BY THE NUMBERS: #3 Gee-Gees hit the road to take on Ontario Tech and Queen’s

November 8, 2019

• The Matchup: #3 Ottawa Gee-Gees (2-0, T-1st in the OUA East) vs. Ontario Tech Ridgebacks (0-3, 6th in the OUA East)
• Location: Oshawa, Ont - Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre
• Tip off: 8:00 p.m. EST
• Watch Live: OUA.tv
• Season Series (2018-19): N/A
• Last Meeting: First-ever meeting 

OTTAWA GAME NOTES

• Major Stat Leaders
  • Points (per game): Calvin Epistola – 26 pts.
  • Assists (per game): Sean Stoqua – 4 ast.
  • Rebounds (per game): Marlon Kordrostami – 7 reb.
  • Field-goal percentage: Marlon Kordrostami – 85.7 per cent
  • Three-point percentage: Calvin Epistola – 52.9 per cent
• The Gee-Gees went 2-0 on their home opening weekend with wins over #6 Laurier and Waterloo.
• Fifth-year point guard Calvin Epistola has been sensational to start the 2019-20 season, posting a career-high 31 points against Laurier.
• The Ottawa defence has been strong to start the season, allowing only 67 points per game thus far, a mark good enough for second best in the OUA.
• Depth has been key for this Gee-Gees team this season. Last weekend, 12 different players scored points and each averaged over five minutes played in the games.

ONTARIO TECH GAME NOTES 

• Major Stat Leaders
  • Points (per game): Graddy Kanku – 22 pts.
  • Assists (per game): Ammar Hassan – 3.7 ast.
  • Rebounds (per game): Ammar Hassan – 9.7 reb.
  • Field-goal percentage: Graddy Kanku – 47.5 per cent
  • Three-point percentage: Janath Kumar – 36.4 per cent
• As the U SPORTS basketball's latest addition, the Ridgebacks are still looking for their first win in program history, with #3 Ottawa and #1 Carleton coming to town, a win against either would be massive for a new program.
• In their home opener, they took on Queen's, dropping the contest 83-61. Friday's game will represent the second ever regular season game played on campus at Ontario Tech.
• The Ridgebacks have three players on their roster from Ottawa, including leading scorer Graddy Kanku.

November 9, 2019 

• The Matchup: 3 Ottawa Gee-Gees (2-0, T-1st in the OUA East) vs. Queen's Gaels (3-1, 3rd in the OUA East)
• Location: Kingston, Ont. – Queen's Athletics & Recreation Centre
• Tip off: 8:00 p.m. EST
• Watch Live: OUA.tv
• Season Series (2018-19): Tied 1-1
• Last Meeting: Ottawa won 84-64 – Oct. 17, 2019 (preseason) 

QUEEN'S GAME NOTES 

• Major Stat Leaders
• Queen's will be looking to respond to a 20-point defeat to the Gee-Gees in the preseason on their home court. In that game, Nikolay Alabi led the Gaels with 15 points.
• In their last matchup, the Gee-Gees held leading scorer Quinton Gray to seven points on 2-11 shooting. Gray will need to be his more productive self for the Gaels to log the type of performance that earned them an overtime win over Ottawa in Kingston last season.
• First year players and brothers Cole and Luka Syllas have been strong additions to the Gaels thus far this season with Cole averaging 12.3 and Luka averaging 8.8 points per game.