Men's Basketball falls 96-78 at No. 18 Mount Union
January 27, 2024
ALLIANCE — The Ohio Northern men's basketball team fell 96-78 at No. 18-ranked Mount Union on Saturday afternoon.
The Basics
- Records: Ohio Northern (9-10 overall, 4-8 OAC), Mount Union (16-3 overall, 9-3 OAC)
- Venue: Timken Gymnasium - Alliance, Ohio
The Game
- Freshman Carter Reese (Westerville/North) led the Polar Bears with 14 points.
- Sophomore Will Miller (Ottoville) helped with 12 points.
- Freshman Jadi Cunningham Jr. chipped in with 9 rebounds and 8 assists.
- Christian Parker led the Raiders with 27 points.
- Mount Union scored the game's first nine points and ended the half ahead 55-29.
- ONU made 26-of-65 field goals for 40.0 percent and was 9-of-30 from 3-point range for 30.0 percent.
- UMU made was 31-of-62 from the floor for 50 percent and made 11-of-27 3-pointers for 40.7 percent.
- Northern was 17-of-24 from the foul line for 70.8 percent and Mount Union was 23-of-27 from the charity stripe for 85.2 percent.
- Mount Union out-rebounded Ohio Northern by 43-31 margin.
Notables
- Miller recorded his 13th double-figure scoring game of the season, which was his 7th game in a row.
- Reese has 14 double-figure scoring games this season.
- Ohio Northern is now 61-50 all-time against Mount Union, including a 26-30 mark in Alliance.
- Ohio Northern is playing its 113th season of varsity men's basketball and has a record of 1367-1075, a winning percentage of .560.
- Head coach Neal Young is in his second season at Ohio Northern with a 19-25 record.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears return to action on Wednesday when they host Heidelberg at 7 pm at the ONU Sports Center.