Balanced offense leads Men's Basketball to 69-63 victory at Alma (Mich.)

ALMA, Mich. — The Ohio Northern men's basketball team had five players score in double figures and posted a 69-63 victory at Alma (Mich.) on Saturday at the Art Smith Arena.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (3-2 overall), Alma (3-3 overall).
• Venue: Art Smith Arena - Alma, Mich.

The Game

• Freshman Jadi Cunningham Jr. (Columbus/Westerville South) scored 13 points to lead ONU in scoring.
• Sophomores Will Miller (Ottoville) and Mason Studer (Galion/Colonel Crawford) and freshman Carter Reese (Westerville/North) each added 11 points and freshman Cayden Jacoby (Pettisville) chipped in 10 points for the Polar Bears.
• Miller also grabbed a team-high 9 rebounds, while junior Blake Michael (Fremont/St. Joseph Central Catholic) scored six points and grabbed eight rebounds.
• The Scots were led by Connor Riley with 20 points.
• Northern trailed 57-54, but back-to-back layups by Cunningham gave ONU the lead for good 58-57 with 4:24 left in the game.
• A basket by sophomore Hayden Hanson (Cedarville) made it 60-57 with 3:40 left and a basket by Miller extended the lead to 62-58 with 2:18 remaining.
• Jacoby scored with 1:01 to go and Northern led 64-60.
• Studer made a pair of free throws with 31 seconds left to extend the lead to 66-61.
• Miller then iced the game with a pair of free throws at the 12 second mark.
• Ohio Northern made 24-of-48 field goal attempts for 50.0%, including a 3-of-16 mark from 3-point range for 18.8%.
• Alma was 27-of-64 shooting for 42.2% and made 2-of-19 3-pointers for 10.5%.
• ONU was 18-of-20 from the foul line for an impressive 90.0%, and AC was 7-of-10 for 70.0%.
• The Polar Bears out-rebounded the Scots 36-22.

Notables

• Ohio Northern is now 4-2 all-time against Alma.
• Ohio Northern is playing its 113th season of varsity men's basketball and has a record of 1361-1067, a winning percentage of .561.
• Northern is now 1-1 on the road this season.
• Head coach Neal Young is in his second season at Ohio Northern with a 13-17 record.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will open Ohio Athletic Conference play on Dec. 2 at No. 3-ranked John Carroll at 2 p.m. at the DeCarlo Center.