ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Oakland women's basketball team continues their home stand with a game against Rochester College on Community Night on Monday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live from the Blacktop at the O'rena on ESPN+ with Brad Golder on the call.
Notes:
Last Time Out: Chloe Guingrich grabbed a game-high and career-best 15 rebounds with four points while
Teneea Heston scored a career-high 10 points off the bench going a perfect 5-for-5 from the free throw line as Oakland fell 85-59 to visiting Michigan in front of the eighth highest attendance mark in program history of 1594.
Taylor Jones added a team-high 15 points with five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
At look at Warriors: Rochester College enters the game with a 12-4 overall record and 6-3 mark in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC). Senior and Oakland transfer Rio Dudgeon is in her second season for the Warriors.
Series Breakdown: Oakland is a perfect 12-0 all-time against Rochester College. The Golden Grizzlies won the last game between the schools, 83-49, on Dec. 7, 2015.
Return to Sender: Oakland leads the league in block shots (4.50) per game which ranks 46th nationally. Individually,
Mercy Agwaniru (0.8) leads the team and is eighth in the league while
Kayla Luchenbach (0.7),
Chloe Guingrich (0.7) and
Nikita Telesford (0.7) all are tied for 12th.
3-Point Bombs Away: LaKyesha Stennis ranks second the league in 3-point field goal percentage (42.6), 3-point field goals per game (2.9 – 64th nationally) and 3-point field goals made (28 – 34th nationally). As a team, Oakland is second in 3-point field goals made (57) and fifth in 3-point field goal made per game (7.2).
Jones Leading the Way: Senior
Taylor Jones leads the team in scoring (14.9), assists (3.5), and steals (2.0) and ranks 22nd nationally in field goal attempts (158 total - 15.8 per/game).
Gettin' Buckets: Jones ranks fifth in the league in scoring (14.9 ppg). She has scored 20 points or more three times this season including 26 vs Grace Christian (11/6) in the season opener, 20 at CMU (11/8) and 23 at Kent State (11/18) totaling 21 times for her career and has reached double-digits in scoring 67 times.
Grab and Go: The Golden Grizzlies also rank fourth in the league in turnovers forced (16.80) and are tied for fourth in steals per game (8.00). Jones also ranks fourth in steals (2.0).
Dropping Dimes: Jones ranks fourth in the league in assists (3.5) and dished out a career-high nine assists against Grace Christian (11/6). Freshman
Brianna Breedy also ranks 10th in the league (2.5).
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