Men’s Basketball: Otterbein (12-6 Overall, 6-5 OAC) at Ohio Northern (8-9 Overall, 2-8 OAC)

Wednesday, February 2, 2022, 3 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Wednesday's Preview: The Polar Bears open their final six-game stretch of the regular season on Wednesday hosting Ohio Athletic Conference foe Otterbein at 3 p.m. … The start time was moved up from 7 p.m. due to the threat of a winter storm … In the teams' first matchup this season, Otterbein won 57-53 at home on Jan. 5 … After trailing by seven with 5:04 left in that game, Northern got within two with 28 seconds left before Otterbein made four consecutive free throws to secure the win … Junior C.J. Napier recorded a 15-point, 10-rebound double-double in the game, and junior Michael Berner added 15 points … ONU is coming off Saturday's 93-71 loss at No. 11 Mount Union with Napier (23 points, 6 rebounds) and freshman Blake Michael (10 points, 4 rebounds) leading the way … Senior Brandon Waugh added seven points, six rebounds and five assists … ONU is averaging 69.3 points per game and allowing 76.1 points per contest while shooting 44.7% from the field, 35.6% on 3-pointers and 64.2% from the foul line … Northern currently has three players averaging double figures in scoring with Napier (15.3 points per game), Waugh (11.8) and junior Adam Scott (11.7) … Napier ranks seventh in the OAC in scoring average, and his team-high 7.8 rebounds per game is tied for fourth in the conference … Waugh leads the team with 29 made 3-pointers on 40.3% shooting from beyond the arc … Waugh leads ONU with 60 assists, which ranks sixth in the OAC, and his 26 steals rank fifth in the conference … Waugh ranks 11th on the program's all-time career steals list with 138, and his 247 career assists rank 20th on ONU's all-time leaderboard in that category … The Polar Bears will next host OAC foe Capital on Saturday at 4 p.m. in the second half of a women's-men's doubleheader … Otterbein enters Wednesday's game coming off Saturday's 84-74 win at Muskingum … OU got double-digit scoring from five players, led by 22 points from Dallas Patrick, as it scored a season-high point total … Cam Evans scored a team-high 12 points in the Cardinals' win over ONU earlier this season … Otterbein is averaging 70.1 points per game while allowing 68.0 points per contest and is shooting 43.8% from the floor, 36.8% on 3-pointers and 74.7% from the foul line … Patrick (13.6 points per game), Evans (11.7) and Justin Carter (9.2) lead the Cardinals in scoring … Carter leads the team in assists (42), steals (19) and blocks (13) … Reid Black is the team's leading rebounder at 5.8 per game … Jake Justice has made a team-high 33 3-pointers on 44.0% shooting from beyond the arc.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Otterbein by a 74-58 margin, including a 43-23 mark at home … Otterbein has won three straight games in the series … The teams last met earlier this season on Jan. 5 with OU getting a 57-53 home win.

Head Coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his sixth season at ONU with a 64-69 record, a winning percentage of .481.