Women's Basketball: Ohio Northern (3-0 Overall) at Defiance (0-2 Overall)
Tuesday, November 25, 2019, 5:30 p.m. - Karl H. Weaner Center, Defiance, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: The Ohio Northern women's basketball team remains on the road, traveling to Defiance Tuesday for a 5:30 p.m. contest … The Polar Bears are fresh off a 2-0 performance at the Wisconsin Lutheran Tournament, which improved them to 3-0 on the season … Northern outscored the Warriors and Titans by a combined tally of 129-99 … Senior Emily Mescher led the way for ONU with a pair of 14-point performances … She's averaging a team-high 12 points per game to go alongside 5.7 rebounds per contest … Senior Abby Weeks and sophomores Lexi Jacobs and Jaidyn Hale also enjoyed double-digit scoring efforts in Wisconsin … Weeks is stuffing the stat sheet, averaging 11 points, 3.3 rebounds and two assists per game in 2019 … Jacobs and Hale chip in 9.7 and 7.7 points per contest, respectively … The Polar Bears, as a team, pour in 62.7 points per game, connecting on 42 percent of their field-goal attempts and 34.4 percent of their 3-point shots … Northern is allowing opponents to score just 49.4 points per contest … The Lady Jackets have gotten off to a bumpy 0-2 start this season with losses to Olivet (Mich) and St. Mary's (Ind.) … Defiance is averaging 51.5 points per game and surrendering 60 points per contest … Taylor Day paces the Lady Jackets, recording 14.5 points per game.
Ohio Northern Probable Starters:
G - #15 Abby Weeks, Sr. (11 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2 apg)
G - #20 Lexi Jacobs, So. (9.7 ppg, 1 rpg)
G - #22 Jaclyn Yankle, Sr. (1.7 ppg, 1.7 rpg)
F - #24 Martrina Parks, Sr. (0.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg)
F - #34 Emily Mescher, Sr. (12 ppg, 5.7 rpg)
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Steals | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Mescher | 12.0 | 1. | Iliff | 6.3 | 1. | Hale | 7 | 1. | Serbin | 4.0 | 1. | Iliff | 1.3 | ||||
| 2. | Weeks | 11.0 | 2. | Mescher | 5.7 | 2. | Brock | 4 | 2. | Weeks | 2.0 | 2. | 3 Tied | 1.0 | ||||
| 3. | Jacobs | 9.7 | 3. | Ward | 4.7 | 3. | Weeks | 3 | 3. | Brock | 1.7 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern owns a 22-3 all-time record versus Defiance … The Polar Bears — who are 7-2 in Defiance — have won eight in a row in the series, which includes a 90-45 victory last season in Ada.
Head Coach Michele Durand: Durand is in her 19th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern women's basketball team as the all-time winningest coach in program history …. She lays claim to a 316-176 record, a .642 winning percentage.
