Women’s Basketball: John Carroll (11-10 Overall, 6-8 OAC) at #10 Ohio Northern (19-3 Overall, 13-2 OAC)

Saturday, February 11, 2023, 4 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday hosting John Carroll in the back half of a men's-women's doubleheader … This marks ONU's Senior Day and is its final home game of the regular season … The Polar Bears close out their season with games at Heidelberg and Muskingum … With three games remaining, Northern leads the OAC standings by one game over Baldwin Wallace and has clinched a spot in the six-team OAC Tournament for the 28th straight season … The 2023 OAC Tournament is scheduled for Feb. 21-25 … In the teams' first meeting this season, on Jan. 7, ONU got a 68-59 win over John Carroll in University Heights … Junior Kristen Luersman (18 points, 12 rebounds) and sophomore Brooke Allen (18 points, 11 rebounds) each recorded a double-double in the game, and senior Brynn Serbin added 17 points to lead ONU … Northern is ranked No. 10 in the D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll and No. 11 in the WBCA Top 25 Poll this week … ONU is coming off Wednesday's 66-62 overtime loss at No. 19 Baldwin Wallace … Luersman led ONU with 18 points, and Serbin tallied a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds … Serbin is the reigning OAC Player of the Week … Through 22 games, Serbin (14.3 points per game), Allen (11.3) and Luersman (10.9) lead ONU in scoring … Serbin ranks second in the OAC in scoring average, and Allen is ninth … Luersman ranks second in the OAC in rebounding average with 8.0 per game and is tied for ninth in the conference with 16 blocks … Serbin has an OAC-high 103 assists and 62 steals … Serbin's 103 assists rank second-best all-time at ONU for a single season … Serbin has made a team-best 41 3-pointers, which ranks third in the OAC, and is shooting 34.7% from beyond the arc, which ranks eighth in the OAC … Serbin ranks second all-time at ONU with 204 career steals and is five shy of tying the program record set by Katie Mengos ('10-'13) … Serbin has 264 career assists, which ranks third all-time at ONU … Serbin ranks sixth all-time at ONU in 3-pointers made (114) … Northern leads the OAC in points per game (65.1), field goal percentage (42%) and field goal percentage defense (33.1%) and is second in points per game allowed (53.0) … John Carroll is coming off Wednesday's 62-61 loss at Otterbein and is seventh place in the OAC standings … Senior Kaelyn Underwood led three Blue Streaks in double figures with 14 points … In JCU's loss to ONU earlier this season, junior Halle Landies led the way with 14 points … Through 21 games, Underwood leads JCU in scoring this season with 13.5 points per game, which ranks third in the OAC, followed by Landies (9.0) and freshman Ava Ryncarz (8.5) … Sophomore Maddie Pietrowski ranks ninth in the OAC with 6.2 rebounds per game … Senior Jaylen Hoffmann is tied for fourth in the OAC with 37 steals and is tied for eighth in the OAC with 48 assists … Underwood ranks sixth in the OAC with 20 blocks … Ryncarz has made a team-high 35 3-pointers, which ranks seventh in the OAC, and is shooting 40.2% from beyond the arc, which third in the OAC.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with John Carroll by a 44-32 margin, including a 22-11 mark in Ada … JCU has won nine of the past 13 meetings dating back to 2018 … In the teams' meeting earlier this season, ONU came away with a 68-59 win in University Heights on Jan. 7 to end a three-game losing streak in the series.

Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his third season at ONU and has an overall record of 43-19, a winning percentage of .694.