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Five score in double figures as men's basketball defeats Wilmington 79-75 on senior night

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Thursday, February 14, 2013

By Andrew Korba

Junior Branden Rushton scored 19 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to a 79-75 victory over Wilmington on Wednesday evening at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears now stand at 12-12 on the season and 8-9 in the OAC, while the Quakers fall to 12-11, 9-8.

The win also ensures Northern will  host a home game in the OAC Tournament. ONU can finish as high as the No. 3 seed with a win at Capital on Saturday.

Rushton shot 8-of-12 from the field and also tied his career high with seven rebounds.

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Snyder joins 1,000 point club in no. 4 women's basketball 63-48 victory over Wilmington

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Thursday, February 14, 2013

By Andrew Korba

Senior Joanna Snyderbecame the 11th member of the 1,000 point club, as the No. 4 Ohio Northern women's basketball team topped Wilmington by a 63-48 scored on Wednesday evening at Fred Raizk Arena.

The Polar Bears are now 23-1 on the season and a perfect 17-0 in OAC play. The Quakers fall to 14-10, 10-7.

ONU has now won a school record 22 games in a row. The 23 wins on the year is also tied for the most in program history.

Snyder sunk a free throw with 6:38 remaining for her 1,000th career point. She finished with nine points on the evening and now has 1,001 for her career.

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State honor for Willeke

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Taylor Willeke, Ada High School girls' basketball standout, won JJHuddle Player of the Week  in Ohio and was presented a trophy by the Ohio National Guard on Feb. 6.

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Taylor Willeke named JJ Huddle Ohio girls' player of the week; joins Ada HS 1,000-point club

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Ada High School’s Taylor Willeke was named the girls' basketball JJHuddle Player of the Week for Week 9 in Ohio and was presented a trophy by the Ohio National Guard on Wednesday, Feb. 6.

One week earlier Willeke joined the Ada HS girls 1,000-point club. She managed that feat in a 22-point effort against Waynesfield. She is only the seventh Ada girls’ basketball player to score over 1,000 points in a career. Ada won the game 57-56.

Ada sports fans will see lots more of Willeke. She says that she plans to attend Ohio Northern University and play basketball and study pharmacy.

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Women's indoor track & field ranked No. 18 in USTFCCCA Division III computer rankings

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, February 13, 2013

By Andrew Korba

The Ohio Northern women's indoor track & field team is ranked No. 18 in the fourth weekly USTFCCCA computer rankings.

The Polar Bears received 40.62 points.

Wisconsin-Oshkosh claimed the top spot with 177.09 points, Wartburg (Iowa) is second with 162.09 points and Illinois Wesleyan is third with 88.01 points.

Northern has a record of 22-7 on the season and finished 7th of 18 teams at the All-Ohio Championships on Saturday.

The Polar Bears will be in action again on Saturday at the Meindel Last Call Meet at Capital.

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Community Economic Development Center at ONU to present entrepreneur workshop on pricing products

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, February 13, 2013

The Community Economic Development Center (CEDC) at Ohio Northern University continues its entrepreneurship workshop series in the Dicke Forum on Tuesday, Feb. 26.

The workshop will be preceded by a networking event at 5:30 p.m. The workshop will follow the networking event and conclude at 7 p.m.

The topic of the workshop will be “Pricing Your Product” with Daniel Fox. This event is free and open to the public.

Fox is a licensed practicing attorney and a certified public accountant. He currently serves as an assistant professor of law and chair of the marketing/hospitality management department at the Dauch College of Business and Economics.

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