Men's Basketball: Ohio Northern (1-1 Overall) at Denison (0-1 Overall)
Friday, November 15, 2018, 7 pm - Livingston, Gymnasium, Granville, Ohio
Friday's Game: Ohio Northern continues its season-opening 5-game road trip with a 7 pm contest at Denison on Friday ... The Polar Bears posted a 1-1 record last weekend at the Mount Saint Joseph Tip-Off Classic ... ONU defeated Mount Saint Joseph 82-73 on Friday night and fell to Transylvania (Ky.) 65-62 on Saturday ... Against MSJ, The Polar Bears got 22 points from sophomore Brandon Waugh and 19 points and nine rebounds from freshman C.J. Napier ... Against TU, freshman Landen Long scored 15 points and Waugh added 13 points for ONU ... Through two games this season, Waugh leads the team in scoring at 17.5 ppg and in assists with 9 ... Napier is second in scoring at 15.0 ppg and leads the team in rebounding at 7.0 rpg ... Long is third in scoring at 11.0 ppg and senior Austin Allemeier is second in rebounding at 6.0 rpg ... Denison opened its season on Wednesday with a 56-49 loss at Earlham (Ind.) ... Kevin Cheng had 12 points and 3 assists to lead the Big Red.
Ohio Northern Probable Starters:
G - #1 Brandon Waugh, So. (17.5 ppg, 9 ast, 7 stls)
G - #12 Landen Long, Fr. (11.0 ppg)
F - #5 Austin Allemeier, Sr., (7.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg)
F - #21 C.J. Napier, Fr. (15.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg)
C - #15 Michael Berner, Fr. (3.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg)
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Blocked Shots | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Waugh | 17.5 | 1. | Napier | 7.0 | 1. | Waugh | 4 | 1. | Waugh | 9 | 1. | Allemeier | 1 | ||||
| 2. | Napier | 15.0 | 2. | Allemeier | 6.0 | Long | 4 | 2. | Allemeier | 6 | Scott | 1 | ||||||
| 3. | Long | 11.0 | 3. | Phillips | 5.0 | 3. | Allemeier | 3 | 3. | Bryan | 3 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 17-14 margin ... ONU has won the last two meetings, including an 86-66 win last season in Ada.
ONU head coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his fourth season at ONU with a 43-38 record, a winning percentage of .531.