Landen Long scores 15, but Men's Basketball falls at Otterbein 75-58
By Tim Glon
WESTERVILLE — Senior Landen Long (Mason) scored a season-high 15 points, leading the Ohio Northern basketball team in a 75-58 loss at Otterbein on Wednesday night at the Rike Center.
The Polar Bears fall to 9-11 overall and are 5-8 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Cardinals improve to 12-7, 7-6.
Seniors C.J. Napier (Miamisburg/Bishop Fenwick) and senior Adam Scott (Wapakoneta) added 13 points each for ONU.
Napier finished just one rebound shy of his 20th career double-double for the second consecutive game, adding a game-high nine rebounds to his scoring total.
Dallas Patrick led OU with a game-high 25 points.
Sophomore Ethan Bell (Marion/River Valley) nailed a 3-pointer with 6:06 left in the first half to give Ohio Northern a 23-22 lead.
The hosts answered with a 11-0 run to go on top 33-23 with 3:41 left in the half.
Northern opened the second half on a 9-2 run, keyed by five points from Long, as the Polar Bears tied the score at 37-all.
Scott made a free throw at the 13:00 mark make it 44-42 in favor of the hosts.
The Cardinals went on a 23-6 run over the next 8:47 to grab a 67-48 advantage with 4:13 to play.
Ohio Northern made 19-of-60 field goal attempts for 31.7 percent and was 7-of-20 from 3-point range for 35.0 percent, while Otterbein was 31-of-52 from the floor for a blistering for 59.6 percent and was 8-of-15 from beyond the arc for 53.3 percent.
ONU was 13-of-16 from the free-throw line for 81.3 percent, and OU was 5-of-10 for 50.0 percent.
Otterbein won the rebounding battle 30-27.
The Polar Bears return to action on Saturday with a key OAC contest at Capital.