Women’s Basketball: Heidelberg (2-13 Overall, 0-8 OAC) at #14 Ohio Northern (14-1 Overall, 8-0 OAC)

Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 7 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Wednesday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday as they host Heidelberg in a matchup between the conference's first- and last-place teams … Northern leads the OAC standings by one game over No. 12 Baldwin Wallace … Northern is ranked No. 14 in the D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll and No. 15 in the WBCA Top 25 Poll this week … The Polar Bears are riding an 11-game win streak, which is their longest since winning 17 straight in the 2017-18 season …ONU is coming off Saturday's 65-47 home win over Muskingum … Senior Brynn Serbin led Northern with 14 points to go with 12 from sophomore Layla Dials and 10 from senior Kasey Knippen … Serbin was named OAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week after posting a combined 35 points, seven rebounds, 10 assists and five steals in two wins last week, including a 53-51 victory over Baldwin Wallace … Through 15 games, Serbin (14.3 points per game), junior Kristen Luersman (11.3) and sophomore Brooke Allen (10.8) lead ONU in scoring … Serbin ranks second in the OAC in scoring average, and Luersman is ninth … Luersman leads the OAC in rebounding average with 9.1 per game and ranks ninth in the conference with 12 blocks … Serbin has an OAC-high 69 assists and 43 steals … Serbin has made a team-best 26 3-pointers, which is ranks fourth in the OAC, and is shooting 33.8% from beyond the arc, which ranks 10th in the OAC … Serbin ranks second all-time at ONU with 185 career steals … Serbin has 230 career assists, which ranks sixth all-time at ONU … The Polar Bears are holding opponents to 51.3 points per game on 31.6% shooting, including 26.7% from beyond the arc … Northern leads the OAC in points per game allowed and field goal percentage defense … Heidelberg is riding a seven-game losing streak coming off Saturday's 60-39 home loss to Marietta … Sophomore Hallie Rogers led the Student Princes with 18 points, marking her eighth double-digit scoring game of the season … HU ranks last in the OAC in points per game (52.4) and field goal percentage (32.6) … Through 15 games, Rogers leads HU with 11.8 points per game, followed by sophmore Elisha Carter (9.1) … Rogers ranks eighth in the OAC in scoring average and has a team-high 23 steals … Rogers has made a team-best 21 3-pointers, which is tied for 10th in the OAC, and is shooting 24.1% from beyond the arc … Graduate student Bailey Walter is averaging a team-best 7.7 rebounds per game … Freshman Sequoia Bradley has a team-high 24 assists … Senior Alyssa Martin is tied for fourth in the OAC with 17 blocks.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Heidelberg by a 58-26 margin, including a 31-11 mark in Ada … ONU has won eight straight meetings dating back to 2019 and 26 of the past 27 dating back to 2010 … ONU swept both meetings last season, 54-39 in Tiffin and 71-55 in Ada.

Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his third season at ONU and has an overall record of 38-17, a winning percentage of .691.