Men's Basketball drops 74-66 decision at Otterbein

• Records: Ohio Northern (8-7 Overall, 3-3 OAC), Otterbein (13-2 Overall, 5-1 OAC).
• Venue: Rike Center — Westerville, Ohio.

The Game

• Senior Will Miller (Ottoville) led the Polar Bears with 18 points
• Senior Mason Studer (Colonel Crawford/Gallion) added 11 points
• Sophomore Aiden Harris (Pandora Gilboa) added 11 points 
• Troy Scowden led the Cardinals with 13 points.
• A lay-up made by Studer cut the OU lead to 52-55 with 6:15 left in the game
• But Otterbein responded with an 11-0 run over the next 2:38 to grab a 66-52 lead with 3:04 to play.
• A 6-0 run in the first 2:03 from the Cardinals gave them a 38-30 lead.
• In a closely contested first half neither team led by more than 5 points 
• Otterbein led 32-30 at the half and opened the second half on an 8-2 run to push the lead to 40-32.
• Ohio Northern was 28-of-55 from the floor for 50.9 percent and made 9-of-18 three-pointers for 50.0 percent, while Otterbein finished 25-of-52 from the field for 48.1 percent and 4-of-16 from three-point range for 25.0 percent. 
• ONU made 1-of-3 free throws for 33.3 percent and OC was 20-of-26 from the foul line for 76.9 percent.
• The Cardinals outrebounded the Polar Bears 31-27

Notables

• ONU now leads the all-time series with Otterbein 72-63. 
• Miller now ranks 34th all-time in ONU with 1,095 points in 89 career games. 
• Miller is now 11th in ONU history with 148 steals.
• Ohio Northern continues off its 115th season of varsity men's basketball and has a record of 1388-1091, a winning percentage of .560.
• Head coach Jon Tropf is in his first season at Ohio Northern with a 8-7 record.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action when they travel to take on Marietta on Saturday at 1 pm.