The Basics

Score: Findlay 75, Saginaw Valley 70
Records: UF (7-5, 4-3 GLIAC) | SVSU (9-3, 6-1 GLIAC)
Location: Croy Gymnasium - Findlay, Ohio

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The SVSU men's basketball team took its eight game win streak on the road for a matchup with the University of Findlay on Thursday (Jan. 7) evening. After trailing for much of the game and taking a lead in the second half, the Cardinals couldn't complete the comeback and would fall to the Oilers, 75-70. 

After Garrett Hall opened the game's scoring, the Oilers held the lead mostly until three consecutive buckets from C.J. Turnage, Hall and Mitchell Baenziger gave the Cardinals a 12-10 advantage at the 13:07 mark of the first half. Wade Gelhaus made a layup at the 12:26 minute mark to give the Cardinals their last lead of the half, 14-12.

The Oilers took over for the rest of the period and gained an 11 point lead, their largest lead of the game, with 6:36 left in the frame.

SV would then trim the lead down to five before the period ended after a three-pointer and layup from Hall and Turnage made a layup in the final seconds, making the lead just five points for the home team at 38-33 after the opening 20 minutes of play.

With Findlay leading 43-38 at the 18:25 mark, the Cards scored six straight points and took the lead after Caleb Davis sunk a pair of free throws at the 15:51 minute mark.

The Cardinals held a 54-51 lead with 12:52 left in the game after a Findlay lead when Vincent Adams made consecutive layups to give the visitors their largest edge of the contest.

The Oilers pulled ahead with 7:30 left to play with the score 62-58. Findlay led by as many as seven points (68-61) but SVSU would cut the lead by three points as late as 13 seconds remaining when Hall made good on a layup attempt with 13 ticks left to make the score 73-70.

That's as close as the Cards would get, however, as the Oilers added another pair and would close out for the five point victory, 75-70.

Inside the Boxscore

• Hall led the Cardinals with a game-high 15 points, adding three rebounds, a steal and a block.
• Turnage had 14 points with three boards, three assits and a steal. He sits just three points shy of 1,000 for his career.
• Baenziger hit on a trio of three-pointers and would score a dozen points for SVSU.
• Damon Bozeman chipped-in with 10 points, five boards and three steals.
• Davis had a game-high seven rebounds and seven points to go along with a pair of steals.
• Kellen Smith tied a career-high with nine assists, also a season-best for the guard.
• SVSU shot 42.6% (26-61) from the floor while Findlay was 51.8% (29-56).
• The Cardinals hit on 50.0% (9-18) of their three-point attempts.
• SVSU out-rebounded the Oilers by a 33-32 count while Findlay held the edge in points in the paint (38-26) and bench points (31-20).

Meijer "Player of the Game"

Hall earned Meijer "Playe of the Game" honors after his game-high 15 points, three rebounds, steal and block for the Cardinals.

Up Next for SVSU

Saginaw Valley stays on the road for a game at Wayne State on Saturday (Jan. 9) afternoon. The Warriors are coming of a 90-75 defeat at home to the Hillsdale Chargers. Tip-off is set for 3:07 p.m. at WSU's Matthaei Center. 

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