FORT WAYNE – When: 9:30 p.m. today
Where: Cedar City, Utah
Records: IPFW 9-9, 3-6 Summit League; Southern Utah 9-10, 4-5
Radio: 1380 AM
IPFW leaders: Frank Gaines (20.2 ppg), Trey McCorkle (5.9 ppg), Jonny Marlin (4.5 apg)
Southern Utah leaders: Jackson Stevenett (13.7 ppg), Stevenett (5.1 rpg), Ray Jones Jr. (5.3 apg)
Key matchup: It will be Southern Utah that will have to match up to the Mastodons. The last time the two teams met, IPFW won 79-58 at Memorial Coliseum. McCorkle’s 18 points led four IPFW players in double figures. Gaines had 12, while coming off the bench, Michael Kibiloski had 11 and Mario Hines had 10. The Mastodons hit .655 from the field in the second half on 19 of 29 shooting.
The skinny: IPFW is looking at three consecutive losses and needs a win to tie the Thunderbirds in the Summit League standings. While IPFW averages 35.3 points per game in the first half, and its opponents nearly the same (35.2), the Mastodons are getting outscored in the second half by an average of 40.2-36.3.
