Women's Basketball: #23 Ohio Northern (8-2 Overall, 4-0 OAC) at Ohio Wesleyan (1-9 Overall, 0-3 NCAC)

December 31, 2015

Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016 - 3 pm, Branch Rickey Arena, Delaware, Ohio

Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters today's contest winners of six straight ... The Polar Bears defeated Case Western Reserve Wednesday evening at the ONU Sports Center 72-51 to move to 8-2 overall on the season ... Northern was led in the contest by senior Karissa Steffas with a game-high 14 points ... Seniors Brooke Espenschied and Precious Ramsey both added 13 points in the contest ... Ramsey also recorded a team-high eight rebounds in the win ... ONU is led this season by sophomore Amy Bullimore who is averaging 11.7 ppg ... Junior Britt Lauck is second on the team averaging 11.4 ppg, followed by senior Carly Thomas averaging 9.9 ppg ... Ohio Wesleyan enters the contest 1-9 overall after going 1-1 in the Bishop Classic/Hoops for Hope ... The Battling Bishops are led this season by LaNiece McRae averaging a team-high 11.3 ppg ... Taylor Dickson is second on the team averaging 11.2 ppg.

Ohio Northern Probable Starters (2015-16 stats):

G - #22 Carly Thomas, Sr. (9.9 ppg, 1.3 spg)
G - #25 Brooke Espenschied, Sr. (7.6 ppg, 5.4 rpg)
G - #10 Britt Lauck, Jr. (11.4 ppg, 4.6 apg)
F - #24 Karissa Steffas, Sr. (7.4 ppg, 8.3 rpg)
F - #44 Amy Bullimore, So. (11.7 ppg, 6.6 rpg)

ONU Statistical Leaders

	Scoring			Rebounding			3FGs			Assists			Steals
1.	Bullimore	11.7	1.	Steffas	8.3	1.	Lauck	12	1.	Lauck	46	1.	Espenschied	15
2.	Lauck	11.4	2.	Bullimore	6.6		Cramer	12	2.	Espenschied	24		Steffas	14
3.	Thomas	9.9	3.	Espenschied	5.4	3.	Thomas	8	3.	Thomas	17	3.	Thomas	12
													Dirksen	12

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series by a 14-9 margin ... The Battling Bishops defeated ONU last season by a score of 75-73 ... The Polar Bears are 7-2 when playing in Delaware.

ONU head coach Michele Durand: Durand is in her 15th season at ONU with a 230-154 record, a winning percentage of .599.