Women’s Basketball: Marietta (4-1 Overall, 1-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (4-1 Overall, 0-0 OAC)

Saturday, December 3, 2022, 4 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears open Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday as they host Marietta in the back half of a men's-women's doubleheader at the ONU Sports Center … ONU is off to a 4-1 start and received one point in the Week 1 D3hoops.com poll … Northern is coming off last Saturday's 53-50 win at then-No. 8 Trine (Ind.) … Senior Brynn Serbin led the way for ONU with 14 points, nine rebounds and four assists in the game and was named OAC Player of the Week … Freshman Mackenzie Suprano came off the bench and scored a career-high 10 points … Through five games, Serbin (13.0 points per game) and sophomore Brooke Allen (10.8) are averaging double figures in scoring with junior Kristen Luersman just under that threshold at 9.6 points per game … Serbin ranks seventh in the OAC in scoring average … Luersman ranks second in the OAC in rebounding average with 9.0 per game … Serbin ranks second in the OAC with 23 assists and is tied for seventh in the conference with 12 steals on the season … Serbin ranks seventh all-time at ONU with 154 career steals … Serbin has 184 career assists, which is tied for 16th all-time at ONU … The Polar Bears are holding opponents to 52.8 points per game on 31.5% shooting, including 26.8% from beyond the arc … Northern leads the OAC in field goal percentage defense and ranks second in the conference in points per game allowed … Marietta is 4-1 overall and received 32 points in the Week 1 D3hoops.com poll, putting the Pioneers at No. 28 in the poll after being ranked No. 19 in the preseason poll … MC finished 22-6 overall and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season … The Pioneers have won four straight games after opening the season with a 67-53 loss to Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) … MC is coming off Tuesday's 79-63 home win over Otterbein in its OAC opener … Junior Olivia Gribble scored a team-high 16 points to lead four double-figure scorers for MC in the game … The Pioneers are averaging 65.6 points per game on 37.3% shooting, including 30.1% from beyond the arc … Seniors Erin Hahn (10.8 points per game) and Devin Hefner (9.8) lead MC in scoring … Hahn is averaging an OAC-best 9.2 rebounds per game … Junior Hannah Schill leads the team with 16 assists, which is tied for ninth in the OAC, and 13 steals, which is tied for fifth in the OAC … In five games off the bench, sophomore Paige Tolson has made seven 3-pointers on 63.6% shooting from beyond the arc.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Marietta by a 60-20 margin, including a 36-5 mark in Ada … ONU has won six of the past 10 meetings … ONU and MC split their two meetings last season, as the Pioneers won 60-52 in Marietta and the Polar Bears won 58-54 in Ada.

Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his third season at ONU and has an overall record of 28-17, a winning percentage of .622.