Reese, Studer have career-high scoring nights, but Men's Basketball drops 81-68 decision at Heidelberg

TIFFIN — The Ohio Northern men's basketball team got career high scoring nights from freshman Carter Reese (Westerville/North) and sophomore Mason Studer (Galion/Colonel Crawford) in an 81-68 loss at Heidelberg on Wednesday night at Sieberling Gymnasium.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (3-4 overall, 0-2 OAC), Heidelberg (5-2 overall, 2-0 OAC).
• Venue: Sieberling Gymnasium - Tiffin, Ohio.

The Game

• Reese scored a career-high 25 points and Studer added a career-best 15 points to lead Ohio Northern.
• Sophomore Will Miller (Ottoville) grabbed a team-high 6 rebounds and tied Reese for team-high honors with three assists each.
• Reese scored his 25 points on only 16 field goal attempts and was an impressive 10-for-10 from the foul line.
• Eric Panning scored 22 points to lead four Student Princes players in double figures.
• Ohio Northern jumped to an 18-7 lead in the first six minutes of the contest.
• Heidelberg answered with a 20-0 run over the last 3:16 of the first half and the first 4:00 of the second half to grab a 49-37 lead.
• The Polar Bears rallied to within 59-54 on a pair of free throws by sophomore Hayden Hanson (Cedarville) with 8:39 left in the game.
• But HU would score the next five points and ONU would get no closer than six the rest of the way.
• Ohio Northern made 21-of-55 field goal attempts for 38.2%, including a 9-of-24 mark from 3-point range for 37.5%.
• Heidelberg was 32-of-60 shooting for 53.3% and made 4-of-17 3-pointers for 23.5%.
• ONU was a perfect 17-of-17 from the foul line for 100.0%, and HU was 13-of-15 for 86.7%.
• The Polar Bears out-rebounded the Student Princes 32-30.

Notables

• Ohio Northern is now 108-69 all-time against Heidelberg, which includes a 30-28 mark in games at Tiffin.
• Ohio Northern is playing its 113th season of varsity men's basketball and has a record of 1361-1069, a winning percentage of .561.
• Northern is now 1-3 on the road this season.
• Head coach Neal Young is in his second season at Ohio Northern with a 13-19 record.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday at 2 p.m. when they host No. 11-ranked Mount Union at the ONU Sports Center.