Men’s Basketball: Muskingum (5-19 Overall, 2-15 OAC) at Ohio Northern (9-13 Overall, 3-12 OAC)

Saturday, February 19, 2022, 4 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears close out their 2021-22 regular-season schedule Saturday hosting Ohio Athletic Conference foe Muskingum at 4 p.m. for Senior Day as part of a women's-men's doubleheader … The OAC Tournament is scheduled for Feb. 22-26 … Ohio Northern is currently in seventh place in the OAC standings, and Muskingum is 10th … In the teams' previous meeting this season, MU won 83-56 at home with ONU missing eight players, including four starters, due to COVID-19 protocols … Junior Landen Long scored 16 points to lead ONU in that game … Northern is coming off Wednesday's 95-64 loss at Heidelberg … The Polar Bears finished with four double-digit scores in freshman Garrett Chapin (12 points), juniors Adam Scott (10) and Michael Berner (10) and freshman Ethan Bell (10) … ONU is averaging 69.1 points per game and allowing 76.1 points per contest while shooting 44.0% from the field, 34.2% on 3-pointers and 64.3% from the foul line … Northern currently has three players averaging double figures in scoring in junior C.J. Napier (15.3 points per game), senior Brandon Waugh (12.4) and Scott (10.9) … Napier is tied for seventh in the OAC in scoring average and is tied for second in the conference in rebounding (8.3 per game) … Waugh leads the team with 38 made 3-pointers on 38.8% shooting from beyond the arc … Waugh ranks fifth in the OAC in assists (81) and sixth in steals (30) … Waugh ranks 10th on the program's all-time career steals list with 142, and his 268 career assists rank 16th on ONU's all-time leaderboard in that category … Muskingum enters Saturday's game riding a six-game losing streak coming off Wednesday's 82-61 home loss to No. 10 Mount Union … Alex Masinelli led the way for MU with a double-double of 24 points and 11 rebounds in the game … Masinelli posted 22 points and nine rebounds in Muskingum's win over ONU earlier this season … MU is averaging 72.2 points per game while allowing 77.8 points per contest and is shooting 43.1% from the floor, 32.4% on 3-pointers and 73.4% from the foul line … The Muskies are led in scoring by Masinelli (20.8 points per game) and Noah Tomlinson (7.2) … Masinelli leads the OAC in scoring average and ranks eighth in rebounding (7.2 per game) … Masinelli ranks fourth in the OAC in assists (84) and has a team-high 24 steals … Noah Begue has made a team-high 37 3-pointers and leads the OAC in 3-point percentage (45.7%) … Tomlinson has a team-high 15 blocks.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Muskingum by a 72-49 margin, including a 40-16 mark at home … The teams last met earlier this season on Jan. 15 when MU came away with an 83-56 home win for its first victory over ONU since 2015.

Head Coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his sixth season at ONU with a 65-73 record, a winning percentage of .471.