Men's Basketball: Muskingum (6-16 Overall, 3-12 OAC) at Ohio Northern (10-12 Overall, 5-10 OAC)
Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015 - 3 pm - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Saturday's game is the penultimate home game of the year this season for Ohio Northern ... It is also Senior Day and the day of the annual Alumni Game prior to the varsity contest ... ONU will honor its three seniors Jordan Martin, Lucas Pennington and Isaiah Roux ... Martin has scored 547 points in 91 career games with 19 starts at guard ... Pennington has scored 881 points in 101 career games and is a three-year starter at forward ... He is 139-of-157 from the FT line in his career and ranks 2nd on ONU's all-time list with an 88.5 FT pct. ... Roux has scored 694 points in 98 career games played and is a two-year starter at point guard ... He ranks 17th all-time at ONU with 250 assists ... Today's game is the second against Muskingum in the double-round robin OAC regular season schedule ... ONU fell at MU 77-65 on Dec. 20 ... Pennington scored a career-high 28 points in that contest ... ONU would clinch a spot in the 8-team OAC Tournament with a win today ... Through 22 games this season, Pennington leads the team in scoring at 11.2 ppg ... Sophomore Konnor Baker is second at 11.0 ppg, Roux is third at 9.6 ppg and Martin is fourth at 6.9 ppg ... Sophomore Alex Radkiewicz leads the team in rebounding at 4.5 rpg, while Pennington is second at 4.2 rpg ... Sophomore Joey Hurless leads the team and is 4th in the OAC with 75 assists ... MU enters today's game after dropping a contest at Capital 95-74 on Wednesday ... Junior Christian Keller led MU in the loss with 21 points ... Senior Logan Kimble leads the team in scoring and is second in the OAC with 14.2 ppg and is third on the team with 4.9 rpg ... He also leads the OAC with 45 steals ... Sophomore Joshua Glass is second in scoring at 11.7 ppg ... Sophomore Joshua Keyes leads the team and is second in the OAC with 37 blocks on the season.
Ohio Northern Probable Starters (2014-15 stats):
G - #2 Isaiah Roux, Sr. (9.6 ppg, 57 Assists)
G - #1 Joey Hurless, So. (6.7 ppg, 75 Assists)
G - #14 Konnor Baker, So. (11.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg)
F - #42 Alex Radkiewicz, So. (4.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg)
F - #32 Lucas Pennington, Sr. (11.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg)
Series Records: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 61-47 margin ... MU snapped a 7-game losing streak in the series with a 77-65 win in New Concord on Dec. 20 ... ONU is 35-16 at home against MU, including a 29-11 mark at the ONU Sports Center.
ONU head coach Kevin Byrne: Byrne in his third season at ONU with a 39-36 record, a winning percentage of .520.