Men’s Basketball: John Carroll (6-6 Overall, 1-4 OAC) at Ohio Northern (8-4 Overall, 2-3 OAC)

Saturday, January 8, 2022, 4 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears are hosting Ohio Athletic Conference foe John Carroll on Saturday at 4 p.m. as part of a women's-men's doubleheader at the ONU Sports Center … Northern is coming off of Wednesday's 57-53 loss at Otterbein … Junior C.J. Napier recorded his third double-double of the season and ninth of his career with 15 points and 10 rebounds against the Cardinals … Junior Michael Berner added a season-high 15 points … Junior Adam Scott tallied 9 points and 9 rebounds … OU led 32-27 at halftime before ONU fought back to within two, 53-51, with 28 seconds left in the eventual 4-point defeat … ONU is averaging 71.2 points per game and allowing 73.5 points per contest while shooting 45.2% from the field, 36.3% on 3-pointers and 61.4% from the foul line … Northern currently has 4 players averaging double figures in scoring with Napier (14.5 points per game), senior Brandon Waugh (13.1), junior Landen Long (10.6) and Scott (10.5) … Napier is tied for ninth in the OAC in scoring average, and his team-high 8.3 rebounds per game is tied for fourth in the conference … Waugh leads ONU in steals with 16, which ranks eighth in the OAC … Waugh leads the team with 24 made 3-pointers, which is tied for fifth in the OAC, on 45.3% shooting from beyond the arc … Waugh leads ONU with 37 assists, which ranks seventh in the OAC, and his 16 steals are tied for eighth in the conference … Waugh ranks 15th on the program's all-time career steals list with 128 … Waugh's 224 career assists are 14 shy of breaking into the top 20 on the ONU leaderboard in that category … The Polar Bears will next host Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday at 7 p.m. … John Carroll last played on Dec. 30, as Wednesday's game at Heidelberg was canceled and declared a no-contest with JCU receiving a loss and HU receiving a win per OAC COVID protocols … The Blue Streaks are averaging an OAC-best 90.3 points per game while allowing an OAC-worst 89.4 points per contest and are shooting 43.4% from the floor, 34.5% on 3-pointers and 62.8% from the foul line … JCU has scored 80-plus points in nine games, including four games of 90-plus and two games of 100-plus … The Blue Streaks have four players averaging double digits in scoring with Jackson Sartain (22.3 points per game), Chase Toppin (18.8), Eric Hanna (12.2) and David Gentry (10.4) … Sartain leads the OAC in scoring, and Toppin ranks fourth … Sartain also leads the team with 6.5 rebounds per game … Sartain has made an OAC-high 47 3-pointers on 46.1% shooting from beyond the arc … Sartain entered the season as the active NCAA Division III career leader in 3-pointers made (320) and attempted (689), 3-point percentage (.466) and 3-pointers per game (3.4) … Toppin has a team-high 40 assists, which ranks fifth in the OAC … Mason Trubisky is the younger brother of Buffalo Bills quarterback Mitchell Trubisky.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with John Carroll by a 38-35 margin, including a 25-10 mark at home … The teams last met in March 2021 in the OAC Tournament quarterfinals when ONU came away with an 80-79 road win.

Head Coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his sixth season at ONU with a 64-64 record, a winning percentage of .500.