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Northern Iowa hosts Wells and Oakland
Oakland Golden Grizzlies (5-5, 1-0 Horizon League) at Northern Iowa Panthers (7-2)
Cedar Falls, Iowa; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Oakland visits Northern Iowa after Ziare Wells scored 21 points in Oakland’s 98-97 win against the Toledo Rockets.
The Panthers are 5-1 in home games. Northern Iowa is sixth in the MVC with 24.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Leon Bond III averaging 4.2.
The Golden Grizzlies are 1-5 on the road. Oakland ranks ninth in the Horizon League with 21.4 defensive rebounds per game led by Wells averaging 4.4.
Northern Iowa is shooting 47.1% from the field this season, 2.3 percentage points lower than the 49.4% Oakland allows to opponents. Oakland has shot at a 49.0% rate from the field this season, 11.9 percentage points above the 37.1% shooting opponents of Northern Iowa have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Bond is scoring 12.8 points per game and averaging 5.1 rebounds for the Panthers. Trey Campbell is averaging 12.4 points and 3.8 rebounds while shooting 38.7%.
Brody Robinson is shooting 45.8% and averaging 16.7 points for the Golden Grizzlies. Isaac Garrett is averaging 15.5 points.
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