Women’s Basketball: Muskingum (9-13 Overall, 4-11 OAC) at Ohio Northern (15-7 Overall, 9-6 OAC)

Saturday, February 19, 2022, 2 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears close out their 2021-22 regular-season schedule Saturday hosting Ohio Athletic Conference foe Muskingum at 2 p.m. for Senior Day as part of a women's-men's doubleheader … The OAC Tournament is scheduled for Feb. 22-26 … Ohio Northern is currently in fifth place in the OAC standings, and Muskingum is seventh … This marks the teams' first meeting this season, as the Jan. 15 matchup was canceled and declared a no-contest due to COVID-19 protocols … Northern is coming off Wednesday's 71-55 home win over Heidelberg … Senior Alissa Stahler and sophomore Kristen Luersman led the way with 12 points each, and senior Jaidyn Hale added 11 points and nine rebounds … Junior Brynn Serbin scored nine points, freshman Brooke Allen added eight, and sophomore Kasey Knippen finished with seven points and set career-highs with nine rebounds and four assists … The Polar Bears were 13-for-13 from the foul line in the game … Northern is averaging 61.4 points per game and allowing an OAC-low 50.3 points per contest … The Polar Bears are shooting 38.0% from the field, 28.4% on 3-pointers and 70.6% from the foul line … Stahler (9.3 points per game) leads ONU in scoring followed by Serbin (8.6), Hale (8.2) and Luersman (7.4) … Luersman is tied for 10th in the OAC in rebounding (5.5 per game) … Stahler's 21 total blocks are tied for eighth in the OAC … Serbin leads the OAC in steals (57) and ranks third in the league in assists (70) … Serbin ranks 10th on ONU's all-time leaderboard in steals (131), and her 155 career assists are 18 shy of cracking the top 20 on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category … Knippen ranks third in the OAC in shooting 42.9% (21-of-49) from 3-point range … Muskingum enters Wednesday's game having lost five of its last six games and is coming off Wednesday's 84-71 loss at Mount Union … Taylor DeMassimo scored a team-high 16 points for the Muskies in the game … MU is averaging 67.4 points per game while allowing an OAC-high 71.3 points per contest … The Muskies are shooting 39.7% from the floor, 33.5% on 3-pointers and 73.0% from the foul line … MU leads the OAC in 3-point percentage … Taylor DeMassimo (12.6 points per game), Caitlyn DeMassimo (11.8) and Abby Jones (10.1) lead the Muskies in scoring … Taylor DeMassimo's 5.8 rebounds per game is tied for seventh in the OAC, and she ranks third in 3-pointers made (50) and seventh in 3-point percentage (35.7%) … Tanner Wirth ranks seventh in the OAC in assists (61) and has a team-high 28 steals … Sarah Miller has a team-high 15 blocks.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Muskingum by a 48-42 margin, including a 25-14 mark at home … The teams last met in the regular-season finale of the 2019-20 season when ONU came away with a 76-48 home win … ONU has won 18 of the last 19 meetings between the teams.

Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his second season at ONU and has an overall record of 22-15, a winning percentage of .595.