Women's Basketball: Mount Union (14-11 Overall) at Ohio Northern (19-6 Overall) - OAC Tournament Quarterfinals

Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 7 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio  

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Tuesday's Preview: The Ohio Northern women's basketball team opens Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament play against No. 6-seeded Mount Union at 7 p.m. inside the ONU Sports Center … The No. 3-seeded Polar Bears — who boast a 19-6 overall record, which includes a 13-5 mark in conference action — are riding a four-game winning streak … Northern closed out the regular season with an authoritative 76-48 home victory over Muskingum … In that game, senior Emily Mescher poured in a team-high 18 points, on 9 of 10 shooting, to go alongside six rebounds and three assists … She paces the Polar Bears in 2019-20, averaging 11.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game … Fellow senior Abby Weeks adds 9.2 points per contest, while sophomore Lexi Jacobs and senior Jaclyn Yankle chip in 6.3 and 6.2 points per game, respectively … Freshman Brynn Serbin leads ONU, posting 2.1 assists per contest … The Polar Bears average 61.8 points per game, connecting on 39.7 percent of their field-goal attempts and 28.4 percent of their 3-pointers … Northern also gets it done defensively, holding foes to 55 points per contest, which is second best in the OAC … Mount Union enters Tuesday with a 14-11 overall record, which includes an 8-10 mark in conference action … The Purple Raiders — who have dropped their last two games — average 72.5 points per game, which is second-highest in the OAC … Mount Union hits 38.3 percent of its shots from the floor and 34 percent of its attempts from the beyond the 3-point arc … Junior Elena Rauhe Purple Raiders in scoring, pouring in an average of 15.3 points per game, which is third-best in the OAC ... Junior Sarah Hessel is third in the OAC in rebounding at 8.1 rpg and is fifth in the OAC with 26 blocked shots ... Freshman Anika Sweeney is third in the OAC with a 38.7 3-point shooting percentage (36-of-93).

Ohio Northern Probable Starters:

G - #13 Jaidyn Hale, So. (5.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.7 apg)
G - #15 Abby Weeks, Sr. (9.2 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.4 apg)
G - #20 Lexi Jacobs, So. (6.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.8 apg)
G - #22 Jaclyn Yankle, Sr. (6.2 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.0 spg)
F - #34 Emily Mescher, Sr. (11.5 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.2 apg)

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern owns a 44-35 all-time record versus Mount Union … The Polar Bears — who are 27-14 all-time against the Purple Raiders in Ada — have won 15 of the last 17 matchups … Northern claimed victories in both regular season meetings this season, winning 58-57 on Dec. 7 in Ada and 70-63 on Feb. 1 in Alliance.  

Head Coach Michele Durand: Durand is in her 19th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern women's basketball team … She's the all-time winningest coach in program history, laying claim to a 332-182 record, a .646 winning percentage.