Here's the skinny on the ONU matchup for the women's basketball tournament game 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the ONU Sports Center:
Women's Basketball: 2017 Div. III NCAA Tournament: 1st Round - Lakeland (Wis.) (20-7 Overall) at No. 5 Ohio Northern (27-0 Overall)
Friday's Contest: No. 5-ranked Ohio Northern makes its fourth NCAA Div. III Tournament appearance in the last five years on Friday evening as it hosts the first and second rounds of the tournament and takes on Northern Athletic Collegiate Conference champion, Lakeland (Wis.) ...
Northern is making its ninth NCAA Tournament appearance in school history, with the most recent coming in 2015-16 ... The Polar Bears are currently riding the longest winning streak in school history and completed the first undefeated regular season in school history in 2017 ... Senior Britt Lauck was recently named OAC Player of the Year and named First Team All-OAC for the second consecutive season ...
Junior Amy Bullimore was also named First Team All-OAC ... Lauck is averaging a team-best 14.6 ppg and has team-bests in assists (97) and steals (35) ... The senior currently ranks 15th all-time at ONU with 962 career points ... Her .884 FT% is currently a single-season record at Northern ... She also ranks third all-time at ONU with 246 assists ... Bullimore leads the team defensively with 8.1 rebounds per game and 43 blocks ... She ranks 11th all-time at ONU with 584 rebounds and third all-time with 116 blocks ... Her .537 career FG% ranks second all-time at ONU ... Bullimore also averages double-figures for Northern with 13.2 ppg ...
Junior Courtney Cramer earned OAC Tournament MVP honors after she capped the championship victory off with a career-high 18 points and pulled down six rebounds for the Polar Bears ...Sophomore Jenna Dirksen ranks third on the team with 10.2 points per contest ...
Lakeland (Wis.) enters the contest riding a 7-game winning streak ... The Muskies received an automatic bid to the tournament after defeating Concordia (Wis.) 64-60 in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament championship game ...
The Muskies will make their first appearance in the NCAA III Tournament in the last seven years, and are making their seventh appearance in the tournament in school history ...
Senior Bailey Grayvold currently ranks first on the team with 16.5 ppg ... The senior also leads the team with 54 3-point field goals made ... Junior Rachel Stankevich ranks second on the team with 12.9 ppg and currently leads the team with 69 steals and averages a team-best 7.1 rebounds per contest ...
Junior Maddy Doll ranks third on the team with 5.0 rebounds per game and leads the team with 55 blocks ... Senior point guard Kayla Clark leads the team with 110 assists and ranks second on the team with 43 three point field goals.
Ohio Northern Probable Starters:
G - #10 Britt Lauck, Sr. (14.6 ppg, 97 assists)
G - #20 Courtney Cramer, Jr. (6.9 ppg, 36 3-point FG)
G - #31 Jenna Dirksen, So. (10.2 ppg, 34 steals)
F - #30 Amauria Campbell, Sr. (3.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg)
F - #44 Amy Bullimore, Jr. (13.2 ppg, 8.1 rpg)
