Men's Basketball: Oho Northern (2-1 overall) at Defiance (1-1 overall)

Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 - 7:30 pm, Karl H. Weaner Center

Tuesday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters the contest 2-1 overall after splitting last weekend at the Chuck Resler Tournament in Rochester (N.Y.) ... The Polar Bears fell to Vassar (N.Y.) 81-77 in the opening round of the Tournament but beat Keystone (Pa.) in the consolation match 110-75 ... Northern was led by Joey Hurless who broke the ONU individual single game record for assists, the Tournament record, Tournament single game record and tied the Louis Alexander Palestra record with 16 ... He also earned All-Tournament Team honors ... Junior Aron Thress also had a strong weekend scoring a game-high 19 points in the win over Keystone ... The Polar Bears are led this season by junior Konnor Baker averaging a team-high 14.3 ppg ... Thress is second on the team averaging 13.3 ppg ... Baker and Travis Feitshans lead the Polar Bears on the board this season averaging 6.3 rpg ... Defiance enters the contest 1-1 overall after splitting at the Wheaton (Ill.) College Lee Pfund Classic .. The Yellow Jackets defeated Wabash (Ind.) 76-59 but fell to Wheaton (Ill.) 76-61 ... The Yellow Jackets are led this season by junior Devin Mangas averaging a team-high 17 ppg ... Junior Tyler Alexander is second averaging 14.5 ppg.

Ohio Northern Probable Starters (2015-16 stats):

G - #12 Devon Allen, Jr. (11.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg)
G - #1 Joey Hurless, Jr. (6.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg)
F - #14 Konnor Baker, Jr. (14.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg)
C - #40 Aron Tress, Jr. (13.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg)
F - #42 Alex Radkiewicz, Jr. (3.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg)

Series Record: Defiance leads the overall series 37-30 ... The Polar Bears defeated Defiance last season 59-57.

ONU head coach Kevin Byrne: Byrne in his fourth season at ONU and with a 43-39 record, a winning percentage of .524.