Kurtis Brown

ADA - The Ohio Northern men's basketball team will open its 2008-09 season Nov. 21-22 at the Mount Saint Joesph Tournament in Cincinnati.

The Polar Bears, under fourth-year head coach Jeff Coleman, will also play at the DePauw (Ind.) Tournament Nov. 29-30 and at the Surf N' Slam San Diego Tournament Dec. 27-28 at San Diego, Calif.

Northern will open its home schedule Dec. 10 with an Ohio Athletic Conference tilt with Heidelberg at 7:30 pm at the ONU Sports Center.

ADA - The Ohio Northern men's basketball team will open its 2008-09 season Nov. 21-22 at the Mount Saint Joesph Tournament in Cincinnati.

The Polar Bears, under fourth-year head coach Jeff Coleman, will also play at the DePauw (Ind.) Tournament Nov. 29-30 and at the Surf N' Slam San Diego Tournament Dec. 27-28 at San Diego, Calif.

Northern will open its home schedule Dec. 10 with an Ohio Athletic Conference tilt with Heidelberg at 7:30 pm at the ONU Sports Center.

Jake Cannan

Ohio Northern junior post Jake Cannan (Dublin /Coffman) was named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in men's basketball for the 2007-08 season in voting conducted by the league's 10 faculty representatives.

Cannan led ONU in rebounding (8.1 rpg) and blocked shots (35) and was second in scoring at 13.0 ppg.

He had eight double-doubles in 2007-08 and was second on the team with a .541 field goal percentage.

Gehle, Cannan, Meyer

Ohio Northern senior wing Kyle Gehle (Versailles), junior post Jake Cannan (Dublin /Coffman) and sophomore post Kyle Meyer (Columbus Grove) were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in men's basketball for the 2007-08 season.

Gehle was a Second Team honoree, while Cannan and Meyer were on the Honorable Mention All-OAC squad.

Gehle led the Polar Bears in scoring at 16.1 ppg and in made 3-pointers with 63.

In his 104-game career, Gehle scored 1,250 points, ranking him 16th all-time at ONU. He also ranks eighth with 171 made 3-pointers.

Ohio Northern senior guard Kyle Gehle was named to the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball All-Tournament Team Saturday night.

Gehle led the Polar Bears with 34 points in their two OAC Tournament games. He scored 16 in Northern's 79-68 win over Muskingum in the quarterfinals Wednesday and had a team-high 18 in its 81-76 overtime loss at Capital in the semifinals on Friday.

Gehle led the Polar Bears in scoring at 16.1 ppg and in made 3-pointers with 63.