Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons at Wright State Raiders

· NCAA Men's Basketball

Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons

14-10, 4-7 Away

Wright State Raiders

15-9, 8-3 Home

Wright State and Purdue Fort Wayne meet for conference showdown

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Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (14-10, 8-5 Horizon League) at Wright State Raiders (15-9, 10-3 Horizon League)

Fairborn, Ohio; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Purdue Fort Wayne plays Wright State in Horizon League action Saturday.

The Raiders have gone 8-3 at home. Wright State is 1-2 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Mastodons are 8-5 in Horizon League play. Purdue Fort Wayne has a 4-0 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

Wright State's average of 7.1 made 3-pointers per game is 1.9 fewer made shots on average than the 9.0 per game Purdue Fort Wayne allows. Purdue Fort Wayne has shot at a 46.8% rate from the field this season, 1.3 percentage points above the 45.5% shooting opponents of Wright State have averaged.

The Raiders and Mastodons match up Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Michael Cooper is averaging 14 points for the Raiders. Solomon Callaghan is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Maximus Nelson is shooting 37.1% from beyond the arc with 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Mastodons, while averaging 8.3 points. Corey Hadnot II is shooting 45.2% and averaging 18.7 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Raiders: 8-2, averaging 82.0 points, 32.1 rebounds, 13.0 assists, 6.3 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 48.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.7 points per game.

Mastodons: 6-4, averaging 72.5 points, 22.4 rebounds, 13.2 assists, 6.6 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 43.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.6 points.

TV Channel: Purdue Fort Wayne at Wright State 2021 College Basketball, week 14, is broadcasted on ESPN+.
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Wright State: 81.1%

Purdue Fort Wayne: 18.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

PFW		WRST
L1	Streak	L1
77.0	Points Against	72.2
79.7	Points Per Game	79.9
47	Field Goal %	49
36	Three Point %	35
30.2	Rebounds Per Game	35.3
14.5	Assists Per Game	13.8
3.5	Blocks Per Game	4.6
8.9	Steals Per Game	8.0
0.5	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.6
10.2	Total Turnovers Per Game	11.8
77.0	Points Against	72.2

Game Information

Venue: Nutter Center

Location: Dayton, OH
Capacity:

2025-26 Horizon League Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Wright State	10-3	-	15-9
Oakland	10-4	0.5	14-11
Purdue Fort Wayne	8-5	2	14-10
Green Bay	8-6	2.5	13-12
Detroit Mercy	7-6	3	10-12
Robert Morris	7-7	3.5	15-10
Cleveland State	6-7	4	10-14
Northern Kentucky	6-8	4.5	14-11
Youngstown State	5-8	5	12-12
Milwaukee	5-9	5.5	9-16
IU Indianapolis	2-11	8	6-18