Junior Alex Kendall scored a career-high 32 points as the University of Findlay men’s basketball team beat Quincy University 95-87 on Saturday at the Callan Athletic Center in Cedarville, improving to 2-0 on the young season, the University of Findlay reported.
The Oilers took control early, shooting 60 percent from the floor in the first half — 18 of 30 — on their way to a 51-43 halftime lead, and then held off the Hawks the rest of the way. For the game, Findlay connected on 53.2 percent of its shots, 33 of 62, and forced 16 Quincy turnovers, according to the university’s game report.
Kendall’s 32 points came on 10-of-16 shooting, and they were the most by a Findlay player since Will Aljancic scored 31 in an 85-50 win at Tiffin University on January 18, 2025, the university reported. Kendall also grabbed a game-high seven rebounds and added a block and a steal.
He had plenty of help. Fellow juniors Javonte Hill and Ian Ioppolo finished with 19 and 17 points, respectively — Hill adding four rebounds and four steals, Ioppolo four rebounds and four assists — and senior Anthony Johnson reached double figures with 15 points, four rebounds and three assists, according to the game report. Quincy was led by Herb Martin with 21 points and Ethan Bolton with 20.
The balance behind Kendall mattered as much as the headline number. Four Oilers scored in double figures, and Findlay’s pressure produced those 16 forced turnovers — the kind of two-way start a team picked to contend in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference wants from its opening weekend, especially with both wins coming away from home at a neutral-site crossover.
The win completes a perfect opening weekend for the Oilers at the Cedarville crossover, following Friday’s 92-84 season-opening win over Truman State at the same venue. What happens next takes Findlay on the road: the Oilers travel to Wheeling, West Virginia, to face Wheeling University on Thursday, November 19, at 6 p.m., the university said. Game details in this report are from the University of Findlay.
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