Friday, February 12, 2021, 7 p.m. - DeCarlo Varsity Center, University Heights, Ohio
Saturday, February 13, 2021, 6 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
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This Weekend's Preview: The Polar Bears will continue their 2021 season with a home-and-home series with #8 John Carroll this weekend ... The teams will play Friday night at 7 pm at University Heights and will wrap up the series with a 6 pm contest in Ada on Saturday ... No fans will be allowed to attend the games due to the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Ohio Northern swept a pair of games from Heidelberg last weekend, winning 68-43 in Ada on Friday and 87-59 in Tiffin on Saturday ... On Friday, the Polar Bears got a team-high 13 points from junior Lexi Jacobs, while junior Kate Iliff had her first career double-double with 12 points and a career-high 12 rebounds ... On Saturday, junior Alissa Stahler scored a career-high 19 points, senior Emily Brock scored 11 points and sophomore Brynn Serbin scored 10 points ... In six games this season, senior Sydney Ward leads the team in scoring at 10.8 ppg ... She also leads the team and is sixth in the OAC with an average of 7.3 rebounds per contest ... Stahler is second in scoring at 8.0 ppg and Serbin is third at 7.0 ppg ... Serbin is third in the league with a team-best 19 assists ... Northern is second in the OAC in scoring defense, allowing only 59.5 ppg ... Northern is also is second in offensive rebounds per game (15.5 rpg), total rebounds per game (43.3 rpg) and rebounding margin (+5.5 rpg) ... The Polar Bears lead the OAC turnovers committed per game, averaging only 13.5 tpg ... Ohio Northern will return to action next weekend with a home-and-home series with Capital ... The Blue Streaks enter this weekend's games ranked No. 8 nationally by D3hoops.com ... JCU is off to its best start in 27 years, sitting undefeated at 6-0 on the season ... The Streaks are coming off a 60-53 and 62-39 sweep of Baldwin Wallace last weekend ... JCU has also swept Heidelberg and Mount Union this year ... Senior Nicole Heffington leads the team and the OAC in scoring at 20.2 ppg ... Senior Abby Alder is second in scoring at 10.8 ppg ... Junior Olivia Nagy leads the OAC in rebounding at 10.8 rpg.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
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Ward |
10.8 |
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Ward |
7.3 |
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Iliff |
6 |
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Serbin |
19 |
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Serbin |
14 |
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Stahler |
8.0 |
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Iliff |
5.2 |
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Brock |
5 |
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Weckesser |
12 |
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Weckesser |
11 |
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Serbin |
7.0 |
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Stahler |
5.0 |
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Serbin |
4 |
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Brock |
10 |
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Ward |
8 |
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Palecek |
4 |
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Hale |
10 |
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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 42-28 margin ... ONU is 21-11 at home and is 20-17 at University Heights ... ONU won both regular season games last season (62-55 & 59-58), but JCU edged ONU in the OAC Tournament finals 64-49.
Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his first season at ONU with a 3-3 record, a winning percentage of .500.
