Men's Basketball: Ohio Northern (3-3 Overall, 0-1 OAC) at Wilmington (3-3 Overall, 0-1 OAC)
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, 7 pm - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: The Polar Bears will continue OAC play with a 7 pm road contest at Wilmington on Wednesday ... Ohio Northern is coming off a 73-59 loss to Marietta in Ada ... The Polar Bears got a team-high 14 points from senior Adam Scott, 12 points from sophomore Ethan Bell and 11 points from freshman Will Miller ... Senior C.J. Napier leads the team and is fifth in the OAC in scoring (15.8 ppg) and is fourth in the OAC in rebounding with a team-best 7.0 rpg average ... He has 930 career points and is just 70 shy of becoming the 40th member of ONU's 1,000-Point Club ... Long is second on the team in scoring at 11.5 ppg while senior Adam Scott is third at 9.3 ppg ... Senior Michael Berner is second in rebounding at 5.3 rpg ... Bell leads the team with 8 three-pointers and 24 assists ... Ohio Northern ranks 3rd in the OAC in defense, allowing only 69.3 ppg ... ONU has made 81 free throws this season, while its opponents have attempted only 78 ... Long is seventh in the OAC with a 46.7 3-point shooting percentage ... Napier has missed the last two games with a leg injury and is considered day-to-day ... Wilmington is coming off an 83-82 loss at Baldwin Wallace on Saturday ... Sophomore Obed Achirem led the Quakers, posting a double-double with 18 points and 10 boards ... Sophomore Lucas Doty also scored in double figures with 12 points ... Wilmington is led by a pair of frontcourt players as senior Abdul Kanu (14.8 ppg) and Achirem (12.3 ppg) both score in double figures.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Steals | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Napier | 15.0 | 1. | Napier | 7.0 | 1. | Bell | 8 | 1. | Bell | 24 | 1. | Studer | 9 | ||||
| 2. | Long | 11.5 | 2. | Berner | 5.3 | 2. | Long | 7 | 2. | Conley | 11 | Miller | 9 | |||||
| 3. | Scott | 9.3 | 3. | Scott | 5.0 | 3. | Miller | 6 | 3. | Miller | 10 | 3. | Long | 7 |
All-Time Series: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 42-32 margin ... ONU has won the last four meetings, including 68-64 and 72-68 victories last season ... Northern is 23-13 in games in Ada and is 17-8 at the ONU Sports Center.
Head Coach Neal Young: Young is in his first season at ONU and has a 3-3 record. He is 131-124 in 10 seasons overall after going five seasons as head coach at Covenant (Ga.) and four seasons as head coach at Goshen (Ind.)