Friday, January 29, 2021, 7 p.m. - Rike Center, Westerville, Ohio
Saturday, January 30, 2021, 6 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
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This Weekend's Preview: The Polar Bears will continue their 2021 season with a home-and-home series with Otterbein this weekend ... The teams will play Friday night at 7 pm at Westerville and will wrap up the series with a 6 pm contest in Ada on Saturday ... No fans will be allowed to attend the games due to the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Ohio Northern opened its season with a split with Wilmington last weekend with the road team winning each game ... WC took the season opener 61-59 in Ada on Friday night and ONU responded with a 53-52 road win on Saturday ... Junior Kate Iliff led ONU with 10 points in the loss on Friday ... On Saturday, junior Jaidyn Hale scored a career-high 17 points and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:35 left to lead ONU ... Senior Sydney Ward added 10 points and six rebounds for the Polar Bears in the victory ... Ward leads the team and is fifth in the league in rebounding, averaging 6.5 rpg ... Junior Molly Palecek leads the OAC with a perfect 1.000 3-point shooting percentage, going 3-for-3 last weekend ... The win on Saturday night was the first in the coaching career for first-year head coach Mark Huelsman ... He is just the fifth women's basketball coach at ONU in the program's 48-year history ... Northern is third in the OAC in scoring defense, allowing only 56.5 ppg ... The Polar Bears lead the OAC in defensive rebounds at 29.0 per game and are second in the OAC with a +10.0 rebounding margin ... Ohio Northern will return to action next weekend with a home-and-home series with Heidelberg ... The Cardinals set a single-game scoring record with a 108-75 victory over Marietta in the Rike Center last Saturday after falling at MC 82-80 on Friday night ... Senior Abby Zerkle scored 21 to lead four Cardinals in double figures ... Senior Angelia Jackson and freshman Katie McCrary both had 16 and senior Bryn Mangold scored 12 ... McCrary leads the team and is third in the OAC in scoring, averaging 17.0 ppg ... Otterbein leads the league in scoring as a team, averaging 94.0 ppg.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
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Rebounding |
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3FGs |
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Steals |
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Hale |
10.0 |
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Ward |
6.5 |
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Hale |
4 |
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Serbin |
8 |
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Ward |
3 |
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Ward |
8.0 |
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Stahler |
6.0 |
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Palechek |
3 |
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Hale |
6 |
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Brock |
2 |
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Iliff |
7.5 |
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Hale |
5.5 |
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Iliff |
2 |
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Brock |
5 |
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Hale |
2 |
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Jacobs |
2 |
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Luersman |
2 |
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Luersman |
2 |
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Weckesser |
2 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 54-33 margin ... ONU is 32-15 at home and is 22-18 at Westerville ... ONU swept Otterbein last season, winning 69-59 and 51-50.
Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his first season at ONU with a 1-1 record, a winning percentage of .500.
