Women’s Basketball: Ohio Northern (6-1 Overall, 2-0 OAC) at Mount Union (4-4 Overall, 1-1 OAC)

Saturday, December 10, 2022, 4 p.m. - McPherson Athletic Complex, Alliance, Ohio

Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday at Mount Union in the back half of a men's-women's doubleheader … Northern received 26 points and is listed as the second team in the "Others receiving votes" category in the Week 2 D3hoops.com poll that was released on Monday, putting the Polar Bears at No. 27 in the poll … ONU is coming off Wednesday's 57-52 home win over Wilmington … Sophomore Brooke Allen recorded career-highs of 18 points and seven rebounds in the victory … Senior Kasey Knippen made a career-high four 3-pointers as part of a career-high 14 points to go with six rebounds … Senior Brynn Serbin added nine points, eight rebounds and five assists … Junior Kristen Luersman finished with eight points and a game-high 11 rebounds … Through seven games, Serbin (12.6 points per game), Allen (11.1) and Luersman (10.3) are averaging double figures in scoring … Serbin ranks ninth in the OAC in scoring average … Luersman leads the OAC in rebounding average with 9.6 per game … Serbin ranks second in the OAC with 33 assists and is tied for sixth in the conference with 15 steals on the season … Serbin has made a team-best 11 3-pointers, shooting 30.6% from beyond the arc … Serbin ranks seventh all-time at ONU with 157 career steals … Serbin has 194 career assists, which ranks 12th all-time at ONU … The Polar Bears are holding opponents to 51.3 points per game on 30.7% shooting, including 25% from beyond the arc … Northern leads the OAC in points per game allowed and field goal percentage defense … Mount Union is coming off Wednesday's 64-63 loss at John Carroll … Sophomore Ali Hudik scored a career-high 21 points, and sophomore Hailey Haywood added 11 points and seven rebounds for the Purple Raiders … Mount Union is averaging an OAC-leading 74.4 points per game … Through eight games, senior Gretchen Koken (12.0 points per game), Hudik (11.5) and senior Emma Cannon (10.5) lead UMU in scoring … Koken is averaging a team-best 7.4 rebounds per game, which ranks sixth in the OAC … Freshman Halle Ignacio has a team-high 19 assists, and freshman Bailey Shutsa has a team-best 20 steals … Hudik has made a team-best 15 3-pointers, shooting 42.9% from beyond the arc, which both rank fourth in the OAC.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Mount Union by a 47-35 margin, including an 18-21 mark in Alliance … ONU has won five straight meetings and 18 of the past 20 dating back to 2013 … ONU won both meetings between the teams last season, 59-35 in Ada and 66-54 in Alliance.

Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his third season at ONU and has an overall record of 30-17, a winning percentage of .638.