Men's Basketball Headlines

Men’s Basketball to Face Notre Dame
The IPFW men’s basketball team’s 2004-05 season schedule is highlighted by nine teams that either played in the NCAA or NIT tournaments, including a first ever meeting with the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. (more)

 

IPFW Ranked Nationally in Attendance Increase
According to figures just released by the NCAA, IPFW showed one of the largest increases in men’s basketball attendance in the nation during the 2003-04 season. (more)

 

Mastodons Continue to add Depth
IPFW Men’s Head Basketball Coach Doug Noll has announced the signing of two more players to the Mastodons’ program. (more)

Simon Declares for the NBA Draft
IPFW junior center David Simon has made himself eligible for the 2004 National Basketball Association Draft. (more)

 

Men’s Basketball Announces Final Recruit
The final piece of the 2004-05 men’s basketball puzzle has been put into place by IPFW head coach Doug Noll, with the signing of David Tolefree. (more)

 

South Carolina "Mr. Basketball" Signs with IPFW
IPFW men’s basketball coach Doug Noll has announced the Mastodon’s recruiting class for the 2004-05 season. (more)

 

Simon Named First-Team
IPFW junior center David Simon has been selected to the Division-I All-Independent First-Team in voting conducted by the Independent men’s basketball coaches. (more)

 

Jaguars Outlast IPFW
When they are at the Memorial Coliseum, the IPFW Mastodons have played even with just about every team that has stepped on the floor. Unfortunately this squad has found it tough to win many of those close games. (more)

 

Simon Breaks Block Mark in Loss
Junior center David Simon broke the IPFW single season record for blocks, but the Mastodons were beaten by Valparaiso 83-61. (more)

 

Simon Has Career Night in Loss to OU
Junior center David Simon continues to make noise in an off year for IPFW. The 'Dons big man tossed in a career-high 33 points in IPFW's 88-77 loss to Oakland University, Wednesday night in Rochester, Michigan. (more)

 

Simon Named All-District Academic All-American
IPFW junior center David Simon has been selected to the 2004 CoSIDA District V Academic All-American Team. (more)

 

Hopkins’ “Three” Sinks Mastodons
Junior guard Ryan Hopkins’ three-pointer, with less than a minute remaining, lifted the Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles to a 61-58 win over IPFW, Tuesday night at the Memorial Coliseum. (more)

 

Foul Shots Save Wright State
Wright State went to the foul line twenty-five times on Saturday night against the Mastodons. And, in the end it was two free throws that were the difference, as the Raiders came back to beat IPFW 66-64, at the Nutter Center. (more)

 

Mastodons Fall at IUPUI
The Mid-Con leading IUPUI Jaguars had little trouble with IPFW on Wednesday night, dropping the Mastodons to 3-20 on the season, with an 81-59 win. (more)

 

Mastodons Lose to Broncs by Two
Another close game at the Memorial Coliseum…another loss for the IPFW men’s basketball team. The Mastodons closed to within one, in the final three minutes Saturday, but eventually fell to the University of Texas-Pan American, 57-55. (more)

 

Bulldogs Send IPFW to 3rd Straight Loss
Drilling twelve shots from behind the three-point arc, Butler University topped IPFW, 72-55, Wednesday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (more)

 

Balanced Scoring Leads YSU
Youngstown State got double figures from four players, on the way to a 71-61 win over IPFW, Saturday at the Beegly Center.(more)

 

Simon's Big Night Not Enough
Junior center David Simon scored 27 points and pulled down 12 rebounds, but the IPFW Mastodons went ice cold early in the second half, losing to the University of Texas-Pan American 81-60, Wednesday night at the UTPA Fieldhouse. (more)

IPFW Snaps Skid
Maybe a little "fun & gun" was just what the doctor ordered for the IPFW men's basketball team. The Mastodons and Tri-State University Thunder staged a track meet at the Coliseum, Monday night, and at the finish line it was IPFW winning 93-81. (more)

 

Islanders Hand 'Dons 9th Straight Loss
Despite registering four players in double figures, the IPFW men's baskeball team fell for the 9th straight time Saturday night, in a 77-73 loss to Texas A&M Corpus Christi at the Memorial Coliseum. (more)

 

Broncos Improve to 11-1
After blowing out Marshall University by 25 points two nights ago, Western Michigan picked up right where they left off on Wednesday night, dropping IPFW 77-48 at University Arena. (more)

 

IPFW Guard Suspended Indefinitely
IPFW junior guard Terry Collins has been suspended indefinitely from the men's basketball team for "conduct detrimental to the team".
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IPFW No Match For Air Force
The Air Force Academy is off to their best start in the program's 48 year history. The Falcons improved to 9-2 with a 64-44 win over visiting IPFW, Friday night, at Clune Arena. (more)

 

Freshman Three Pointer Sinks 'Dons
Freshman guard Bryan Smithson's three-pointer with :51 left in regulation, broke a 65-65 tie, and sent Middle Tennessee State to a come-back 72-65 win over IPFW on Tuesday night at the Murphy Center. (more)

