Indiana University-Purdue NCAA News

PULLMAN – The sports teams of Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne are called the Mastodons, a species of giant mammals that roamed North America until apparently becoming extinct when temperatures warmed at the end of the Ice Age.

A quick post on Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne's visit Friday and additional tickets becoming available for the GU-Oklahoma game on Dec.

Robert Sacre scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Gonzaga beat IPFW 90-55 Friday night.

Klay Thompson went 15-for-20 and scored a career-high 37 points as Washington State beat IPFW 89-70 on Thursday night.

Deilvez Yearby scored 20 points to lead the IPFW Mastodons to their first win of the season, an easy 86-57 victory over Madonna University.

The walking wounded walked all the way to Madison, Wis., on Sunday to get wounded some more.

Jon Leuer scored 19 points and blocked a career-high four shots as Wisconsin beat Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne 75-46 Sunday in the season opener for both teams.

Senior guard Jason Bohannon struggled shooting Wednesday. Wisconsin finally kicks off its regular season Sunday against Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne at home.

IPFW men's basketball coach Dane Fife has had to make many adjustments since coming to Fort Wayne five years ago.

Coach Dane Fife already ranks third in school history in career coaching victories, notching 48 in his first four seasons on campus.

Dane Fife has definitely raised the expectations at IPFW . In his first four seasons at the school, Fife, a former Indiana guard, has coached the Mastadons to school records in victories, and now the team is hoping to take the next step.

The mood permeating the gym at the Gates Sports Center on Friday afternoon as the IPFW men's basketball team opened its 2009-10 season with its first practice was surprisingly light.

The basketballs are pumped up, the nets are broken in, and the players and coaches at IPFW are ready to get to work.

New Mad Ants coach Joey Meyer watches tryouts Saturday at Concordia Theological Seminary.

The good news is that there aren't seven consecutive road games on the schedule, as was the case last season, and 2009 NCAA tournament teams Xavier, Purdue and Marquette have been dropped.