Purdue Fort Wayne Puts Unbeaten #HLWBB Mark on the Line at Youngstown State

Wednesday, January 29

Youngstown, Ohio

6:30 PM

Purdue Fort Wayne

Youngstown State

Madelyn Geers

Photo by: Josh Gales

Purdue Fort Wayne Puts Unbeaten #HLWBB Mark on the Line at Youngstown State

1/27/2025 3:58:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Purdue Fort Wayne women's basketball will take its 11-0 Horizon League record to Youngstown, Ohio to play the Youngstown State Penguins on Wednesday (Jan. 29) at 6:30 p.m.

Game Day Information
Who: Youngstown State Penguins
When: Wednesday, January 29 | 6:30 PM
Where: Youngstown, Ohio | Beeghly Center
Live Stats: Link
Watch: Link
Game Notes: Purdue Fort Wayne | Youngstown State | Horizon League

Know Your Foe
Youngstown State is 9-12 and 4-7 in the Horizon League. Since playing the 'Dons on New Year's Day, the Penguins are 2-4 with wins over Northern Kentucky and Oakland. YSU's leading scorer, Jewel Watkins, is averaging 14.5 points per game, and a touch better in league play at 15.5. In the Penguins' last game against Oakland, Watkins scored 22 points, eclipsing 1,000 for her career.

The Series
Youngstown State leads the series 11-5, but Purdue Fort Wayne has won three of the last four meetings. The Mastodons are 1-8 against the Penguins in Youngstown, with the only win coming in 2010. Purdue Fort Wayne won the meeting in Fort Wayne 74-60 on New Year's Day behind 17 points from Amellia Bromenschenkel.

Streaky!
Purdue Fort Wayne has the fifth-longest active win streak in the country. All of the teams with longer streaks, other than Grand Canyon, are ranked in the AP Top 25. Grand Canyon is ranked No. 5 in the Mid-Major Top 25.
1. No. 1 UCLA - 20
2. Grand Canyon - 17
3. No. 4 Southern California - 14
3. No. 2 South Carolina - 14
5. Purdue Fort Wayne - 13

League Win Streaks...
Purdue Fort Wayne has the eighth-longest active win streak of league games in the country.
1. South Carolina - 45
1. Florida Gulf Coast - 45
1. South Dakota State - 45
4. UConn - 36
5. Fairfield - 33
6. Norfolk State - 19
7. Notre Dame - 16
8. Purdue Fort Wayne - 11

Streak Tracker
The Mastodons are on an 13-game winning streak, which ties the second-best in program history and is the longest of the Division I era (2001-present).
14 wins - 1995-96
13 wins - 2024-25

Super Sydney
Over the last 10 games, Sydney Freeman has averaged 14.9 points per game and shot 50 percent from the floor (55-of-110) and 40 percent from 3-point range (18-of-45). She reached double-figures in nine of the 10 games.

Money Millie
Amellia Bromenschenkel has scored in double-figures in all but one Horizon League game this season, averaging 13.3 points per game.

Linbo Love
Jazzlyn Linbo has scored in double-figures in the last five games, averaging 14.4 points per game in that stretch.

15x15
Purdue Fort Wayne has won 15+ games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons. It is the first time since the Mastodons went Division I with back-to-back 15-win seasons.

In The Polls...
Purdue Fort Wayne was ranked No. 17 in the most recent CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25. The Mastodons have received votes in every poll since November 12, but moved into the rankings for the first time in program history on January 14 at No. 18.

Can't Lose if You Don't Trail
Over the last 13 games (520 minutes), Purdue Fort Wayne has only trailed a total of 90:34. In this stretch, the Mastodons won four games wire-to-wire.

We Love Fort Wayne
Purdue Fort Wayne's 9-0 start at home is the best as a Division I institution and the best overall since 1995-96, when the Mastodons went 13-0 at home.

Rankings Respect
Per the NET and Bart Torvik, Purdue Fort Wayne has a national ranking of 93 and 107, respectively. Both sets of rankings have Purdue Fort Wayne, Cleveland State and Green Bay in a cluster of less than 15 spots separating the three, effectively rating potential games between the three as toss-ups.

A Deep Lineup
Eight different Mastodons have scored at least 18 points in a single game in their Division I careers: Amellia Bromenschenkel, Audra Emmerson, Sydney Freeman, Jazzlyn Linbo, Ella Riggs, Lauren Ross, Renna Schwieterman and Taeya Steinauer.

Home Sweet Gates
The Mastodons are 9-0 at home this season. In its home games this season, Purdue Fort Wayne is scoring 82.1 points per game and has an average margin of victory of 27.1 points per game. The Mastodons are shooting 47.3 percent from the floor and 38.6 percent from 3-point range in Fort Wayne.

Points For Millie
Amellia Bromenschenkel is in the top-10 in program history in career points and rebounds.
Career Points
8. 1480 - Teena Merrell (1986-90)
9. 1386 - Haley Seibert (2011-15)
10. 1358 - Amellia Bromenschenkel (2020-present)

Career Rebounds
1. 937 - Lisa Miller (1988-92)
2. 759 - Pam Edwards (1989-94)
3. 667 - Amellia Bromenschenkel (2020-present)

Linbo Limbo
Jazzlyn Linbo is in the top-five in program history in single-season field goal percentage and career field goal percentage. She will qualify for the single-season list with seven more made baskets.
Career Field Goal Percentage (200 min. attempts)
3. 53.1 - Rhonda Unverferth (1982-85)
4. 52.0 - Jazzlyn Linbo (2021-present)
5. 50.7 - Pam Edwards (1989-94)

Single-Season Field Goal Percentage (75 min. made)
1. 57.8 - Rhonda Unverferth (1984-85)
2. 57.6 - Jazzlyn Linbo (2024-25)
3. 56.3 - Verea Bibbs (2003-04)

Ross Mode
Lauren Ross owns the best 3-point and free throw percentages in program history with minimums of 30 and 60, respectively, for a season-long mark.
Single-Season 3-Point Percentage (30 min. made)
1. 51.1 - Lauren Ross (2024-25)
2. 46.1 - Trish Fleming (2000-01)
3. 44.0 - Lindy Jones (1989-90)

Single-Season Free Throw Percentage (60 min. made)
1. 94.6 - Lauren Ross (2024-25)
2. 91.4 - Haley Seibert (2014-15)
3. 89.9 - Jordan Zuppe (2010-11)

AE & AB 43
Audra Emmerson and Amellia Bromenschenkel both rank in the top-10 in the Mastodons' career 3-point field goals list.
Career 3-Point Field Goals Made
5. 213 - Shayla Sellers (2019-24)
6. 210 - Johnna Lewis-Carlisle (2004-08)
7. 180 - Audra Emmerson (2021-present)
8. 165 - Tenna Merrell (1986-90)
9. 150 - Amellia Bromenschenkel (2020-present)

Last Time Out
Purdue Fort Wayne beat IU Indianapolis 82-55 for its 13th win in a row. Lauren Ross (20), Jazzlyn Linbo (16), Renna Schwieterman (13) and Sydney Freeman (12) were in double-figures.

Coming Up
The Mastodons will continue their road swing with a visit to Robert Morris on Friday (Jan. 31) at 7 p.m.

~ Feel the Rumble ~