ROCHESTER, Mich. – After a seven-game road swing, the Oakland women's basketball team returns home to host in-state opponent Central Michigan on Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 7 pm presented by United Shore. The game will be broadcast live from the Blacktop at the O'rena on ESPN3 with Brad Golder on the call.
 
Notes:
Series History: Oakland leads the all-time series 12-10 with Central Michigan winning the last five consecutive games.
 
A look at the Chippewas: Junior Kelly Micaela (22.6 ppg) leads CMU in scoring followed by junior Kyra Bussell (14.5) and freshman Molly Davis (11.8). Bussell also leads the team in rebounds (7.1) while Davis leads in assists (4.3).
 
Last time out: Kayla Luchenbach posted a career-high 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field and 5-of-6 from the free throw line while Kahlaijah Dean scored a season-high 19 points off the bench on 8-of-16 shooting and 3-of-6 from 3-point range as Oakland closed out a seven-game road swing with an 80-66 setback at St. Bonaventure on Sunday.
 
Lights Out Luchenbach: In addition to her new career high against the Bonnies, Luchenbach shot 5-for-9 from the field and went 7-for-9 at the free throw line to post her first career double-double with 17 points while matching a career-best 10 rebounds as Oakland fell at No. 15 Michigan State. She has now reached double figures in five games this season.
 
Magic number 800: Oakland currently sits at 799 overall program wins needing just one more to reach 800.
 
Charity Stripe Production: Oakland leads the league in free throw percentage (78.5) which also ranks 15th nationally.  Jalisha Terry also leads the league (91.2) and ranks 13th nationally. Kayla Luchenbach also ranks sixth in the league (80.6).
 
Guard the Arc: Oakland leads the Horizon League in 3-point field goal percentage defense (25.5) which ranks 26th nationally.
 
Lockdown D: Defensively, the Golden Grizzlies rank third in field goal percent defense (37.4), third in points-per-game defense (63.3) and sixth in steals (7.33).
 
Crash the Boards: The Golden Grizzlies are second in the league in total rebounds per game (39.0) and defensive rebounds (27.6) and ranks fourth in offensive rebounds (11.4).  Luchenbach (5.3) ranks 15th individually.
 
Pass/Protect the Rock: The team ranks third in assist/turnover ratio (0.82) and fourth in turnover margin (0.44) while Terry (1.7) also ranks third individually.
 
Droppin' Dimes: Oakland ranks third in assists per game (13.56) while Terry (3.6) and Brianna Breedy (2.8) rank fourth and eighth respectively.

Gettin' Buckets: Terry (13.4) ranks ninth in the league in scoring and has reached double figures six times.