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Oakland takes on Illinois State, looks to halt 3-game skid

Oakland Golden Grizzlies (3-7, 0-2 Horizon) at Illinois State Redbirds (5-6, 0-1 MVC)

Normal, Illinois; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Oakland enters the matchup with Illinois State after losing three in a row.

The Redbirds have gone 4-0 in home games. Illinois State is 0-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Golden Grizzlies are 1-4 in road games. Oakland is 2-5 in games decided by at least 10 points.

Illinois State scores 67.0 points per game, 2.1 fewer points than the 69.1 Oakland gives up. Oakland’s 38.4% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.2 percentage points lower than Illinois State has given up to its opponents (41.6%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Bella Finnegan averages 1.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Redbirds, scoring 6.6 points while shooting 25.8% from beyond the arc. Addison Martin is shooting 44.2% and averaging 13.4 points over the past 10 games.

Cali Denson is averaging 12.2 points for the Golden Grizzlies. Angie Smith is averaging 8.8 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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