Men's Basketball: Heidelberg (10-13 Overall, 8-8 OAC) at Ohio Northern (7-16, 3-13 OAC)
Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 7 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: The Ohio Northern men's basketball team will wrap up its home schedule on Wednesday against Heidelberg … The game is also the team's penultimate game of the 2019-20 season ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 73-71 victory over John Carroll on Senior Day ... Freshman C.J. Napier scored 19 points, senior Caleb Bryan had a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds and senior Austin Allemeier had 16 points and four steals in the win ... ONU also welcomed back more than 50 basketball alumni on Saturday for an alumni game earlier in the day ... Thus far this season, Napier leads ONU and is 7th in the OAC in scoring at 16.8 ppg ... He is also third in the OAC in rebounding with a team-best 6.8 rpg ... Freshman Landen Long is second on the team in scoring at 11.4 ppg ... Junior Thomas Phillips is third on the team in scoring at 10.1 and is second in rebounding at 5.2 ppg ... Sophomore Brandon Waugh leads the team with 60 assists and 38 steals and is 4th in scoring at 10.0 ppg ... Heidelberg enters Wednesday's game in a 4-way tie for fourth place in the OAC with an 8-8 league record ... HU is coming off a 93-80 loss at #12 Mt Union on Saturday ... The Berg got 19 points from senior Tamal Watkins and 17 points from junior Dylan Woods in the loss ... Watkins leads the Student Princes in scoring this season at 14.0 ppg ... Woods is second at 13.5 ppg and junior Alex Arellano is third at 10.1 ppg ... Arellano leads HU in rebounding at 4.5 rpg.
Ohio Northern Probable Starters:
G - #1 Brandon Waugh, So. (10.0 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 37 3FGs, 60 assists, 38 steals)
G - #12 Landen Long, Fr. (11.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 35 3FGs, .842 FT%)
G - #5 Austin Allemeier, Sr. (7.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 51 assists)
F - #21 C.J. Napier, Fr. (16.8 ppg, 6.8 rpg, .808 FT%)
F - #33 Thomas Phillips, Jr. (10.1 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 31 3FGs, 19 blocks)
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Steals | ||||||||||||||
1. | Napier | 16.8 | 1. | Napier | 6.8 | 1. | Waugh | 37 | 1. | Waugh | 60 | 1. | Waugh | 38 | ||||
2. | Long | 11.1 | 2. | Phillips | 5.2 | 2. | Long | 35 | 2. | Allemeier | 51 | 2. | Allemeier | 18 | ||||
3. | Phillips | 10.1 | 3. | Bryan | 4.7 | 3. | Phillips | 31 | 3. | Long | 30 | Long | 18 |
All-Time Series: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 104-59 margin ... ONU has won 5 of the last 7 in the series ... HU won this year's earlier meeting 70-51 in Tiffin ... ONU is 56-23 all-time against HU in Ada.
Head Coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his fourth season at ONU with a 49-53 record, a winning percentage of .480.