Men’s Basketball: Baldwin Wallace (9-12 Overall, 5-9 OAC) at Ohio Northern (9-12 Overall, 5-9 OAC)

Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 7 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Wednesday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday hosting Baldwin Wallace in the first game of a three-game home stand … ONU and BWU are tied for seventh place in the conference standings with matching 5-9 records, trailing sixth-place Capital by two games … The top six teams qualify for the OAC Tournament, which is scheduled for Feb. 21-25 … In the teams' first meeting this season, on Jan. 11, BWU got a 70-63 win at home … Seniors C.J. Napier and Adam Scott led ONU with 20 and 18 points, respectively, in the game … Northern is coming off Friday's 53-50 loss at Capital … Napier led ONU with 18 points and eight rebounds, and Scott added 11 points and seven rebounds … Through 21 games this season, Napier is averaging a team-best 17.1 points per game, which ranks fifth in the OAC … Scott is averaging 10.7 points per game, and senior Landen Long is averaging 10.6 points per game … Napier is averaging a team-high 7.4 rebounds per game, which ranks third in the OAC … Senior Michael Berner is second on the team in rebounding with 5.0 per game … Napier has 1,192 career points and is 23rd on the program's all-time scoring list … Napier has 557 career rebounds, which ranks 20th all-time at ONU… Long has made a team-leading 27 3-pointers this season and is shooting 38% from beyond the arc … Sophomore Ethan Bell leads the team with 47 assists, which is tied for eighth in the OAC … Freshman Will Miller is tied for fourth in the OAC with 35 steals … Berner leads the team with 20 blocks, which is tied for eighth in the OAC … Baldwin Wallace is coming off Saturday's 78-68 loss at Otterbein … Four Yellow Jackets scored in double figures led by 25 points from senior Anthony Mazzeo … In BWU's win over ONU earlier this season, senior Jake Snyder led three Yellow Jackets in double figures with 23 points … Through 21 games, Mazzeo (17.9 points per game), sophomore Ashton Price (15.3), Snyder (12.2) and senior Jackson Simmons (10.3) lead BWU in scoring … Mazzeo is tied for second in the OAC in scoring average, and Price is sixth … Simmons ranks sixth in the OAC with 7.1 rebounds per game and is tied for sixth in the conference with 23 blocks … Snyder ranks second in the OAC with 91 assists and has a team-best 20 steals … Mazzeo has made a team-high 54 3-pointers, which ranks second in the OAC, and is shooting 36.7% from beyond the arc.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Baldwin Wallace by a 67-46 margin, including a 35-18 mark in Ada … In the teams' earlier matchup this season, BWU got a 70-63 win at home on Jan. 11 for its fourth straight victory in the series … BWU has won six of the past seven meetings.

Head Coach Neal Young: Young is in his first season at ONU and has a 9-12 record. He is 137-133 in 10 seasons overall after five seasons as head coach at Covenant (Ga.) and four seasons as head coach at Goshen (Ind.).