Mastodon WBB Looks to Defend the Fort With Doubleheader

Wednesday, December 10

Fort Wayne, Ind.

5 PM

Purdue Fort Wayne

Milwaukee

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Lili Krasovec

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Mastodon WBB Looks to Defend the Fort With Doubleheader

12/9/2025 4:37:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Purdue Fort Wayne will play its annual Defend the Fort doubleheader on Wednesday (Dec. 10) at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. The Mastodon women will tip at 5 p.m. against Milwaukee before the men host Eastern Michigan at 8 p.m.

Fans will receive a free Defend the Fort t-shirt presented by Visit Fort Wayne. Only one ticket is needed to watch both games. Also, the 2026 Mastodon Hall of Fame Class will be unveiled at halftime of the men's game in venue, on ESPN+ and on social media.

Game Day Information
Who: Milwaukee Panthers
When: Wednesday, December 10 | 5 PM
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
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Watch: ESPN+

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Tickets: Link

Game Notes: Purdue Fort Wayne | Milwaukee | Horizon League

Know Your Foe
Milwaukee is 2-8 this season and 0-1 to start Horizon League play. The Panthers are looking to snap a five-game losing streak, coming to Fort Wayne after losing to Youngstown State 68-56. MKE has wins at Northern Illinois 76-65 and Valparaiso 72-67 in overtime. Jorey Buwalda leads the team with 12.0 points and 8.6 rebounds per game this season.

Series History
Milwaukee leads the all-time series 10-7, but the Mastodons have won the last four and four of the last five. The Mastodons won last year's home game 70-58. In the road game, the 'Dons blew out the Panthers 82-46 and featured the second 3-pointer of Jordan Reid's career.

Block Party
Purdue Fort Wayne had seven blocks against Wright State on December 7, which was the most against a Division I foe since they had eight against Saint Louis in the 2024 WNIT.

Neato Nelson
Alana Nelson scored 26 points against Wright State on December 7. That was the most she had scored at the Division I level. Her career-high of any level is 47 points against Lourdes in 2023 while at Spring Arbor.

A Week of Alana
Alana Nelson was selected as the Horizon League Player of the Week on December 8. After the first week of league play, Nelson averaged 24.5 points per game, which led the league by 7.0 points per game. She had 23 points at IU Indy, then followed it up with 26 against Wright State.

Lock In Lili
Lili Krasovec scored 15 points three times this season (Purdue, Eastern Michigan, Wright State), which is her career-high mark. In those games, she was a combined 15-for-24 (62.5 percent) from the floor and 15-of-18 (83.3 percent) from the free throw line.

Career Points Tracker
Let's take a look at the career scoring numbers for the three former NAIA All-Americans on the roster regardless of level.
Alana Nelson - 2,433 (482 at Northwood, 1,787 at Spring Arbor, 164 at PFW)
Jordan Reid - 1,766 (1,395 at Indiana Wesleyan, 373 at PFW)
Lauren Lee - 1,655 (1,630 at Campbellsville, 25 at PFW)

All Signs Point to Nelson
Of all players currently at the Division I level, Alana Nelson has the most career points when counting all levels of play. She owns 2,433 points in her six years of college basketball at Northwood (2), Spring Arbor (3) and Purdue Fort Wayne (1).

3-Point Threat
Rylee Bess is off to the best start by a freshman in terms of 3-point shooting since Jordan Zuppe in 2007-08. Zuppe shot 43.3 percent on 74 makes in her freshman season. Bess is at 45.2 percent with 19 makes.

They're Playing a Lot, Huh?
Alana Nelson (34.9) and Jordan Reid (33.2) lead the Horizon League in minutes played per game.

Look at Lee!
Through two Horizon League games, Lauren Lee leads the HL with 5.5 assists per game. She also has a 3.7 assist to turnover ratio, which is second-best.

In the HL
Alana Nelson's 16.4 points per game leads the Horizon League and her 50.4 field goal percentage ranks second in the league. Her 38.5 3-point percentage is fourth. In a small sample size of league play, she leads the league with 24.5 points per game.

Reid About Jordan
Jordan Reid is the only player in the Horizon League in the top-five in both rebounding (6.4) and steals (2.7) per game.

I'll Take That
Jordan Reid is averaging 2.7 steals per game, which ranks second in the Horizon League and top-40 nationally. If that average holds for a season-long mark, it would be second-best in the program's Division I era and fourth-best overall.

Inside The Arc? Guaranteed Bucket
Lili Krasovec is shooting 66.7 percent from the floor this season (42-for-63). If she qualified for the leaderboard with enough attempts, she would lead the Horizon League in the field goal percentage category.

Home Sweet Gates
Purdue Fort Wayne is 46-21 (68.7 percent) at home under head coach Maria Marchesano and 31-6 (83.8 percent) over the last three seasons.

Magic Numbers 70 and 80
Under head coach Maria Marchesano, the Mastodons are 52-8 when they score 70 points or more and 24-2 when they hit 80.

Bench Mob
Purdue Fort Wayne's bench is out-scoring its opponents' benches 193-161 this season. The Mastodon bench has led in bench points in seven of its 10 games.

Last Time Out
Purdue Fort Wayne handled Wright State 68-52 behind 26 points from Alana Nelson. The Mastodons held all Raiders below double-digits in the scoring column.

Next Time Up
Another doubleheader at the Memorial Coliseum is on tap for the Mastodons, this time a 2 p.m. date on Sunday (Dec. 14) against Northern Illinois.

~ Feel the Rumble ~