Brynn Serbin scores 22 points to lead Women's Basketball in 72-43 win over Mount Union

ADA — Fifth-year senior All-American Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) scored 22 points to lead the Ohio Northern women's basketball team to a  72-43 victory over Mount Union on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (12-6 overall, 10-2 OAC), Mount Union (7-12 overall, 4-8 OAC)
• Venue: ONU Sports Center - Ada, Ohio

The Game

• Serbin also put up four rebounds and led the team in steals with four.
• Junior Brooke Allen (Woodville/Woodmore) followed with 14 points and led with six rebounds.
• Juniors Abi Akamine (Lahaina, Hi/Lahainaluna) and Layla Dials (Willard) put up five rebounds apiece.
• Junior Jada Benjamin (Parma/Valley Forge) tallied eight points and four rebounds, off the bench.
• Sophomore Mackenzie Suprano (Cutler/Waterford) tallied six points and three rebounds, off the bench.
• Elizabeth Mason led the Purple Raiders with nine points.
• The Polar Bears blew the game open with a 19-2 run to close out the first half, turning a 18-16 lead into a 37-18 halftime advantage.
• Serbin capped the flurry with a desparation 3-pointer just head of the horn as she had 11 points in the first 20 minutes of the contest.
• The lead grew to as many as 70-32 before UMU ended the game on an 11-2 run as both teams emptied the benches.
• Ohio Northern made 26-of-68 field goals for 38.2% and was 11-of-34 from beyond the arc for 32.4%, while UMU was 16-of-46 from the floor for 34.8% and made 4-of-17 3-pointers for 23.5%.
• ONU made 9-of-12 free throws for 75%, and UMU was 7-of-15 from the line for 46.7%.
• The Polar Bears out-rebounded the Purple Raiders by a 44-33 margin.

Notables

• Serbin's 22 points makes this her third game of the season to score over 20 points in a game. 
• Allen's 14 point game makes this her 10th game to score double digits.
• Northern is now 49-35 all-time against Mount Union, including a 30-14 mark in Ada.
• ONU has won the past seven meetings with UMU.
• Serbin is ONU's all-time leader in career steals with 272 and assists with 351.
• Serbin ranks eighth on ONU's all-time career scoring list with 1,142 points. She ranks fourth all-time with 162 made 3-pointers in her career, is 13th all-time in made free throws with 200, is 14th all-time in rebounds with 527 and 12th all-time with 390 made field goals.
• Serbin is the only women's basketball player in ONU history to tally at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 300 assists and 200 steals in her career.
• Fourth-year head coach Mark Huelsman is now 61-27 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .693.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action on Wednesday when they travel to Heidelberg for a 7 pm contest at Sieberling Gymnasium.