MASTODON BASKETBALL @IPFWAthletics February 15, 2014 2013-14 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER 9 at Dayton L, 80-81 IPFW VS Denver 11 IU-KOKOMO W, 90-62 MASTODONS PIONEERS 15 at Texas A&M Corpus Christi L, 71-72 12-12, 5-4 Summit 16 vs. UT-Pan American W, 66-60 19-8, 7-2 Summit 17 vs. Tennessee Tech W, 69-66 20 PURDUE CALUMET W, 106-72 GAME NO. 28 GATES SPORTS CENTER FORT WAYNE, IND. 24 at Kennesaw State W, 76-66 27 at Eastern Illinois W, 71-65 GAMEDAY INFORMATION SERIES HISTORY 29 at Illinois L, 55-57 Radio: The Fan 1380 AM Overall: IPFW leads 1-0 Play-by-Play: Brett Rump Series Started: January 16, 2014 DECEMBER Live Stats: Sidearm Live Stats 3 at Miami (Ohio) L, 87-94 Video Stream: Mastodon All-Access RECENT SERIES RESULTS Date Site W/L Score 7 DARTMOUTH W, 80-64 1/16/2014 A W 67-64 10 at Bradley W, 65-61 QUICK HITTERS 14 SIU EDWARDSVILLE W, 95-75 • The team is planning on honoring its three graduating seniors prior to STATISTICAL COMPARISON 21 EASTERN ILLINOIS W, 86-65 the game today: Pierre Bland, Luis Jacobo, and Michael Kibiloski. IPFW Denver 29 EASTERN KENTUCKY L, 68-90 • IPFW’s 19-8 start is tied for the fourth-best 27-game start in program Overall Record 19-8 12-12 history, and the best start in IPFW’s NCAA Division I era (2001-02 to pres- Conference Record 7-3 5-4 Scoring Offense 76.6 65.3 JANUARY ent) Scoring Defense 70.6 63.2 2 at Bowling Green W, 65-60 • IPFW ranks 12th in NCAA Division I in field goal percentage according Scoring Margin +6.0 +2.2 4 KALAMAZOO W, 110-74 to the NCAA, while Steve Forbes is 16th in the county in individual field FG Percentage .484 .455 9 NORTH DAKOTA STATE • W, 82-71 goal percentage by the ESPN statistical rankings (he is 12 field goal makes FG Percentage Defense .459 .471 11 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE • W, 82-75 shy of qualifying for the NCAA rankings). 3-pt FG Percentage .397 .376 16 at Denver • W, 67-64 • IPFW’s 20-of-21 free throw shooting game against North Dakota State FT Percentage .665 .737 18 at South Dakota • L, 61-75 stands as the 20th-best single-game shooting performance in NCAA Divi- 3-Pointers Per Game 8.2 8.0 25 IUPUI • W, 90-75 sion I this season. Rebounding Offense 33.9 26.7 30 OMAHA • W, 86-82 • IPFW’s current RPI of 129 is the second-lowest in program history, Rebounding Margin +3.0 -4.5 FEBRUARY behind only the 128 from two weeks ago. Coming into the season, the Assists Per Game 14.4 15.2 1 WESTERN ILLINOIS • W, 77-64 best season-ending RPI was 180 in 2010-11. Turnovers Per Game 12.5 10.3 Turnover Margin +0.1 +2.6 6 at South Dakota State • L, 51-79 • IPFW head coach Tony Jasick, now 46-44 in his career, stands in Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.2 1.5 8 at North Dakota State • L, 58-69 sole possession of fourth place in career coaching wins and is one of two coaches in program history to have a career record of .500 or better. Steals Per Game 6.8 7.4 13 SOUTH DAKOTA • W, 75-69 Blocked Shots Per Game 2.6 3.8 15 DENVER • 7 p.m. • Through 27 games of the season, IPFW has trailed for just four hours, 22 at IUPUI • 2 p.m. 22 minutes, and four seconds, while leading for 12 hours, 36 minutes, and 13 seconds. 27 at Western Illinois • 7 p.m. • IPFW’s 19-8 record stands tied for the most wins in the state among NCAA Division I programs, and second in winning percentage. IPFW is tied with Indiana St. with 19 wins, and trail just the Sycamores (19-6) in win percentage. Of the 10 NCAA MARCH Division I teams in the state, seven have a winning record with an overall winning percentage of .506 (127-124). 1 at Omaha • 2:07 p.m. • IPFW finished the month of January with a 7-1 record, the best record for the month in program history, better than the 8 Summit Quarterfinals TBA previous top mark of 8-2 in 1991-92. 9 Summit Quarterfinals TBA 10 Summit Semifinals TBA 11 Summit Championship TBA MASTODON PROBABLE STARTERS (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) Ht. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% IPFW ATHLETIC MEDIA SERVICES F 20 Michael Kibiloski 6-7 Sr. Elkhart, Ind. 7.2 2.7 0.7 .453 .393 .769 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46805 F 54 Steve Forbes 6-9 Jr. Clermont, Fla. 12.1 5.0 0.5 .628 - .664 Bill Salyer, Assistant A.D. (MBB Contact) G 2 Pierre Bland 6-2 Sr. Jacksonville, Fla. 9.4 4.5 4.0 .509 .436 .710 Cell: (260) 705-3963 / Office: (260) 481-0729 G 11 Isaiah McCray 6-0 Jr. Baltimore, Md. 6.7 3.1 2.4 .343 .322 .523 G 13 Luis Jacobo 6-5 Sr. Sanford, Fla. 14.8 3.9 1.3 .457 .421 .786 Email: [email protected] G GoMastodons.com / @bill_salyer OFF THE BENCH G 3 Herbert Graham 6-4 So. N. Miami Beach, Fla. 2.3 0.9 0.5 .444 .429 .500 G 5 Mo Evans 6-0 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. 