Men's Basketball: Alma (Mich.) (2-2 Overall) at Ohio Northern (2-2 Overall)
Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, 1 pm - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Sunday's Preview: The Polar Bears will return to action after an 8-day break with a 1 pm home contest against Alma (Mich.) on Sunday at the ONU Sports Center ... Ohio Northern is coming off a runner-up finish at the Wooster Classic Nov. 18-19 ... ONU topped Randolph (Va.) 88-81 in the first round before falling to host Wooster 72-57 in the championship game ... Seniors Adam Scott and C.J. Napier were named to the All-Tournament Team ... Napier leads the team in scoring (15.8 ppg) and rebounding (7.0 rpg) ... He has 930 career points and is just 70 shy of becoming the 40th member of ONU's 1,000-Point Club ... Senior Landen Long is second on the team in scoring at 11.0 ppg while Scott is third at 8.3 ppg ... Scott and senior Michael Berner are tied for second in rebounding at 4.0 rpg ... Sunday's game will be the final non-conference tune-up before Ohio Athletic Conference play gets underway Dec. 3 when ONU hosts No. 17-ranked Marietta in the first game of a men's/women's double header ... Freshman Will Miller is fourth in the OAC with a 57.1 3-point shooting percentage ... He is followed in fifth by Long at 50.0 ... Alma is coming off a 76-61 loss at Oberlin on Saturday ... Junior Connor Riley led the Scots with 20 points and 7 boards, while junior Tayshaun Walker added 13 points and Colton Meister chipped in 10 points ... AC was riding a 2-game win streak after beating Defiance 84-69 and Bluffton 82-71 ... Riley leads the Scots in scoring (20.5 ppg) and is second in rebounding (63. rpg) ... Walker is second in scoring at 13.8 ppg and sophomore Peyton Bush leads the team in rebounding (7.8 rpg).
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Steals | ||||||||||||||
1. | Napier | 15.0 | 1. | Napier | 7.0 | 1. | Bell | 5 | 1. | Bell | 14 | 1. | Studer | 8 | ||||
2. | Long | 11.0 | 2. | Berner | 4.0 | Long | 5 | 2. | Long | 8 | 2. | Long | 6 | |||||
3. | Scott | 8.3 | Scott | 4.0 | Napier | 5 | 3. | Conley | 7 | 3. | Bell | 4 |
All-Time Series: The all-time series between the two schools is tied at 2-2 ... AC has won the last two meetings, including an 81-79 win in Ada on Nov. 29, 2017.
Head Coach Neal Young: Young is in his first season at ONU and has a 2-2 record. He is 130-123 in 10 seasons overall after going five seasons as head coach at Covenant (Ga.) and four seasons as head coach at Goshen (Ind.)