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Balanced scoring leads Men's Basketball in tight 73-71 road loss at #9 Mount Union 73-71

Balanced scoring leads Men's Basketball in tight 73-71 road loss at #9 Mount Union 73-71
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December 20, 2025
ALLIANCE — Ohio Northern Men's Basketball comes up just short against #9 Mount Union 73-71 on Saturday afternoon. 
  • Records: Ohio Northern (5-5 Overall, 1-2 OAC), #9 Mount Union (11-0 Overall, 4-0 OAC).
  • Venue: McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex - Alliance, Ohio.

The Game

  • Senior Will Miller (Ottoville), junior Theo Maag (Ottawa/Ottawa-Glandorf) and sophomore Aiden Harris (Pandora/Pandora-Gilboa) all led the team in scoring with 12 points each. 
  • Miller added a team high 7 assists.
  • Senior Mason Studer added in 10 points and brought in a team high 7 rebounds. 
  • Junior Noah Langford (Perrysburg/Toledo Central Catholic) added 6 points, 6 boards, and 4 steals. 
  • Chance Casenhiser led the Purple Raiders with 19 points.
  • Casenhiser drained two free throws to make it a 73-68 game with only :03 left, and Miller knocked down a deep three to cut the lead to 73-71 as time expired. 
  • Trailing 69-60 with :46 to go, a made three by Studer and a MU turnover leading to another three by sophomore Austin Shultz (Perrysburg) saw Northern cut the led to 69-66 with 21 seconds left.
  • Mount Union led 33-31 at the half. 
  • Northern opened the second half on a 14-3 run to grab a 45-36 lead just four minutes into the period.
  • The Purple Raiders answered with a 13-0 run to regain the lead at 49-45 with 10:30 left in the contest.
  • Ohio Northern was 26-of-61 from the floor for 42.6 percent and made 8-of-26 three-pointers for 30.8 percent, while Mount Union finished 21-of-43 from the field for 48.8 percent and 7-of-19 from three-point range for 36.8
  • ONU made 11-of-15 free throws for 73.3 percent and MU was 24-of-32 from the foul line for 75.0 percent.
  • The Purple Raiders out-rebounded the Polar Bears 31-30.

Notables

  • ONU leads the all-time series between the two 62-52.
  • Miller is now the 41st member of the 1,000-Point Club at Northern and has 1022 points in 86 career games.
  • Miller is now tied for 11th in ONU history with 142 steals.
  • Ohio Northern continues off its 115th season of varsity men's basketball and has a record of 1386-1089, a winning percentage of .560.
  • Head coach John Tropf is in his first season at Ohio Northern with a 5-5 record.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action when they travel to Las Vegas to play Amherst (Mass.) on Sunday Dec. 28.