Tiffin women's basketball has just one game this week, hosting Ohio Dominican on Saturday afternoon.
The game will also serve as the TU Basketball Alumni Game, with the women celebrating 35 years of basketball while the men celebrate 80 years. In conjunction with that event, both the men's and women's teams are applauding the milestones of the life of Jacoby Hope Arnold, daughter of TU alumna, former student-athlete, and former women's basketball assistant coach, Jillian Arnold. Before she was born, Jacoby was diagnosed with non-immune Hydrops Fetalis—a severe, life-threatening condition with odds of only 5% to be born alive, and then only a 5% chance to survive after birth. This year, Jacoby started Kindergarten and Tiffin University is honored to acknowledge the brave little girl who has defied all odds by announcing her with the basketball team lineup as well as serve as the ball kid of the women's game.
Game Information:
Tiffin Dragons (7-12, 2-7 GMAC) vs
Ohio Dominican Panthers (9-10, 4-5 GMAC)
Saturday, Jan. 25 | 1:00 p.m.
Tiffin, Ohio | Gillmor Center
Video | Live Stats
Dragon Details:
Tiffin will be looking to snap a four-game skid when they host the Panthers this weekend.
As a team, the Dragons are second in the GMAC with 41.4 rebounds per game and 12.2 offensive boards per game. TU also ranks third in three-point field goal percentage defense at 28.9%.
Aarion Nichols powers Tiffin from the guard position, ranking 10th in the GMAC with 14.9 points per game and eighth with 7.3 rebounds per game. Jasmine Watts is the next highest scorer at 8.9 points per game while also ranking fourth in the conference with 1.3 blocks per outing.
Last Meeting:
The Dragons and Panthers last met on Jan. 26 of last season, with Tiffin utilizing a 34-20 third-quarter advantage to defeat ODU 93-79 at home. Nichols is TU's top returner from the game with 12 points and five rebounds, while Kennedy Schlabach led ODU with 19 points on 5-7 shooting from deep.
Scouting the Panthers:
Prior to their 13-point defeat at Cedarville last Saturday, Ohio Dominican had been winners of four-straight including a 20-point win over Lake Erie last Thursday.
The Panthers enter Saturday's contest in fifth in the GMAC with 73.4 points per game and a 41.7 field goal percentage. They are also second in the conference with a 77.8 free-throw percentage and lead with 13.4 offensive rebounds per game.
Alexa Fisher headlines the ODU offense with 15.9 points per game (sixth in GMAC) followed by Angela Troyer with 14.6 points per contest (12th). The Panthers also have a pair of players, Alli Kern and Brittleigh Macauley, tied for fourth in the conference in rebounding at 7.6 per game.