Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons vs. Northern Kentucky Norse

FINAL

Feb 18, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
PFW	33	38	71
NKU	42	45	87

Game Recap

Wells scores 29, Northern Kentucky knocks off Purdue Fort Wayne 87-71. LJ Wells' 29 points helped Northern Kentucky defeat Purdue Fort Wayne 87-71 on Wednesday.

Player Stats

PURDUE FORT WAYNE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Maximus Nelson	33	2-4	2-4	0-0	6	0	0	0	1	3	6
13Deangelo Elisee	16	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	1	2	4	4
10Corey Hadnot II	38	7-15	3-7	3-5	1	3	0	0	2	3	20
2Mikale Stevenson	33	2-8	2-6	0-0	6	4	0	0	3	0	6
9DeAndre Craig Jr.	30	7-14	2-4	8-10	5	2	1	0	4	2	24
15Yuval Levin	16	0-4	0-3	2-2	2	3	0	0	0	2	2
34Darius Duffy	13	1-1	0-0	0-1	1	0	0	0	1	5	2
5EJ Mosley	10	1-3	1-2	2-2	1	0	2	0	0	0	5
4Chris Morgan	11	0-1	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
TOTAL	-	22-5341.5%	10-2737.0%	17-2277.3%	25	12	4	1	13	20	71

NORTHERN KENTUCKY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
5LJ Wells	35	10-16	1-2	8-11	4	5	3	2	2	2	29
6Ethan Elliott	35	4-4	1-1	0-0	5	4	1	0	1	4	9
0Dan Gherezgher	31	5-14	2-9	1-2	2	3	0	0	2	2	13
8Donovan Oday	31	4-12	1-6	3-4	2	4	3	0	2	4	12
11Tae Dozier	36	3-6	2-5	0-0	15	2	0	0	1	4	8
12Addison Archer	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24Kael Robinson	17	4-8	2-5	1-2	5	0	0	0	0	2	11
3Shawn Nelson	6	1-1	1-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3
4Bryce Darbyshire	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	-	32-6251.6%	10-2934.5%	13-1968.4%	36	18	8	2	9	18	87

