Men's Basketball improves to 3-1 with 109-68 victory at Manchester (Ind.)

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (3-1 Overall), Manchester (0-5 Overall).
• Venue: Stauffer-Wolfe Arena - North Manchester, Ind.

The Game

• Senior Will Miller (Ottoville) led five Polar Bears in double figures in scoring with 15 points.  
• Sophomore Aiden Harris (Pandora/Pandora-Gilboa) also had 15 points.
• Junior Theo Maag (Ottawa/Ottawa-Glandorf) added 14 points and seven rebounds.
• Sophomore Conye Gaston (Toledo/Christian) scored 13 points.
• Junior Noah Langford (Perrysburg/Toledo Central Catholic) chipped in 10 points.
• Eighteen Ohio Northern players saw action in the game, 15 of whom scored.
• Northern used a 15-2 lead to break a 15-15 tie and take a 30-17 lead with 8:15 left in the first half.
• The Polar Bears led 48-25 at intermission.
• Ohio Northern was 46-of-81 from the floor for 56.8 percent and made 15-of-31 three-pointers for 48.4 percent, while Manchester finished 27-of-58 from the field for 46.6 percent and 6-of-23 from three-point range for 26.1 percent.
• ONU made 2-of-2 free throws for 1.000 percent and MU was 8-of-10 from the foul line for 80.0 percent.
• The Polar Bears out rebounded the Spartans 39-23.

Notables

• Northern now leads the all-time series with Manchester 3-1.
• The 109 points were the most by Ohio Northern since a 110-75 victory over Keystone (Pa.) on Nov. 21, 2015.
• Miller is now tied for 12th in ONU history with 137 steals.
• Miller is also 59 points away from joining the 1,000-Point Club at Northern.
• Ohio Northern continues off its 115th season of varsity men's basketball and has a record of 1384-1085, a winning percentage of .560.
• Head coach John Tropf is in his first season at Ohio Northern with a 3-1 record.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Monday when they host Olivet (Mich.) at 7 p.m.