Men’s Basketball: Ohio Northern (6-6 Overall, 2-3 OAC) at #14 John Carroll (10-2 Overall, 4-1 OAC)

Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, 2 p.m. - DeCarlo Varsity Center, University Heights, Ohio

Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday with a game at John Carroll in the first half of a men's-women's doubleheader … ONU is coming off Wednesday's 73-71 overtime win at home over Otterbein … Senior C.J. Napier scored what proved to be the game-winning basket with 1.2 seconds remaining in OT and finished with game-highs of 24 points and 13 rebounds … Senior Adam Scott tallied 16 points and seven rebounds, and senior Landen Long added 10 points … Through 12 games, Napier is averaging a team-best 16.1 points per game, which ranks fourth in the OAC … Long is averaging 12.5 points per game, and Scott is averaging 10.1 points per game … Napier is averaging a team-high 7.6 rebounds per game, which ranks third in the OAC … Senior Michael Berner is second on the team in rebounding with 5.3 per game … Napier has 1,028 career points and is the 40th member of ONU's 1,000-Point Club … Long has made a team-leading 19 3-pointers and is shooting 44.2% from beyond the arc, which ranks fifth in the OAC … Sophomore Ethan Bell leads the team with 34 assists, which is tied for fourth in the OAC … Freshman Will Miller has a team-high 20 steals, which is tied for fifth in the OAC … Berner leads the team with 13 blocks, which is tied for fifth in the OAC … John Carroll is ranked No. 14 in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll and is coming off Wednesday's 81-76 home win over Heidelberg … Sophomore Luke Frazier scored a game-high 26 points for the Blue Streaks, and sophomore Luke Chicone added 20 points, six rebounds and seven assists … JCU ranks second in the OAC in scoring average (80.7 points per game) and scoring defense (69.0 points per game) … JCU is currently in a four-way tie atop the OAC standings with No. 4 Mount Union, Heidelberg and Marietta ... Through 12 games, Frazier leads the Blue Streaks with 15.8 points per game, which ranks fifth in the OAC … Chicone ranks eighth in the OAC with 14.6 points per game … Sophomores Will Yontek and Chase Toppin are averaging 9.9 and 9.4 points per game, respectively … Yontek and sophomore Henry Raynor are averaging a team-best 5.3 rebounds per game … Chicone leads the OAC with 62 assists on the season … Frazier has an OAC-high 28 steals … Raynor is tied for seventh in the OAC with 11 blocks … Senior Eric Hanna has made a team-high 14 3-pointers and is shooting 45.2% from beyond the arc, which ranks fourth in the OAC.

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with John Carroll by a 39-35 margin, including a 13-25 mark in University Heights … ONU has won three straight meetings after JCU had won the previous seven … The teams met just once last season, as ONU came away with a 74-71 road win after the teams' scheduled meeting in Ada was declared a no contest due to COVID protocols.

Head Coach Neal Young: Young is in his first season at ONU and has a 6-6 record. He is 134-127 in 10 seasons overall after five seasons as head coach at Covenant (Ga.) and four seasons as head coach at Goshen (Ind.).