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2024–25 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team

2024–25 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball
ConferenceHorizon League
Record19–13 (12–8 Horizon)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ryan Sims (15th season)
  • Adam Blaylock (7th season)
  • Mike Wolf (6th season)
  • Pat Lepper (4th season)
Home arenaHilliard Gates Sports Center
Seasons
2025–26 →
2024–25 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Robert Morris 15 5   .750 26 9   .743
Cleveland State 14 6   .700 23 13   .639
Milwaukee 14 6   .700 21 11   .656
Youngstown State 13 7   .650 21 13   .618
Purdue Fort Wayne 12 8   .600 19 13   .594
Oakland 11 9   .550 16 18   .471
Northern Kentucky 11 9   .550 17 16   .515
Wright State 8 12   .400 15 18   .455
IU Indy 6 14   .300 10 22   .313
Detroit Mercy 4 16   .200 8 24   .250
Green Bay 2 18   .100 4 28   .125
2025 Horizon League tournament winner

The 2024–25 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team represented Purdue University Fort Wayne in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mastodons, led by eleventh-year head coach Jon Coffman, played their home games at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as members of the Horizon League.

Offseason

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Departures

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Purdue Fort Wayne departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Destin Whitaker 2 G 6'5" 180 Senior Romeoville, IL Transferred to McKendree
Jermaine Coleman 12 F 6'7" 190 Freshman Indianapolis, IN Transferred to St. Thomas
Khoi Thurmon 21 G 6'1" 205 Freshman Chicago, IL Transferred to Panola College
Anthony Roberts 22 G 6'4" 220 Graduate student Oak Park, IL Graduated
Keyon Miller 23 G 6'2" 160 Freshman Indianapolis, IN Transferred to Cloud County CC

Incoming transfers

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Purdue Fort Wayne incoming transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school
Trey Lewis 2 G 6'6" 200 RS Sophomore Ferndale, MI Loyola
De'Vion Lavergne 6 G 6'3" 190 Sophomore Melville, LA Lee College
Chandler Cuthrell 7 F 6'8" 220 Senior Baltimore, MD UTSA

Roster

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2023–24 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Rasheed Bello 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr UW–Parkside Chicago, IL
G 1 Jalen Jackson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr UIC Fort Wayne, IN
G 2 Trey Lewis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS So Loyola Ferndale, MI
G 3 Quinton Morton-Robertson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 155 lb (70 kg) GS Radford Radford, VA
G 4 Chris Morgan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS So Kaukauna Kaukauna, WI
F 5 Johnathan Dejurnett 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) GS Lausanne Collegiate Memphis, TN
G 6 De'Vion Lavergne 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Lee College Melville, LA
F 7 Chandler Cuthrell 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr UTSA Baltimore, MD
G 10 Corey Hadnot II 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Cypress Creek Atlanta, GA
F 11 Maximus Nelson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Valparaiso Appleton, WI
F 13 Deangelo Elisee 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) RS Sr Triton Nassau, Bahamas
G 22 Mason Shrout 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Preble Shawnee Camden, OH
G 23 Jordan Lomax 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Brownsburg Brownsburg, IN
G 24 Keaton Dukes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Wawasee Syracuse, IN
G 32 Eric Mulder 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Pella Christian Oskaloosa, IA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: October 18, 2024

