Men's Basketball: Ohio Northern (4-3 Overall, 1-1 OAC) at #6 Mount Union (6-1 Overall, 1-1 OAC)
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, 2 pm - McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex, Alliance, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears will continue OAC play with a 2 pm road contest at No. 6-ranked Mount Union on Saturday in game one of a men's/women's double header ... Ohio Northern is coming off a 76-64 victory at Wilmington on Wednesday ... Senior C.J. Napier scored 18 points in just 20 minutes to lead Ohio Northern ... The Polar Bears also got 13 points each from seniors Adam Scott and Landen Long, while fellow senior Michael Berner added eight points, nine rebounds and four assists ... Freshmen Will Miller chipped in 10 points and three rebounds, and freshman Mason Studer added six points and a career-high eight rebounds ... Napier leads the team and is fourth in the OAC in scoring (16.2 ppg) and rebounding (7.0 rpg)... He has 948 career points and is just 52 shy of becoming the 40th member of ONU's 1,000-Point Club ... Long is second on the team in scoring at 11.7 ppg while Scott is third at 9.9 ppg ... Berner is second on the team in rebounding at 5.9 rpg ... Long leads the team with 9 three-pointers and sophomore Ethan Bell leads the team with 25 assists ... Ohio Northern ranks 3rd in the OAC in defense, allowing only 68.6 ppg ... ONU has made 95 free throws this season, while its opponents have attempted only 95 ... Studer is sixth in the OAC with a 46.7 3-point shooting percentage ... Napier has missed the last two games with a leg injury and is considered day-to-day ... Mount Union enters the contest ranked No. 6 nationally by D3hoops.com ... The Purple Raiders are coming off a 75-72 victory over No. 9-ranked John Carroll on Wednesday ... Senior Chris Painter scored 20 points and junior Christian Parker added nine points and a game-high 8 rebounds for UMU ... The balanced Purple Raider attack saw six players score eight or more points ... Parker leads the team and is third in the OAC in scoring at 18.0 ppg ... He is also second in the OAC with a team-high 8.7 rpg average ... Collen Gurley is second on the team in scoring at 15.0 ppg and senior Jeffrey Mansfield is third at 10.0 ppg ... Mount Union leads the league in scoring, averaging 82.3 points per game.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Steals | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Napier | 16.2 | 1. | Napier | 7.0 | 1. | Long | 9 | 1. | Bell | 25 | 1. | Studer | 11 | ||||
| 2. | Long | 11.7 | 2. | Berner | 5.9 | 2. | Bell | 8 | 2. | Conley | 14 | 2. | Bell | 10 | ||||
| 3. | Scott | 9.9 | 3. | Scott | 4.9 | 3. | Studer | 7 | 3. | Long | 12 | 3. | Miller | 9 |
All-Time Series: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 61-46 margin ... MtU has won the last seven meetings, including 93-71 and 72-56 victories last season ... MtU is 28-26 in games in Alliance.
Head Coach Neal Young: Young is in his first season at ONU and has a 4-3 record. He is 132-124 in 10 seasons overall after going five seasons as head coach at Covenant (Ga.) and four seasons as head coach at Goshen (Ind.)