Men’s Basketball: #3 Mount Union (16-2 Overall, 9-2 OAC) at Ohio Northern (9-9 Overall, 5-6 OAC)

Saturday, January 28, 2023, 2 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday hosting Mount Union in the front half of a men's-women's doubleheader … ONU is in a three-way tie with Otterbein and Baldwin Wallace for sixth place in the conference standings with matching 5-6 records … The top six teams qualify for the OAC Tournament, which is scheduled for Feb. 21-25 … In the teams' first meeting this season, ONU fell 89-71 at Mount Union on Dec. 10 … Northern is coming off Thursday's 79-62 home win over Wilmington, which was delayed by one day due to inclement weather … Senior C.J. Napier led ONU with 23 points and 10 rebounds for his 19th career double-double … Senior Adam Scott added 20 points, and senior Landen Long had 10 points … Freshman Will Miller finished with nine points and a career-high nine rebounds … Through 18 games this season, Napier is averaging a team-best 17.1 points per game, which ranks fifth in the OAC … Scott is averaging 10.6 points per game, and Long is averaging 10.5 points per game … Napier is averaging a team-high 7.1 rebounds per game, which ranks fifth in the OAC … Senior Michael Berner is second on the team in rebounding with 5.2 per game … Napier has 1,141 career points and is 27th on the program's all-time scoring list … Napier has 531 career rebounds and needs 14 more to move into ONU's top 20 career list in that category … Long has made a team-leading 22 3-pointers … Sophomore Ethan Bell has made 19 3-pointers and is shooting 41.3% from beyond the arc, which ranks sixth in the OAC … Bell leads the team with 44 assists, which ranks seventh in the OAC … Miller has a team-high 30 steals, which ranks fourth in the OAC … Berner leads the team with 20 blocks, which is tied for fifth in the OAC … Mount Union is ranked No. 3 nationally in this week's D3hoops.com poll … The Purple Raiders are coming off Wednesday's 74-72 loss at John Carroll, marking just their second defeat of the season … UMU's other loss was 82-70 at Heidelberg on Dec. 3 … Senior Collen Gurley and junior Christian Parker led UMU with 24 and 16 points, respectively, against JCU on Wednesday … In UMU's win over ONU earlier this season, Gurley led three players in double figures with 21 points … Through 18 games, Parker leads the team in scoring with 17.9 points per game followed by Gurley (14.2) and graduate student Darrell Newsom (10.5) … Parker ranks second in the OAC in scoring, and Gurley is seventh … Parker ranks third in the OAC with 7.4 rebounds per game … Parker leads the OAC in blocks (41) and ranks second in steals (32) … Newsom ranks third in the OAC in steals (31) … Gurley ranks fifth in the OAC in assists (51) … Gurley has made a team-best 39 3-pointers, which is tied for third in the OAC, on 34.8% shooting, and Newsom has made 37 triples, which is tied for fifth in the conference, on 50% shooting, which ranks second in the OAC … UMU leads the OAC in scoring at 82.1 points per game.

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Mount Union by a 61-47 margin, including a 35-18 mark in Ada … UMU has won eight straight meetings dating back to 2019 … In the teams' earlier matchup this season, UMU won 89-71 in Alliance on Dec. 10.

Head Coach Neal Young: Young is in his first season at ONU and has a 9-9 record ... He is 137-130 in 10 seasons overall after five seasons as head coach at Covenant (Ga.) and four seasons as head coach at Goshen (Ind.).