Women's Basketball: Marietta (7-7 Overall, 3-4 OAC) at Ohio Northern (10-4 Overall, 4-3 OAC)
Saturday, January 18, 2020, 3 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: The Ohio Northern women's basketball team returns home, playing host to Marietta at 3 p.m. inside the ONU Sports Center … The Polar Bears — who own a 10-4 overall record, which includes a 4-3 mark in Ohio Athletic Conference play — will look to snap their two-game slide … In Northern's 59-42 loss at No. 12 Baldwin Wallace Wednesday, sophomore Lexi Jacobs tied a career-high with 14 points … She averages 7.7 points per game … Senior Emily Mescher paces the Polar Bears in 2019-20, pouring in 10.4 points and corralling 5.8 rebounds per contest … Fellow senior Abby Weeks adds 8.7 points per game, while freshman Brynn Serbin chips in six points and a team-best two assists per contest … ONU averages 60.3 points per game, connecting on 39 percent of its field-goal attempts and 29 percent of its shots from 3-point land … Northern also gets it done on the defensive end of the floor, surrendering just 53.4 points per game … Marietta — which is riding a three-game win streak — lays claim to a 7-7 overall record, which includes a 3-4 mark in OAC play … The Pioneers average 66.1 points per game and are led by Alexis Enochs who pours in 13.4 points per contest … Devin Hefner and Marlo Taylor add 12.1 and 11.1 points per game, respectively … Marietta gives up 66.1 points per contest.
Ohio Northern Probable Starters:
G - #15 Abby Weeks, Sr. (8.7 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.5 apg)
G - #20 Lexi Jacobs, So. (7.7 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.6 apg)
G - #22 Jaclyn Yankle, Sr. (4.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.4 spg)
F - #24 Martrina Parks, Sr. (1.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg)
F - #34 Emily Mescher, Sr. (10.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.5 apg)
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Steals | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Mescher | 10.4 | 1. | Mescher | 5.8 | 1. | Brock | 20 | 1. | Serbin | 2.0 | 1. | Serbin | 2.1 | ||||
| 2. | Weeks | 8.7 | 2. | Ward | 4.4 | 2. | Serbin | 17 | 2. | Hale | 1.6 | 2. | Yankle | 1.4 | ||||
| 3. | Jacobs | 7.7 | 3. | 2 Tied | 3.6 | 3. | Hale | 14 | 2. | Jacobs | 1.6 | 3. | 2 Tied | 1.0 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern owns a 57-18 all-time record versus Marietta … The Polar Bears — who are 33-5 all-time against the Pioneers in Ada — have won 27 of the last 30 in the series.
Head Coach Michele Durand: Durand is in her 19th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern women's basketball team … She's the all-time winningest coach in program history, laying claim to a 323-180 record, a .642 winning percentage.