 

IPFW Loses on Buzzer Beater
The Memorial Coliseum has become the “House of Thrills” this season for the IPFW men’s basketball team. Four of the Mastodons’ five home games have been decided in the final minute. Saturday afternoon’s game against Southeast Missouri State was no exception. (more)

 

 

Red Hot Hurricanes Shoot Down Mastodons
The Miami Hurricanes connected on 51-percent of their shots from the floor Tuesday night, in a 75-52 win over the IPFW Mastodons, on the Hurricanes' home floor. (more)

 

Mountaineers top Mastodons
Lack of production from the guard positions and a swarming WVU half-court trap led to Sunday's 76-63 loss to West Virginia. (more)

 

Miami, OH tops Mastodons
A Purdue “hangover” and poor free-throw shooting sent the IPFW Mastodons to a 63-52 loss against Miami, OH on Sunday, in the consolation game of the 13th Annual Boilermaker Classic at Purdue University. (more)

 

#17 Purdue Struggles with IPFW
The Purdue Boilermakers had a tough time getting rid of IPFW, in the second game of the 13th annual Boilermaker Classic on Saturday at Mackey Arena. But Mastodon foul trouble and a second half rush led to an 80-69 Purdue victory. (more)

 

 

Mastodons win 2nd Straight
The IPFW men’s basketball team used a 22-3 run in the second half to storm past Morehead State, Saturday night at the Memorial Coliseum, by the final of 78-75. (more)

 

 

Collins’ 24 Too Much for Bowling Green
They finally put it all together. The IPFW men’s basketball team got balanced scoring and solid defense in topping Bowling Green, 81-75 Wednesday night at the Memorial Coliseum. (more)

 

 

Trojans use Big Run to top Mastodons
An 18-5 run early in the second half, propelled the University of Arkansas-Little Rock to a 69-57 win over IPFW, Saturday night, in the consolation game of the Iowa State Cyclone Challenge, in Ames, Iowa.
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Cyclones Storm Past IPFW
Iowa State University, on the strength of a 15-6 run at the beginning of the second half, cruised past IPFW, 78-51 on Friday night in the opening round of the Iowa State Cyclone Challenge at Hilton Coliseum. (more)

 

WSU Guard Tandem Shoots down Mastodons
The Washington State Cougars got a combined 30 points from guards Thomas Kelati and Marcus Moore, in sending the IPFW men's basketball team to their fourth consecutive loss, 66-46 Monday night at Beasley Coliseum. (more)

 

'Dons Can't Hold off Beavers
The IPFW Mastodons out-rebounded Oregon State, they shot better than the Beavers, and led most of their game today at the Gill Coliseum. But, with a minute left in the game, OSU took the lead and held on for a 57-55 win. (more)

 

Kent State’s Prayer is Answered
Golden Flashes down IPFW on 40ft. Buzzer Beater
Three seconds. That is all that stood between IPFW and an upset that would have put them firmly on the NCAA basketball radar. But, a 40ft. three point prayer by DeAndre Haynes hit nothing but net, sending a stunned Memorial Coliseum crowd to the doors, with a 67-66 Kent State win. (more)

 

Cold Shooting Dooms Mastodons
The Toledo Rockets took advantage of an off shooting night by IPFW to drop the Mastodons, on Homecoming night, 71-53 at the Memorial Coliseum. (more)

 

Mastodons Ink Guard for 2004-05 Season
The IPFW men’s basketball team has announced the signing of guard Jason Malone. (more)

Mastodons Fill Up on Premium vs. Marathon Oil
Getting everyone plenty of playing time, IPFW men’s head basketball coach Doug Noll used plenty of combinations Monday night in the Mastodons’ 101-71 beating of Marathon Oil at the Memorial Coliseum.
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Harlem Globetrotters Remain Undefeated
Michigan State, Syracuse, IPFW. Each have one thing in common, falling to the Harlem Globetrotters in exhibition action. The 'Trotters stormed in to Fort Wayne and left with their record unblemished with an 89-57 win. (more)

 

IPFW Basketball Gears up for MIDNIGHT MADNESS
The IPFW men’s and women’s basketball teams will officially tip off the 2003-04 season, with Midnight Madness festivities Oct. 17th, at the Gates Center. Doors open to the public at 9:30pm. (more)

 

Mastodons Help Scott's put Cancer "In The Bag"
For the 25th year, Scott's Food Stores have been donating funds for Cancer Research and Education. This year, they got a helping hand from the IPFW men's basketball team. (more)

 

Noll Featured Speaker at Bonzi Wells Camp
IPFW Head Men’s Basketball Coach Doug Noll was the featured speaker on the final day of the 2003 Bonzi Wells All-Star Basketball Camp, held at Leo High School. (more)

 

Coliseum, Globetrotters & Vitale – OH MY!
IPFW Athletics announced this afternoon that all of its Men’s Basketball games will be played at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum for the 2003-04 season. In addition, two Women’s Games will be played at the Coliseum, as doubleheaders with Men’s Games. (more)