The Bulldogs’ Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament run ended on March 5 with an 82–69 defeat at the hands of the Findlay Oilers.

Ferris trailed Findlay by nine points at the half, despite shoot­ing 60 per­cent from three-point range. The Bulldogs were down 53–41 with 13:21 left in the game, but trimmed the deficit to four points with less than seven min­utes to play.

The Oilers went on an 8–0 run to push the lead back to dou­ble dig­its and the Bulldogs never recovered.

Junior guard Darien Gay led the Bulldogs with 23 points and three assists. Junior cen­ter Justin Keenan, named GLIAC Player of the Year, added 22 points and nine rebounds for Ferris.

Personal fouls impacted the game greatly as Ferris com­mit­ted 27, while Findlay com­mit­ted 13. The Oilers con­verted 28 of 36 free-throw attempts and the Bulldogs made 6 of it 11 free throws.

Ferris suf­fered its sec­ond loss of the sea­son at Findlay and has not beaten the Oilers away from home in over 12 years.

Findlay is the defend­ing Division II National Champion and defend­ing GLIAC Tournament Champion. The Oilers will bat­tle the Hillsdale Chargers on March 6 at 7 p.m. for the con­fer­ence title.