2/1/2023
WESTERVILLLE, Ohio – Behind a season-high 25 points from senior Dallas Patrick, the Otterbein men’s basketball team exacted sweet revenge Wednesday night against Ohio Northern after a tough overtime loss against the Polar Bears just a few weeks back…
The Cardinals, shooting a blistering 60% for the night as a whole, scored 40 points in the second half to pull away and best ONU by a 75-58 final margin. Otterbein gets to a 13-7 overall record this season in the process.
HOW IT PLAYED OUT:
- Both sides traded buckets in a first half that featured ties at 8, 11, 13, 16 and 20 before a nice run pushed Otterbein ahead by double digits… 33-23.
- ONU stopped the home side momentum briefly and managed to enter the locker room for halftime down 35-27.
- The Polar Bears opened the second half strong to force deadlocks at 37 and 39… but Otterbein took control for good in the moments thereafter…
- Otterbein, leading just 44-42, caught fire behind Patrick and proceeded to rip off a 15-2 run within five minutes of that one-possession battle.
- The Cardinals never led that margin dip back into single digits the remainder of the night, ballooning the gap to as many as 19 down the stretch.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- Patrick shot a very efficient 10 of 13 from the field, displaying his best DeMar DeRozan impression by dominating the mid-range game with multiple turnaround/fallaway jumpers. He did all of that damage in just 26 minutes.
- Julian Heckman added 14 points for his seventh-straight game in double figures.
- Otterbein shot 16 of 24 after intermission and needed to make just five free throws collectively to hit the 75 team points.
- A rather clean game featured just 13 combined turnovers between the sides.
- Landen Long (15) led three Ohio Northern players in double figures.
UP NEXT:
- Otterbein stays at home to close the weekend, hosting a rematch with Baldwin Wallace come Saturday afternoon in the Rike Center as part of Senior Day.
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