(6) Oilers to Battle (2) Kentucky Wesleyan in G-MAC Semis

For the third time in four years, the Oilers, seeded sixth this season, have advanced to the G-MAC Tournament Final Four after upsetting the three-seed Walsh Cavaliers on Tuesday. Findlay will face another tough test as they play the second-seeded Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers on Friday, March 5 in Cedarville, Ohio. That game will tip-off at 7:30 pm. The winner will advance to the G-MAC Championship which will be played the following day at 3:00 pm.

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• Maximum attendance is 300 spectators per game.
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• CU Faculty/Staff/Student tickets will be available in the 24-hour window leading up to one-hour before game time. (i.e. 7:00 game time - tickets available from 6:00 p.m. previous day to 6:00 p.m. on game day)
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• NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE WINDOW

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Series Information: The Oilers and Panthers will meet for the 11th time in their history with each team winning five games, thus far. This season, the teams have split their games against each other with the Oilers winning at home in overtime, 77-72, and the Panthers returning the favor with a 79-67 win in Owensboro.

Findlay (6 Seed)

Findlay has secured another winning season, their fifth in six seasons under coach Jim Wiedie, as they currently have a record of 12-10. After surviving a scare in the first round of the G-MAC tournament in North Canton, a 63-58 win over Walsh, the Oilers now have their sights set on the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers.

 

The Oilers are scoring 76.4 ppg this season, but have scored in the 60s in five of their previous six games. In Tuesday's game against Walsh, scoring was at a premium and, despite scoring just 63 points, the Oilers defense was elite down the stretch as they allowed just 19 second-half points to Walsh which entered as the fourth-best scoring team in the league.

 

Findlay is led by their first-team all-conference forward, Sydney Kin, who put together arguably the best regular season in the history of the conference. Kin is scoring 22.0 points per game, second all-time in the league, and is grabbing 9.6 rebounds per game, sixth all-time in the league. She also leads the conference with nine double-doubles, leads the country with 175 made field goals, and leads the conference with a shooting percentage of almost 60%. In Tuesday's win, Kin was clutch, scoring 28 points to help lift the Oilers to a win.

 

Tuesday's other big performance came from junior Amber Schweiger, who was just named to the G-MAC All-Defense team. Schweiger's offense was key in the quarterfinals, scoring 20 points for the third time this season. Her ability to get into the lane sent Schweiger to the charity stripe often and she made 11-of-17. She also led the team with six assists and currently ranks second in the conference with 5.7 assists per game.

 

Junior Bridget Landin was named second-team all-G-MAC and, despite low numbers on Tuesday due to injury, is scoring 13.0 ppg and grabbing 8.0 rebounds.

Kentucky Wesleyan (2 Seed)

After the best season in school history in 2019-20, the Panthers have roared back again and come into the G-MAC Championship Semifinals with a 17-4 record and eight straight wins. KWC earned a bid to the conference title game last season, but were defeated by 23 points. Despite a national ranking and a 28-3 record, the Panthers were left out of the NCAA Tournament field. Despite those games not taking place due to COVID, KWC has a chip on their shoulder in 2020-21 and is looking to remove all doubt this season by earning the league's automatic qualifier to the postseason.

Kaylee Clifford started all 21 games this season and holds a scoring average of 10.6 points per game. This season Clifford has scored 223 points, surpassing 1,000 career points earlier this year against Ohio Valley.
 
Clifford is second on the team in scoring and currently sits fifth in the G-MAC with 20 blocked shots this season. Her six rebounds per game average ranks 18th in the league as well.
 
Tahlia Walton leads the Panthers in scoring, averaging 12 points per game. This season Walton has recorded 88 rebounds and 22 steals. She also holds a lofty .559 shooting percentage. Walton scored a season-high 20 points this season against Malone, including the game-winning basket at the buzzer.
 
Like Clifford,  Lily Miller has been a staple in the starting line-up for four seasons. Miller started 20 games this season averaging, 7.6 points per game. The conductor of the offense Miller has a team best 83 assists this season, a total that ranks sixth in the league. Miller usually gets the toughest defensive assignments as she has made 22 steals on the year. The Panthers ranked third in the G-MAC, allowing 68.1 points per game.

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