Men’s Basketball: Ohio Northern (7-8 Overall, 1-7 OAC) at Wilmington (4-12 Overall, 2-8 OAC)

Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 7 p.m. - Fred Raizk Arena, Wilmington, Ohio

Wednesday's Preview: The Polar Bears face Ohio Athletic Conference foe Wilmington on the road on Wednesday at 7 p.m. … In the teams' first matchup this season, ONU won 72-68 in overtime at home on Dec. 8 with junior C.J. Napier leading the way with a 25-point, 12-rebound double-double, and senior Brandon Waugh and junior Michael Berner also scoring in double figures with 14 and 12 points, respectively … ONU is coming off Saturday's 80-64 home loss to No. 6 Marietta … Junior Adam Scott finished with a career-high 23 points along with 8 rebounds and 3 assists to lead the Polar Bears … Napier (13 points) and Waugh (10) also scored in double figures … ONU is averaging 69.3 points per game and allowing 75.8 points per contest while shooting 44.4% from the field, 35.8% on 3-pointers and 63.6% from the foul line … Northern currently has four players averaging double figures in scoring with Napier (14.7 points per game), Waugh (11.8), Scott (11.7) and junior Landen Long (10.7) … Napier ranks ninth in the OAC in scoring average, and his team-high 8.0 rebounds per game ranks third in the conference … Waugh leads the team with 26 made 3-pointers on 41.3% shooting from beyond the arc … Waugh leads ONU with 47 assists, which ranks seventh in the OAC, and his 22 steals are tied for fifth in the conference … Waugh ranks 13th on the program's all-time career steals list with 134, and his 234 career assists are four shy of breaking into the top 20 on ONU's all-time leaderboard in that category … The Polar Bears will next play at No. 11 Mount Union on Saturday at 4 p.m. in the second half of a women's-men's doubleheader … Wilmington enters Wednesday's game coming off Saturday's 85-75 loss at Baldwin Wallace … The Quakers finished with four double-figure scorers in the game led by 22 points from senior Jeffery Mansfield … Mansfield recorded a 24-point, 11-rebound double-double in WC's loss to ONU earlier this season … Wilmington is averaging an OAC-low 68.5 points per game while allowing 73.0 points per contest and is shooting 40.4% from the floor, 31.3% on 3-pointers and 64.9% from the foul line … The field goal and 3-point percentages are OAC lows … Mansfield, a two-time First Team All-OAC selection, leads WC in scoring (16.2 points per game), and sophomore Bilal Sow (11.5) and freshman Obed Achirem (10.4) are also averaging in double figures … Mansfield ranks fifth in the OAC in scoring, and his 6.5 rebounds per game, 70 assists and 22 steals rank ninth, second and tied for fifth, respectively, in the conference … Senior Collmann Aaron has made a team-high 28 3-pointers on 35.9% shooting from beyond the arc, and he has a team-best 15 blocks, which ranks ninth in the OAC.

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Wilmington by a 41-32 margin, including a 17-18 mark on the road … ONU has won three straight games in the series … The teams last met earlier this season on Dec. 8 with ONU getting a 72-68 overtime win at home.

Head Coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his sixth season at ONU with a 63-68 record, a winning percentage of .481.