Men's Basketball: Defiance (2-0 Overall) at Ohio Northern (3-0 Overall)
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2014 - 7:30 pm - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: Tuesday's game is the second game of a women's/men's double header with Defiance ... The ONU-DC women's game will tip-off at 5:30 with the men following approximately 30 minutes later ... The Polar Bears are a perfect 3-0 this season after topping Adrian (Mich.) 72-60 on Saturday and winning the Milwaukee (Wis.) Engineering All-Engineers Classic Nov. 15-16 ... Sophomore Konnor Baker came off the bench to score a game-high 19 points and a team-high seven rebounds to lead Ohio Northern past Adrian ... Senior Lucas Pennington also scored 10 points for ONU ... A 6-0 run on scores by Baker, sophomore Alex Radkiewicz and Pennington put ONU up 59-49 with 7:02 left ... AC would no closer than 7 points the rest of the way. ... Through 3 games this season, Baker leads the team in scoring with an average of 18.0 ppg ... Senior Isaiah Roux is second in scoring at 11.7 ppg and Pennington is third at 7.7 ppg ... Radkiewicz leads the team in rebounding at 6.0 rpg and Baker is second at 4.3 rpg ... Roux leads the team with 11 assists ... DC is coming off a thrilling 67-65 home victory over #18 Wheaton (Ill.) last Tuesday ... Senior Bernard Edwards scored with :03 left to snap a 65-all tie ... Edwards scored 22 points, senior Travis Schomaeker scored 16 points and junior Wade Wooley chipped in 10 points for DC ... Edwards leads DC in scoring, averaging 27 ppg and Schomaeker is second at 18.5 ppg.
Ohio Northern Probable Starters (2014-15 stats):
G - #2 Isaiah Roux, Sr. (11.7 ppg, 11 Assists)
G - #12 Jordan Martin, Sr. (6.0 ppg, 3 steals)
G - #20 Devon Allen, So. (7.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg)
F - #42 Alex Radkiewicz, So. (5.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg)
F - #32 Lucas Pennington, Sr. (7.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg)
Series Records: DC leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 37-29 margin ... ONU won 12 straight in the series from 1996-2011, but DC has won the last three games, including a 70-66 decision at Defiance last year.
ONU head coach Kevin Byrne: Byrne in his third season at ONU and with a 32-24 record, a winning percentage of .571.