Men's Basketball: Capital (4-4 Overall, 1-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (2-4 Overall, 0-2 OAC)
Saturday, December 14, 2019, 2 pm - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Game: Ohio Northern will play game 2 of a 3-game home stand on Saturday against Capital ... ONU is coming off an 85-69 loss to Wilmington on Wednesday in its home opener ... Freshman Landen Long scored a career-high 19 points, senior Caleb Bryan added 15 points and junior Thomas Phillips chipped in 11 points for ONU ... Wilmington jumped to a 15-2 lead just 3:59 into the contest ... The Polar Bears would battle to within 25-21 on a basket by Bryan at the 11:51 mark of the half and would trail 45-37 at halftime ... The lead bounced between five and 10 points in the second half until the Quakers went on a 9-0 run to grab a 76-62 advantage with 5:00 left to play ... Through 6 games this season, freshman C.J. Napier leads the team and is fifth in the OAC in scoring at 17.8 ppg and in rebounding at 6.8 rpg ... Napier leads the OAC with an average of 3.2 offensive rebounds per game ... Long is second on the team in scoring at 14.0 ppg and leads the team with 14 3-pointers ... Sophomore Brandon Waugh is third in scoring at 8.2 ppg and leads the team with 21 assists and 16 steals ... As a team, ONU leads the league with an average of only 14.2 fouls per game and is second in the league allowing only 31.7 rebounds per contest ... Capital suffered its first OAC loss of the season on Wednesday 79-61 to Muskingum ... CU was led in scoring by junior Cameron Caldwell with 16 points ... MU out-scored CU 15-0 over the last 7 minutes of the first half to lead 38-25 at the break and held on for the win ... Senior Ganiyu Yahaya leads the Crusaders in scoring at 16.6 ppg, sophomore Reed Bradfield is 2nd at 12.3 ppg and Caldwell is 3rd at 12.1 ppg ... Bradfield leads the team in rebounding at 6.0 rpg.
Ohio Northern Probable Starters:
G - #1 Brandon Waugh, So. (8.2 ppg, 21 ast, 16 stls)
G - #12 Landen Long, Fr. (14.0 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 14 3FGs)
F - #5 Austin Allemeier, Sr., (5.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg)
F - #22 Caleb Bryan, Sr. (5.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg)
C - #15 Michael Berner, Fr. (4.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg)
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Blocked Shots | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Napier | 17.8 | 1. | Napier | 6.8 | 1. | Long | 14 | 1. | Waugh | 21 | 1. | Berner | 3 | ||||
| 2. | Long | 14.0 | 2. | Waugh | 4.8 | 2. | Waugh | 7 | 2. | Allemeier | 15 | 2. | Waugh | 2 | ||||
| 3. | Waugh | 8.2 | 3. | Phillips | 2.8 | 3. | Phillips | 6 | 3. | Long | 8 | Scott | 2 |
All-Time Series: Capital leads the series between the two schools by a 79-63 margin ... CU has won the last 2 meetings, including 102-49 and 79-53 wins last year ... ONU is 40-28 in games played in Ada and is 27-15 at the ONU Sports Center.
ONU head coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his fourth season at ONU with a 44-41 record, a winning percentage of .518.
