Oilers to Host Ohio Dominican and Lake Erie
The Oilers are in position to improve their postseason tournament seeding with just nine games remaining in the season. Despite being 6-6 and in seventh in the current standings, Findlay is just one game out of fifth and two games out of fourth. Findlay will host Ohio Dominican on Thursday, Jan. 28 at 5:30 pm and will then play Lake Erie at home on Jan. 30 at 1:00 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
Ohio Dominican: Findlay is 21-11 all-time against the Ohio Dominican Panthers in a series that begin in the 1991-92 season when the teams first met in the NAIA District 22 Playoffs, a 77-69 win for ODU.
Recently, the series has been even as the teams have split their last 14 games dating back to January of 2015 with Findlay winning the last six of nine meetings. However, ODU did pick up a 94-77 win in their only meeting this season in Columbus. In that game, Sydney Kin scored 30 points and had 19 rebounds, but the story was ODU guard Angela Troyer who poured in a career-high 34 points, leading the Panthers to the win.
Lake Erie: Findlay has dominated the all-time series with the Storm, boasting a 24-3 record. The teams first met in the 1988-89 season opener, a 105-54 win for Findlay.
The Oilers have won six straight in the series and have not lost at home to the Storm since January 23, 2016, a 73-64 loss.
Ohio Dominican
The Panthers have won six of their previous eight games and are doing so with one of the more potent offenses in the G-MAC. ODU is scoring 83 points per game which is tied with Walsh for second-most in the league while defensively, the Panthers are allowing 75.6 ppg which ranks sixth.
ODU does a bulk of their damage from beyond the three-point line where they are second in the conference, making 39% of their shots.
Senior Angela Troyer and junior Kennedy Schlabach are both averaging just under 21 points per game and are ranked second and third in the G-MAC in scoring, respectively. They are the only teammates in the conference scoring 20+ ppg. While Troyer, who also collects eight rebounds per game, provides a balanced offensive attack and shoots a solid 52.6% from the floor, Schlabach is the team's biggest threat from deep as she shoots 40% from beyond the arc while attempting almost nine threes per game. Schlabach also passes the ball well and is the G-MAC's leader in assists at 6.1 per game.
Freshman Gabby Stare and senior Olivia Fox are both averaging double-figures, as well for the Panthers while junior Ali Kern leads the team at 8.6 rebounds per game and 1.7 steals per game.
Lake Erie
After a 10-19 season last year, the Storm are struggling out of the gates in the 2020-21 season. Lake Erie's first game was not played until Christmas Eve due to COVID issues and they have rattled off nine losses by an average of 22.2 points per game in less than a month of action.
Offensively, the Storm are the worst team in the league at 56.6 ppg and they shoot just 36% from the floor which ranks tenth.
LEC is lead in scoring by sophomore Sydney Wyngarden who is scoring 11.9 ppg while teammate Breanna Baur scores 8.8 per game. Junior Lainey Billing is the team's leading rebounder.