Friday, February 26, 2021, 7 p.m. - Ursprung Gymnasium, Berea, Ohio
Saturday, February 27, 2021, 6 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
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This Weekend's Preview: The Polar Bears will wrap up their abbreviated 2021 season with a home-and-home series with Baldwin Wallace this weekend ... They will play Friday night at 7 pm at Berea and at 6 pm in Ada on Saturday ... No fans will be allowed to attend the games due to the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Ohio Northern is coming off two tight losses to Capital last weekend, falling 48-45 and 61-54 ... In the first game, senior Sydney Ward led the Polar Bears in scoring with eight points and eight rebounds ... On Saturday, junior Jaidyn Hale recorded her first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 13 rebounds ... Sophomore Brynn Serbin had a team-high 13 points for ONU ... In 10 games this season, Ward leads the team in scoring at 9.4 ppg ... She also leads the team and is 6th in the OAC with an average of 6.8 rebounds per contest ... Serbin is 2nd in scoring at 7.4 ppg, is 8th in the league with 24 assists and is 2nd in the OAC with 21 steals ... Junior Alissa Stahler is 3rd on the team in scoring at 6.5 ppg ... Northern leads the OAC in scoring defense, allowing only 57.8 ppg, and in turnovers, committing only 13.4 per game ... ONU will return to action next week with the annual OAC Tournament set to begin with the first round on Monday ... The top six seeds receive a bye into Tuesday's quarterfinals ... The seeds for the OAC Tournament will be determined by a weighted system that factors in a team's winning percentage (2/3) and its opponents' winning percentage (1/3). ... The Yellow Jackets enter this weekend's games is second place in the OAC, tied with Otterbein and two games behind John Carroll ... BW could share the OAC Regular Season title with two wins over ONU and two OU wins over JCU this weekend ... BW is coming off a sweep of Heidelberg last weekend ... Junior Lilly Edwards leads the team and is second in the OAC in scoring at 17.9 ppg ... She also leads the OAC in rebounding at 9.9 rpg ... Senior Gabby Garrett is second on the team in scoring at 10.7 ppg.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
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Rebounding |
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3FGs |
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Assists |
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Steals |
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Ward |
9.4 |
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Ward |
6.8 |
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Serbin |
10 |
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Serbin |
24 |
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Serbin |
21 |
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Serbin |
7.4 |
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2. |
Iliff |
5.3 |
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2. |
Hale |
8 |
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2. |
Weckesser |
18 |
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Hale |
16 |
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Stahler |
6.5 |
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Luersman |
5.1 |
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Brock |
8 |
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3. |
Hale |
14 |
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Weckesser |
13 |
All-Time Series: Baldwin Wallace leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 42-38 margin ... ONU is 23-17 at home and is 15-25 at Berea ... BW swept last year's games, winning 57-47 in Ada and 59-42 in Berea.
Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his first season at ONU with a 4-6 record, a winning percentage of .400.
