Women’s Basketball: #7 Baldwin Wallace (13-0 Overall, 6-0 OAC) at #18 Ohio Northern (12-1 Overall, 6-0 OAC)

Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 7 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Wednesday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday with a matchup of nationally ranked teams as they host No. 7 Baldwin Wallace … Both teams are tied atop the OAC standings with 6-0 records, meaning the winner of this game will have the outright conference lead … This marks ONU's first home game since Dec. 17 and is the start of a three-game homestand … Northern received 214 points and is ranked No. 18 in the latest D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll … ONU received 37 points and is ranked No. 22 in this week's WBCA Top 25 Poll … The Polar Bears are riding a nine-game win streak and are coming off Saturday's 68-59 victory at John Carroll … Junior Kristen Luersman (18 points, 12 rebounds) and sophomore Brooke Allen (18 points, 11 rebounds) both tallied a double-double for ONU … Luersman has recorded a double-double in three straight games and has five this season … Allen matched her career-high point total and set a new career-high with her rebound total in what was her first career double-double … Senior Brynn Serbin tallied 17 points, seven rebounds, six assists and four steals, and freshman Mackenzie Suprano added 10 points … Through 13 games, Serbin (13.8 points per game), Allen (11.5) and Luersman (11.2) lead ONU in scoring … Serbin ranks second in the OAC in scoring average, Allen is eighth, and Luersman is 10th … Luersman leads the OAC in rebounding average with 9.2 per game and is tied for eighth in the conference with 10 blocks … Serbin has an OAC-high 59 assists and 38 steals … Serbin has made a team-best 24 3-pointers, which ranks third in the OAC, and is shooting 32.9% from beyond the arc … Serbin ranks third all-time at ONU with 180 career steals … Serbin has 220 career assists, which ranks seventh all-time at ONU … The Polar Bears are holding opponents to 51.6 points per game on 31.5% shooting, including 26.3% from beyond the arc … Northern leads the OAC in points per game allowed and field goal percentage defense … Baldwin Wallace is unbeaten on the season and is ranked No. 7 in both the D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll and the WBCA Top 25 Poll … BW won the OAC Tournament championship and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament last season … The Yellow Jackets are averaging an OAC-best 67.1 points per game and rank second in the conference in allowing 51.8 points per game … BW is coming off Saturday's 65-43 win at Muskingum … Sophomore Caely Ressler led BW with 17 points and nine rebounds, and sophomore Bella Vaillant added 13 points … Ressler is the reigning OAC Player of the Week … Through 13 games, Vaillant leads the Yellow Jackets with 10.8 points per game followed by sophomore Emily Irwin (10.6) and Ressler (9.4) … Vaillant ranks fifth in the OAC with 6.9 rebounds per game, and Ressler is sixth with 6.6 … Junior Carolyn Wochele ranks sixth in the OAC with 35 assists … Irwin ranks ninth in the OAC with 21 steals … Graduate student Megan Hensel has made 22 3-pointers, which is tied for fourth in the OAC, and is shooting 40.7% from beyond the arc, which ranks fifth in the conference.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Baldwin Wallace leads the all-time series with Ohio Northern by a 45-39 margin, including an 18-24 mark in Ada … BW has won five of the past six meetings … BW won both meetings last season, 58-41 at home and 64-58 in overtime in Ada.

Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his third season at ONU and has an overall record of 36-17, a winning percentage of .679.