Miller, Maag, Harris combine for 57 points in Men's Basketball's 78-70 victory at Wilmington

WILMINGTON— The Ohio Northern men's basketball team clinched its third consecutive winning season and a spot in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament with a 78-70 victory at Wilmington on Wednesday evening. 

• Records: Ohio Northern (14-7 Overall, 9-3 OAC), Wilmington (8-12 Overall, 4-7 OAC).
• Venue: Fred Raizk Arena— Wilmington, Ohio.

The Game

• Senior Will Miller (Ottoville) lead the way with 20 points, including the last 8 points for the Polar Bears. 
• Junior Theo Maag (Ottowa/Ottowa-Glandorf) contributed 19 points and also grabbed a team best 7 boards.
• Sophomore Aiden Harris (Pandora Gilboa) added 15 points and 5 rebounds. 
• Dominic Farley led the Quakers with 22 points.
• A Maag jumper pushed the Polar Bear lead to 70-67 with 3:12 left to play.
• Miller then knocked down a jumpshot to make it 72-67 with 2:11 remaining. 
• The Quakers used a 9-0 run to tie the game at 65-65 at the 5:10 mark.
• The Polar Bears answered went on a 13-2 run to retake a 63-54 lead with 8:35 to go.
• ONU led 40-37 at the half
• Northern opened the game on a 10-2 run. 
• Ohio Northern was 25-of-58 from the floor for 43.1 percent and made 9-of-19 three-pointers for 47.4 percent, while Wilmingto finished 24-of-58 from the field for 41.4 percent and 5-of-19 from three-point range for 26.3 percent. 
• ONU made 19-of-26 free throws for 73.1 percent and WC was 17-of-24 from the foul line for 70.8 percent.
• The Polar Bears outrebounded the Quakers 34-27.

Notables

• Ohio Northern now trail in the all-time series with Wilmington 48-34. 
• Miller is now tied for 23rd all-time in Northern with 1205 points in 95 career games. Miller is also ranked 6th in the conference in ppg with 15.8. 
• Miller is now in the 10th in ONU history with 154 steals.
• With the victory, the Polar Bears remain one game out of first place in the OAC with an 9-3 league record, trailing only Mount Union (10-2) and Otterbein (9-2).
• Ohio Northern clinched its third consecutive winning season with its 14-7 record.
• The Polar Bears also clinched a spot in the 6-team OAC Tournament slated for Feb. 24-28.
• Ohio Northern continues off its 115th season of varsity men's basketball and has a record of 1394-1091, a winning percentage of .561.
• Head coach Jon Tropf is in his first season at Ohio Northern with a 14-7 record.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action when they return home to host Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday evening 7 p.m.