Mackenzie Suprano posts career-high 18 points to lead Women's Basketball to a 78-50 victory over Heidelberg

TIFFIN — Sophomore Mackenzie Suprano (Cutler/Waterford) scored a career-high 18 points to lead the Ohio Northern women's basketball team to a 78-50 victory at Heidelberg on Wednesday evening.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (13-6 overall, 11-2 OAC), Heidelberg (3-17 overall, 0-13 OAC)
• Venue: Sieberling Gymnasium - Tiffin, Ohio

The Game

• Suprano also put up five rebounds to go with her 18 points.
• Freshman Chloee Glenn (Glandorf/Ottawa-Glandorf) tied her season-best with 15 points off the bench.
• Junior Layla Dials (Willard) put up seven points and four rebounds.
• Junior Jada Benjamin (Parma/Valley Forge) tallied six points and two rebounds off the bench.
• Fifth-year senior All-American Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) posted nine rebounds, six assists, and five points.
• Senior Grace Dean (Avon/Lake) grabbed six rebounds.
• Cheyanne Bean led the Student Princes with 18 points.
• Ohio Northern led 21-15 at the end of the 1st quarter, 40-26 at halftime and 56-38 after three quarters.
• The Polar Bears put the game away by out-scoring the Student Princes 22-12 in the 4th quarter.
• Ohio Northern made 30-of-68 field goals for 44.1% and was 13-of-32 from beyond the arc for 40.6%, while HU was 20-of-49 from the floor for 40.8% and made 7-of-22 3-pointers for 31.8%.
• ONU made 5-of-6 free throws for 83.3%, and HU was 3-of-7 from the line for 42.9%.
• The Polar Bears out-rebounded the Student Princes by a 46-24 margin.

Notables

• Suprano's 18-point game smashes her previous career-best by 7.
• Glenn's 15-point game makes this her fifth game to score double digits.
• Northern is now 62-26 all-time against Heidelberg, including a 34-11 mark in Ada.
• ONU has won the past 12 meetings with HU and swept during this season's meetings.
• Serbin is ONU's all-time leader in career steals with 272 and assists with 357.
• Serbin ranks sixth on ONU's all-time career scoring list with 1,169 points. She ranks fourth all-time with 168 made 3-pointers in her career, is 12th all-time in made free throws with 203, is 13th all-time in rebounds with 540 and 11th all-time with 399 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 62-27 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .697.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action on Saturday when they travel to Marietta for a 2 pm contest at Ban Johnson Fieldhouse.