MASTODON BASKETBALL @MastodonMBB #GoDons 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS OCTOBER PURDUE FORT Wayne NO. 21/20 UCLA 30 DEPAUW # (Exhibition) W, 90-64 MASTODONS BRUINS NOVEMBER (0-0) 18-15, 7-7 Summit (2017-18) 21-12, 11-7 PAC 12 (2017-18) 6 at UCLA PAC 12 9 PM 8 EARLHAM # 7 PM 11 at Ohio St. BTN 4 PM GAME 1 PAULEY Pavilion PRESENTED BY WESCOM (13,800) NOV. 6, 2018 - 9:02 PM ET 13 MaNCHESTER 7 PM 16 at Dayton 7 PM GAMEDAY INFORMATION SERIES HISTORY 20 SOUTH CaROLINA ST. CN81 7 PM Radio: ESPN 1380 AM/100.9 FM Versus UCLA: First Meeting 23 SaMFORd CN81 7 PM Talent: Brett Rump Versus Pac-12: 0-5 25 at Cleveland St. 5 PM Online: www.GoMastodons.com/watch at Oregon State (12/27/01) L 84-59 28 at Eastern Illinois 8 PM Television: Pac-12 Network at Oregon State (11/29/03) L 57-55 TV Talent: J.B. Long, Don MacLean at Washington State (12/1/03) L 66-46 DECEMBER (0-0) at Washington State (11/20/09) L 89-70 1 UMKC CN81 2 PM at Utah (12/5/2015) L 96-79 SCOUTING UCLA Not included in total is a game at Utah (Jan. 11, 2003) L 76-59, 5 AKRON CN81 7 PM The Bruins were 21-12 last year and advanced to the when Utah was a member of the Mountain West Conference. 8 at Miami (OH) 2 PM STATISTICAL COMPARISON (2017-18) 15 at Austin Peay 5 PM NCAA’s First Four in Dayton, Ohio. UCLA defeated New ‘DONS UCLA 18 IUPUI CN81 7 PM York Institute of Technology in an exhibition (125-73) Overall Record 18-15 21-12 20 SIENA HEIGHTS CN81 7 PM on Saturday, Oct. 27. Prince Ali scored 25 points. Moses Scoring Offense 82.3 81.2 28 at North Dakota • 8 PM Brown was 8-for-9 from the floor with 20 points and Scoring Defense 76.8 76.0 30 at North Dakota St. • 5 PM 13 rebounds. Scoring Margin +5.5 +5.2 FG Percentage .460 .460 (0-0) JANUARY THE SERIES FG Percentage Defense .462 .423 3 South Dakota St. • CN81 7:30 PM First meeting. The ‘Dons are 0-5 all-time against Pac 12 3FG Percentage .366 .381 10 Oral robertS • CN81 7 PM members. 3FGs Per Game 10.3 9.4 13 at South Dakota • 2 PM FT Percentage .720 .720 19 at Western Illinois • 8 PM Rebounding 35.0 38.8 24 Omaha • # 7 PM LAST TIME OUT Rebounding Margin -0.6 +2.7 26 Denver • # 7 PM The Mastodons defeated NCAA Division III member Assists Per Game 14.7 15.0 30 South Dakota • # 7 PM DePauw on Oct. 30 90-64. Five ‘Dons scored in double- Turnovers Per Game 11.8 12.1 digits, led by Kason Harrell’s 14 points. Turnover Margin +3.3 -1.5 (0-0) FEBRUARY Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.2 1.2 2 at Oral Roberts • 8 PM Steals Per Game 8.0 5.6 7 WeStern IllInoIS • CN81 7 PM Blocks Per Game 3.3 4.0 14 at Denver • 9 PM 16 at Omaha • 5:30 PM PROBABLE Starters SUBJECT TO CHANGE 21 at South Dakota St. • 8 PM 28 North Dakota • # 7:30 PM 55 32 41 13 11 MARCH (0-0) 2 NORTH DAKOTA ST. • # 5 PM 9-12 Summit League Tournament TBD All Times Eastern # at Gates Center • Summit League JOHN0 MO KONCHAR evans KASON HARRELL MARCUS DEBERRY Matt HOLBA DYLAN CARL NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. HOMETOWN PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% 55 John Konchar R-Sr. G 6-5 West Chicago, Ill. 14.8 8.1 4.8 .482 .384 .648 32 Kason Harrell Jr. G 6-2 Pittsburgh, Pa. 13.5 2.9 1.3 .438 .368 .826 PURDUE FORT WAYNE REFERENCES 41 Marcus DeBerry R-Jr. G 6-5 Union City, Tenn. - - - - - - As a part of university changes beginning July 1, 13 Matt Holba R-Jr. F 6-7 Noblesville, Ind. - - - - - - 2018, we respectfully ask to refer to any athlet- 11 Dylan Carl R-So. F 6-11 Alma, Mich. 4.5 2.9 0.6 .435 .359 .515 ic-related subjects as “Purdue Fort Wayne” or the “Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons.” PLEASE DO NOT IN ANY CONTEXT refer to any team as “IPFW” or OFF THE BENCH “Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne” 0 Ramion Burt Jr. Jr. F 6-8 Albany, N.Y. - - - - - - as it no longer exists. Please do not use “Lady ‘Dons” 1 Jarred Godfrey Fr. G 6-5 Atlanta, Ga. - - - - - - when referring to women’s teams or “VolleyDons” 2 Brian Patrick Jr. G 6-5 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. - - - - - - for volleyball teams. 5 Tionne Rollins Fr. G 6-2 Tallahassee, Fla. - - - - - - 10 Dee Montgomery Jr. G 6-0 Horn Lake, Miss. - - - - - - Although we are officially the Mastodons, using 15 Matt Havey Fr. G 6-1 Lansing, Mich. - - - - - - ‘Dons on second reference is also acceptable. 