#14 Women’s Basketball gets scoring from 11 players in 67-31 win over Heidelberg
By Wes Mayberry
ADA — The No. 14 Ohio Northern women's basketball team got scoring contributions from 11 different players in a 67-31 win over Heidelberg on Wednesday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears extend their current win streak to 12 games, improving to 15-1 overall and 9-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference while dropping the Student Princes to 2-14, 0-9.
Senior Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) led ONU with 14 points to go with eight rebounds, five assists and five steals.
Junior Kristen Luersman (Fort Jennings) tallied 12 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals, and sophomore Layla Dials (Willard) added 12 points and three rebounds.
Eight other Polar Bears scored between two and six points.
Hallie Rogers led HU with 12 points.
Northern took a 12-7 lead into the second quarter and extended the edge to 27-14 on a 3-pointer from Serbin with 1:27 left in the period.
ONU led 29-16 at halftime.
The Polar Bears scored the first seven points of the third quarter, getting two points each from sophomores Brooke Allen (Woodville/Woodmore) and Abi Akamine (Lahaina, Hawaii/Lahainaluna) and a triple from Serbin for a 36-16 lead.
A 3-pointer from freshman Mackenzie Suprano (Cutler/Waterford) put ONU up 48-21 with 1:16 left in the third quarter.
The Polar Bears took a 48-22 edge into the fourth period and opened the scoring in the final quarter with an 11-0 run highlighted by back-to-back 3-pointers from Dials and capped by a triple from freshman Noelle Ruane (St. Mary's) en route to the 36-point victory.
Ohio Northern made 25-of-58 field goals for 43.1% and was 8-of-22 from 3-point range for 36.4%, while HU made 10-of-46 field goals for 21.7% and was 3-of-18 from beyond the arc for 16.7%.
ONU was 9-of-13 from the free-throw line for 69.2%, and HU was 8-of-13 for 61.5%.
Northern out-rebounded Heidelberg by a 40-32 margin and finished with 17 assists.
The Polar Bears return to action on Saturday in the second half of a men's-women's doubleheader at OAC foe Marietta at 4 p.m.
