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FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Purdue Fort Wayne men’s basketball team welcomes Austin Peay to the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum on Tuesday, November 16 at 7pm.
* Masks are required at all times for spectators at Gates Sports Center and the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. *
Matchday information
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne (1-0) versus Austin Peay Governors (1-1)
When: Tuesday, November 16 | 19.00
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Hear: 1380 The fan
Live statistics: shortcut
Regard: ESPN +
Tickets: shortcut
Game hints: Purdue Fort Wayne (PDF) | Austin Peay (PDF)
KNOW YOUR FINE:
• The governors are 1-1 with an 86-79 win to Tennessee Southern and a 73-55 loss to Southern Illinois.
• The district governors allow opponents to shoot 55.6 percent during the season.
• Elijah Hutchins-Everett leads the team with 18.5 points per competition. He is one of four governors who score double digits.
• 10 governors played in both games.
• Austin Peay finished 14:13 (10:10 OVC) last season and fell back in the league tournament against Eastern Kentucky.
HISTORY OF THE SERIES:
• The ‘Dons are 4-1 with two wins at Fort Wayne.
ON GAME ONE:
• All 11 mastodons that played scored a point.
• Six Mastodon finished in double digits.
• Jarvis Walker set career highs in points (11) and rebounds (5).
• The ‘Dons shot better than 60 percent in each half on Tuesday. They finished the game with 63.8 percent (37 of 58), tied as sixth-best in a single game in the history of the program. The 63.8 percent have the ‘dons ranked number 1 in the nation in field goal shooting.
• The ‘Dons shot 52.0 percent (13 of 25) out of three, ranking the No. 1’ Dons in the nation on 3-point shooting.
• Purdue Fort Wayne finished with 44 bank points.
• Six mastodons have had two or more assists. The ‘Dons had 20 assists as a team.
• RJ Ogom played his first college game after completing a red shirt season at the College of Charleston last season. He scored seven points with two slam dunks.
• Newcomer JoJo Peterson also played his first college game, scooping one point and three assists in 19 minutes.
ONLY UNDERTAKING:
• The Mastodons are the only undefeated team in the Horizon League. The ‘Dons are also the only team in the league to play just one game.
LAST SEASON THE ‘DONS …:
• Second in the nation for the effective field goal percentage (eFG%) with 58.2.
• Fourth place in the nation in field goal shooting (50.1 percent) only behind Gonzaga, Stephen F. Austin and Weber State.
• Finished fourth in the nation on 3-point field goal percentage (40.0 percent), behind only Baylor, South Dakota State and Colgate.
• Were the only team to rank in the nation’s top 5 for field goal and 3-point field goal percentage.
• Considered their 50.1 field goal percentage the best in Division I program history and the best for a Mastodon team since 1992-93.
• Taken from three of the top 10 of all time with 3 points as a percentage of mastodons.
January 1-16 in Milwaukee (70.6 percent, 12 of 17)
– December 7th, 27th, vs. Robert Morris (64.7 percent, 11 of 17)
– January 10, 9 vs. UIC (61.1 percent, 11 of 18)
• Was one of only three Horizon League teams to receive the Team Academic Award from the National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC).
NEXT:
• The ‘Dons will travel to Minnesota on Friday (November 19) for an out of league game against the Golden Gophers. The game begins at 7 p.m. ET and will air on B1G +.
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