Women's Basketball opens OAC play with 58-38 win over John Carroll

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team opened Ohio Athletic Conference play with a resounding 58-38 win over John Carroll on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (2-3 overall, 1-0 OAC), John Carroll (4-3 overall, 0-1 OAC)
• Venue: ONU Sports Center — Ada, Ohio

The Game

• The Polar Bears produced a balanced scoring effort led by nine points each from fifth-year senior Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) and junior Brooke Allen (Woodville/Woodmore). Serbin added seven rebounds and four steals, and Allen tallied six rebounds.
• Junior Layla Dials (Willard) posted eight points and a team-high nine rebounds for ONU, and sophomore Mackenzie Suprano (Cutler/Waterford) added eight points and four rebounds.
• Bella Carcioppolo led the Blue Streaks in scoring with 10 points.
• ONU led 14-13 at the end of the first quarter before outscoring JCU 12-7 in the second to take a 26-20 halftime edge.
• Northern continued pulling away in the third quarter, holding the Blue Streaks to 2-of-12 shooting (16.7%) from the field and outscoring them 18-5. Suprano led the way for ONU in the period with six points.
• The Polar Bears led 44-25 going into the fourth quarter en route to the 20-point victory.
• Ohio Northern made 20-of-69 field goals for 29% and was 2-of-18 from beyond the arc for 11.1%, while JCU was 12-of-54 from the floor for 22.2% and made 4-of-16 3-pointers for 25%.
• ONU hade 16-of-25 free throws for 64%, and JCU was 10-of-15 from the line for 66.7%.
• The Polar Bears out-rebounded the Bishops 61-37, and both teams had 18 turnovers.
• ONU finished with a 32-12 edge in points in the paint and 28-6 in bench points.

Notables

• The Polar Bears are the defending OAC regular-season and tournament champions.
• Ohio Northern is now 44-32 all-time against John Carroll, including a 23-11 mark at home.
• Dials' rebound total tied a single-game career high.
• Serbin is ONU's all-time leader in career steals with 238 and ranks third in program history with 310 career assists.
• Serbin ranks 17th on ONU's all-time career scoring list with 986 points. She ranks fifth all-time with 142 made 3-pointers in her career, 16th all-time in made free throws with 178 and 19th all-time in rebounds with 463.
• Serbin is 26 made field goals away from breaking into the top 20 of the program's all-time list in that category.
• Fourth-year head coach Mark Huelsman is now 51-24 at Ohio Northern.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action on Wednesday when they host OAC foe Heidelberg at 7 p.m.