Women's Basketball: Muskingum (3-6 Overall, 1-2 OAC) at Ohio Northern (7-2 Overall, 3-0 OAC)
Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 - 3 pm, ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
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Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters today's game 7-2 overall, 3-0 Ohio Athletic Conference after defeating Capital last Saturday 67-58 ... The Polar Bears were led in the contest by junior Karissa Steffas who recorded her first double double of the season ... Steffas had game-highs in points (18) and rebounds (12) ... Sophomore Britt Lauck also had a game-high 18 points and six rebounds, while freshman Amy Bullimore and junior Carly Thomas added eight points a piece ... Ohio Northern is led this season by senior Jordan Kimes, who is averaging 13.0 ppg, 8.2 rpg, and 2.7 bpg ... Kimes is currently ranked first in the OAC for bpg, second for rpg, and seventh for ppg ... Bullimore is second on the team averaging 9.9 ppg and 7.0 rpg, she is ranked fifth in the OAC for rpg ... Muskingum enters today's contest 3-6 overall, 1-2 OAC after falling to Otterbein Wednesday 81-66 ... Muskingum was led in the contest by senior Taylor Maurer and freshman Shelbi Vanmeter who each had a team-high 13 points ... Muskingum is led this season by Maurer who is averaging a team-high 10.7 ppg.
Ohio Northern Probable Starters(2014-15 Stats):
G - #14 Angela Tesny, So. (3.1 ppg, 16 assists)
G - #20 Brooke Espenschied, Jr. (7.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg)
G - #22 Carly Thomas, Jr. (9.8 ppg, 19 assists)
F - #30 Jordan Kimes, Sr. (13.0 ppg, 8.2 rpg)
F - #44 Amy Bullimore, Fr. (9.9 ppg, 7.0 rpg)
Series Records: Muskingum leads the overall series 39-36 ... The Polar Bears have won the last seven meetings between the two teams, including last years 81-71 and 72-46 victories ... ONU is 20-13 when facing Muskingum at home.
ONU head Coach Michele Durand: Durand is in her 14th season as head coach of the Polar Bears. She has been named Region Coach of the Year twice and OAC Coach of the year twice. She has a record of 209-148 (.585) at ONU and a career record of 330-305 (.520).