Men's Basketball drops its OAC season opener to Wilmington 88-78

• Records: Ohio Northern (4-4 Overall, 0-1 OAC), Wilmington (3-4 Overall, 1-1 OAC).
• Venue: ONU Sports Center - Ada, Ohio.

The Game

• Senior Will Miller (Ottoville) led the Polar Bears with 15 points. 
• Sophomore Aiden Harris (Pandora/Pandora-Gilboa) added 12 points and grabbed a team high 7 rebounds.
• Junior Theo Maag (Ottawa/Ottawa-Glandorf) pitched in 10 points and grabbed 6 boards. 
• Dominic Farley and Izaiah Cathey led the Quakers with 22 points each.
• Wilmington closed the game on a 16-7 run to turn a slim 72-71 advantage into the final 88-78 final. 
• Trailing 52-42, an 11-0 Polar Bears run, keyed by eight consecutive points from sophomore Conye Gaston (Toledo/Christian), would give the hosts a 53-52 lead with 14:50 remaining. 
• A 9-1 Quaker run gave the visitors a 63-57 lead with 10:40 to go.
• Miller tied the game at 66-all with 7:44 left on a layup.
• Northern led 26-19 with 7:14 to go in the 1st half, but Wilmington would close the first half with a 24-8 run to lead 43-34 at intermission.
• Ohio Northern was 23-of-51 from the floor for 45.1 percent and made 4-23 three-pointers for 17.4 percent, while Wilmington finished 25-of-51 from the field for 49.0 percent and 2-of-14 from three-point range for 14.3
• ONU made 14-of-18 free throws for 77.8 percent and WC was 19-of-26 from the foul line for 73.1 percent.
• The Polar Bears out rebounded the Quakers 30-28.

Notables

• Ohio Northern now leads the all-time series with Wilmington 47-34.
• Miller is now tied for 12th in ONU history with 139 steals.
• Miller is also 5 points away from joining the 1,000-Point Club at Northern and has 995 points in 84 career games.
• Ohio Northern continues off its 115th season of varsity men's basketball and has a record of 1385-1088, a winning percentage of .560.
• Head coach John Tropf is in his first season at Ohio Northern with a 4-4 record.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action when they host Capital on Saturday Dec. 13 at 1 pm.