Women’s Basketball: #11 Trine (Ind.) (4-1 Overall) at Ohio Northern (4-0 Overall)
Saturday, November 27, 2021, 3 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears are looking to continue their unbeaten start to the 2021-22 season with Saturday's home game against Trine (Ind.) at 3 p.m. … This is ONU's first home game since its 67-55 win over Anderson (Ind.) in the season-opener on Nov. 13 … The Polar Bears are coming off Tuesday's 67-51 win at Ohio Wesleyan … Seven Polar Bears scored between seven and nine points in the win with senior Kate Iliff and sophomores Kristen Luersman and Kasey Knippen leading the way with nine points each … Senior Alissa Stahler added eight points while seniors Jaidyn Hale and Lexi Jacobs and junior Brynn Serbin finished with seven points each … Stahler added a team-high five rebounds while Serbin had three assists and three steals … Stahler leads the team in scoring at 8.8 points per game and 6.0 rebounds per game … Stahler ranks fifth in the Ohio Athletic Conference in field goal percentage (60%) and is tied for eighth in the conference in rebounds per game … Knippen has made 6-of-9 3-pointers this season and leads the OAC in 3-point percentage (66.7%) … Serbin is tied for first in the OAC in steals (14) and tied for sixth in assists (11) … No. 11 Trine (Ind.) is coming off Sunday's 72-66 loss to Wisconsin-Eau Claire … The Thunder's four wins this season have come by an average of 34 points … Trine is averaging 75.2 points per game and 6.0 made 3-pointers per contest … Trine is allowing 49.2 points per game … Seniors Tara Bieniewicz and Rachel Stewart lead the Thunder with 12.8 and 11.6 points per game, respectively … Junior Sam Underhill leads the team in rebounding with 5.8 per game … Senior Kaylee Argyle leads the team in assists (13), and Stewart leads the team in steals (11).
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Steals | ||||||||||||||
1. | Stahler | 8.8 | 1. | Stahler | 6.0 | 1. | Knippen | 6 | 1. | Serbin | 11 | 1. | Serbin | 14 | ||||
2. | Iliff | 7.8 | 2. | Weckesser | 5.8 | 2. | Iliff | 4 | 2. | Weckesser | 10 | 2. | Hale | 5 | ||||
3. | Luersman | 7.3 | 3. | Iliff | 5.3 | 3. | 4 tied | 3 | 3. | Palecek | 8 | Weckesser | 5 |
All-Time Series: The all-time series between Ohio Northern and Trine (Ind.) is tied 2-2 … ONU is 1-0 at home against Trine … The teams' last meeting was a 61-53 Trine home win in December 2019.
Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his second season at ONU and has an overall record of 11-8.