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Notre Dame L 54–91 
 13  Jackson   4  Jackson   3  Morton-Robertson  Memorial Coliseum (5,905)
Fort Wayne, IN
Regular season
November 4, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Bluffton W 99–47  1–0
 16  Bello   11  Mulder   5  Bello  Hilliard Gates Sports Center (887)
Fort Wayne, IN
November 8, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UCF L 68–75  1–1
 11  Tied   7  Jackson   3  Jackson  Addition Financial Arena (7,768)
Orlando, FL
November 12, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Bethune–Cookman W 91–69  2–1
 31  Bello   8  Mulder   5  Morton-Robertson  Memorial Coliseum (1,956)
Fort Wayne, IN
November 16, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Southern Indiana W 93–74  3–1
 29  Jackson   9  Mulder   4  Morton-Robertson  Memorial Coliseum (1,161)
Fort Wayne, IN
November 20, 2024*
7:00 p.m., B1G+
at Penn State
Sunshine Slam campus game
L 89–102  3–2
 31  Jackson   11  Mulder   8  Morton-Robertson  Bryce Jordan Center (6,547)
State College, PA
November 25, 2024*
12:30 p.m.
vs. Drexel
Sunshine Slam Ocean Bracket semifinals
W 87–81  4–2
 20  Bello   9  Mulder   8  Bello  Ocean Center 
Daytona Beach, FL
November 26, 2024*
6:30 p.m.
vs. Radford
Sunshine Slam Ocean Bracket championships
L 56–69  4–3
 23  Jackson   8  Mulder   3  Morton-Robertson  Ocean Center (1,548)
Daytona Beach, FL
November 30, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at East Texas A&M W 77–57  5–3
 16  Jackson   6  Tied   6  Morton-Robertson  The Field House (334)
Commerce, TX
December 5, 2024
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Detroit Mercy L 78–79  5–4
(0–1)
 17  Tied   6  Elisee   4  Tied  Calihan Hall (977)
Detroit, MI
December 8, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Robert Morris W 82–77  6–4
(1–1)
 23  Jackson   6  Tied   5  Bello  War Memorial Coliseum (1,358)
Fort Wayne, IN
December 11, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
IU Indy W 78–76  7–4
(2–1)
 18  Tied   7  Mulder   7  Jackson  War Memorial Coliseum (1,407)
Fort Wayne, IN
December 15, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Eastern Michigan W 99–76  8–4
 19  Bello   6  Mulder   8  Bello  George Gervin GameAbove Center (1,239)
Ypsilanti, MI
December 20, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Defiance W 103–52  9–4
 17  Hadnot II   9  Cuthrell   5  Tied  War Memorial Coliseum (650)
Fort Wayne, IN
December 22, 2024*
1:00 p.m., B1G+
at No. 24 Michigan L 58–89  9–5
 27  Jackson   3  Nelson   3  Morton-Robertson  Crisler Center (12,707)
Ann Arbor, MI
December 29, 2024
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Green Bay W 83–67  10–5
(3–1)
 16  Morton-Robertson   6  Tied   12  Bello  Kress Events Center (1,885)
Green Bay, WI
January 1, 2025
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Northern Kentucky L 68–69 OT 10–6
(3–2)
 19  Morton-Robertson   11  Cuthrell   4  Morgan  Truist Arena (1,987)
Highland Heights, KY
January 4, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Youngstown State W 90–81  11–6
(4–2)
 25  Jackson   8  Cuthrell   7  Jackson  War Memorial Coliseum (1,375)
Fort Wayne, IN
January 8, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Milwaukee W 78–73  12–6
(5–2)
 25  Jackson   9  Jackson   3  Morton-Robertson  War Memorial Coliseum (1,788)
Fort Wayne, IN
January 11, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Detroit Mercy W 90–67  13–6
(6–2)
 26  Bello   10  Cuthrell   6  Tied  War Memorial Coliseum (1,582)
Fort Wayne, IN
January 15, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Wright State W 120–113 2OT 14–6
(7–2)
 30  Jackson   16  Cuthrell   8  Bello  Nutter Center 
Dayton, OH
January 22, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Oakland L 72–76  14–7
(7–3)
 17  Jackson   7  Cuthrell   4  Bello  Athletics Center O'rena (2,281)
Rochester Hills, MI
January 25, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at IU Indy W 91–80  15–7
(8–3)
 38  Jackson   7  Tied   6  Jackson  Indiana Farmers Coliseum (1,102)
Indianapolis, IN
January 30, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Cleveland State L 58–68  15–8
(8–4)
 13  Tied   8  Cuthrell   5  Jackson  War Memorial Coliseum (2,603)
Fort Wayne, IN
February 2, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Milwaukee W 81–79  16–8
(9–4)
 23  Bello   6  Bello   6  Bello  UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2,939)
Milwaukee, WI
February 5, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Wright State W 87–64  17–8
(10–4)
 22  Bello   8  Tied   3  Bello  War Memorial Coliseum (1,437)
Fort Wayne, IN
February 8, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Green Bay W 89–74  18–8
(11–4)
 25  Bello   11  Mulder   4  Jackson  War Memorial Coliseum (2,422)
Fort Wayne, IN
February 12, 2025
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
at Youngstown State L 71–93  18–9
(11–5)
 21  Bello   8  Mulder   6  Bello  Beeghly Center (2,173)
Youngstown, OH
February 15, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Robert Morris L 69–76  18–10
(11–6)
 25  Bello   6  Tied   4  Bello  UPMC Events Center (1,336)
Moon Township, PA
February 21, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Oakland W 80–66  19–10
(12–6)
 14  Jackson   8  Mulder   8  Bello  War Memorial Coliseum (1,147)
Fort Wayne, IN
February 27, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Northern Kentucky L 74–79  19–11
(12–7)
 20  Bello   8  Cuthrell   4  Jackson  War Memorial Coliseum (1,721)
Fort Wayne, IN
March 1, 2025
4:00 p.m., ESPN2
at Cleveland State L 57–68  19–12
(12–8)
 20  Bello   7  Mulder   3  Tied  Wolstein Center (1,849)
Cleveland, OH
Horizon League tournament
March 6, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
(5) at (4) Youngstown State
Quarterfinals
L 67–72  19–13
 21  Morton-Robertson   11  Jackson   6  Bello  Beeghly Center (2,605)
Youngstown, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024-25 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 18, 2024.