Men’s Basketball: #6 John Carroll (20-2 Overall, 14-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (9-13 Overall, 5-10 OAC)

Saturday, February 11, 2023, 2 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday hosting John Carroll in the opener of a men's-women's doubleheader on Senior Day … Northern has five seniors on the roster in Landen Long, Michael Berner, Heath Jeffries, C.J. Napier and Adam Scott … JCU leads the OAC standings, while ONU is in eighth place … In the teams' first meeting this season, on Jan. 7, JCU got a 68-57 win at home … Napier led ONU with 14 points, and Scott and freshman Will Miller added 10 points each in the game … Northern is coming off Wednesday's 72-64 home loss to Baldwin Wallace … Napier led ONU with 22 points, and Miller and Long added 15 and 13 points, respectively … Through 22 games this season, Napier is averaging a team-best 17.4 points per game, which is tied for fourth in the OAC … Long is averaging 10.7 points per game, and Scott is averaging 10.4 points per game … Napier is averaging a team-high 7.5 rebounds per game, which ranks second in the OAC … Berner is second on the team in rebounding with 5.0 per game … Napier has 1,214 career points and is tied for 21st on the program's all-time scoring list … Napier has 566 career rebounds, which is tied for 19th all-time at ONU… Long has made a team-leading 28 3-pointers this season and is shooting 37.8% from beyond the arc … Sophomore Ethan Bell leads the team with 53 assists, which ranks seventh in the OAC … Miller is tied for third in the OAC with 37 steals … Berner leads the team with 21 blocks, which ranks eighth in the OAC … John Carroll is ranked No. 6 nationally in the D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll and has just two losses on the season, 75-72 at No. 4 Mount Union and 87-76 to Wisconsin-Superior … The Blue Streaks are riding a 12-game win streak coming off Wednesday's 79-52 home win over Otterbein … Sophomore Chase Toppin led JCU in the game with 14 points … In JCU's win over ONU earlier this season, sophomore Luke Frazier led the way with 19 points … Through 22 games, JCU is led in scoring by Frazier (17.1 points per game), sophomore Luke Chicone (15.0) and Toppin (9.8) … Sophomore Henry Raynor is averaging a team-best 5.5 rebounds per game and has a team-high 30 blocks … Chicone has a team-best 102 assists … Frazier has a team-high 37 steals and has made a team-leading 26 3-pointers while shooting 40% from beyond the arc.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with John Carroll by a 39-36 margin, including a 25-10 mark in Ada … In the teams' earlier matchup this season, JCU got a 68-57 win at home on Jan. 7 to break a three-game losing streak in the series … JCU has won eight of the past 11 meetings.

Head Coach Neal Young: Young is in his first season at ONU and has a 9-13 record. He is 137-134 in 10 seasons overall after five seasons as head coach at Covenant (Ga.) and four seasons as head coach at Goshen (Ind.).