Women’s Basketball: Ohio Northern (9-3 Overall, 3-2 OAC) at #15 Baldwin Wallace (9-2 Overall, 6-0 OAC)

Wednesday, January 12, 2022, 7 p.m. - Ursprung Gymnasium, Berea, Ohio

Wednesday's Preview: Wednesday's game marks the Polar Bears' second straight contest against a nationally ranked opponent, as Baldwin Wallace is ranked No. 15 in this week's D3hoops.com poll … Northern is coming off Saturday's 54-49 home loss to No. 12 John Carroll … ONU outscored JCU 17-7 in the second quarter and led by as many as eight points in the third period before the Blue Streaks made a late comeback … ONU held JCU to its lowest point total of the season … Senior Jaidyn Hale was 3-for-4 from 3-point range and scored a career-high 19 points to lead ONU … Sophomore Kasey Knippen was 3-for-5 from beyond the arc to finish with nine points … Freshman Abby Dickson led the team in rebounds (8) and assists (4) … Olivia Nagy (13 points, 17 rebounds, 6 blocks) and Nicole Heffington (12 points, 6 rebounds) led JCU … Northern is averaging 64.1 points per game and allowing an OAC-low 46.9 points per contest … The Polar Bears are shooting 39.1% from the field, 30.1% on 3-pointers and 66.9% from the foul line … Northern currently has 5 players averaging between 6 and 10 points per game in what is a balanced offensive attack … Senior Alissa Stahler (9.6 points per game) leads ONU in scoring followed by junior Brynn Serbin (8.9) and sophomore Kristen Luersman (7.8) … Stahler's team-high 6.4 rebounds per game ranks sixth in the OAC … Knippen's team-leading 13 made 3-pointers is tied for 13th in the OAC, and she ranks second in the conference in 3-point percentage (52%) … Serbin leads the team in steals (34) and assists (37), which rank first and tied for second, respectively, in the OAC … Serbin's 108 career steals rank 19th on the program's all-time leaderboard in a tie with Annette Alverson ('83-'86) … Following Wednesday's game, ONU will play at Muskingum on Saturday at 2 p.m. as part of a women's-men's doubleheader … Baldwin Wallace enters Wednesday's game coming off Saturday's 60-38 home win over Muskingum … Senior Lilly Edwards led BWU with 13 points and nine rebounds … The Yellow Jackets' two losses this season were to teams ranked in this week's D3hoops.com poll: 83-55 at No. 1 Hope (Mich.) and 64-45 at No. 6 Trine (Ind.) … BWU is averaging 69.5 points per game while ranking second in the OAC in allowing 52.6 points per contest … The Yellow Jackets are shooting 42.9% from the floor, 32% on 3-pointers and 67.4% from the foul line … Edwards, a WBCA All-American Honorable Mention selection last spring, leads the OAC in scoring at 17.1 points per game, and her 9.6 rebounds per game ranks second in the conference … Edwards also leads the team in steals (13) … Senior Megan Hensel (9.5 points per game) is BWU's second-leading scorer and has made a team-high 20 3-pointers on 40% shooting from beyond the arc … Junior Izzy Andrews leads the team in assists (24) … Cheri Harrer is the winningest women's basketball coach in school history and second-winningest in OAC history and was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern trails the all-time series with Baldwin Wallace by a 39-43 margin, including a 15-26 mark on the road … The teams last met for a two-game home-and-home set in February 2021 with each team winning their respective home game … BWU won 61-54 in Berea, and ONU won 61-53 in Ada.

Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his second season at ONU and has an overall record of 16-12, a winning percentage of .571.