Men's Basketball: Ohio Northern (4-11 Overall, 0-8 OAC) at Otterbein (4-11 Overall, 1-7 OAC)

Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 7 pm - Rike Center, Westerville, Ohio

Wednesday's Game: Ohio Northern will reach the midway point in its 18-game OAC double round-robin schedule on Wednesday with a road game at Otterbein ... It will be the 9th OAC contest this season and ONU will have faced each of the other 9 league foes once after Wednesday's game ... The Polar Bears are coming off an 87-80 overtime loss to #10 Marietta on Saturday ... Sophomore Colton Bachman tied his career-high with 18 points in his first career start and senior All-American Ryan Bruns scored 31 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead Ohio Northern ... Freshman Daniel Unruh also tied a career-high with 14 points and hit a 3-pointer just ahead of the buzzer to send the game into overtime ... He scored ONU's final nine points in regulation over a 4:56 span. ... Through 15 games this season, Bruns leads the Polar Bears and is second in the OAC in scoring, averaging 21.3 points per contest ... He also tops the team and the OAC with 38 blocks and is fourth in the OAC with a team-best 8.3 rpg average ... Bruns is ONU's all-time leader in blocked shots with 227 ... He ranks fourth all-time in ONU history in career field goal percentage at 562%, is 10th with 1,482 career points, is 10th in made field goals with 561, is 8th in made free throws with 331 and is 15th with 628 career rebounds ... Junior Austin Allemeier is second on the team in scoring this season, averaging 9.7 ppg ... Senior Daniel Donner is second on the team and fifth in the OAC in rebounding at 6.9 rpg and leads the team and is fifth in the OAC in field goal shooting percentage at .589 ... The Cardinals enter today's game coming off a 95-68 loss at Mount Union on Saturday ... Jay Joseph led OU with 18 points, Kobe Long-Weber added 14 points and Justin Carter and Maurice Beavers chipped in 11 points each ... Joseph leads the team in scoring at 15.8 ppg and in rebounding at 6.6 rpg ... Beavers is second on the team in scoring at 12.4 ppg.

Ohio Northern Probable Starters:

G - #23 Colton Bachman, So., (7.7 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 31 3FGs)
G - #14 Daniel Unruh, Fr., (7.6 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 30 Ast, 15 Steals)
F - #5 Austin Allemeier, Jr., (9.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 42 Ast)
F - #13 Daniel Donner, Sr., (8.9 ppg, 6.9 rpg, .589 FG%)
C - #21 Ryan Bruns, Sr., (21.3 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 38 Blocks, 19 Steals)

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern currently leads the all-time series with Otterbein by a 73-55 margin ... ONU has won three straight series, including an 82-68 win in Westerville last season ... Otterbein is 31-29 in games in Westerville.

ONU head coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his third season at ONU with a 39-30 record, a winning percentage of .565.