Women's Basketball: Ohio Northern (6-7 Overall) at Otterbein (8-4 Overall) - OAC Tournament Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 2, 2021, 7 p.m. - Rike Center, Westerville, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: The Polar Bears are the No. 7 seed in this week's OAC Tournament and will travel to No. 2-seed Otterbein on Tuesday for the Quarterfinals at the Rike Center ... No fans will be allowed to attend the games due to the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Ohio Northern used a dominanting defensive effort and 14 points from Emily Brock to post a 73-34 First Round victory over Heidelberg at the ONU Sports Center on Monday ... Junior Alissa Stahler and sophomore Brynn Serbin added eight points each off the bench for Ohio Northern. ... Senior Sydney Ward leads the team in scoring at 8.7 ppg ... She also leads the team and is 6th in the OAC with an average of 6.5 rebounds per contest ... Sophomore Brynn Serbin is 2nd in scoring at 7.8 ppg, and leads the team with 29 assists and 21 steals ... Junior Kate Iliff is 3rd on the team in scoring at 6.8 ppg ... Northern leads the OAC in scoring defense, allowing only 55.5 ppg, and in turnovers, committing only 13.5 per game ... Ohio Northern is gunning for its fifth OAC Tournament title ... The Polar Bears won the crown in 2017, 2013, 1988 and 1986 ... Northern has also been runner-up six times ... Tonight's ONU-OU winner will advance to the Semifinals on Thursday night at 7 pm ... The bracket will be re-seeded for the Semifinals, with the Finals being held on Saturday ... The seeds for the OAC Tournament were determined by a weighted system that factors in a team's winning percentage (2/3) and its opponents' winning percentage (1/3) ... The Cardinals are the No. 2 seed in this week's OAC Tournament ... OU finished in a 3-way tie for second place in the OAC Regular Season standings with an 8-4 mark ... Otterbein has won 5 of its last 6 games, including a 70-62 win over No. 12 John Carroll last Saturday ... Angela Jackson and Nicole Heffington had 18 points each in the win ... Katie McCrary leads the team in scoring at 14.6 ppg ... Jackson is second in scoring at 12.8 ppg, Abby Zerkle is third at 11.7 ppg and Hoschouer is fourth at 11.3 ppg ... Jackson also leads the team in rebounding at 6.8 rpg.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Steals | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Ward | 8.7 | 1. | Ward | 6.5 | 1. | Serbin | 15 | 1. | Serbin | 29 | 1. | Serbin | 21 | ||||
| 2. | Serbin | 7.8 | 2. | Iliff | 5.8 | 2. | Brock | 13 | 2. | Weckesser | 21 | Weckesser | 21 | |||||
| 3. | Iliff | 6.8 | 3. | Luersman | 5.4 | 3. | Hale | 10 | Jacobs | 21 | 3. | Hale | 18 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 54-36 margin ... ONU is 32-16 at home and is 22-19 at Westerville ... OU defeated ONU 73-48 and 69-62 earlier this season.
Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his first season at ONU with a 6-7 record, a winning percentage of .462.