Play-by-Play

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1st halfPFWNKU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Purdue Fort Wayne.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Northern Kentucky.
+3 (19:42) Mikale Stevenson makes 22-foot three point jumper (DeAndre Craig Jr. assists).
30
(19:12) Donovan Oday misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:08) Mikale Stevenson Defensive Rebound.
(18:56) Mikale Stevenson bad pass turnover.
(18:56) Ethan Elliott Steal.
(18:48) Dan Gherezgher misses driving layup.
(18:45) Tae Dozier Offensive Rebound.
+3 (18:43) Ethan Elliott makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tae Dozier assists).
33
+2 (18:22) Corey Hadnot II makes layup.
53
(18:03) Foul on DeAndre Craig Jr..
(17:52) LJ Wells misses driving layup.
(17:50) Maximus Nelson Defensive Rebound.
(17:37) DeAndre Craig Jr. out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(17:37) Ethan Elliott bad pass turnover.
(17:37) Deangelo Elisee Steal.
(17:34) Deangelo Elisee bad pass turnover.
(17:34) LJ Wells Steal.
(17:31) Dan Gherezgher misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(17:29) Mikale Stevenson Defensive Rebound.
(17:13) Corey Hadnot II misses layup.
(17:11) Deangelo Elisee Offensive Rebound.
(17:11) Deangelo Elisee misses tip in layup.
(17:09) Ethan Elliott Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:07) Dan Gherezgher makes driving layup (Ethan Elliott assists).
55
(16:52) DeAndre Craig Jr. misses driving layup.
(16:52) Northern Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
(16:52) Foul on Deangelo Elisee.
(16:27) Dan Gherezgher misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:24) Maximus Nelson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:08) DeAndre Craig Jr. makes layup.
75
+3 (15:49) Dan Gherezgher makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ethan Elliott assists).
78
(15:33) DeAndre Craig Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:29) Tae Dozier Defensive Rebound.
(15:04) LJ Wells misses layup.
(15:02) Maximus Nelson Defensive Rebound.
(14:47) Mikale Stevenson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:44) Tae Dozier Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:42) Donovan Oday makes driving layup (Tae Dozier assists).
710
(14:25) DeAndre Craig Jr. bad pass turnover.
(14:15) Tae Dozier misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:15) Purdue Fort Wayne Defensive Rebound.
(14:04) Foul on Darius Duffy.
(14:04) Darius Duffy turnover.
(13:47) Dan Gherezgher bad pass turnover.
(13:33) Corey Hadnot II misses 13-foot pullup jump shot.
(13:29) Kael Robinson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:16) Ethan Elliott makes layup.
712
(12:56) Yuval Levin misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:53) Tae Dozier Defensive Rebound.
(12:27) Dan Gherezgher misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(12:23) Shawn Nelson Offensive Rebound.
(12:21) Shawn Nelson bad pass turnover.
(12:21) EJ Mosley Steal.
+3 (12:15) EJ Mosley makes 25-foot three point jumper.
1012
+2 (12:02) Kael Robinson makes layup (LJ Wells assists).
1014
+2 (11:43) Deangelo Elisee makes layup.
1214
(11:34) Foul on Deangelo Elisee.
(11:12) Donovan Oday misses layup.
(11:10) Darius Duffy Defensive Rebound.
(11:03) Mikale Stevenson misses driving layup.
(11:02) Ethan Elliott Defensive Rebound.
(10:58) Foul on Donovan Oday.
(10:58) Donovan Oday turnover.
(10:40) DeAndre Craig Jr. bad pass turnover.
(10:40) LJ Wells Steal.
+2 (10:34) Bryce Darbyshire makes driving layup (LJ Wells assists).
1216
+3 (10:21) Mikale Stevenson makes 23-foot three pointer.
1516
(10:07) LJ Wells misses layup.
(10:04) Maximus Nelson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:48) Darius Duffy makes 0-foot dunk (Mikale Stevenson assists).
1716
(9:16) Donovan Oday misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:15) Northern Kentucky Offensive Rebound.
(9:15) team shot clock turnover .
(9:00) Corey Hadnot II bad pass turnover.
(9:00) Bryce Darbyshire Steal.
+2 (8:57) Tae Dozier makes layup (Donovan Oday assists).
1718
+3 (8:38) DeAndre Craig Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mikale Stevenson assists).
2018
(8:28) Dan Gherezgher misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:26) Purdue Fort Wayne Defensive Rebound.
(8:17) Mikale Stevenson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:14) Yuval Levin Offensive Rebound.
+3 (8:13) Corey Hadnot II makes 25-foot three pointer.
2318
(7:55) Dan Gherezgher misses 10-foot pullup jump shot.
(7:51) Mikale Stevenson Defensive Rebound.
(7:44) Yuval Levin misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(7:42) Tae Dozier Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:25) Dan Gherezgher makes driving layup.
2320
+2 (7:04) Corey Hadnot II makes driving layup.
2520
+3 (6:36) Tae Dozier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Donovan Oday assists).
2523
(6:11) Maximus Nelson bad pass turnover.
+3 (5:54) Kael Robinson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dan Gherezgher assists).
2526
(5:41) Foul on Dan Gherezgher.
+3 (5:31) Corey Hadnot II makes 25-foot three point jumper (DeAndre Craig Jr. assists).
2826
(5:12) Tae Dozier misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(5:08) LJ Wells Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:03) LJ Wells makes 2-foot hook shot.
2828
(4:40) Maximus Nelson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(4:38) Kael Robinson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:32) Kael Robinson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ethan Elliott assists).
2831
(4:11) Foul on Tae Dozier.
+1 (4:11) Corey Hadnot II makes free throw 1 of 2.
2931
+1 (4:11) Corey Hadnot II makes free throw 2 of 2.
3031
(3:51) Kael Robinson misses layup.
(3:48) EJ Mosley Defensive Rebound.
(3:29) EJ Mosley misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:26) Kael Robinson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:15) LJ Wells makes layup.
3033
(3:15) Foul on Darius Duffy.
(3:15) LJ Wells misses free throw 1 of 1.
(3:14) Mikale Stevenson Defensive Rebound.
(2:48) Mikale Stevenson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(2:47) Tae Dozier Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:40) Tae Dozier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Donovan Oday assists).
3036
(2:21) DeAndre Craig Jr. bad pass turnover.
(2:21) Donovan Oday Steal.
(2:17) Foul on Yuval Levin.
(2:07) Foul on Corey Hadnot II.
(2:06) LJ Wells misses free throw 1 of 1.
(2:04) Tae Dozier Offensive Rebound.
(1:59) Tae Dozier misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(1:55) Maximus Nelson Defensive Rebound.
(1:38) Corey Hadnot II bad pass turnover.
(1:38) LJ Wells Steal.
+2 (1:34) Donovan Oday makes driving layup (LJ Wells assists).
3038
(1:20) Yuval Levin misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:17) Dan Gherezgher Defensive Rebound.
(1:13) Foul on Chris Morgan.
+1 (1:13) Donovan Oday makes free throw 1 of 2.
3039
+1 (1:13) Donovan Oday makes free throw 2 of 2.
3040
+3 (0:49) Corey Hadnot II makes 24-foot three point jumper.
3340
(0:33) Dan Gherezgher misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:30) LJ Wells Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:28) LJ Wells makes layup.
3342
(0:00) Mikale Stevenson bad pass turnover.
(0:00) Donovan Oday Steal.

2nd half

Team Stats

PFW

NKU

71Points87

22-53(41.5%)Field Goal(%)32-62(51.6%)

10-27(37.0%)3-Point(%)10-29(34.5%)

17-22(77.3%)Free Throw(%)13-19(68.4%)

29(5)Rebounds(Offensive)37(11)

12Assists18

4Steals8

1Blocks2

13Turnovers11

20(0)Fouls(Technical)18(0)

5Largest Lead16

Game Details

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Truist Arena · Highland Heights, KY

attendance: 2,066 (22.0%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: NKU -5.5

over/under: 153.5