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2011-12 RECORDS:
Wayne State (8-5, 5-2 GLIAC)
Hillsdale (13-1, 7-0 GLIAC)
Findlay (11-3, 5-2 GLIAC)


SERIES:
WSU leads Hillsdale 44-34
WSU trails Findlay 15-23


LAST MEETINGS:
at Hillsdale 57, WSU 48 (1/5/2012)
at Findlay 68, WSU 63 (1/7/2012)


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GAMES 14 & 15 STORYLINES
Wayne State returns home for a pair of contests after dropping the last four games, all on the road.


ALL-TIME SERIES
After winning last year's season series 3-0 vs. Hillsdale, the Warriors fell in the first meeting this year.  WSU has a 27-12 home record against the Chargers, including wins in seven of the last eight matches at the Matthaei.

Wayne State's home court win last year vs. Findlay ended the Warriors five-game losing skein at the Matthaei against the Oilers.  WSU is 11-6 at home all-time vs. UF.


HILLSDALE RECAP
Wayne State had an 11-point lead (31-20) late in the first half following a triple by Cole Prophet, but Charger Tim Dezelski answered with a three-pointer of his own in the final 30 seconds.

The Warriors held a nine-point advantage (40-31) with just under 14 minutes remaining following a basket by Ike Udanoh.  Hillsdale scored the next five points including another triple by Dezelski before Prophet connected on a jumper at the 10:12 mark.  It would be WSU's last made field goal of the game.

A 5-0 Charger run ended with a pair of Udanoh free throws with 7:49 left which gave the Warriors a 44-41 lead.  Two free throws by HC's Brad Guinane was followed by a pair of foul shots by Prophet at the 6:38 mark.

Dezelski hit his third triple of the contest with 3:31 left giving the Chargers their first lead since 17-15.  Prophet again made two free throws with 2:37 remaining to knot the game at 48.  Guinane hit a fade away three-pointer at the 2:08 mark putting HC in front 51-48 and start a run of nine straight Charger points to end the game.

Udanoh recorded his seventh double-double of the campaign with a game-high 18 points along with a game-best 11 rebounds.  Prophet added 17 points. 


FINDLAY RECAP
The game had 13 lead changes and nine tied scores with the last tie coming at 60 with 1:14 left as Udanoh sank the first of two free throws in a double bonus situation.

Findlay's Kyle Caiola then put the hosts in front for good with a conventional three-point play with 56.2 seconds remaining.  Following a missed lay-up by the Warriors, Caiola made two foul shots with 21.2 left putting the Oilers in front 65-61.  Another missed lay-up by WSU led to UF's Aaron Robinson splitting a pair from the charity stripe with 11.1 seconds remaining to seal Findlay's 71st consecutive GLIAC regular-season home victory.

Udanoh led WSU with 16 points, while Stacey Waters tallied 10 points.  Dale Brundidge had game-high totals of eight rebounds and five assists.  Caiola, who was one of four Oilers in double figures, recorded a game-high 20 points which included 10-of-12 from the foul line.


ON THE BENCH
David Greer, just the ninth head coach in 94 years of WSU basketball, is in his 11th season at WSU with a 157-134 record.

He is the fifth-longest tenured coach at WSU. The 22 victories by the Warriors in 2010-11 were the most since the 1998-99 NCAA qualifying squad compiled a 25-5 record.

Wayne State's 14 GLIAC wins last year are the most since the same 1998-99 team took first place with a 16-3 mark.

John Tharp has a record of 79-45 in his fifth year with the Chargers.  Charlie Ernst has compiled an 11-3 record in his first year as head coach of the Oilers after serving the previous 20 years as an assistant to Ron Niekamp.


SCOUTING HILLSDALE
The Chargers have won nine straight games since a 62-52 setback at Lewis on Nov. 26.

HC is 7-0 in league play including wins in all five home conference games.

Brent Eaton leads four Chargers averaging in double figures (13.1 ppg) and has a team-high total of 34 triples.

Tyler Gerber is second in scoring (11.9), and leads the squad in assists (70), steals (26) and minutes played (453).

Senior Brad Guinane has a team-high 93 rebounds and is third in scoring at 11.6 ppg.

Nick Washburn leads Hillsdale with 18 blocked shots and is fourth in scoring (11.3). 

Tim Dezelski is shooting a squad best 58.5 percent (38-of-65) from the floor.


SCOUTING FINDLAY
The Oilers had their four-game winning streak snapped with a 94-80 loss at Ashland on Jan. 5.

Greg Kahlig is averaging a team-high 14.0 points per game.  He also leads UF in rebounds with 76.

Kyle Caiola is averaging 13.3 ppg and has team-best totals of 19 triples, 51 assists and 20 steals.

Mark Frilling leads the Oilers with 15 blocked shots and is third in rebounding (72), while Jack Smith has 74 boards.

Brad Piehl, who is averaging 11.5 ppg, is shooting a team-best 62.5 percent from the floor (60-96) after making 11-of-15 in two games last week.

Aaron Robinson has played a team-high 396 minutes and is tied-for-second on the team in three-pointers made with Sean Samsel at 18.