Purdue Fort Wayne Basketball Teams Fall in Horizon League Debuts

Both Purdue Fort Wayne basketball teams fell short in their Horizon League debuts on Saturday.

Sticking with college basketball...been an interesting start to the season for purdue fort wayne..

'dons opened the season with a win over southeastern louisiana on november 25th..

Shortly after, they were shut down due to covid..get back on the practice court last week, spent about seven days getting ready for their conference opener against iupui...then they get a call yesterday... nope, not playing iupui, you're gonna host cleveland state instead..???so the mastodons got all of about 36 hours to prepare for their first ever horizon league game... the first of two they'll play against the vikings this weekend...???pick it up early first half... jarred godfrey finds bobby planutis on the skip pass... the st.

Bonaventure grad transfer burris the three... planutis finishes with 12 points..???later, it's jarvis walker kicking into the corner for godfrey... mastodons' leading scorer last season drops a game high 21 tonight, including that three..

???godfrey also added three assists, icluding this dime to dylan carl for the two handed flush... ???but once again, turnovers a major issue for the mastodons..

They had 31 in their first game, 27 tonight... this one leads to a lob for tre gomillion... he finishes with a team-high 16 points..???as the vikings edge the 'dons, 63-61... these same two teams will tip it up tomorrow at 5 o'clock..

???earlier this afternoon, rylier parker and the purdue fort wayne women hosting carissa garcia and northern kentucky..???all norse when we pick it up late first half..

'dons trying to eat into a big deficit before the break... hannah hess with two of her team-high 14 points..???but it wouldn't be nearly enough... other end... garcia, the concordia grad, getting buckets just like she did when she was a cadet... garcia finishes with 16 points..

???northern kentucky led this game by 30 at the half... norse go on to win, 83-48...