GLIAC Basketball Previews
University of Findlay
Men
Head coach: Charles Ernst (3rd year)
Record last year: 22-8; GLIAC South Division champions, GLIAC tournament champions
Key players: Greg Kahlig, Jake Heagen, Alphonso Baity
Coach’s Comment: “Our team this season has good leadership, but seven of our top 11 are freshmen and sophomores. I believe the keys for us this season will be the development of our bench and low post scoring. If we can continue to improve in those areas, we have a chance to have a nice season.”
Women
Head coach: Jim Wiedie (1st year)
Record last year: 24-6 overall, 19-3 GLIAC; GLIAC tournament runner-up
Key players: Margaret Wuebker, Ciara Geiger, Karli Bonar
Coach’s Comment: “I think we are a deeper team than last season. We can go 12 or 13 deep easily. We’ll be a more balanced team offensively than we were last season. We have a solid inside game, and with the addition of three key perimeter players, we’ve upgraded our outside shooting. We should be a harder team to defend this year. I thought last year we were pretty one-dimensional and relied on our leading scorer most of the year. Obviously, we need to stay healthy, but besides that, our press needs to be as effective, if not more so, than it was last year. Our ability to defend in the half court and our rebounding will be keys as well. Right now my biggest concern in these three areas is our rebounding.”