31 Josh Inkumsah Fr. F 6-7 Barrie, Ontario - - - - - - 33 Matt Weir So. G 6-1 New Concord, Ohio 5.0 1.4 2.7 .370 .400 .884 34 Cameron Benford So. F 6-8 Seattle, Wash. 1.0 2.0 0.2 .417 .000 .571 35 Rylen Grundy Fr. F 6-5 South Bend, Ind. - - - - - - PURDUE FORT WAYNE PMS Black Yellow PMS 110c ON THE ROSTER Starting LINEUPS • Two seniors: Kason Harrell and redshirt senior John Konchar. Game G G G F F DEPAUW (Exhibition) Konchar Harrell DeBerry Holba Carl • Five freshmen: Jarred Godfrey, Tionne Rollins, Matt Havey, Josh Inkumsah and Rylen Grundy. • The roster features eight student-athletes who were not on the roster last season. The five freshmen and junior transfers Brian Patrick, Dee Montgomery 2018-19 PRESEASON ALL-SUMMIT LEAGUE TEAMS and Ramion Burt Jr.. Patrick is a transfer from Kansas State and will redshirt in Preseason First Team All-Summit League 2018-19. Montgomery and Burt and eligible this season. Mike Daum – South Dakota State (Sr., F)* • Five ‘Dons on the roster saw action last season (John Konchar, Kason Harrell, Trey Burch-Manning – South Dakota (Sr., F) Dylan Carl, Cameron Benford, Matt Weir). • Two ‘Dons redshirted last season and are eligible this season. Lehigh transfer Zach Jackson – Omaha (Sr., G) Matt Holba and Northern Arizona transfer Marcus DeBerry. David Jenkins, Jr. – South Dakota State (So., G) • 11 states and two countries represented on the roster. John Konchar – Purdue Fort Wayne (Sr., G) Joe Rosga – Denver (Sr., G) ON THE SCHEDULE • The non-league slate features seven Division I teams that each won a game in their respective conference tournaments last season. Preseason Second Team All-Summit League • The schedule features five games five games in 11 days to start the season. Brandon Gilbeck – Western Illinois (Sr., C) The ‘Dons will play at UCLA (Nov. 6), host Earlham (Nov. 8), travel to Ohio State Tyler Hagedorn – South Dakota (Sr., F) (Nov. 11), host Manchester (Nov. 13) and close it out at Dayton (Nov. 16). Emmanuel Nzekwesi – Oral Roberts (Jr., F) •10 games will be played at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. Seven Tyson Ward – North Dakota State (Jr., G) games (including the DePauw exhibition) will be played at the Gates Sports Kobe Webster – Western Illinois (So., G) Center. FOUR MORE The ‘Dons were picked to finish fourth in the 2018-19 Summit League 2018-19 PRESEASON POLL Preseason Poll. Team (First-Place Votes) Points 1. South Dakota State (34) 570 VS. RANKED Purdue Fort Wayne is 1-16 all-time against nationally ranked opponents. The 2. South Dakota (1) 470 victory was a 71-68 overtime victory at home over Indiana on Nov. 22, 2016. 3. Denver (1) 454 4. Purdue Fort Wayne 384 IT’S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY FROM MILAN TO FORT WAYNE 5. North Dakota State 280 Purdue Fort Wayne went on a foreign tour to Italy from August 6-16th. The 6. Oral Roberts 215 ‘Dons played three games and traveled to Milan, Vicenza, Venice, Florence and 7. North Dakota 186 Rome among other cities. 8. Omaha 177 SOME NOTES ON LAST YEAR 9. Western Illinois 161 • Purdue Fort Wayne made their fifth consecutive postseason tournament last year, qualifying for the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). • The Mastodons are the only Division I program in the state of Indiana to play in the postseason each of the last five seasons. 2017-18 SUMMIT LEAGUE STANDINGS • The ‘Dons have averaged 20.6 wins per season over the last five seasons. Team Summit League Overall • Only Valparaiso (115) and Butler (105) have more wins than the Mastodons South Dakota State 13-1 0.929 28-7 0.800 (103) over the last five years seasons Indiana mid-majors. • The ‘Dons committed single-digit turnovers in eight of 14 Summit League South Dakota 11-3 0.786 26-9 0.743 games last season. Denver 8-6 0.571 15-15 0.500 • Purdue Fort Wayne finished Summit League play with 108 steals while their Purdue Fort Wayne 7-7 0.500 18-15 0.545 opponents recorded only 50. North Dakota State 5-9 0.357 15-17 0.469 Oral Roberts 5-9 0.357 11-21 0.344 LAST YEAR IN THE NATION THE ‘DONS WERE… • 15th in 3-pointers per game (10.3) Omaha 4-10 0.286 9-22 0.290 • 17th in steals per game (8.0) Western Illinois 3-11 0.214 12-16 0.429 • 18th in turnover margin (3.3) • 21st in points per game (82.3) JOHN KONCHAR NOTES • John Konchar was named to the 2018-19 Preseason All-Summit League Team.