Men's Basketball: Ohio Northern (5-3 Overall, 1-3 OAC) at Muskingum (2-7 Overall, 0-4 OAC)

Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 - 3 pm - Performance Court, New Concord, Ohio

Saturday's Preview: Saturday's game is the last game for the Polar Bears before the Christmas holiday ... Ohio Northern will return to action Wednesday Dec.31 as they travel to Bethany, W. Va. ... ONU is coming off a 75-59 loss to Capital last Saturday at the ONU Sports Center ... Senior Isaiah Roux led the way for Northern, scoring a game-high 22 points and dishing out three assists ... Senior Jordan Martin chipped in 10 points ... Through 8 games this season, sophomore Konnor Baker leads the team and is fifth in the OAC in scoring with an average of 14.6 ppg ... Roux is second in scoring at 11.0 ppg and senior Lucas Pennigton is third at 10.9 ppg ... Sophomore Alex Radkiewicz leads the team in rebounding at 5.1 rpg and Baker is second at 4.1 rpg ... Roux leads the team and is fifth in the OAC with 24 assists ... Muskingum has lost its last four games, two of which were at home ... Muskingum is coming off a 84-77 loss to Otterbein Wednesday evening ... Senior Logan Kimble and junior Christian Keller each had a game-high 21 points ... Kimble leads the team in scoring averaging 15.0 ppg ... Sophomore Joshua Glass is second averaging 10.9 ppg.

Ohio Northern Probable Starters (2014-15 stats):

G - #2 Isaiah Roux, Sr. (11.0 ppg, 24 Assists)
G - #12 Jordan Martin, Sr. (5.6 ppg, 10 steals)
G - #20 Devon Allen, So. (5.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg)
F - #42 Alex Radkiewicz, So. (5.9 ppg, 5.1 rpg)
F - #32 Lucas Pennington, Sr. (10.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg)

Series Records: Muskingum trails the all-time series between the two schools 61-46 ... ONU swept the series last year, winning 81-74 and 82-57 ... When playing Muskingum in New Concord the Polar Bears and Muskies are tied at 23 games a piece.

ONU head coach Kevin Byrne: Byrne in his third season at ONU with a 34-27 record, a winning percentage of .557.