PFW basketball team bonds, gains experience on European trip

In a cable car high above Barcelona, Jarred Godfrey kept his eyes firmly fixed on the floor. The guard who could become Purdue Fort Wayne basketball’s all-time leading scorer during the upcoming season does not like heights and did not want to look out the window.

Despite the occasional trip farther off the ground than he would have preferred, Godfrey enjoyed PFW basketball’s trip to Europe earlier this month. The international excursion — permitted by the NCAA once every four years — stretched from Aug. 8 to 16 and went through Spain and Portugal.

The trip involved plenty of sightseeing, but the Mastodons also had time for three games against European teams. The defending Horizon League regular-season co-champions defeated Barcelona Select 97–90, Mataro Select 93–68 and Portugal Elite 68–64.

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