Men's Basketball: John Carroll (13-4 Overall, 9-2 OAC) at Ohio Northern (9-9 Overall, 4-7 OAC)

January 30, 2015

Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015 - 3 pm - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

Saturday's Preview: Saturday's game is the 9th home game of 12 on the schedule this season for Ohio Northern ... Northern is 6-2 at home this year and has won 10 of its last 13 games at the friendly confines ... ONU is coming off a 72-56 victory at Otterbein on Wednesday ... Sophomore Devon Allen scored a game-high 14 points and sophomore Aron Thress added 10 points and four rebounds for Northern ... A 3-pointer from Allen gave ONU its biggest advantage on the night at 55-31 with 8:22 to play ... Today's game is the second against John Carroll in the double-round robin OAC regular season schedule ... ONU fell at JCU 97-78 on Dec. 10 ... Sophomore Konnor Baker scored a game-high 22 points for ONU in that contest ... Through 18 games this season, senior Lucas Pennington leads the team in scoring at 11.4 ppg ... Baker is second in scoring at 11.2 ppg and senior Isaiah Roux is third in scoring at 9.9 ppg ... Pennington leads the team in rebounding at 4.2 rpg, while sophomore Alex Radkiewicz is second at 4.1 rpg ... Sophomore Joey Hurless leads the team and is 6th in the OAC with 55 assists ... Pennington is 133-of-151 from the foul line in his 97-game career and ranks third on ONU's all-time list with an 88.1 FT pct. ... Roux ranks 17th all-time at ONU with 242 assists in 93 career games ... JCU enters today's game riding a 3-game winning streak, including an 83-66 win over Heidelberg on Wednesday ... Junior Will Starks scored 17 points to lead JCU ... Senior Jake Hollinger leads JCU in scoring at 12.4 ppg, sophomore David Linane is second at 11.8 ppg, Starks is third at 10.5 ppg and sophomore Doug Caputo is fourth at 10.2 ppg ... Caputo leads the team in rebounding at 6.9 rpg and Hollinger is second at 6.2 rpg ... Linane leads the team and the OAC with 84 assists.

Ohio Northern Probable Starters (2014-15 stats):

G - #2 Isaiah Roux, Sr. (9.9 ppg, 49 Assists)
G - #14 Konnor Baker, So. (11.2 ppg, 3.9 rpg)
G - #20 Devon Allen, So. (6.0 ppg, 24 Steals)
F - #42 Alex Radkiewicz, So. (4.5 ppg, 4.1 rpg)
F - #32 Lucas Pennington, Sr. (11.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg)

Series Records: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 34-26 margin ... JCU won the first meeting this season 97-78 on Dec. 10 in University Heights ... ONU is 22-7 against JCU in Ada, with all of those games being played in the ONU Sports Center.

ONU head coach Kevin Byrne: Byrne in his third season at ONU with a 38-33 record, a winning percentage of .535.