Friday, February 5, 2021, 7 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Saturday, February 6, 2021, 6 p.m. - Sieberling Gymnasium, Ohio
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This Weekend's Preview: The Polar Bears will reach the halfway point in their abbreviated 2021 season with a home-and-home series against Heidelberg this weekend ... The teams will play Friday night at 7 pm at the ONU Sports Center in Ada and will wrap up the series with a 6 pm contest at Sieberling Gymnnasium in Tiffin on Saturday ... No fans will be allowed to attend the games due to the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Ohio Northern is coming off a pair of losses to Otterbein last weekend ... ONU fell 73-48 at Westerville on Friday and dropped a 68-61 decision in Ada on Saturday ... Senior Sydney Ward led Ohio Northern with 12 points and nine rebounds on Friday ... On Saturday, Ward had her first career double-double with a career-high 20 points and 10 rebounds and sophomore Brynn Serbin added 10 points for ONU ... Through four games this season, Ward leads the team in scoring at 12.0 ppg ... She also leads the team and is third in the OAC in rebounding at 8.0 rpg ... Junior Jaidyn Hale is second on the team in scoring at 7.3 ppg and junior Kate Iliff is third at 6.5 ppg ... Sophomore Brynn Serbin leads the team and is third in the OAC with 14 assists ... Northern is second in the OAC in scoring defense, allowing only 63.8 ppg ... The Polar Bears lead the OAC in offfensive rebounds at 18.3 per game and in rebounding margin at a +9.3... Ohio Northern will return to action next weekend with a home-and-home series with John Carroll ... The Student Princes are coming off a split with Capital last weekend ... HU got its first victory of the season and the first coaching win og girst-year head coach Rachel Ferri with a 61-54 win at Capital on Friday, but CU responded with a 68-53 win in Tiffin on Saturday ... Senior Brooke Beamer led the Student Princes with 23 points ... Katie Rettos leads the team in scoring, averaging 13.3 ppg Beamer is second in scoring at 10.8 ppg ... Bailey Walter is third in ascoring at 6.8 ppg and leads the team with 6.3 rpg.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
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Scoring |
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Rebounding |
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3FGs |
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Assists |
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Steals |
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Ward |
12.0 |
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Ward |
8.0 |
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Hale |
5 |
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Serbin |
14 |
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Ward |
8 |
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Hale |
7.3 |
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Stahler |
5.5 |
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Palechek |
3 |
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Hale |
9 |
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Weckesser |
8 |
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Iliff |
6.5 |
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Luersman |
5.0 |
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Iliff |
3 |
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Brock |
7 |
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Luersman |
6 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 53-26 margin ... ONU is 28-11 at home and is 24-15 at Westerville ... ONU has won three consecutive games in the series, including 55-52 and 70-42 wins last season.
Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his first season at ONU with a 1-3 record, a winning percentage of .250.
