Men’s Basketball: Ohio Northern (9-15 Overall, 5-12 OAC) at Muskingum (1-23 Overall, 1-16 OAC)

Saturday, February 18, 2023, 2 p.m. - Steele Center, New Concord, Ohio

Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears close out their 2022-23 season on Saturday at Ohio Athletic Conference foe Muskingum in the opener of a men's-women's doubleheader … Both teams have been eliminated from OAC Tournament contention … In the teams' first meeting this season, on Jan. 14, ONU got a 61-50 home win over Muskingum … Senior C.J. Napier led ONU with 24 points in the game, and freshman Mason Studer added 11 points … Northern is coming off Wednesday's 82-63 loss at home to Heidelberg … Seniors Adam Scott and Landen Long led ONU with 12 points each, and Napier added 10 points … Napier is the reigning OAC Player of the Week after averaging 28 points and eight rebounds per game last week … Through 24 games this season, Napier is averaging a team-best 17.8 points per game, which ranks third in the OAC … Long is averaging 10.9 points per game, and Scott is averaging 10.5 points per game … Napier is averaging a team-high 7.2 rebounds per game, which is tied for third in the OAC … Napier has 1,258 career points and is 19th on the program's all-time scoring list … Napier has 575 career rebounds, which is 18th all-time at ONU… Long has made a team-leading 32 3-pointers this season and is shooting 38.6% from beyond the arc … Sophomore Ethan Bell leads the team with 56 assists, which ranks eighth in the OAC … Freshman Will Miller is tied for first in the OAC with 43 steals … Senior Michael Berner leads the team with 21 blocks, which ranks ninth in the OAC … Muskingum is coming off Wednesday's 94-63 loss at No. 4 Mount Union … Senior Noah Begue led the Muskies with 17 points … In MU's loss to ONU earlier this season, freshman Logan Stotzer scored a team-high 15 points … Through 23 games, Stotzer (8.7 points per game) and sophomore D.J. Donnell (7.9) lead MU in scoring … Junior Luken Hill is averaging a team-best 5.7 rebounds per game, which is tied for eighth in the OAC … Begue has made a team-high 40 3-pointers, which ranks 10th in the OAC, and is shooting 35.1% from beyond the arc … Freshman Duane Davis has a team-leading 37 assists … Sophomore Zaveon Croff is tied for 10th in the OAC with 30 steals … The Muskies' lone win this season was a 69-63 victory over Wilmington on Jan. 11.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Muskingum by a 74-50 margin, including a 26-25 mark in New Concord … ONU has won 13 of the past 15 meetings … In the teams' earlier matchup this season, ONU got a 61-50 home win on Jan. 14.

Head Coach Neal Young: Young is in his first season at ONU and has a 9-15 record. He is 137-136 in 10 seasons overall after five seasons as head coach at Covenant (Ga.) and four seasons as head coach at Goshen (Ind.).