Men's Basketball: #8 Marietta (13-1 Overall, 7-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (6-8 Overall, 2-5 OAC)

Saturday, January 18, 2020, 5 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Saturday's Preview: The Ohio Northern men's basketball team continues its 4-game home stand on Saturday against #8 Marietta in the second half of a women's/men's doubleheader … The Polar Bears won the first two games of the home stand, including an 81-74 victory over Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday ... Freshman Landen Long scored a career-high 24 points to lead four Polar Bears in double figures in scoring ... Junior Thomas Phillips (16), freshman C.J. Napier (15) and sophomore Brandon Waugh (11) also scored in double figures ... Thus far this season, Napier leads ONU in scoring (15.9 ppg - 6th in the OAC) and rebounding (6.4 rpg - 5th in the OAC) ... Long is second on the team and 13th in the league in scoring at 13.8 ppg and leads the team with 28 3-pointers ... His 87.5 (35-of-40) FT% is 3rd in the OAC ... Waugh is third on the team in scoring at 9.6 ppg ... Waugh leads the team with 43 assists and 26 steals and is 4th in rebounding at 4.4 rpg ... His 26 steals rank him 4th in the OAC ... Phillips is fourth on the team in scoring at 9.3 ppg ... Marietta enters Saturday's game ranked #8 in the latest D3hoops.com poll ... MC has won 5 straight games, including a 75-47 win at Capital on Wednesday ... Sophomore Mason Lydic led four Pioneers in double figures with 12 points ... Junior Jason Ellis leads the team and is second in the OAC in scoring at 20.4 ppg ... Sophomore Lukas Isaly is second in scoring at 13.0 ppg and junior Tim Kreeger is third at 11.7 ppg.

Ohio Northern Probable Starters:

G - #1 Brandon Waugh, So. (9.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 43 assists, 26 steals)
G - #12 Landen Long, Fr. (13.8 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 28 3FGs)
G - #5 Austin Allemeier, Sr. (8.1 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 33 assists)
F - #21 C.J. Napier, Fr. (15.9 ppg, 6.4 rpg)
F - #33 Thomas Phillips, Jr. (9.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg)

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 59-36 margin ... MC swept last year's games, winning 91-64 in Ada and 87-80 in Marietta ... ONU is 32-14 against MC in games played in Ada., including a 29-12 mark at the ONU Sports Center.

Head Coach Rich Bensman: Bensman is in his fourth season at ONU with a 48-45 record, a winning percentage of .516.