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MASTODON BASKETBALL @MastodonMBB #GoDons SCHEDULE/RESULTS KENT STATE NOVEMBER (1-0) PURDUE FORT WAYNE 25 SE LOUISIANA W, 67-63 OT MASTODONS GOLDEN FLASHES 30 at Kent State 5 PM 1-0 0-0 DECEMBER (0-0) 3 ALCORN STATE 7 PM \GAME NO. 2 MEMORIAL ATHLETIC AND CONVOCATION CENTER NOV. 30 - 5 PM ET 8 at Dayton TBA Radio: 1380 AM The Fan 12 DEFIANCE 2 PM Talent: Brett Rump STATISTICAL COMPARISON 13 DEFIANCE 2 PM 19 IUPUI • TBA Online Video: Boxcast via Kent State ‘DONS KSU (19-20) 20 IUPUI • TBA Talent: Tanner Castora Overall Record 1-0 20-12 26 ROBERT MORRIS • TBA Scoring Offense 67.0 76.3 27 ROBERT MORRIS • TBA Scoring Defense 63.0 70.0 KNOW YOUR FOE Scoring Margin +4.0 +6.3 JANUARY (0-0) • Kent State opens the 2020-21 season on Monday FG Percentage .477 .454 1 at Northern Kentucky • TBA evening against the 'Dons after their first attempt on 2 at Northern Kentucky • TBA Saturday was canceled following a positive test in the FG Percentage Defense .303 .415 8 UIC • TBA Alcorn State program. 3FG Percentage .333 .339 9 UIC • TBA 3FGs Per Game .036 7.3 15 at Milwaukee • TBA • FT Percentage .750 .727 16 at Milwaukee • TBA Kent State leads the all-time series 8-0. 22 at Green Bay • TBA Rebounding 35.0 36.4 23 at Green Bay • TBA • The two clubs last meet last season when Kent State Rebounding Margin -5.0 +1.1 29 OAKLAND • TBA won 75-68 on Nov. 19, 2019. The 'Dons led 42-38 at Assists Per Game 13.0 13.9 30 OAKLAND • TBA the break. Kent State took back the lead with 6:51 left Turnovers Per Game 31.0 12.8 in the game and never trailed again. Dylan Carl had 15 Turnover Margin -13.0 +1.3 FEBRUARY (0-0) points on 7-of-10 shooting in the contest. 5 at Detroit Mercy • TBA Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.4 1.1 6 at Detroit Mercy • TBA Steals Per Game 7.0 6.8 12 at Youngstown State • TBA Blocks Per Game 1.0 4.1 13 at Youngstown State • TBA 19 CLEVELAND STATE • TBA 20 CLEVELAND STATE • TBA PROBABLE STARTERS SUBJECT TO CHANGE All Times Eastern • Horizon League 0 1 11 15 50 Format for 2020-21 Horizon League Tournament to be announced later. BOBBY PLANUTIS JARRED GODFREY DYLAN CARL DEONTE BILLUPS JALON PIPKINS NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. HOMETOWN PPG FG% 3P% FT% R/G A/G 0 Bobby Planutis R-Jr. F 6-8 Hazleton, Pa. 14.0 .571 .400 1.000 2.0 1.0 1 Jarred Godfrey Jr. G 6-5 Atlanta, Ga. 0.0 .000 .000 - 0.0 2.0 PURDUE FORT WAYNE REFERENCES 11 Dylan Carl R-Sr. F 6-11 Alma, Mich. 0.0 - - - 1.0 1.0 As a part of university changes beginning July 1, 15 Deonte Billups So. G 6-4 Moline, Ill. 2.0 .000 .000 1.000 6.0 1.0 2018, we respectfully ask to refer to any 50 Jalon Pipkins Sr. G 6-4 Paris, Texas 18.0 .429 .400 .800 5.0 1.0 athletic-related subjects as “Purdue Fort Wayne” or the “Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons.” PLEASE DO NOT IN ANY CONTEXT refer to any team as OFF THE BENCH “IPFW” or “Indiana University - Purdue Univer- 2 Justice Prentice Fr. G 6-1 Toronto, Ontario - - - - - - sity Fort Wayne” as it no longer exists. Please do 3 Ra Kpedi R-Jr. F 6-9 Indianapolis, Ind. 7.0 1.000 - .500 6.0 0.0 not use “Lady ‘Dons” when referring to women’s 4 Jarvis Walker Fr. G 6-2 Muskegon, Mich. 0.0 - - 1.000 1.0 0.0 teams. 5 Johnathan DeJurnett Fr. F 6-8 Memphis, Tenn. 0.0 .000 - .000 1.0 0.0 10 Matt Havey R-So. G 6-1 Lansing, Mich. - - - - - - Although we are officially the Mastodons, using 22 Bryce Waterman So. G 6-6 Colonie, N.Y. - - - - - - ‘Dons on second reference is also acceptable. 24 DeMierre Black Sr. G 6-0 Marietta, Ga. 13.0 1.000 1.000 .800 5.0 3.0 25 Demetric Horton Jr. G 6-5 Raleigh, N.C. 11.0 .500 .400 .500 2.0 4.0 34 Cameron Benford Sr. F 6-8 Seattle, Wash. 0.0 - - - 2.0 0.0 IS THAT GOOD?: The Mastodons lead the nation in 3-point percentage defense. STARTING LINEUPS Okay, it's only been one game, but limiting Southeastern Louisiana to 1-of-28 Game G G G F F (3.6 percent) is still mighty impressive. Perhaps most amazing is Southeastern SOUTHEASTERN LA Godfrey Billups Pipkins Planutis Carl KENT STATE Louisiana made their first attempt of the game and then went on to miss their next 27 attempts. BY GROUP 1-0 Godfrey Billups Pipkins Planutis Carl ARE YOU NEW HERE?: The 'Dons saw multiple new additions