Women’s Basketball: Ohio Northern (3-0 Overall) at Ohio Wesleyan (3-1 Overall)
Tuesday, November 23, 2021, 2 p.m. - Branch Rickey Arena, Delaware, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: The Polar Bears are looking to continue their unbeaten start to the 2021-22 season with Tuesday's trip to Ohio Wesleyan for a 2 p.m. tipoff … Tuesday's game marks ONU's third straight away from home … Northern is coming off a 2-0 showing in the Juniata (Pa.) Classic with a 68-41 win over Delaware Valley (Pa.) on Friday and a 75-50 victory over Lycoming (Pa.) on Saturday … Sophomore Kristen Luersman (12 points, 5 rebounds) and freshman Brooke Allen (10 points, 5 rebounds) came off the bench to lead ONU against Delaware Valley … Seniors Alissa Stahler (14 points, 7 rebounds) and Kate Iliff (12 points, 3 rebounds) paced the Polar Bears against Lycoming … Stahler leads ONU in scoring with 9.0 points per game followed by Allen and Iliff with 7.7 and 7.3 points per game, respectively … Senior Annie Weckesser is the Polar Bears' top rebounder with 6.7 per game followed closely by Stahler and Iliff with 6.3 and 6.0, respectively … Junior Brynn Serbin leads the team in assists (8) and steals (11) … Weckesser is tied for sixth in the Ohio Athletic Conference in rebounding average … Serbin is tied for the OAC lead in total steals and is tied for sixth in total assists … Ohio Wesleyan enters Tuesday having won three of its first four games but is coming off Saturday's 66-62 home loss to Marietta … The Battling Bishops are led by sophomore Kasey Schipfer (17.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per game) and senior Cierra Joiner (10.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game) … Senior Molly Delaney leads the team in assists (15) and steals (13).
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Steals | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Stahler | 9.0 | 1. | Weckesser | 6.7 | 1. | Knippen | 4 | 1. | Serbin | 8 | 1. | Serbin | 11 | ||||
| 2. | Allen | 7.7 | 2. | Stahler | 6.3 | 2. | Iliff | 3 | 2. | 3 tied | 7 | 2. | Iliff | 4 | ||||
| 3. | Iliff | 7.3 | 3. | Iliff | 6.0 | Weckesser | 3 | 3. | 2 tied | 4 | 3. | 3 tied | 3 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Ohio Wesleyan by a 19-9 margin, including 10-2 on the road … The Polar Bears have won five straight games in the series … OWU's last win over ONU was in 2015 … The teams' last meeting was a 62-44 ONU road win in December of 2019.
Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his second season at ONU and has an overall record of 10-8.