Men's Basketball: Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall) at Case Western Reserve Tournament
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, 6 p.m. - v Saint John Fisher (N.Y.) - Horsburgh Gymnasium, Cleveland, Ohio
Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, 1/3 pm - v Case Western Reserve/Wisconsin-Eau Claire - Horsburgh Gymnasium, Cleveland, Ohio
| Tournament page | 2021-22 Men's Basketball Season Preview |
This Weekend's Preview: The Polar Bears will open their 2021-22 season on Saturday night when they play Saint John Fisher (N.Y.) in the opening game of the Case Western Reserve Bill Sudeck Tournament at 6 pm ... Case Western Reserve will host Wisconsin-Eau Claire in the other first round game at 8 pm Saturday ... The consolation game is slated for 1 pm on Sunday with the championship game following at 3 pm ... Junior C.J. Napier leads the list of returners in scoring at 18.7 ppg and in rebounding at 9.4 rpg ... Senior Brandon Waugh is second on the team in scoring at 13.7 ppg and rebounding at 5.6 rpg ... He also leads the returners with 51 assists and and 25 steals a year ago ... Junior Landen Long is third on the team at 11.1 ppg ... Junior Grant Heileman averaged 10.3 ppg a year ago ... ONU has made 205 FTs last season, while its opponents attempted only 188 ... In all, ONU returns 89% of its scoring and 85% of its rebounding from a year ago ... SJFC is receiving votes in the latest D3hoops.com national poll, is coming off a shortened campaign in 2020-21 that saw the team win the Empire 8 Regular Season Championship and reach the conference's title game for the third straight season ... The Cardinals went 11-2 last season with a 10-0 mark in Empire 8 standings ... SJFC is led by Preseason All-American Daniel Cook, who averaged 21.5 ppg a year ago ... CWRU did not play in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was 13-12 in their last season in 2019-20 ... UWEC went 2-3 in its abbreviated 2020-21 season ... Sophomore David Ijadimbola leads the list of BluGold returners, averaging 10.4 ppg a year ago.
ONU Returning Statistical Leaders (2020-21 Stats):
| Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Steals | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Napier | 18.7 | 1. | Napier | 9.4 | 1. | Waugh | 23 | 1. | Waugh | 51 | 1. | Waugh | 25 | ||||
| 2. | Waugh | 13.4 | 2. | Waugh | 5.6 | 2. | Long | 17 | 2. | Napier | 18 | 2. | Long | 11 | ||||
| 3. | Long | 11.1 | 3. | Scott | 5.1 | 3. | Napier | 8 | 3. | Heileman | 13 | 3. | Napier | 5 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 59-40 margin ... ONU is 32-16 at home, is 29-15 at the ONU Sports Center and is 27-23 at Marietta ... MC has won six straight in the series, including 90-77 and 105-72 decisions earlier this year.
Head Coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his sixth season at ONU with a 56-60 record, a winning percentage of .483.