make an impact against Southeastern Louisiana. • Loyola Chicago transfer Jalon Pipkins finished with a team-high 18 points SERIES HISTORY including the game-winning basket with 12 seconds left in overtime. Date Opponent Score Location • St. Bonaventure transfer Bobby Planutis had 14 points, 12 coming after halftime 12/23/1996 at Kent State L 70-93 Kent, OH • Junior college transfer Demetric Horton scored 11 points in his Division I debut 12/23/1999 at Kent State L 78-100 Kent, OH • Ra Kpedi, who redshirted last season after transferring from Vermont, scored 11/25/2003 vs Kent State L 66-67 Fort Wayne, IN 01/17/2005 at Kent State L 72-81 Kent, OH seven points with six rebounds in 25 minutes. 12/08/2005 at Kent State L 61-86 Kent, OH 12/09/2006 vs Kent State L 69-79 Fort Wayne, IN STAYING FRESH: Wednesday also saw a pair of true freshman make their debut 12/20/2007 at Kent State L 70-72 Kent, OH on Wednesday. 11/19/2019 at Kent State L 68-75 Kent, OH • Johnathan DeJurnett played five minutes and recorded one block. Kent State leads 8-0 • Jarvis Walker notched 21 minutes. He didn't take a shot from the floor, but scored his first collegiate points on two free throws with less than a second left in overtime to put the 'Dons up four. GOTTA BE EXTRA: The Mastodons' overtime win on Wednesday was their first overtime game since an 85-79 loss to Omaha on Jan. 24, 2019. Jon Coffman is 7-3 in overtime game as the Mastodons' head coach. RA(W) DATA: Ra Kpedi played 12 games for Vermont in 2017-18 and 27 with six starts in 2018-19 before coming to the 'Dons. He helped the Catamounts to 2020-21 HORIZON LEAGUE PRESEASON PICKS an America East Championship and NCAA Tournament berth in 2018-19. The Indianapolis native played at Lawrence North High School where he earned Pl. School (1st-place) – Votes Second Team Indy Star Super Team honors. 1. Wright State (37) – 517 2. Youngstown State (3) – 423 PIP: Jalon Pipkins played in 23 games at CSUN to start his career in 2017-18. He 3. Northern Kentucky (4) – 413 transfered to Paris Junior College in 2018-19 where he averaged 21.5 points per 4. RMU – 345 game. Last season at Loyola Chicago he played in 30 games with one start while 5. UIC – 312 averaging 3.4 points per game. 6. Oakland – 288 7. Cleveland State – 283 MAN WITH A PLAN: Bobby Planutis is a sharpshooter who spent his freshman 8. Green Bay – 253 campaign at Mount St. Mary's before transferring to St. Bonaventure. He played in 9. Detroit Mercy – 185 63 career games with 28 starts prior to his arrival in Fort Wayne. 10. Milwaukee – 172 11. Purdue Fort Wayne – 127 THE NEED FOR THREES: Three additions to the Mastodons this year have a track 12. IUPUI - 114 record of connecting from long range at the college level. Bobby Planutis owns a 36.9 career 3-point percentage mark. As a freshman at Mt. Saint Mary's Planutis made 33-of-67 for a 49.3 percentage. Sophomore Bryce Waterman made 104 2020-21 SIGNEES 3-pointers at Pensacola State Junior College last season. Junior Demetric Horton JoJo Peterson (Johns Creek, Ga./Mount Pisgah HS) connected on 43.0 percent from 3-point range at Independence Community College last year. As a junior, Peterson (6-5, 175, guard) was first-team all- state by the Atlanta Journal Constitution. He averaged MORE BLOCKS THAN A TWITTER TROLL: Dylan Carl owns 93 career blocks. He is 14 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals per one block away from moving into the top five in program history. Fifth place Sean game as a junior. He helped Mount Pisgah to their first Gibson (1989-93) had 94 blocks. In fourth place is Brent Calhoun (2012-17) with final four and regional championship appearance in school 109. Carl and Calhoun were teammates in 2016-17. history. He also played for Team Dickerson. SPEAKING IN PERCENTS: The Mastodons return 57.9 percent of their scoring Redford Dunton (Raleigh, N.C./Millbrook HS) (1,310-of-2,261) from last season. The largest chunk of that total is Jarred Godfrey’s Dunton (6-7, 190, wing) played his first three seasons at 514 points last year. Heritage High School. As a junior, he averaged 16.5 points, 6.5 rebounds per game. He shot 53.0 percent from the TELL ME MORE ABOUT GODFREY: Jarred Godfrey was a 2019-20 All-Summit floor and 37.0 from three.