OUA.tv Marquee Matchup: National powerhouses No. 1 Carleton, No. 2 Ottawa meet again in “Bytown Battle”
Basketball fans don’t have to wait long in 2015 to see the two best teams in the country face each other.
Basketball fans don't have to wait long in 2015 to see the two best teams in the country face each other.
0.1% – Difference in team field goal percentage between the Ravens and Gee-Gees. Carleton ranks first in OUA shooting 52.6% while Ottawa is second at 52.5%. They are the only two schools in the conference shooting above 50% as a team.
100-0 – The combined record of the Ravens and Gee-Gees since the beginning of the 2013-14 season (including exhibition and playoff games) against CIS opponents other than when they play each other. Carleton has a 47-1 record in that time; with the only loss coming in the 2014 OUA championship game against the Gee-Gees. Ottawa has a 53-3 record with all three losses coming to the Ravens, including the 2014 national championship.
1-11 - Ottawa's record against Carleton in regular season and playoff meetings the past four years. Both Berhanemeskel and Gonthier-Dubue, as well as the Scrubb brothers have appeared in each of those games.
18.8 – Points per game this season for Phil Scrubb, the Ravens leading scorer.
200 – Combined 3-pointers made by Ottawa and Carleton this year. The two best 3-point shooting teams in OUA, Ottawa has made 104, shooting 40.9% from beyond the arc, while Carleton has knocked down 96 threes while shooting 47.5%.
17 – The smallest margin of victory by either school in their combined 16 wins. McMaster's 92-75 loss to the Ravens on Nov.8 was the closest any OUA team has come to knocking off an Ottawa school.