Men's Basketball: WIlmington (10-4 Overall, 6-4 OAC) at Ohio Northern (4-13 Overall, 0-10 OAC)
Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 7 pm - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Game: Ohio Northern will continue the second half of its double round-robin OAC schedule on Wednesday night with a 7 pm home contest against Wilmington ... WC won the first matchup of the season 93-84 in Wilmington on Dec. 5 ... Senior All-American Ryan Bruns scored 20 points and grabbed 8 rebounds, sophomore Colton Bachman scored 18 points, junior Austin Allemeier chipped in 16 points and junior Caleb Bryan added 12 points and 9 rebounds ... Kevin Lewis scored 21 points for WC ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 102-49 loss at #20 Capital on Friday ... Bachman scored 9 points and Bruns added 7 for ONU ... Through 17 games this season, Bruns leads the Polar Bears and the OAC in scoring, averaging 20.2 points per game ... He also tops the team and the OAC with 39 blocks and is fourth in the OAC with a team-best 8.4 rpg average ... Bruns is ONU's all-time leader in blocked shots with 226 ... He ranks fourth all-time in ONU history in career field goal percentage at 559%, is tied for 5th with 1,506 career points, is 9th in made field goals with 572, is t7th in made free throws with 333 and is 15th with 646 career rebounds ... Donner is second on the team and fifth in the OAC in rebounding at 6.8 rpg and leads the team and is fourth in the OAC in FG shooting percentage at .589 while averaging 9.6 ppg ... The Quakers enter today's game coming off an 86-84 loss at Mount Union on Friday night ... A steal and layup by MtU as time expired broke an 84-all tie ... DaeShawn Jackson led WC in scoring with 19 points in the game ... A trio of Quakers – Jackson, Kevin Lewis and Will Patrick – all score in double figures with Jackson leading the bunch at 16.8 ppg ... Lewis (15.5 ppg), leads the team on the boards at 5.9 rpg ... Lewis is also the OAC's leader in steals per game at 2.2 per game.
Ohio Northern Probable Starters:
G - #23 Colton Bachman, So., (8.0 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 36 3FGs)
G - #14 Daniel Unruh, Fr., (7.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 35 Ast, 16 Steals)
F - #5 Austin Allemeier, Jr., (9.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 45 Ast)
F - #13 Daniel Donner, Sr., (9.6 ppg, 6.8 rpg, .589 FG%)
C - #21 Ryan Bruns, Sr., (20.2 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 39 Blocks, 20 Steals)
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Blocked Shots | ||||||||||||||
1. | Bruns | 20.2 | 1. | Bruns | 8.4 | 1. | Bachman | 36 | 1. | Allemeier | 45 | 1. | Bruns | 39 | ||||
2. | Donner | 9.6 | 2. | Donner | 6.8 | 2. | Allemeier | 20 | 2. | Bruns | 35 | 2. | Donner | 8 | ||||
3. | Allemeier | 9.5 | 3. | Bryan | 4.6 | 3. | Unruh | 15 | Unruh | 35 | 3. | Staten | 3 | |||||
Staten | 35 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Wilmington by a 38-29 margin ... WC has won two straight games, including a 93-84 win at Wilmington earlier this season ... ONU is 21-11 all-time against WC in Ada, including a 16-6 record in the ONU Sports Center.
ONU head coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his third season at ONU with a 39-32 record, a winning percentage of .549.