10.2 2.9 1.8 .489 .462 .839 G 21 Trevor Osborn 5-11 Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind. 0.3 0.3 0.1 .000 .000 1.000 G 23 Kevin Harden 6-2 Sr. Orlando, Fla. 2.4 1.1 1.2 .286 .400 - G 25 Jared Bloom 6-0 Fr. Warsaw, Ind. 0.3 0.3 0.0 .333 .000 .000 G 35 Will Dunn 6-2 Fr. Edina, Minn. 0.9 0.0 0.0 .500 .000 .250 F 44 Joe Reed 6-8 So. Greenwood, Ind. 8.1 5.6 1.2 .551 .235 .639 F 50 Brent Calhoun 6-8 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. 0.9 1.4 0.1 .333 - .250 G 53 Joe Edwards 6-5 Jr. Chicago, Ill. 8.0 2.7 2.3 .475 .340 .595 IPFW SEASON AND CAREER TOTALS 2013-14 STARTING LINEUPS SCOUTING THE PIONEERS 2013-14 Career Game G G G F F Denver makes its way to Fort Wayne after falling to IUPUI Record in such games in ( ) Dayton Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes on Thursday evening by a 59-49 score. The 49 points in DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES the game are the fewest scored by Denver this season. IU-Kokomo Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes Steve Forbes 21 (17-4) 21 (17-4) Chris Udofia scored a team-best 13 points, while TAMU Corpus Christi Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes Luis Jacobo 17 (14-3) 37 (27-10) Summit League Player of the Week Brett Olson scored Texas-Pan American Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes Mo Evans 15 (10-5) 15 (10-5) 10. Olson and Cam Griffin each pulled down five re- Tennessee Tech Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes Pierre Bland 10 (7-3) 10 (7-3) bounds, while Udofia dished out a team-best five assists Purdue-Calumet Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes Joe Edwards 10 (7-3) 23 (15-8) and picked up three steals. Kennesaw State Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes Joe Reed 9 (8-1) 15 (12-3) This season Olson paces the team with a 15.1 point Eastern Illinois Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes Isaiah McCray 8 (5-3) 11 (7-4) per game average, while Udofia pours in 12.5 points per Illinois Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes Michael Kibiloski 7 (6-1) 19 (15-4) game. Three others - Jalen Love (9.2), Marcus Byrd (8.5), Miami (Ohio) Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes Kevin Harden 0 (0-0) 2 (1-1) and Cam Griffin (8.3) - each average over eight points Dartmouth Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes Herbert Graham 0 (0-0) 1 (1-0) Bradley Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes per game. Olson has made a team-best 50 three-point SIUE Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes field goals, over two per game, while hitting on 93 per- 20+-POINT GAMES Eastern Illinois Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes cent of his free throws (83-of-89) and 42 percent of his Luis Jacobo 7 (7-0) 10 (9-1) Eastern Kentucky Bland McCray Edwards Kibiloski Forbes long range tries (50-of-120). Joe Reed 2 (2-0) 2 (2-0) Bowling Green Bland McCray Jacobo Kibiloski Forbes Griffin leads the team by pulling down 6.2 rebounds Michael Kibiloski 1 (1-0) 2 (2-0) Kalamazoo Bland McCray Jacobo Kibiloski Forbes per game, as Denver gets out-rebounded by an aver- Steve Forbes 1 (1-0) 1 (1-0) North Dakota State Bland McCray Jacobo Kibiloski Forbes age of 4.5 rebounds per game. Udofia leads the team in Pierre Bland 1 (1-0) 1 (1-0) South Dakota State Bland McCray Jacobo Kibiloski Forbes assists (3.8), steals (39), and blocked shots (62), while Mo Evans 1 (1-0) 1 (1-0) Denver Bland Edwards Jacobo Kibiloski Forbes Griffin is close behind in steals (34). Kevin Harden 0 (0-0) 1 (0-1) South Dakota Bland Edwards Jacobo Kibiloski Forbes IUPUI Bland Edwards Jacobo Kibiloski Forbes 10+-REBOUND GAMES RECORD ROLLING Steve Forbes 2 (2-0) 2 (2-0) Omaha Bland Edwards Jacobo Kibiloski Forbes IPFW’s 19-8 start this season is tied for the fourth-best Joe Reed 1 (1-0) 3 (2-1) Western Illinois Bland Edwards Jacobo Kibiloski Forbes 27-game record in program history, and is the best in Luis Jacobo 1 (1-0) 2 (2-0) South Dakota State Bland Edwards Jacobo Kibiloski Forbes IPFW’s NCAA Division I era.