Friday, January 22, 2021, 7 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Saturday, January 23, 2021, 6 p.m. - Raizk Arena, Wilmington, Ohio
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This Weekend's Preview: The Polar Bears will open their 2021 season with a home-and-home series with Wilmington this weekend ... The teams will open their seasons on Friday night at 7 pm at Ohio Northern and will wrap up the series with a 6 pm contest at Wilmington on Saturday ... Tonight's contest will serve as the program's annual Senior Night ... Prior tonight's game, Ohio Northern will honor its two senior student-athletes, Emily Brock and Sydney Ward ... First-year head coach Mark Huelsman welcomes back 11 letterwinners back from last year's squad that went 20-7 overall and was third in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 13-5 league mark ... Ohio Northern has won 20 or more games in eight of the past nine seasons ... Sophomore Brynn Serbin was named the OAC Freshman of the Year in 2020 and junior Lexi Jacobs started all 27 games for the Polar Bears last season to lead the long list of returners ... ONU has won two straight and 15 of its last 16 season openers, including a 59-49 win at Anderson (Ind.) last season ... Northern has also won nine straight home openers, topping Mount Union 58-57 a year ago ... Huelsman is the first new women's basketball coach at ONU since 2001 when current assistant director of athletics Michele Durand took over the program ... Durand is the winningest coach in ONU history with a record of 333-185 in 19 years at the helm ... Interestingly, both Huelsman and WC's first-year head coach Janel Blankenspoor, were assistant coaches under coach Jerry Scheve at Wilmington ... The Quakers return their top three scorers from last year's squad that finished 11-15 overall and was 7-11 in OAC play ... Senior McKayla Binkley led the OAC in scoring at 18.3 ppg and led the team in rebounding at 7.5 rpg leads the list of returners ... Twin sister Hannah Binkley (10.3 ppg) and junior Kennedy Lewis (11.7 ppg) also averaged double figures in scoring ... First-year head coach Janel Blakenspoor also welcomes back seniors Brooke Davis, Ellen Nilback and Michelle Lee.
ONU Returning Statistical Leaders (2019-20 Stats):
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Scoring |
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Rebounding |
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3FGs |
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Assists |
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Steals |
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Jacobs |
6.1 |
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1. |
Ward |
4.6 |
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1. |
Serbin |
34 |
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1. |
Serbin |
55 |
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1. |
Serbin |
49 |
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Serbin |
5.8 |
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2. |
Hale |
3.2 |
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2. |
Brock |
25 |
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2. |
Jacobs |
46 |
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2. |
Jacobs |
22 |
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Ward |
5.5 |
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3. |
Serbin |
3.1 |
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3. |
Hale |
21 |
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3. |
Hale |
45 |
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3. |
Hale |
20 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 32-22 margin ... ONU is 19-10 at home and is 11-12 at Wilmington ... ONU has won 15 straight in the series, including 85-76 and 72-64 victories last season.
Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his first season at ONU with an 0-0 record.
