Men's Basketball: Ohio Northern (8-16 Overall, 4-13 OAC) at Muskingum (8-16 Overall, 3-14 OAC)

Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 7 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

Wednesday's Preview: The Ohio Northern men's basketball team will wrap up its 2019-20 season on Saturday at Muskingum … The Polar Bears are riding a 2-game win streak and are coming off a 70-53 victory over Heidelberg on Wednesday at the ONU Sports Center ... ONU was led by a balanced scoring effort ... Freshman Landen Long paced the Polar Bears, pouring in 17 points ... Junior Thomas Phillips added 11 points and seven rebounds ... Seniors Austin Allemeier and Caleb Bryan tallied nine points apiece, while freshman C.J. Napier chipped in eight points to go alongside a team-high 11 rebounds and three assists ... Saturday's game will the the final game for seniors Austin Allemeier and Caleb Bryan ... Allemeier has played in 87 games in his career with 74 starts ... He has averaged 6.0 ppg in his four seasons and has dished out 194 career assists ... Bryan has played in 54 career games with 9 starts, averaging 6.3 points and 4.8 rebounds per game ... Thus far this season, Napier leads ONU and is 8th in the OAC in scoring at 16.3 ppg ... He is also third in the OAC in rebounding with a team-best 7.0 rpg ... Freshman Landen Long is second on the team in scoring at 11.3 ppg ... Long is also third in the OAC with an 85.0 FT% (51-of-60) ... Junior Thomas Phillips is third on the team in scoring at 10.2 ppg, is second in rebounding at 5.3 rpg and leads the team with 20 blocked shots ... Sophomore Brandon Waugh leads the team with 63 assists and 40 steals and is 4th in scoring at 9.9 ppg ... Muskingum enters its season finale looking to snap a 5-game losing streak ... MU is coming off a 102-82 loss at #16 Marietta on Wednesday ... Junior Marcus Dempsey led the Muskies with a game-high 39 points, grabbed six rebounds, and dished out six assists ... Thus far this season, Dempsey leads the OAC and is second nationally in scoring, averaging 30.3 ppg ... Dempsey is Muskingum's all-time leading scorer with 2,082 points in 82 career games ... Dempsey also leads the team in rebounding at 5.2 rpg and is fourth in the OAC with a 82.7 FT% ... Sophomore Trey Singleton is second on the team in scoring this season at 12.4 ppg. 

Ohio Northern Probable Starters:

G - #1 Brandon Waugh, So. (9.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 39 3FGs, 63 assists, 40 steals)
G - #12 Landen Long, Fr. (11.3 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 37 3FGs, .850 FT%)
G - #5 Austin Allemeier, Sr. (7.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 51 assists)
F - #21 C.J. Napier, Fr. (16.3 ppg, 7.0 rpg, .816 FT%)
F - #33 Thomas Phillips, Jr. (10.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 32 3FGs, 20 blocks)

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 69-47 margin ... ONU has won 8 consecutive in the series, including a 72-66 win in Ada on 1/11/20 ... ONU is 26-24 all-time against MU in New Concord.

Head Coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his fourth season at ONU with a 50-53 record, a winning percentage of .485.