Men's Basketball: Ohio Northern (5-0 Overall, 1-0 OAC) at Mount Union (2-2 Overall, 1-0 OAC)

Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 - 4 pm - McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex, Alliance, Ohio

Saturday's Preview: Saturday's game is the first Ohio Athletic Conference road contest for the Polar Bears this season ... The game was moved back to 4 pm from its original 3 pm start due to the Mt Union-John Carroll football playoff game, which is slated for Noon at Mt Union ... Northern is looking for its first 6-0 start since the 2006-07 squad went 6-0 to start its campaign ... The Polar Bears have won 11 of their last 12 games, dating to an 88-74 win over Otterbein on Feb. 6, 2014 ... ONU opened up its OAC schedule with a 78-67 victory over Otterbein on Wednesday at the ONU Sports Center ... Senior Lucas Pennington nailed five 3-pointers and scored 19 points to lead Ohio Northern ... Sophomore Konnor Baker added 17 points and five rebounds for the Polar Bears, while sophomore Alex Radkiewicz added 14 points and five boards ... Through 5 games this season, Baker leads the team and is second in the OAC in scoring with an average of 16.0 ppg ... Senior Isaiah Roux is second in scoring at 11.6 ppg and Pennington is third at 10.0 ppg ... Radkiewicz leads the team in rebounding at 4.8 rpg and Baker is second at 4.4 rpg ... Roux leads the team and is sixth in the OAC with 16 assists ... MtU bounced back from a two game losing streak with an 87-75 win over Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday ... Senior Nate Jacubec led the way with a season-high 27 points ... Jacubec is now 27 points away from being the 27th Mount Union player to reach 1,000 points in their career ... Sophomore DeAllen Jackson leads the team with a 14.0 ppg average ... Jacubec is second at 12.5 ppg while J.J. Kukura and Cody Dillon average 11.5 and 10.5 points per game, respectively.

Ohio Northern Probable Starters (2014-15 stats):

G - #2 Isaiah Roux, Sr. (11.6 ppg, 16 Assists)
G - #12 Jordan Martin, Sr. (4.2 ppg, 7 steals)
G - #20 Devon Allen, So. (6.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg)
F - #42 Alex Radkiewicz, So. (7.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg)
F - #32 Lucas Pennington, Sr. (10.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg)

Series Records: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 58-33 margin ... The two teams have split the last four meetings with ONU winning the last game 90-85 at Alliance ... ONU is 33-13 at home against MtU, including a 31-11 mark in the ONU Sports Center.

ONU head coach Kevin Byrne: Byrne in his third season at ONU with a 34-24 record, a winning percentage of .586.