Women’s Basketball: Heidelberg (3-19 Overall, 2-13 OAC) at Ohio Northern (14-7 Overall, 8-6 OAC)

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 7 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Wednesday's Preview: The Polar Bears are playing their penultimate game of the regular season on Wednesday hosting Ohio Athletic Conference foe Heidelberg at 7 p.m. … In the teams' first meeting this season, ONU got a 54-39 road win on Jan. 19 with junior Brynn Serbin leading the way with a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds … Sophomore Kristen Luersman also tallied 10 points in the game … Northern is coming off Saturday's 68-43 loss at No. 8 John Carroll … Senior Jaidyn Hale led ONU with 11 points, and Serbin added 6 points, 10 rebounds, four steals and three assists … Northern is averaging 60.9 points per game and allowing an OAC-low 50.1 points per contest … The Polar Bears are shooting 37.7% from the field, 28.6% on 3-pointers and 69.4% from the foul line … Senior Alissa Stahler (9.1 points per game) leads ONU in scoring followed by Serbin (8.6), Hale (8.1) and Luersman (7.2) … Stahler and Luersman are tied for ninth in the OAC with 5.5 rebounds per game … Stahler's 21 total blocks are tied for sixth in the OAC … Serbin leads the OAC in steals (56) and ranks second in the league in assists (69) … Serbin ranks 10th on ONU's all-time leaderboard in steals (130), and her 154 career assists are 19 shy of cracking the top 20 on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category … Knippen leads the OAC in shooting 45.5% (20-of-44) from 3-point range … Following Wednesday's game, ONU closes out its regular-season schedule hosting OAC foe Muskingum on Saturday at 2 p.m. as part of a women's-men's doubleheader … Heidelberg enters Wednesday's game riding a nine-game losing streak dating back to Jan. 15 … The Student Princes are coming off Saturday's 73-67 loss at Otterbein … HU, which led by as many as 11 points in the game, got 16 points from Marissa Thomas, 13 from Lily Sweeney and 12 from Hallie Rogers … Lily Sweeney and Anika Sweeney led HU with six points each in its loss to ONU earlier this season … Heidelberg is averaging 55.5 points per game while allowing 68.2 points per contest … The Student Princes are shooting 33.1% from the floor, 25.9% on 3-pointers and 67.2% from the foul line … HU ranks last in the OAC in field goal percentage … Lily Sweeney leads HU in scoring at 10.7 points per game and has made a team-high 41 3-pointers on 34.2% shooting from beyond the arc … Bailey Walter ranks fourth in the OAC with 7.2 rebounds per game … Rogers ranks second in the OAC in steals (48) … Alyssa Martin is tied for sixth in the OAC in blocks (21) … Thomas leads the team in assists (35).

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Heidelberg by a 57-26 margin, including a 30-11 mark at home … The teams last met earlier this season on Jan. 19 when ONU got a 54-39 road win.

Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his second season at ONU and has an overall record of 21-15, a winning percentage of .583.