Women's Basketball to tip-off 2016-17 campaign at Case Western Reserve

By Caleb Scott

| 2016-17 Women's Basketball Schedule |

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team will open its 2016-17 season at Case Western Reserve on Nov. 15 under 16th-year head coach Michele Durand.

The non-conference portion of the schedule will feature eight contests.

After opening the season with non-conference foe Case Western, the Polar Bears will travel to Denison for the Denison Tip-Off Tournament Nov. 18-19.

Northern will also compete in the Music City Classic in Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 29-30 as they take on Castleton (Vir.) and Westfield St. (Mass.).

Northern will open the home portion of the schedule at the ONU Sports Center as they play host to area-rival Defiance Nov. 22 and Ohio Wesleyan Nov. 30.

A game at Capital on Dec. 3 will begin the 18-game, double round-robin Ohio Athletic Conference schedule for the Polar Bears.

The 8-team OAC Tournament is slated for four dates from Feb. 20-25 with the top four seeds receiving a bye and the top two seeds a double-bye in the tournament.

The Polar Bears finished 23-5 overall and won the OAC Regular Season title with a 17-1 record before bowing out of the NCAA Tournament in the second round in 2015-16.