Men's Basketball: Ohio Northern (12-12 Overall, 7-10 OAC) at #9 Marietta (22-2 Overall, 15-2 OAC)

Saturday, Feb. 19, 2015 - 3 pm - Ban Johnson Fieldhouse, Marietta, Ohio

Saturday's Preview: Saturday is the final regular season game of the year for both teams ... ONU is tied with Heidelberg for 6th place in the OAC and has clinched a spot in the 8-team OAC Tournament ... ONU will be on the road in the Quarterfinals on Tuesday as either the #5, #6, #7 or #8 seed ... With a win over Marietta, ONU could finish as the #5 or #6 seed ... With a loss, ONU would be the #6, #7 or #8 seed, based on outcomes of the other OAC contests on Saturday ... Seeds 5-8 will play at Seeds 1-4 in the quarterfinals on Tuesday ... The semifinals are slated for Thursday and the finals are on Saturday at the highest seeded teams ... ONU is coming off an 84-76 victory over Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday ... Freshman Travis Feitshans scored a career-high 17 points and dished out a career-high seven assists to lead Ohio Northern ... The Polar Bears had five players in double figures in scoring, led by senior Jordan Martin with 19 points ... Senior Lucas Pennington had 13 points, a team-high eight rebounds and six assists, sophomore Konnor Baker added 13 points and senior Isaiah Roux chipped in 11 points for ONU ... Today's game is the second against MC in the double-round robin OAC regular season schedule ... ONU fell at home to MC 72-62 on Jan. 10 ... Roux scored a team-high 12 points in that contest ... Through 24 games this season, Baker leads the team in scoring at 11.1 ppg ... Senior Lucas Pennington is second at 11.0 ppg, Roux is third at 9.8 ppg and Martin is fourth at 7.3 ppg ... Sophomore Alex Radkiewicz leads the team in rebounding at 4.5 rpg and Pennington is second at 4.3 rpg ... Sophomore Joey Hurless leads the team and is 4th in the OAC with 83 assists ... Pennington is 145-of-164 from the FT line in his 103-game career and ranks 2nd on ONU's all-time list with an 88.4 FT pct. ... Roux ranks 17th all-time at ONU with 252 assists in 99 career games played ... Saturday's game will be the 100th game of Roux's career ... MC will clinch the OAC Regular Season title outright and will be the #1 seed in the OAC Tournament ... A MC loss and wins by Mount Union and/or John Carroll may cause the top seed to be determined by a coin flip by the OAC office.

Ohio Northern Probable Starters (2014-15 stats):

G - #2 Isaiah Roux, Sr. (9.8 ppg, 59 Assists)
G - #1 Joey Hurless, So. (6.3 ppg, 83 Assists)
G - #14 Konnor Baker, So. (11.1 ppg, 3.7 rpg)
F - #42 Alex Radkiewicz, So. (4.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg)
F - #32 Lucas Pennington, Sr. (11.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg)

Series Records: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 57-28 margin ... MC won the earlier meeting between the two schools 72-62 on Jan. 10 in Ada ... ONU is 26-16 in games played at Marietta.

ONU head coach Kevin Byrne: Byrne in his third season at ONU with a 41-36 record, a winning percentage of .532.