jarred Godfrey is the all-time leader in games played in program history. He played in his 142nd career game on Jan. 25th at Northern Kentucky to pass Cameron Benford (2017-22) who played in 141 games for the previous record mark. Godfrey now owns 146 career games played.
// Jarred Godfrey has nine games of 20 or more points this season. He has 34 career games of 20 or more points.
// Ra Kpedi on the season has six double-digit rebound games, including double-doubles at Northwestern (Nov. 18), vs. Oakland (Dec. 3) and vs. Cleveland State (Jan. 16).
// Four Mastodons are averaging double-digits in league play: Jarred Godfrey (17.5), Deonte Billups (10.4), Bobby Planutis (10.2) and Damian Chong Qui (10.0).
// Ra Kpedi is averaging 8.8 rebounds per game in league play. The last Mastodon to average that many rebounds per game in league play was John Konchar at 9.3 per game 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 13-1 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 15.8 percent. He is second in the league with 93 total offensive boards.
// Jarred Godfrey owns 613 rebounds, fourth 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 91.0 percent (101-of-111) from the free throw line this season, 7th 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 2009-09, making 65-of-71 (91.5 percent).
// Ra Kpedi has won the opening tip in 22-of-25 games this season. He also won the tip in overtime against Oakland (Dec. 3).
// The 'Dons are 12th in the nation in 3-pointers per game (9.9).
// The 'Dons are 10th in the nation in 3-point defense with teams shooting just 28.5 percent against them from three.
// Jarred Godfrey (2,012), Damian Chong Qui (1,513), Anthony Roberts (1,497), Bobby Planutis (1,136) and Deonte Billups (1,011) 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.
// The 'Dons have 15 games of double-digit offensive rebounds this season.
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