Men's Basketball Preview: Ohio Northern (10-8 Overall, 6-5 OAC) at Marietta (14-4 Overall, 9-2 OAC)
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 - 3 pm, Ban Johnson Arena, Marietta, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Today's game is the second of two scheduled against Marietta ... ONU posted a 78-73 win over then #19 Marietta on Jan. 8 in Ada ... Junior Lucas Pennington led four ONU players in double figures with 17 points that day ... ONU is coming off an 89-77 win at Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday ... Senior Branden Rushton scored a game-high 24, senior Dominique Royal added 14 points and six rebounds, while junior Isaiah Roux scored 13 points ... ONU is currently in a tie for fourth place in the 10-team OAC with Capital with a 6-5 mark ... Through 18 games this season, Rushton leads ONU and is sixth in the OAC in scoring at 16.1 ppg ... Royal is second on the team at 12.2 ppg and Pennington is third at 10.4 ... Senior Jared Horstman is averaging 8.6 ppg and leads the team in rebounding at 5.1 rpg and Roux leads the squad and is fourth in the OAC in assists with 72 ... Rushton currently ranks 12th all-time at ONU with 1,368 career points ... Marietta is coming off a 104-68 win over Otterbein on Wednesday ... MC forced 25 OU turnovers and made 12 3-pointers in the win ... Brennan McKean led the Pioneers in scoring with 19 points in the game ... Andy Dollman leads MC in scoring at 12.9 ppg and RaNeal Ewing is second at 11.8 ppg.
Ohio Northern Probable Starters (2013-14 stats):
G - #2 Isaiah Roux, Jr. (7.9 ppg, 72 assists)
G - #14 Branden Rushton, Sr. (16.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg)
F - #30 Jared Horstman, Sr. (8.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg)
F - #10 Dominique Royal, Sr. (12.2 ppg, 4.9 rpg)
F - #32 Lucas Pennington, Jr. (10.4 ppg, 4.1 rpg)
Series Records: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 59-36 margin ... BW is 27-20 in games played in Berea, but ONU won last year's meeting there 60-59.
ONU head coach Kevin Byrne: Byrne in his second season at ONU and with a 23-22 record, a winning percentage of .511.