Men’s Basketball: Ohio Northern (8-11 Overall, 2-10 OAC) at Baldwin Wallace (11-8 Overall, 6-6 OAC)

Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 7 p.m. - Ursprung Gymnasium, Berea, Ohio

Wednesday's Preview: The Polar Bears open a stretch of three straight road games with Wednesday's matchup at Ohio Athletic Conference foe Baldwin Wallace at 7 p.m. … In the teams' previous meeting this season, BWU won 92-65 in Ada … ONU finished with three double-digit scorers in the game with juniors Grant Heileman (15 points) and Landen Long (12) and freshman Garrett Chapin (12) as the Polar Bears were missing eight players, including four starters, due to COVID-19 protocols … ONU is coming off Saturday's 53-52 home loss to Capital … Northern led 52-50 with 2.3 seconds left, but Capital's David Sanford made a 3-pointer just ahead of the final buzzer to give Capital the win … Junior C.J. Napier led ONU with his fifth double-double of the season, and 11th of his career, tallying 18 points and 14 rebounds … Senior Brandon Waugh added 10 points … ONU is averaging 68.3 points per game and allowing 74.6 points per contest while shooting 44.3% from the field, 34.6% on 3-pointers and 63.6% from the foul line … Northern currently has three players averaging double figures in scoring with Napier (15.5 points per game), Waugh (11.8) and junior Adam Scott (10.7) … Napier ranks seventh in the OAC in scoring average, and his team-high 7.9 rebounds per game ranks fifth in the conference … Waugh leads the team with 32 made 3-pointers on 40.0% shooting from beyond the arc … Waugh leads ONU with 67 assists, which ranks sixth in the OAC, and his 27 steals are tied for fifth in the conference … Waugh ranks 11th on the program's all-time career steals list with 139, and his 254 career assists rank 19th on ONU's all-time leaderboard in that category … The Polar Bears will next travel to play OAC foe John Carroll on Saturday at 4 p.m. in the second half of a women's-men's doubleheader … Baldwin Wallace enters Wednesday's game riding a four-game losing streak coming off Saturday's 74-71 home loss to Otterbein … Anthony Mazzeo finished with a 14-point, 10-rebound double-double to go with 20 points from Drew Wennes and 15 points from Jake Snyder for BWU … Led by 19 points from Wennes, the Yellow Jackets finished with five double-figure scorers in their win over ONU earlier this season … Baldwin Wallace is averaging 77.9 points per game while allowing 73.6 points per contest and is shooting 46.1% from the floor, 37.7% on 3-pointers and 65.9% from the foul line … BW has three players with double-digit scoring averages in Mazzeo (18.9 points per game), Wennes (13.9) and Snyder (13.6) … Mazzeo ranks third in the OAC in scoring average … Snyder ranks second in the OAC with 57 made 3-pointers and is shooting 41.0% from beyond the arc, which ranks 11th in the conference … Snyder ranks seventh in the OAC in assists (65) … Christian Pfeiffer leads the OAC in blocks (37) and ranks ninth in rebounding (6.8 per game) … Shane Zalba ranks eighth in the OAC in steals (25).

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Baldwin Wallace by a 67-44 margin, including a 30-25 mark on the road … The teams last met earlier this season on Jan. 12 when BWU came away with a 92-65 road win.

Head Coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his sixth season at ONU with a 64-71 record, a winning percentage of .474.