Men's Basketball: Baldwin Wallace (8-5 Overall, 4-2 OAC) at Ohio Northern (5-8 Overall, 1-5 OAC)
Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 7 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: The Ohio Northern men's basketball team continues its 4-game home stand on Wednesday when Baldwain Wallace comes to the ONU Sports Center … The Polar Bears opened the home stand with a 72-66 victory over Muskingum on Saturday ... Sophomore Brandon Waugh netted 17 points, including a clutch fadeaway jumper plus the foul to extend the ONU lead to 69-64 with 51 seconds remaining ... Freshman Landen Long also scored 17 points for the Polar Bears and senior Austin Allemeier put in 11 points ... Thus far this season, freshman C.J. Napier leads ONU in scoring (16.0 ppg - 6th in the OAC) and rebounding (6.4 rpg - 5th in the OAC) ... Long is second on the team and 14th in the league in scoring at 13.0 ppg and leads the team with 25 3-pointers ... His 88.2 (30-of-34) FT% is 3rd in the OAC ... Waugh is third on the team in scoring at 9.5 ppg ... Waugh leads the team with 38 assists and 23 steals this season ... His 23 steals rank him 3rd in the OAC ... Senior Caleb Bryan is second in rebounding at 4.4 rpg ... Ohio Northern leads the OAC, committing only an average of 15.3 fouls per game ... Baldwin Wallace has won 3 of its last 4 games, including a 76-68 victory at Otterbein on Saturday ... Junior Luke Schaefer scored a career-high 29 points and senior Alex Nahra added a career-high 19 points to lead BW ... Schaefer leads the Yellow Jackets in scoring at 12.6 ppg and senior Michael Quiring is second at 10.5 ppg ... Senior Drew Sova averages 7.4 points and a team-best 7.6 rebounds per game.
Ohio Northern Probable Starters:
G - #1 Brandon Waugh, So. (9.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 38 assists, 23 steals)
G - #12 Landen Long, Fr. (13.0 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 25 3FGs)
G - #5 Austin Allemeier, Sr. (8.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 33 assists)
F - #21 C.J. Napier, Fr. (16.0 ppg, 6.4 rpg)
F - #33 Thomas Phillips, Jr. (8.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg)
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Steals | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Napier | 16.0 | 1. | Napier | 6.4 | 1. | Long | 25 | 1. | Waugh | 38 | 1. | Waugh | 23 | ||||
| 2. | Long | 13.0 | 2. | Bryan | 4.4 | 2. | Waugh | 20 | 2. | Allemeier | 33 | 2. | Long | 13 | ||||
| 3. | Waugh | 9.5 | 3. | Phillips | 4.2 | 3. | Phillips | 17 | 3. | Long | 16 | 3. | Napier | 12 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 66-42 margin ... BW swept last year's two games, winning 90-75 in Berea and 79-70 in Ada ... ONU is 34-17 against the Yellow Jackets in games played in Ada, including a 32-15 mark at the ONU Sports Center.
Head Coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his fourth season at ONU with a 47-45 record, a winning percentage of .511.
