Women’s Basketball: Wilmington (5-2 Overall, 0-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (5-1 Overall, 1-0 OAC)
Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 7 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday when they host Wilmington at the ONU Sports Center … ONU's 5-1 start is its best through six games since posting a 6-0 start in the 2019-20 season … Northern received 26 points and is listed as the second team in the "Others receiving votes" category in the Week 2 D3hoops.com poll that was released on Monday, putting the Polar Bears at No. 27 in the poll … ONU is coming off Saturday's 54-43 home win over Marietta … Junior Kristen Luersman recorded her third career double-double in the game, posting 16 points and 11 rebounds to go with three assists … Senior Brynn Serbin added 14 points, nine rebounds, five assists and two steals … Freshman Mackenzie Suprano made a trio of 3-pointers and scored a career-high 11 points to go with five rebounds, three assists and two steals … Through six games, Serbin (13.2 points per game), Luersman (10.7) and sophomore Brooke Allen (10.0) are averaging double figures in scoring … Serbin ranks sixth in the OAC in scoring average … Luersman leads the OAC in rebounding average with 9.3 per game … Serbin ranks second in the OAC with 28 assists and is tied for sixth in the conference with 14 steals on the season … Suprano has made a team-best six 3-pointers and ranks third in the OAC in shooting 54.5% from beyond the arc … Serbin ranks seventh all-time at ONU with 156 career steals … Serbin has 189 career assists, which ranks 15th all-time at ONU … The Polar Bears are holding opponents to 51.2 points per game on 30.8% shooting, including 25.2% from beyond the arc … Northern leads the OAC in points per game allowed and field goal percentage defense … Wilmington is 5-2 overall, with its only losses coming to No. 3 Transylvania (Ky.) and No. 8 Baldwin Wallace … The Quakers are coming off Saturday's 67-58 loss at Baldwin Wallace … Junior Brooke Stover led WC with 14 points … Through seven games, senior Kennedy Lewis (12.6 points per game), freshman Marisa Seiler (7.9) and senior Zahrya Bailey (7.7) lead WC in scoring … Lewis ranks 10th in the OAC in scoring average and is tied for fifth in the conference with 23 assists … Seiler is averaging a team-best 5.6 rebounds per game … Bailey and senior Cassidy Lovett lead the team with 14 steals, which is tied for sixth in the OAC.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Steals | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Serbin | 13.2 | 1. | Luersman | 9.3 | 1. | Serbin | 10 | 1. | Serbin | 28 | 1. | Serbin | 14 | ||||
| 2. | Luersman | 10.7 | 2. | Serbin | 7.0 | 2. | Suprano | 6 | 2. | Luersman | 10 | 2. | Luersman | 10 | ||||
| 3. | Allen | 10.0 | 3. | Dean | 4.0 | 3. | Knippen | 4 | 3. | Dials | 8 | 3. | 3 tied | 5 | ||||
| Dials | 4.0 | Luersman | 4 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Wilmington by a 35-23 margin, including a 20-11 mark in Ada … ONU has won 18 of the past 20 meetings dating back to 2014 … ONU won both meetings between the teams last season, 59-41 in Ada and 55-49 in Wilmington.
Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his third season at ONU and has an overall record of 29-17, a winning percentage of .630.
