Women’s Basketball: #13 Ohio Northern (18-2 Overall, 12-1 OAC) at Capital (12-8 Overall, 6-7 OAC)

Saturday, February 4, 2023, 2 p.m. - Capital Center Performance Arena, Columbus, Ohio

Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday at Capital for the Comets' #Play4Kay Game in which they will be wearing pink uniforms and raising awareness and money for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund … With five games remaining, Northern leads the OAC standings by one game over No. 14 Baldwin Wallace and has clinched a spot in the six-team OAC Tournament for the 28th straight season … The 2023 OAC Tournament is scheduled for Feb. 21-25 … In the teams' first meeting this season, on Dec. 17, ONU came away with a 57-41 home win over Capital led by 12 points from sophomore Layla Dials and 10 from sophomore Brooke Allen … Northern is ranked No. 13 in the D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll and the WBCA Top 25 Poll this week … ONU is coming off Wednesday's 65-54 home win over Otterbein led by 19 points from senior Brynn Serbin, 18 from Allen and 11 from sophomore Abi Akamine … Through 20 games, Serbin (14.0 points per game), Allen (11.5) and junior Kristen Luersman (10.7) lead ONU in scoring … Serbin ranks second in the OAC in scoring average, and Allen is tied for seventh … Luersman ranks second in the OAC in rebounding average with 8.4 per game and is tied for eighth in the conference with 16 blocks … Serbin has an OAC-high 93 assists and 56 steals … Serbin's 93 assists rank fourth-best all-time at ONU for a single season … Serbin has made a team-best 38 3-pointers, which ranks second in the OAC, and is shooting 35.8% from beyond the arc, which ranks seventh in the OAC … Serbin ranks second all-time at ONU with 198 career steals and is 11 shy of tying the program record of 209 set by Katie Mengos ('10-'13) … Serbin has 254 career assists, which ranks fourth all-time at ONU … Serbin ranks sixth all-time at ONU in 3-pointers made (111) … Northern leads the OAC in points per game (65.1), field goal percentage (42.1%), points per game allowed (51.8) and field goal percentage defense (32.6%) … Capital is coming off Wednesday's 59-50 home loss to Wilmington … Freshman Samaree Perkins led CU with 13 points to go with 12 from sophomore Bri O'Connor and 10 from senior Demi Brewer … Capital is currently tied for sixth in the OAC standings … In their loss at ONU earlier this season, the Comets shot 20.8% from the floor, scored a season-low 41 points and were led in scoring by sophomore Laney Murphy with eight points … Through 20 games, O'Connor is averaging an OAC-leading 16.8 points per game and has a team-best 60 assists and 45 steals, which rank third and second, respectively, in the OAC … O'Connor is a three-time OAC Player of the Week honoree this season … Murphy ranks second on the team in scoring with 12.7 points per game, and Perkins is third with 11.5 points per game, which rank fifth and tied for seventh, respectively, in the OAC … Perkins ranks third in the OAC with 7.4 rebounds per game … Sophomore Maddi Weiland leads the OAC with 41 blocks … Murphy has made an OAC-high 51 3-pointers and is shooting 34.8% from beyond the arc, which ranks eighth in the OAC … CU ranks third in the conference in points per game allowed (55.2) and second in field goal percentage defense (33.6%).

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All-Time Series: Capital leads the all-time series with Ohio Northern by a 58-39 margin, including a 38-12 mark in Columbus … ONU has won three straight meetings, but CU has won six of the past 10 … In the teams' meeting earlier this season, ONU came away with a 57-41 win in Ada on Dec. 17.

Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his third season at ONU and has an overall record of 42-18, a winning percentage of .700.