Women's Basketball: No. 15 Oho Northern (2-1 overall) at the Thomas More (Ky.) Tournament

Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 28-29, 2015 - Connor Convocation Center

Tournament Preview: Ohio Northern enters the tournament 2-1 overall after downing Defiance Tuesday evening 95-51 ... The Polar Bears were led in the contest by sophomore Amy Bullimore with a game-high 16 points ... Junior Britt Lauck, junior Carly Thomas and sophomore Courtney Cramer also scored in double digits for the Polar Bears ... Northern is led this season by Bullimore, averaging 15.3 ppg ... Lauck is second on the team averaging 14.3 ppg ... Bullimore leads the team on the boards pulling down 6.3 rpg, 3.3 being defensive ... Northern will take on no. 1 ranked Thomas More Saturday at 4 pm ... Thomas More enters the contest 1-0 after defeating Denison 62-48 ... The Saints are led this season by sophomore Abby Owings who scored a team-high 27 points in the season opener ... Northern will then take on Centre (Ky.) Sunday at 2 pm ... Centre enters the Tournament 1-3 overall ... The Colonels are led this season by senior Alexis Guy, averaging 11.5 ppg ... Freshman Katie Moore is second averaging 11.0 ppg.

Ohio Northern Probable Starters (2015-16 stats):

G - #22 Carly Thomas, Sr. (11.3 ppg, 1.7 rpg)
G - #25 Brooke Espenschied, Sr. (5.7 ppg, 2.3 apg)
G - #10 Britt Lauck, Jr. (14.3 ppg, 5.0 apg)
F - #24 Karissa Steffas, Sr. (7.0 ppg, 7.3 rpg)
F - #44 Amy Bullimore, So. (15.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg)

Series Records: Thomas More leads the overall series by a 4-0 margin ... The last time these two teams met was in 2000 ... Centre leads the overall series by a 5-1 margin ... The last time these two institutions met was in 1995.

ONU head coach Michele Durand: Durand is in her 15th season at ONU with a 224-153 record, a winning percentage of .594.