Ohio Northern storms back from 20-point deficit in final 3:30 to down Heidelberg 86-82 in overtime behind Miller's first career double-double

Game Leaders

Heidelberg
Pts: Trey Killens - 23
Reb: Jarveil Gainey - 11
Ast: 2 Players (#02, #03 - 4)
Ohio Northern
Pts: Will Miller - 27
Reb: Will Miller - 11
Ast: Mason Studer - 5

Team Stats

Heidelberg
Ohio Northern

Field Goals

(27-60)
(32-81)

Field Goal %

45.0%
39.5%

Rebounds

42
43

Assists

11
18

Turnovers

18
13

Pts off Turnovers

12
19

2nd Chance Pts

11
21

Pts in the Paint

40
36

Fastbreak Pts

26
10

Bench Pts

16
20
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Jan 07, 2026
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's basketball team stormed back from a 67-47 deficit in the final 3:30 of the game to post an 86-82 overtime victory over Heidelberg on Wednesday evening. 
  • Records: Ohio Northern (7-6 Overall, 2-2 OAC), Heidelberg (7-6 Overall, 1-3 OAC).
  • Venue: ONU Sports Center — Ada, Ohio.

The Game

  • Senior Will Miller (Ottoville) led the Polar Bears with his first career double-double, posting a season-high 27 points and a career-high 11 boards. 
  • Sophomore Aiden Harris (Pandora Gilboa) added 15 points and grabbed 8 boards
  • Senior Mason Studer (Colonel Crawford/Gallion) added 10 points and grabbed 7 boards
  • Junior Noah Langford (Perrysburg/Toledo Central Catholic) pitched in 8 points.
  • Trey Killen led the Student Princes with 23 points.
  • Northern trailed 67-47 with 3:38 to go in the game and outscored HU 25-5 in the final 3:38 to tie the game at 72-all and send it into overtime.
  • The deficit was 69-51 when Harris scored an and-1 with 2:36 left to spark a 21-3 run.
  • Miller scored 14 of his points in the final 3:20, including an and-1 with 5.9 seconds left to tie the game at 72.
  • Miller nailed a 3-pointer with 2:15 left in over time to put the Polar Bears on top 82-76.
  • Heidelberg would tie the game at 82-all with 42 seconds left, but Miller would score with 15 seconds to go to make it 84-82.
  • After a pair of Student Princes free throw misses, Studer put the game away with a pair of free throws with five seconds to go.
  • Heidelberg had a chance to win it at the buzzer but Killen's runner was after the buzzer, which sent the game to overtime
  • Heidelberg led 41-24 at the half. 
  • Ohio Northern was 32-of-81 from the floor for 39.5 percent and made 10-of-37 three-pointers for 27.0 percent, while Heidelberg finished 27-of-60 from the field for 45.0 percent and 5-of-16 from three-point range for 31.3 percent. 
  • ONU made 12-of-18 free throws for 66.7 percent and HU was 23-of-27 from the foul line for 85.2 percent.
  • The Polar Bears outrebounded the Student Princes 43-42.

Notables

  • ONU now leads the all-time series with Heidelberg 110-72. 
  • Miller now ranks 36th all-time in ONU with 1,077 points in 89 career games. 
  • Miller is now 11th in ONU history with 148 steals.
  • Ohio Northern continues off its 115th season of varsity men's basketball and has a record of 1388-1090, a winning percentage of .560.
  • Head coach Jon Tropf is in his first season at Ohio Northern with a 7-6 record.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action when they host Muskingum on Saturday afternoon at 1 pm on January 10th.