By Pete Ross
1 15 2025
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Mastodons take a three-game win streak on the road on Wednesday (Jan. 15) to Wright State to face the Raiders. The ‘Dons have won the last two meetings in Dayton, including an overtime victory last season. Rasheed Bello won his third career Horizon League Player of the Week honor on Monday. Bello is 22nd in the nation in free throw percentage at 90.7 percent.
Game Day Information
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne (13-6, 6-2 Horizon) at Wright State (9-9, 3-4 Horizon League)
When: Wednesday, Jan. 15 | 7 p.m. ET
Where: Dayton, Ohio | Nutter Center
Live Stats: Link
Listen: 1380 AM
Watch: ESPN+
Series History: Wright State leads 12-6. The ‘Dons have won the last two meetings in Dayton.
Game Notes (PDF): Purdue Fort Wayne
// The ‘Dons have the most overall wins in the Horizon League at 13.
// The ‘Dons are 2nd in the nation in fewest turnovers per game (9.0) and 3rd in turnover margin (+6.6).
– The ‘Dons committed no turnovers in a 103-52 win over Defiance on Dec. 20, tying an NCAA record.
– 12 times this year have the ‘Dons have committed single-digit turnovers in a game.
– This isn’t new. Last year: 10.4 turnovers/game (11th in the nation), +5.7 turnover margin (4th).
– In league games, the ‘Dons are averaging 10.3 turnovers.
– Quinton Morton-Robertson’s 2.39 assist/turnover ratio is 75th in the nation.
// In the nation the Mastodons are:
– 2nd in fewest turnovers per game (9.0)
– 3rd in turnover margin (6.6)
– 10th in 3-pointers per game (10.9)
– 19th in assist/turnover ratio (1.65)
– 26th in effective field goal percentage (56.7 percent)
– 28th in 3-point attempts per game (28.6)
– 32nd in turnovers forced per game (15.58)
– 34th in points per game (82.5)
– 46th in steals per game (8.8)
– 49th in fastbreak points per game (13.95)
// The Mastodons have opened the season 9-0 at home, the best undefeated home stretch to start a season in the program’s NCAA Division I history. If you’re wondering, the best home performance in a single-season came in 1992-93 when the NCAA Division II Tournament bound ‘Dons went 14-0 at Gates.
// With two wins at home to close out last season, the Mastodon home win-streak is at 11 games. Their last loss in a game in Fort Wayne was Feb. 14, 2024 to Oakland.
// Multiple ‘Dons are shooting 40 percent or better from three this year:
– Maximus Nelson – 42.0 percent (47-of-112)
– Corey Hadnot II – 44.4 percent (28-of-63)
– Rasheed Bello – 40.4 percent (40-of-99)
// The ‘Dons had a season-high 23 fast break points (against a DI team) vs. Youngstown State (Jan. 4).
// Per Ken Pom, the ‘Dons lead the nation in minutes continuity at 73.5 percent. Ken Pom describes the stat as “determining what percentage of a team’s minutes are played by the same player from last season to this season.” The current national average is 34.1 percent.
// Since the 2018-19 season, the ‘Dons have four total games of 24 or more made free throws and three have come this season. The 26 the ‘Dons made against Bethune-Cookman and Robert Morris are tied for the seventh most in the Division I era of the program for made free throws in a game.
// A few ‘Dons have scored their 1,000th point this season:
– Quinton Morton-Robertson (vs. Milwaukee, Jan. 10) and Jalen Jackson (at EMU, Dec. 15)
// Rasheed Bello had 12 assists at Green Bay (Dec. 29). He is the first Mastodon with 12 assists since Jarred Godfrey recorded 12 in the Horizon League Tournament at Cleveland State in 2021 in a triple overtime game. The last Mastodon with 12 assists in a 40-minute contest was John Konchar who had 14 at Denver on Feb. 14, 2019. Bello is the first Horizon League player to reach 12 assists in a league game since Jalen Moore had 14 and 13 for Oakland during the 2021-22 season.
// Notes on the Defiance contest:
– The ‘Dons recorded zero turnovers, just the third team to so since 2004 (per sports-reference.com)
– The ‘Dons were +25 in turnover margin.
// This season the ‘Dons have:
– made 10 or more 3-pointers 12 times.
– forced 20 turnovers four times.
– recorded 19 or more assists four times.
– shot 50 percent or better nine times.
– scored 50 points in a half six times. Four times against a Division I opponent.
JALEN JACKSON…:
// … in league play, Jalen Jackson is shooting 58.2 percent (57-of-98).
// … has reached double-figures in every game this season and 20 points seven times.
// … has scored in double-digits in 50-of-55 career games for the ‘Dons.
// … ranks 6th in the nation in total points (363) and 5th in total field goals (128).
// … ranks 26th in the nation and first in the league in made free throws with 87. He is 26th in the nation with 111 free throw attempts, also best in the league.
// … is averaging 6.3 fouls drawn per 40 minutes, 62nd in the nation per Ken Pom.
// … is 29th in the nation with 36 steals.
// … was named to The Sunshine Classic All-Tournament Team (Nov. 2024).
// … has reached double-digit free throw attempts in a game eight times in his career.
// … made 133 free throws last season, 8th in a single-season all-time in program history.
// … has raised his field goal percentage each year of his career (42.4 percent, 49.7 percent to 51.6 percent).
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