Oilers to End Regular Season at Lake Superior State
The University of Findlay women's basketball team will close out their regular season on Saturday, Feb. 25 when they face Lake Superior State University. The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) contest is scheduled to begin at 1 pm in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
Sights and Sounds
All Oilers basketball games can be heard on 88.3 FM "WLFC" or on the internet via their website.
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The University of Findlay will also broadcast all of their home basketball games on America One. The games can be viewed on your computer for a small fee by visiting the American One website at the following address:
UF athletics will also offer live stats for all home games. A link to this process can be retrieved by clicking on the live stats button located on the left side of the Oilers athletic website.
The Series
The Oilers trail by a 14-6 margin in the all-time series against the Lakers dating back to the 1985-86 campaign when Lake Superior State smacked Findlay by a score of 88-61.
Last season, the Lakers defeated the Oilers 88-68 in Croy Gymnasium.
The Lakers shot an incredible 68.5 percent (37-of-54) from the floor and drilled 13-of-19 (68.4%) shots from behind the three point line.
The Oilers meanwhile hit 50 percent (23-of-46) of their field goal attempts and connected on 6-of-17 (35.3%) triple tries.
Kayla Brown led Findlay with 21 points on 9-of-12 shooting while Laura Bardall and Clare Aubry chipped in 18 and 15 points, respectively.
The University of Findlay
The University of Findlay women's basketball team lost a hard fought game on Saturday, Feb. 18 against Ferris State University as they fell 80-72 in Croy Gymnasium.
The Oilers took a 68-66 lead with 4:00 minutes remaining when senior forward Kaitlyn Nelson connected on a lay-up. The final four minutes of the game belonged to the Bulldogs however as they ended the game on a 14-4 run.
Findlay shot 46.8 percent (29-of-62) from the floor and canned 9-of-26 (34.6%) shots from behind the three point line.
The Bulldogs meanwhile connected on 51.7 percent (30-of-58) of their field goal attempts and splashed 9-of-21 (42.9%) three point attempts.
Senior guard Clare Aubry and junior forward Kayla Brown led the team with 13 points apiece.
Brown also added four rebounds, three steals and two assists while Nelson finished the game with 11 points, six rebounds and three blocks.
Freshman guard Kristin Klausing and red-shirt freshman forward Carlay Stahl both came off the bench to contribute seven points.
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Lake Superior State University
The Lakers are currently 10-14 on the year with a 6-11 mark in conference play.
Maria Blazejewski leads the team with a 16.5 points per game average.
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Grand Theft
The Oilers are averaging 11.6 steals per game on the year, the best total in the conference.
Junior forward Kayla Brown is amongst the league leaders and ranks fifth with 2.2 steals per contest.
Defending the Basket
The Oilers rank fifth in the conference in blocked shots per game at 3.8 per contest.
Individually, senior forward Kaitlyn Nelson ranks fourth in the GLIAC with 2.0 blocked shots per game.
Automatic from the Line
Junior forward Kayla Brown ranks third in the GLIAC in free throw shooting percentage as she hits 88.1 percent of her attempts.
Senior guard Clare Aubry is checks in tenth with a 79.7 percent shooting clip from the charity stripe.
As a team, the Oilers are hitting 73.4 percent from the line, the seventh best mark in the GLIAC.
Shooting a High Percentage
Red-shirt freshman forward Carlay Stahl leads the GLIAC in field goal shooting percentage as she is connecting on 62.2 percent of her attempts.
Freshman forward Lacey Kessler is ranked sixth with a 50.0 percent shooting clip while senior forward Kaitlyn Nelson is tenth with a 48.8 mark from the field.
As a team, the Oilers rank fifth in the GLIAC with a 41.4 percent shooting clip.
Putting Points on the Board
Junior forward Kayla Brown is leading the team and ranks 15th in the GLIAC with a 12.6 points per game average.
Teammate Clare Aubry also shows up amongst the league leaders and is ranked 24th with a 11.1 points per game average.
As a team, the Oilers rank fourth in the league with 67.9 points per game.
Stroking 3's
Junior forward Kayla Brown is hitting 38.7 percent of her three point attempts on the season, which is the sixth best mark in the GLIAC.
Her 1.7 three pointers per game is the 14th highest total in the conference as well.
Dropping Dimes
The Oilers are dishing out 13.3 assists per game on the year, the sixth best total in the league.
Swatting Shots
Senior forward Kaitlyn Nelson became Findlay's all-time blocked shots leader in a 71-69 win at Lake Erie College on January 12, 2012.
Nelson blocked four shots in the game to put her ahead of Kelly Carder, who swatted 158 shots from 1996-99, and now has 173 for her career.
A Record Setting Performance
Freshman forward Lacey Kessler came off the bench in the Oilers 88-71 win at Wayne State on January 14, 2012 to score 26 points. She tied a Findlay record with 16 makes from the free throw line and established a new mark with 19 attempts.
GLIAC Player of the Week
Junior forward Kayla Brown was tabbed the GLIAC South Division Player of the Week for the first time in her career on January 3, 2012.
Brown led the Oilers to a pair of wins at their Holiday Tournament on December 29-30 by averaging 15.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game.
Winning GLIAC South Division Titles
The Oilers have back-to-back GLIAC South Division titles (2009-10, 2010-11) and as a program, have captured championships in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2010 and 2011.
GLIAC Tournament
The Oilers have appeared in the GLIAC Tournament three times in their history. During the 2009-10 campaign, the Oilers won a GLIAC Tournament game for the first time in school history, defeating Hillsdale College 66-62 to advance to the second round.
GLIAC Preseason Poll
The Oilers were picked to finish second in the South Division of the GLIAC this season. They received 152 votes and ten first place votes, to fall just short of Ashland University (153) in the poll.
Preseason All-GLIAC
Senior guards Laura Bardall and Clare Aubry were both picked as preseason first team all-conference in voting conducted by the coaches within the league.
Bardall was a first team all-conference pick last season after averaging 14.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.
Aubry meanwhile was a second team all-league pick as a junior and averaged 15.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.
1,000 Point Club
Senior guard Laura Bardall ranks eighth all-time at Findlay with 1,262 career points.
Bardall was injured in the Oilers exhibition game against Bowling Green State University and will not have a chance to build on her total this year.
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