Women's Basketball: Mount Union (14-5 Overall, 8-4 OAC) at #14 Ohio Northern (17-3 Overall, 12-1 OAC)
Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016 - 3 pm, ONU Sports Center
| Game Day Program |
Saturday's Preview: Northern enters the contest ranked No. 14 nationally in the seventh weekly D3hoops.com poll ... The Polar Bears enter the contest 17-3 overall, 12-1 OAC after defeating Wilmington 69-53 ... The Polar Bears currently hold a three game lead in conference play over Capital and Baldwin Wallace ... In the contest with Wilmington, the Polar Bears were led by seniors Brooke Espenschied and Carly Thomas and junior Britt Lauck, all with 12 points each ... Junior Angela Tesny added 11 points in the contest ... Five different Polar Bears had four rebounds in the contest ... Northern is led this season by sophomore Amy Bullimore, averaging 12.3 ppg, who is shooting an OAC leading 58.4 percent from the field ... Lauck is second on the team in scoring averaging 10.1 ppg, followed by Thomas averaging 9.5 ppg ... Senior Karissa Steffas leads the Polar Bears in rebounds, averaging 7.5 rpg, followed by Bullimore at 7.4 rpg and Espenschied at 4.8 rpg ... As a team, the Polar Bears have forced 14.8 turnovers per contest in the OAC, while allowing 54.8 ppg ... Mount Union enters the contest 14-5 overall, 8-4 OAC after defeating #24 Capital 57-47 ... MU was led in the contest by senior Katie Reed with a game-high 24 points ... Senior Annie Bova chipped in 11 points for the Purple Raiders ... The Purple Raiders are led this season by Bova, averaging 19.9 ppg ... Reed is second on the team at 12.2 ppg, followed by freshman Rachel Tinkey with 7.6 ppg ... Senior Abby Wemhoff leads MU in rebounds averaging 5.9 rpg ... Reed is second with 4.8 rpg.
Ohio Northern Probable Starters (2015-16 stats):
G - #22 Carly Thomas, Sr. (9.5 ppg, 1.2 spg)
G - #25 Brooke Espenschied, Sr. (7.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg)
G - #10 Britt Lauck, Jr. (10.1 ppg, 3.5 apg)
F - #24 Karissa Steffas, Sr. (8.2 ppg, 7.5 rpg)
F - #44 Amy Bullimore, So. (12.3 ppg, 7.4 rpg)
ONU Statistical Leaders
| Scoring |
Rebounding |
3FGs |
Assists | Steals | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Bullimore | 12.3 | 1. | Steffas | 7.5 | 1. | Lauck | 23 | 1. | Lauck | 70 | 1. |
Espenschied | 26 | ||||
| 2. | Lauck | 10.1 | 2. | Bullimore | 7.4 | 2. |
Cramer | 19 | 2. | Espenschied | 50 | 2. | Thomas | 22 | ||||
| 3. |
Thomas | 9.5 | 3. |
Espenschied | 4.8 | 3. | Tesny | 17 | 3. |
Thomas |
37 | 3. | Lauck |
20 |
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| Steffas |
20 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the overall series by a 37-33 margin ... The Polar Bears defeated the Purple Raiders 66-53 on Jan. 6 ... ONU is 23-13 when facing MU at home.
ONU head coach Michele Durand: Durand is in her 15th season at ONU with a 239-155 record, a winning percentage of .607.