Friday, February 19, 2021, 7 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Saturday, February 20, 2021, 6 p.m. - Capital Center, Bexley, Ohio
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This Weekend's Preview: The Polar Bears will continue their 2021 season with a home-and-home series with Capital this weekend ... The teams will play Friday night at 7 pm at Ada and will wrap up the series with a 6 pm contest in Bexley on Saturday ... No fans will be allowed to attend the games due to the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Ohio Northern is coming off the biggest coaching victory for ONU's first-year head coach Mark Huelsman on Saturday, an impressive 68-53 win over #8 John Carroll ... Northern got 12 points each from senior Sydney Ward and junior Lexi Jacobs ... On Friday, the Polar Bears led 48-47 with 2:18 to go in University Heights, only to be edged in the final minute ... Sophomore Brynn Serbin scored a team-high 12 points ... In eight games this season, senior Sydney Ward leads the team in scoring at 10.8 ppg ... She also leads the team and is fifth in the OAC with an average of 7.1 rebounds per contest ... Junior Alissa Stahler is second in scoring at 7.4 ppg and Serbin is third at 7.0 ppg ... Serbin is third in the league with 22 assists and is 4th in the OAC with 16 steals ... Northern leads the OAC in scoring defense, allowing only 58.1 ppg, and in turnovers, committing only 13.3 per game ... ONU is 4-1 this season when holding opponents under 60 points .... Northern is third in offensive rebounds per game (14.8 rpg) and rebounding margin (+4.0 rpg) ... Ohio Northern will wrap up its regular season next weekend with a home-and-home series with Baldwin Wallace ... The Crusaders enter this weekend's games looking to bounce back from a sweep at the hands of Baldwin Wallace ... BW won 54-47 in Bexley on Friday and 75-49 in Berea on Saturday ... Junior Emma Burns leads Capital in scoring at 11.8 ppg and is second in rebounding at 4.5 rpg ... Junior Brooke Ommert is second in scoring at 7.3 ppg and averages a team-best 5.2 rpg ... Senior Caroline Taphorn also averages 7.3 ppg and leads the team with 19 assists and 11 steals.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
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Ward |
10.8 |
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Ward |
7.1 |
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Brock |
7 |
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Serbin |
22 |
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Serbin |
16 |
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Stahler |
7.4 |
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Iliff |
5.4 |
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Jacobs |
6 |
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Weckesser |
15 |
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Hale |
13 |
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Serbin |
7.0 |
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Stahler |
4.0 |
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Serbin |
6 |
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Brock |
11 |
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Weckesser |
12 |
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Iliff |
6 |
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Hale |
11 |
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Hale |
6 |
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Jacobs |
11 |
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All-Time Series: Capital leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 56-36 margin ... ONU is 24-18 at home and is 11-37 at Bexley ... The two teams split last season's games, with ONU winning at home 58-52 and Capital winning at home 53-38.
Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his first season at ONU with a 4-4 record, a winning percentage of .500.
