Findlay to Host Ohio Valley on Tuesday
Coming off of the longest road trip of the season this past weekend, the Oilers get no time to rest as they are back in action on Tuesday, Jan. 26 when they will take on the Ohio Valley Fighting Scots. The game is a home game for Findlay and will tip at 5:30 pm.
Sights and Sounds
The game will be broadcast on the radio and can be heard by tuning into 88.3 WLFC if you are in the Findlay area, or you can listen by clicking the 'LISTEN' link below.
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Series Information
Findlay and Ohio Valley have played eight times including their first matchup which happened in the 1998-99 season, a 71-63 win for the Oilers. Findlay is a perfect 8-0 against the Scots and, since joining the G-MAC, have beaten OVU by an average of 34 points per game.
Findlay
It was a tough road trip for the Oilers last week as they took losses at the hands of Kentucky Wesleyan and Trevecca Nazarene to fall to 5-6 on the year. Findlay sits in seventh in the current G-MAC standings.
Part of the struggle early in the year has been on the defensive end where the Oilers ranked tenth in the league, allowing 80 points per game. Only Trevecca Nazarene (83.7) and Ohio Valley (100.3) are allowing more. The Oilers have also allowed more three-point attempts (407) and makes (127) than any team in the league. Ursuline's 95 threes allowed and Tiffin's 274 threes attempted against are the next closest marks.
However, Findlay is fifth in both scoring (77.4 ppg), field goal percentage (.438), and three point percentage (.335) which has helped. The Oilers also rank third in the conference with 40 rebounds per game, including 10.5 offensive rebounds per game, and leads the league in blocked shots with 4.27 per game. The Oilers also get to the line at a high clip and have made 202 free throws this year, the most in the country.
Junior Sydney Kin has officially taken over the scoring lead in the G-MAC, scoring 22.4 points per game and so far this season has made 91 field goals, the most in the nation. That boost in scoring average has been a result of a red hot stretch of games that include 25 or more points in six of her previous seven games. Since Dec. 19, Kin is scoring 26 ppg and is shooting 62% from the floor. The Carey, Ohio native also ranks third in the G-MAC in rebounding at 10.3 per game while her 41 offensive rebounds rank first.
Findlay's other big time scorer has been junior Bridget Landin who is scoring 14.5 ppg and grabbing 8.8 rebounds. Landin has had a double-double in three of her previous four games.
Ohio Valley Fighting Scots
After breaking a 62-game losing streak towards the beginning of last season, the Fighting Scots went on to a 4-21 record including a 1-17 mark in G-MAC play. This year, OVU is off to an 0-4 start and are coming off a 112-53 loss to Walsh last Saturday.
Senior Jordan Fox is the team's leading scorer at 15.0 ppg, but has only played in the previous two games for OVU. Sophomore Nahia Urturi-Ortiz comes in scoring 12.3 per game and leads the team at 5.3 rebounds per game.
Tanner Esposito, Jemma Bennett, and Marina Garcia are all also scoring in double figures for the Scots, who shoot 38% from the floor as a team and allow opponents to shoot 50%, the worst in the league.
Ohio Valley is getting outscored by 37 points per game, the worst in the league by more than double.