Men's Basketball: John Carroll (15-7, Overall, 8-7 OAC) at Ohio Northern (6-16 Overall, 2-13 OAC)

Saturday, February 15, 2020, 3 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Saturday's Preview: The Ohio Northern men's basketball team will welcome back a group of more than 50 alums on Saturday when John Carroll comes to the ONU Sports Center … More than 30 of those alumni are expected to play in an Alumni Game at 11 am ... The Polar Bears are coming off an 83-66 loss at Otterbein on Wednesday to cap a 3-game road trip ... Sophomore Brandon Waugh tied his career-high with five 3-pointers for the second consecutive game to lead ONU  ... The Polar Bears also got 14 points from freshman C.J. Napier, 13 points from junior Thomas Phillips and 11 points from senior Caleb Bryan .... Thus far this season, Napier leads ONU and is 7th in the OAC in scoring at 16.6 ppg ... He is also third in the OAC in rebounding with a team-best 6.6 rpg ... Freshman Landen Long is second on the team in scoring at 11.4 ppg ... Phillips is third on the team in scoring at 10.4 and is second in rebounding at 5.1 ppg ... Waugh leads the team with 58 assists and 37 steals and is 4th in scoring at 10.2 ppg ... John Carroll enters Saturday's game in a tight 5-way tie for third place in the OAC with an 8-7 league record ... JCU is coming off a 101-82 victory over Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday ... Senior Jimmy Berger and junior Jackson Sartain scored 29 points each to lead the Blue Streaks ... JCU has 100 or more points in two straight and 3 of its last 6 games ... Senior Ryan Berger leads the team and is 3rd in the OAC in scoring at 19.0 ppg ... Sartain is 9th in the league at 16.3 ppg.

Ohio Northern Probable Starters:

G - #1 Brandon Waugh, So. (10.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 37 3FGs, 58 assists, 37 steals)
G - #12 Landen Long, Fr. (11.4 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 34 3FGs, .836 FT%)
G - #5 Austin Allemeier, Sr. (7.0 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 48 assists)
F - #21 C.J. Napier, Fr. (16.6 ppg, 6.7 rpg, .818 FT%)
F - #33 Thomas Phillips, Jr. (10.4 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 31 3FGs, 19 blocks)

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 36-35 margin ... JCU has won 7 straight in the series, including an 85-72 win in University Heights on 1/4/20 ... ONU is 24-10 against JCU in Ada and is 24-9 in games at the ONU Sports Center.

Head Coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his fourth season at ONU with a 48-53 record, a winning percentage of .475.