The Polar Bears have started well.  They have had 3 solid games, 4 if you include their exhibition with Toledo.  Nate Burger has played about as good as you can.  Congrats to him for being named OAC player of the week.  Along with Ryan Bruns, they are a terrific inside/outside combo.  Joey Diorio has also played well.  If they can get a couple of more players to step up, and develop a bench, they could be a good team.

They open at home tonight against Alma who is always a solid team

Go Bears!

I was hoping to see a ONU-JCU rematch.Now both teams will be watching the rest of the OAC  and NCAA tournaments from home.  Good luck to the rest of the OAC teams.

Polar Bears had a good year.  They played well but were disappointing down the stretch.  Just could not win the big game .They are set up nicely for next year.

Another good win for Ohio Northern tonight.  They are on a roll with 8 wins in a row.  Devon Allen, Ryan Bruns and Joey Diorio all looked good.  Nate Burger and Aron Tress were also in double figures.  They are playing great ball right now and I hope it continues.  There next two games are at home verse Muskingum and Heidelberg.  They need to make sure they do not overlook these two.  The final three games are going to be difficult.  At JCU, home verse Otterbein (one of their OAC losses this year) and then at Marietta.  It is going to be a fun final five games to watch.

Go Polar Bears!!!

Quote from: Dr. Acula on January 21, 2017, 06:22:45 PM
Mount dropped one 86-75 at ONU this afternoon.  They were up at the half 35-32, but ONU blistered the nets in the 2nd half (64%).  Both teams shot 40% in the first half and Mount dipped a touch down to 38% in the 2nd.  Not a recipe for success to shoot below 40% and the other guys are making almost 2/3 of theirs.  The 2nd half was not kind to Jackson (3-9) or Kukura (3-10).  Never easy to win in Ada.  On to JCU...   

Dr.  I agree on the tough second half for Mount.  They could not buy a bucket with many rimming out.  ONU was down early and came back to within 3 at half thanks to some great play from Nate Burger.  Second half Devon Allen Joey Diorio got hot and propelled ONU to a win.  ONU has won 5 in a row and looking like a contender in the OAC.

The up and down season for Ohio Northern cannot be explained.  The last four games ONU has looked miserable, and then yesterday they upset Marietta.  They were able to do so without their two starting big guys who are out with injury.  Aron Tress and Joey Diorio both had their best games of the season and Nate Burger, Devon Allen and Konner Baker all played well.  It should be an interesting rest of the season.

A huge must needed win for ONU.  Polar Bears come from behind to rally past John Carroll by 2.  Nate Burger continues to lead the team with 29 today.  Both teams played their hearts out in a tough game that either team could have won.  After JCU layup with 7 seconds left and a ONU time out, Burger came the length of the floor and hit Ryan Bruns with the game winning lay-in.  Konnor Baker added 20 for the Polar Bears.  He is having a great senior season.

The Polar Bears scored a sloppy win last night verse Wilmington.  ONU has looked much better the last two games with the scoring more evenly distributed.  Nate Burger continued to lead the team with a career high of 23 last night.  Wilmington did not shoot well and ONU rebounded well.

This Saturday's game at Mount Union is going to show if ONU can be included in the top half of the OAC.  The game also features a match-up of the leading and third leading scorers in DeAllen Jackson and Nate Burger.  Hopefully for all of us fans these two point guards play well and it is a good game.

Go Polar Bears!

Finely a win for the Polar Bears.  After two tough losses Ohio Northern puts two halves together to beat Defiance College by 42.  ONU was lead by Konner Baker and Nate Burger with 17 each.  The Burger kid has come on tough this season averaging 18 points a game. Great game all around with 5 players in double figures.

Congrats to Coach Bensman on his first win at ONU.

Polar Bears have a couple of days off before hosting Wisconsin Whitewater this weekend.

Tough loss last night for the Polar Bears.  Up by 11 at half and let it slip away.  Hats off to Alma.  They made several good adjustments at halftime.  Alma took the ball right at ONU's bigs in the second half that propelled a large difference in foul shots.  On defense they adjusted the spacing on their zone and ONU had no answer inside.

The Polar Bears played tough and were lead by Nate Burger with 18.

ONU opens tonight against a tough Alma team.  This will be an early test to see how ONU will be this year.  With every starter returning, ONU has a good shot at contending this year.  First year coach Rick Bensman is high on this team.  There are two players I am interested to see how they step up this year.  #22 Joey Diorio and #30 Nate Burger both expect to have expanded roles this year.  Both will come off the bench and if they raise their game to compliment the starting five, ONU will have a very good year.

GO POLAR BEARS

I am new here and instead of just reading this year I thought I would contribute.  I am an Ohio Northern Fan.  I think they may surprise a number of people this year.  They return everyone from last year and a new coach may breathe new life into the Polar Bears