Men's Basketball defeats Adrian (Mich.) 82-59 in home opener

Men's Basketball defeats Adrian (Mich.) 82-59 in home opener
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November 15, 2023

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's basketball team got double-figure scoring efforts from a trio of starters in an 82-59 win over Adrian (Mich.) in the Polar Bears' 2023-24 home opener on Wednesday evening.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (1-1 overall), Adrian (0-4 overall)
  • Venue: ONU Sports Center - Ada, Ohio

The Game

  • Sophomore Will Miller (Ottoville) led ONU in scoring with 13 points to go with four steals, three assists and two rebounds.
  • Freshman Cayden Jacoby (Pettisville) tallied 12 points and five rebounds.
  • Senior Carson Conley (Newark/Licking Valley) rounded out ONU's double-figure scorers with 11 points.
  • Sophomore Mason Studer (Galion/Colonel Crawford) and freshman Noah Langford (Perrysburg/Toledo Central Catholic) scored nine points each.
  • DJ Morrow led the Bulldogs with 12 points.
  • The teams made a combined 12 3-pointers in the first half, as ONU was 5-of-17 and Adrian was 7-of-15 from beyond the arc.
  • Northern led 36-31 at halftime and opened the second-half scoring with a 3-pointer from Conley for a 39-31 edge.
  • Layups from Studer and Miller put ONU up 12, 48-36, with 15:28 left.
  • A 3-pointer from Langford made it 57-42 with 12:04 left, and the Bulldogs got no closer than nine points the rest of the way.
  • Ohio Northern made 29-of-63 field goal attempts for 46%, including a 9-of-29 mark from 3-point range for 31%.
  • Adrian was 19-of-47 shooting for 40.4% and made 9-of-22 3-pointers for 40.9%.
  • ONU was 15-of-18 from the foul line for 83.3%, and AC was 12-of-17 for 70.6%.
  • The Polar Bears out-rebounded the Bulldogs 43-22 and had a 20-10 edge in assists.

Notables

  • Ohio Northern is playing its 113th season of varsity men's basketball.
  • The Polar Bears led by as many as 24 points in Wednesday's game.
  • Conley matched his single-game career high with 11 points.
  • Head coach Neal Young is in his second season at Ohio Northern with an 11-16 record.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears return to action on Saturday hosting Kenyon at 2 p.m. for the second game of their current three-game homestand.