Men's Basketball: Ohio Northern (5-10 Overall, 2-6 OAC) at Heidelberg (9-6 Overall, 4-4 OAC)

Ohio Northern 6-10, 3-6 OAC

Heidelberg 9-7, 4-5 OAC

Final

Ohio Northern 6-10, 3-6 OAC

Heidelberg 9-7, 4-5 OAC

Team Stats

Game Leaders

Ohio Northern

Pts: Aron Thress - 19

Reb: 2 Players (#40, #54) - 8

Ast: Nate Burger - 5

Heidelberg

Pts: DeAvery Collins - 16

Reb: Isaac Everette - 7

Ast: Chris Moxley - 3

Team Stats

Ohio Northern

Heidelberg

Field Goals

(32-74)

(25-70)

Field Goal %

43.2%

35.7%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

Full stats

January 19, 2016

Wednesday, January 19, 2016 - 7:30 pm, Sieberling Gymnasium, Tiffin, Ohio

Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern will take to the road on Wednesday to battle the Student Princes of Heidelberg ... The game marks the midway point of the double round-robin OAC regular season format ... The Polar Bears are coming off a tough 80-77 loss to Baldwin Wallace on Saturday ... Junior Aron Thress led three Ohio Northern players in double figures with a game-high 21 points ... Junior Joey Hurless added 11 points and a game-high nine assists and freshman Ryan Bruns chipped in 10 points and a career-high seven blocked shots in his first career start for Ohio Northern ... ONU led 64-48 after a Bruns dunk with 9:45 left to play, but BW climbed back in it and took its first lead of the game with just 24 seconds left ... Through 15 games this season, Thress leads ONU in scoring at 15.2 ppg and is second in rebounding at 6.0 rpg ... Junior Devon Allen is second in scoring at 12.7 ppg and leads the OAC with 45 3-pointers ... Junior Konnor Baker is third in scoring at 10.7 ppg and leads the team in rebounding at 6.1 rpg ... Bruns is fourth in scoring at 10.2 ppg and leads the OAC in blocked shots with 38 ... Hurless leads the nation in assists with 136 and is also averaging 8.1 ppg ... The Student Princes are coming off a 73-70 victory over Capital on Saturday ... Kierre Bennie scored a team-high 20 points and grabbed a team-high 6 rebounds and Chris Moxley added 16 points for Heidelberg ... HU is led in scoring by Kiere Bennie at 14.7 ppg and DeAvery Collins at 10.9 ppg ... Jackson Blue leads the team in rebounding at 5.5 rpg ... HU leads the OAC in free throw shooting, making 75.5 percent as a team.

Ohio Northern Probable Starters (2015-16 stats):

G - #12 Devon Allen, Jr. (12.7 ppg, 45 3FG)
G - #1 Joey Hurless, Jr. (8.1 ppg, 9.1 apg)
F - #14 Konnor Baker, Jr. (10.7 ppg, 6.1 rpg)
F - #40 Aron Thress, Jr. (15.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg)
C - #54 Ryan Bruns, Fr. (10.2 ppg, 4.3 rpg)

ONU Statistical Leaders

	Scoring			Rebounding			3FGs			Assists			Blocked Shots
1.	Thress	15.5	1.	Baker	6.1	1.	Allen	45	1.	Hurless	136	1.	Bruns	38
2.	Allen	12.7	2.	Thress	6.0	2.	Baker	13	2.	Feitshans	25	2.	Thress	12
3.	Baker	10.7	3.	Feitshans	5.3	3.	Hurless	11	3.	Allen	23	3.	Ellerhorst	5
4.	Bruns	10.2	4.	Bruns	4.3		Feitshans	10

All-Time Series: ONU leads the all-time series by a 97-57 margin ... The two teams split last season's games, with both teams winning at home ... ONU won 76-66 in Ada and HU won 75-71 in Tiffin.

ONU head coach Kevin Byrne: Byrne in his fourth season at ONU and with a 46-48 record, a winning percentage of .489.