Mastodon WBB Hosts Oakland for Mastodon Mania

Thursday, February 6

Fort Wayne, Ind.

7 PM

Purdue Fort Wayne

Oakland

Buy Tickets

Ella Riggs

Photo by: Josh Gales

Mastodon WBB Hosts Oakland for Mastodon Mania

2/4/2025 12:47:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Live Stats Watch Tickets

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Purdue Fort Wayne women's basketball team will look to extend its win streak to 16 games when Oakland comes to town on Thursday (Feb. 6).

Game Day Information
Who: Oakland Golden Grizzlies
When: Thursday, February 6 | 7 PM
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Gates Sports Center
Live Stats: Link
Watch: Link
Tickets: Link
Game Notes: Purdue Fort Wayne | Oakland | Horizon League

Know Your Foe
Oakland is 8-13 and 6-6 in Horizon League play. Since the Mastodons beat them by 40 earlier this season, the Golden Grizzlies are 2-5 with wins over Milwaukee and Detroit Mercy. Reigning Horizon League Player of the Week Maddy Skorupski scored 38 points to lead the Golden Grizzlies past Detroit Mercy last week. She is averaging 17.6 this year.

The Series
Oakland leads the series 19-14 over the Mastodons, but Purdue Fort Wayne has won the last four meetings, including a 77-37 victory earlier this season. The 40-point win is the largest in the 39-year history of the former Summit League rivals.

Mastodon Mania!
Purdue Fort Wayne's two home games this week will be a part of the university's Mastodon Mania event, a new take on the traditional homecoming. The Mastodon women will play Oakland and Wright State, while the men will welcome Wright State and Green Bay. There are free giveaways and the Pacers Power Pack will perform at halftime of each game of the Saturday doubleheader.

National Girls and Women in Sports Day
Thursday's game for the Mastodons will be its annual celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day. In the morning prior to the game, there will be a breakfast with keynote speaker Maria Marchesano.

Streaky!
Purdue Fort Wayne has the fourth-longest active win streak in the country.
1. No. 1 UCLA - 21
2. Grand Canyon - 19
3. No. 2 South Carolina - 16
4. Purdue Fort Wayne - 15

League Win Streaks...
Purdue Fort Wayne has the eighth-longest active win streak of league games in the country.
1. South Carolina - 47
1. South Dakota State - 47
1. Florida Gulf Coast - 47
4. UConn - 38
5. Fairfield - 35
6. Norfolk State - 20
7. Notre Dame - 18
8. Purdue Fort Wayne - 13

Streak Tracker
The Mastodons are on an 15-game winning streak, which is the best in program history.

Eyes on March
With Purdue Fort Wayne's next win or Detroit Mercy's next loss, the Mastodons will clinch a home quarterfinal round game for the Horizon League Championship.

20/20 Vision
With two more wins, Purdue Fort Wayne will secure its first pair of back-to-back 20-win seasons in program history.

Ross Has the Sauce
Through 23 games, Lauren Ross is shooting 49.0 percent from the floor, 49.7 percent from 3-point range and 94.7 percent from the line. With a slight uptick from the floor and from three, she would be the first women's player and second player overall to ever shoot 50/50/90 since the 3-point line was added to college basketball. Salim Stoudamire (Arizona, 2004-05) is the only other college player to do hit all three marks for an entire season while meeting minimum requirements.

Super Sydney
Over the last 12 games, Sydney Freeman has averaged 15.2 points per game and shot 50.4 percent from the floor (69-of-137) and 39.6 percent from 3-point range (21-of-53). She reached double-figures in 11 of the 12 games.

Money Millie
Amellia Bromenschenkel has scored in double-figures in 10 Horizon League games this season, averaging 12.3 points per league game.

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

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 15 games (600 minutes), Purdue Fort Wayne has only trailed a total of 110:35. In this stretch, the Mastodons won five 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 95 and 113, respectively.

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.

Last Time Out
The Mastodons took down Robert Morris 63-54 behind double-digit efforts from Renna Schwieterman, Jordan Reid and Sydney Freeman. Reid scored eight points and had a steal in the final seven minutes of the contest.

Coming Up
Purdue Fort Wayne continues its homestand with a visit from Wright State on Saturday (Feb. 8). It will be a doubleheader with the men's team starting at 4 p.m.

~ Feel the Rumble ~