Men's Basketball: Ohio Northern (8-7 Overall, 6-2 OAC) at Heidelberg (6-9 Overall, 2-6 OAC)

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - 7 pm - Sieberling Gymnasium, Tiffin, Ohio

Wednesday's Game: Wednesday's game marks the midway point in the double round-robin OAC regular season schedule ... ONU enters Wednesday’s matchup riding a 3-game winning streak after a 91-85 victory at Muskingum on Saturday ... Sophomore Ryan Bruns had a double-double with a career-high 21 points and 11 rebounds to lead five ONU players in double figures in scoring ... Junior Joey DiOrio scored 18 points, senior Konnor Baker scored 16 points, senior Aron Thress added 13 points and nine rebounds and senior Devon Allen had 12 points for Ohio Northern ... Northern is in a 3-way tie for first place in the OAC with Marietta and John Carroll ... Through 15 games this season, junior Nate Burger leads the team in scoring at 14.3 ppg ... Allen is second at 13.8 ppg, Baker is third at 12.7 ppg, Bruns is fourth at 11.9 ppg and Thress is fifth at 10.3 ppg ... Bruns also leads the team and is 5th in the OAC in rebounding at 7.5 rpg ... Senior Joey Hurless has 428 assists in his 91-game career, passing the previous record of 414, held for 40 years by Charlie Just, who accomplished the feat from 1973-76 ... Hurless leads the OAC with 71 assists this year ... Burger is 4th in the OAC with 55 assists ... Bruns is 2nd in the OAC with 25 blocked shots this year and is tied for fifth all-time at ONU with 83 career blocked shots ... Allen ranks 10th all-time at ONU with 161 career threes and ranks fourth all-time at ONU with an 87.0 free throw shooting percentage ... The Student Princes are looking to snap a 6-game losing streak, including a 94-72 loss to #23 Marietta on Saturday ... Heidelberg was led by Kiere Bennie's 16 points and six rebounds ... Chris Moxley (14 points) and DeAvery Collins (13 points) also reached double-figures for HU ... Bennie leads HU in scoring at 15.3 ppg ... Moxley is second in scoring at 13.5 ppg and Prewitt is third in scoring at 11.9 ppg and leads the team in rebounding at 6.1 rpg.

Ohio Northern Probable Starters (2016-17 stats):

G - #01 Joey Hurless, Sr. (6.5 ppg, 71 assists)
G - #12 Nate Burger, Jr. (14.3 ppg, 55 assists)
F - #14 Konnor Baker, Sr. (12.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg)
F - #22 Joey DiOrio, Jr. (5.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg)
C - #40 Ryan Bruns, Sr. (11.9 ppg, 7.5 rpg)

ONU Statistical Leaders (2016-17):

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 101-57 margin ... Northern has won 4-of-5 games and swept the series last year, winning 77-74 at home abd 84-66 in Tiffin ... ONU has a 44-26 record in games played in Tiffin.

ONU head coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his first season at ONU with an 8-7 record, a winning percentage of .533.