Early Lead Disappears for Oilers vs. Barry
Miami Shores, Fla. - The Unviersity of Findlay women's basketball team dropped their first game in Florida on Saturday, Dec. 18 against Barry University. A three-point lead in the first quarter disappeared as the Buccaneers went on to take a 71-49 victory. With the loss the Oilers fall to 3-6 overall while Barry improves to 7-1.
The Oilers led 7-4 a little more than three minutes into the game before the Buccaneers went on an 11-0 run, their biggest scoring run of the game, to take a 15-7 advantage and take control of the game. Findlay would not lead the remainder of the game.
Findlay struggled to shoot the ball as they shot a season-low 27% (16-of-59) from the floor including just 4-of-14 (29%) from three-point range.
Rebounding was lopsided in favor of the home team as Barry grabbed 46 boards to just 34 for the Oilers. The control down low also showed up with points in the paint where the Bucs outscored the Oilers 28-22.
Turning the ball over more than 20 times per game, Findlay did stay below their season average, coughing the ball up 19 times on Saturday, but Barry turned those turnovers into 28 points. On the flip side, Findlay forced Barry into 16 turnovers, turning those mistakes into 11 points.
Senior Sydney Kin was the leading scorer for the Oilers as she poured in 16 points on 6-of-11 from the floor and 4-of-4 from the free throw line. She also grabbed a team-high ten rebounds to collect the double-double.
Scoring nine points in the game was senior Bridget Landin while senior Paige Bellman chipped in eight points. Landin collected nine rebounds while Bellman had six. No other players for the Oilers scored more than four points in the game and none had more than a single assist.
Chiara Fusari scored 15 points to lead Barry while Emma Hergot scored 11 points and recorded a game-high 15 rebounds.
The Oilers were scheduled to play Nova Southeastern tomorrow, Sunday, Dec. 19, but that game has been canceled due to Covid-19. Findlay will now play Dominican College (NY) on Monday, Dec. 20 at 11:00 am.