FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Indiana Tech men's basketball team looks to sweep its regular season series with WHAC foe Concordia on Monday as the Warriors look to extend their conference winning streak to seven games.
 
Indiana Tech (8-4, 6-1 WHAC)
 
Monday, Dec. 21, 5 p.m. vs. Concordia (7-5, 4-3 WHAC) – Fort Wayne, Indiana (Schaefer Center)
 
Following the Warriors: Links to live stats and video will be available at IndianaTechWarriors.com. You can also follow the action on Twitter by following @INTechMBB and @INTechWarriors.
 
Last Time Out: The Warriors won their fourth game in a row and sixth in conference play last Saturday with a 66-54 victory over No. 24 Aquinas in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Miles Robinson had a game-high 18 points while pulling down a season-best seven rebounds and dishing out four assists. Jantzen Goodwin and Jaelan Manson each chipped in 12 points apiece with Goodwin going 4-of-8 from the three point line. Tanner Watkins added eight points off the bench while Lavonte Davis had seven points and a team-high eight boards.
 
Head Coach John Peckinpaugh: Now in his second season at the helm for the Orange and Black, as well as his second stint with the program, head coach John Peckinpaugh went 11-19 in his first season as the head man for the Warriors. Peckinpaugh returned to Indiana Tech after serving as an assistant for the Warriors during the 2012-2013 season, where he served as the recruiting coordinator He was instrumental in recruiting all of the returning Tech players for the 2014-2015 season during this time. In between stints with Tech, the Muncie, Indiana native served as a graduate assistant for his alma mater, Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne (IPFW) during the 2013-14 year. While with the Mastodons, he was part of a coaching staff that helped the team achieve its most successful season in program history with a 25-11 record and rising to as high as 19^th in the NCAA Division I Mid-Major poll. IPFW made it all the way to the Summit League Tournament Championship game, losing to North Dakota State, who would go on to upset fifth-seeded Oklahoma in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Mastodons would make the postseason for the first-time ever as a Division I program that season as well when they hosted Akron in the College Insider.com Tournament and defeated the Zips, 97-91.
 
Scouting the Opposition: Concordia – The Cardinals are coming off a 65-62 win over Lawrence Tech back on Dec. 12 and are currently in fifth place in the WHAC standings with a 4-3 mark. Alec Turner and Jerald Booker lead the team in scoring by averaging 14.9 and 13.8 points per game, respectively. Booker also leads the team in assists (2.5 apg) and three point shooting (41.9%). Joe Remstad pulls downs a team-best 5.9 rebounds per game.
 
Series History: Concordia – Tech is 14-7 against the Cardinals since the 2005-06 season, most recently winning 77-63 in Ann Arbor on Dec. 5. Miles Robinson had a team-high 19 points while pulling down four rebounds, dishing out three assists and picking up two steals. Jantzen Goodwin, Lavonte Davis Jaelan Manson each added 12 points apiece. Davis would grab seven boards and had a season-high five blocks as the Warriors held the Cardinals to a 39% shooting percentage from the floor and only 20% from behind the arc. Dominique Walls added eight points, five rebounds and three blocks.
 
Hard-Nosed Defense: Head coach John Peckinpaugh has brought a hard-nosed style of defense to Indiana Tech in just his second season and it has been on display all season long. Tech has only allowed four opponents to score more than 70 points, with two of those games coming against then-third ranked Davenport and then-fourth ranked Saint Francis. Tech ranks ninth nationally in scoring defense as they only allow 65.7 points per game while limiting opponents to 40.1% shooting, ranking 13^th in the country. The Orange and Black rank 30^th in three point field goal shooting percentage by holding opponents to a 31.5% clip.
 
Block Party: The Warriors imitating frontline of Dominique Walls and Lavonte Davis have made opponents hesitate coming inside the paint against Tech. Davis's 28 blocks rank seventh in the country while his 2.3 blocks per game is eight. Walls is 12^th in both total blocks (26) blocks per game (2.2. As a team, the Orange and Black rank second in blocks per game (6.1) and third in total blocks (73).
 
Hitting the Mark: Miles Robinson has scored in double digits in 11 of the Warriors 12 games this year, and has topped the Orange and Black in scoring six times, including a career-high 26 point against Michigan-Dearborn. His 87.3% free throw percentage is good for 14^th in the nation while he is also hitting 40.6% of his shots and 42.7% of his three point attempts.
 
Hitting the Glass: Dominique Walls has been a beast on the glass for the Warriors, averaging a team-best 8.3 rebounds per game, including 3.1 boards on the offensive end, the 24^th most in the nation. His 99 total rebounds ranks 49^th in the NAIA Division II while he stands at 40^th in rebounds per game. He has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in six games this year.
 
This and That: Tech blocked a season-high 11 shots in the win over Siena Heights on Dec. 9…the Warriors have yet to have a player foul out this year…Miles Robinson had a career-high eight assists against SHU while Lavonte Davis had a season-high six blocks.
 
Tough Sledding: The Warriors have faced off with three teams that made the NAIA Preseason Coaches' Top 25 Poll: No. 3 Davenport, No. 4 Saint Francis and No. 10 IU East. Tech will take on four teams that are ranked or receiving votes in the latest edition of the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll. Davenport is No. 3 in the latest rankings, while Cornerstone is fifth. The Orange and Black will look to get revenge on No. 21 Rochester on Feb. 1 while the team heads to (RV) Grace on Dec. 30. Tech will look to sweep the season series with No. 24 Aquinas on Feb. 6.
 
Getting to Know One Another: Peckinpaugh hit the recruiting trail hard in his first true offseason and went to great distances to find his current crop of players. Tech has student-athletes from six different states: Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio, and three countries: Australia, Serbia and the United States. Ohio tops the list with five players hailing from the Buckeye State, while Indiana is next with four. Michigan and Florida have contributed two apiece while Illinois and Kentucky each have one.
 
Poll Thoughts: Indiana Tech was picked to finish in a tie for seventh the WHAC Coaches' Preseason Poll. Tech picked up 62 votes to tie with Michigan-Dearborn. The Warriors finished 11-19 last year with an 8-14 mark in conference play.
 
Lots of New Faces: While the Warriors returned eight players from last year's squad, that didn't stop Peckinpaugh from hitting the recruiting trail hard as he added five freshman and four transfers to the mix. Junior Jantzen Goodwin (Vincennes University), senior Jaelan Manson (Vincennes University) and senior Dominique Walls (Ashford University) will all look to make an immediate impact for Tech, while junior Edmond Early, Jr. (Owens Community College) will redshirt this season.
 
In the Trees: Tech has seven players who stand 6'5" or taller, including five that are 6'7" or taller. Lavonte Davis (6'8") returns after an injury-plagued sophomore season, while Scott Schwieterman (6'7") have rotated between starting and coming off the bench in his sophomore campaign. Junior center Laurence Mifsud (7'0"), senior forward Milos Milidragovic (6'11") and freshman forward JeQuante Davis (6'8") give the Warriors depth in the paint.