Women’s Basketball: #12 John Carroll (9-2 Overall, 4-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (9-3 Overall, 3-2 OAC)

Saturday, January 8, 2022, 2 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears are hosting Ohio Athletic Conference foe John Carroll on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the ONU Sports Center … This marks Northern's first game since Dec. 30, as Wednesday's game against Otterbein was declared a no-contest with the Polar Bears receiving a loss per OAC COVID protocols … ONU had won five straight games prior to the no-contest … Northern is averaging 65.5 points per game and allowing an OAC-low 46.3 points per contest … The Polar Bears are shooting 39.7% from the field, 28.3% on 3-pointers and 69.5% from the foul line … Northern currently has 5 players averaging between 6 and 11 points per game in what is a balanced offensive attack … Senior Alissa Stahler (10.2 points per game) leads ONU in scoring followed by junior Brynn Serbin (8.9) and sophomore Kristen Luersman (7.8) … Stahler ranks 10th in the OAC in scoring average, and her 6.8 rebounds per game rank sixth in the conference … Serbin's 34 steals on the season lead the OAC, and her 37 assists rank second in the conference … Serbin's 108 career steals rank 19th on the program's all-time leaderboard in a tie with Annette Alverson ('83-'86) … Sophomore Kasey Knippen has made a team-high 10 3-pointers, and her 3-point percentage of 50.0 ranks second in the OAC … Following Saturday's game, ONU will play at No. 17 Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday at 7 p.m. … John Carroll enters Saturday's game ranked No. 12 nationally in the D3hoops.com Top 25 poll and No. 11 in the WBCA poll … The Blue Streaks' two losses this season were to teams ranked in this week's D3hoops.com poll: 81-80 to No. 24 Marietta and 83-75 at No. 4 Transylvania (Ky.) … JCU hasn't played since Dec. 21, as its games against Hiram and Heidelberg were canceled due to COVID protocols … JCU is averaging 76.4 points per game while allowing 64.7 points per contest while shooting 44% from the floor, 26.5% on 3-pointers and 77.4% from the foul line … Graduate student Nicole Heffington and senior Olivia Nagy lead the team in scoring with 17.1 and 15.4 points per game, respectively … Heffington and Nagy rank second and third, respectively, in the OAC in scoring average … Nagy leads the OAC in rebounds per game (12.5) and blocks (35)… Heffington ranks fourth in the conference with 35 assists … Heffington was named a First Team All-American by the WBCA and D3hoops.com last season and is a four-time First Team All-OAC member and two-time OAC Player of the Year … Nagy is the reigning OAC Defensive Player of the Year and OAC Tournament MVP, and she holds the record for most blocks in program history … Beth Andrews is in her second season as head coach of the Blue Streaks after leading the team to a 13-2 record last season, which included OAC regular season and tournament championships.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with John Carroll by a 43-30 margin, including a 22-11 mark at home … The teams have split the last six meetings, winning three games apiece … The teams last met in March 2021 in the OAC Tournament semifinals where JCU got a 69-38 home win.

Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his second season at ONU and has an overall record of 16-11, a winning percentage of .592.