Women's Basketball: Oho Northern (0-0 overall) v St. Vincent (Pa.) (1-0 overall)

Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 - 1 pm, Louis Alexander Palestra, Rochester, N.Y.

Friday's Preview: Today's game is the season opener for Ohio Northern and is the first game of the Rochester (N.Y.) Tournament ... ONU and St. Vincent (Pa.) will tip-off at 1 pm, followed by the host institution Rochester (N.Y.) and Stevenson University (Md.) at 6 pm ... The consolation game will be Saturday at 1 pm and the Championship game will follow at 6 pm ... The Polar Bears have won 11 straight season openers dating back to the 2004-2005 season ... Northern was led last season by senior Carly Thomas averaging 9.2 ppg, shooting 36.7 percent from three ... Senior Karissa Steffas was second on the team, averaging 8.1 ppg, pulling down 5.7 rebounds per contest ... Sophomore Amy Bullimore returns as the top rebounder for the Polar Bears, averaging 5.9 rebounds per game ...St. Vincent enters 1-0 overall after claiming its season opener against Allegheny 84-62 ... The Bearcats were led in the contest by Susie Ellis with a game-high 30 points ... Hannah Carroll chipped in 14 for St. Vincent ... The winner of this match-up will go on to play the winner of Rochester and Stevenson in the Championship game ... Rochester enters the tournament 1-0 after defeating Williams Smith College in its season opener 80-62 ... Stevenson enters the tournament 0-0 overall after its season opener was postponed.

Ohio Northern Probable Starters (2014-15 stats):

G - #22 Carly Thomas, Sr. (9.2 ppg, 2.3 rpg)
G - #25 Brooke Espenschied, Sr. (5.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg)
G - #14 Angela Tesny, Jr. (4.1 ppg, 1.8 apg)
F - #24 Karissa Steffas, Sr. (8.1 ppg, 5.7 rpg)
F - #44 Amy Bullimore, So. (8.0 ppg, 5.9 rpg)

Series Records: Ohio Northern faces off with St. Vincent for the first time in program history.

ONU head coach Michele Durand: Durand is in her 15th season at ONU with a 222-152 record, a winning percentage of .594