Women’s Basketball: Ohio Northern (12-4 Overall, 6-3 OAC) at Mount Union (6-9 Overall, 3-6 OAC)

Saturday, January 29, 2022, 2 p.m. - McPherson Athletic Complex, Alliance, Ohio

Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears close out their January schedule at Ohio Athletic Conference foe Mount Union on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the first half of a women's-men's doubleheader … In the teams' first matchup this season, ONU won 59-35 at home on Dec. 11 with senior Molly Palecek and sophomore Kristen Luersman leading the way with 10 points each off the bench … ONU is coming off Wednesday's 59-41 home win over Wilmington … Northern trailed 29-27 with 3:38 left in the third quarter but ended the period on a 13-3 run and outscored WC 19-9 over the final 10 minutes … Luersman tallied her first career double-double in the game, setting career-highs in both points (16) and rebounds (15) … Senior Alissa Stahler was 9-of-10 from the foul line and finished with 13 points and seven rebounds … Junior Brynn Serbin posted eight points and 10 rebounds, and senior Annie Weckesser added 10 points … Northern received three points in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 poll and is averaging 61.3 points per game and allowing an OAC-low 47.2 points per contest … The Polar Bears are shooting 38.1% from the field, 28.8% on 3-pointers and 70.6% from the foul line … Stahler (9.3 points per game) leads ONU in scoring followed by Serbin (8.9), Luersman (8.0) and senior Jaidyn Hale (6.9) … Stahler's team-high 5.9 rebounds per game ranks seventh in the OAC, and her 18 total blocks rank fifth in the conference … Serbin leads the team in steals (40) and assists (50), which rank first and third, respectively, in the OAC … Serbin's 114 career steals rank 18th on the program's all-time leaderboard, and her 135 career assists are 38 shy of cracking the top 20 on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category … Knippen leads the OAC in shooting 50.0% (17-of-34) from 3-point range … Following Saturday's game, ONU will travel to OAC foe Otterbein on Wednesday at 7 p.m. … Mount Union enters Saturday's game coming off Wednesday's 77-50 loss at No. 10 John Carroll … Mount Union is averaging 59.8 points per game and allowing 62.0 points per contest … The Purple Raiders are shooting 35.2% from the floor, 25.6% on 3-pointers and 62.0% from the foul line … Junior Emma Cannon (13.4 points per game) and senior Isi Palamone (9.6) lead the team in scoring … Palamone scored a team-high 11 points in Mount's loss to ONU earlier this season … Palamone leads the Purple Raiders in rebounding with 6.7 per game … Senior Corenna Maynard has a team-high 25 assists and 20 steals … Junior Kelsie Glass has made a team-high 23 3-pointers.

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Mount Union by a 46-35 margin, including a 16-22 mark on the road … The teams last met earlier this season on Dec. 11 with ONU getting a 59-35 home win.

Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his second season at ONU and has an overall record of 19-12, a winning percentage of .613.