Men’s Basketball: Capital (11-8 Overall, 6-6 OAC) at Ohio Northern (8-10 Overall, 2-9 OAC)

Saturday, February 5, 2022, 4 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears open their final five-game stretch of the regular season on Saturday hosting Ohio Athletic Conference foe Capital at 4 p.m. in the second half of a women's-men's doubleheader … The teams' previously scheduled matchup this season was canceled and declared a no-contest due to the OAC's COVID-19 protocols … ONU is coming off Wednesday's 71-67 home loss to Otterbein … Northern closed the first half on an 11-3 run to lead 40-32 at halftime but was outscored 39-27 in the second half with OU securing the victory by going 5-of-6 from the foul line over the final 44 seconds … Junior C.J. Napier led ONU with 17 points, and senior Brandon Waugh added 14 points, seven rebounds and six assists … ONU is averaging 69.2 points per game and allowing 75.8 points per contest while shooting 44.8% from the field, 35.5% on 3-pointers and 64.1% from the foul line … Northern currently has three players averaging double figures in scoring with Napier (15.4 points per game), Waugh (11.9) and junior Adam Scott (10.9) … Napier ranks seventh in the OAC in scoring average, and his team-high 7.6 rebounds per game ranks fifth in the conference … Waugh leads the team with 31 made 3-pointers on 40.3% shooting from beyond the arc … Waugh leads ONU with 66 assists, which ranks sixth in the OAC, and his 27 steals are tied for fourth in the conference … Waugh ranks 11th on the program's all-time career steals list with 139, and his 253 career assists ties him with Kurtis Brown ('06-'09) for 19th on ONU's all-time leaderboard in that category … The Polar Bears will next travel to OAC foe Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday at 7 p.m. to begin a three-game road trip … Capital enters Saturday's game coming off Tuesday's 63-51 home win over Wilmington … Griffin Doseck led CU with 12 points … Capital is averaging 73.4 points per game while allowing 70.0 points per contest and is shooting 43.5% from the floor, 36.2% on 3-pointers and 71.7% from the foul line … David Sanford (12.1 points per game), Tyler Schreck (9.3) and Alex Eyink (8.6) lead the Comets in scoring … Schreck leads the team in rebounding (9.4 per game), assists (70), steals (29) and blocks (30) … Schreck leads the OAC in rebounding average, is tied for second in blocks and ranks third in steals and fifth in assists … Sanford has made a team-high 39 3-pointers on 39.4% shooting from beyond the arc.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern trails the all-time series with Capital by a 63-81 margin, including a 40-29 mark at home … The teams' meeting scheduled for earlier this season was canceled and declared a no-contest due to COVID-19 protocols … CU has won the past four meetings after ONU had won six straight … The teams last met in January 2020 when CU came away with a 79-59 home win.

Head Coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his sixth season at ONU with a 64-70 record, a winning percentage of .478.