Charlotte Pauling leads Women's Basketball in 63-54 loss to Denison in home opener

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team fell to Denison 63-54 on Saturday afternoon in ONU's home opener.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (0-4 Overall), Denison (6-0 Overall).
• Venue: ONU Sports Center — Ada, Ohio.

The Game

• Sophomore Charlotte Pauling (Beavercreek) led ONU with 16 points and seven rebounds.
• Junior Courtney Sumner (Ada) had 10 points and two assists.
• Sophomore Emerson Gray (Liberty Center) also had a team-best seven rebounds and led the team with three steals.
• Sophomore Katelyn Stechschulte (Findlay) had a team-high three steals as well.
• Junior Lexee Brewer (Sidney) led the Polar Bears with four assists.
• Denison was led by Abby Cooch with 14 points.
• A 3-pointer from Sumner gave ONU their first lead of the game, making the score 7-5 with 4:44 left in the first quarter.
• The game was tied 9-9 at the end of the first quarter.
• Brewer started the second quarter with a 3-pointer to make the score 12-9.
• Denison went on a 9-0 run, but sophomore Allison Schwartz (Versailles) scored three layups in a row for the Polar Bears to make the score 21-18 with 1:40 left in the half.
• The Big Red made a pair of free throws, but a three from sophomore Logan Phillips (Troy/Miami East) cut Denison's lead to two points.
• Denison led 27-21 at halftime.
• Northern went on a 6-0 run midway through the third quarter to cut Denison's lead to two once again.
• A layup from Sumner and a pair of free throws from Gray got ONU within one point at the end of the thrid quarter, trailing 40-39.
• Ohio Northern made 19-of-52 field goals for 36.5 percent and was 5-of-21 from beyond the arc for 23.8 percent, while Denison was 19-of-58 from the floor for 32.8 percent and finished 5-of-21 on 3-pointers for 23.8 percent.
• The Polar Bears made 11-of-15 free throws for 73.3 percent and the Big Red were 20-of-30 from the line for 66.7 percent.
• DU out-rebounded ONU 41-37.

Notables

• Ohio Northern is now 8-3 all-time against Denison, including a 3-1 record in the ONU Sports Center.
• Pauling leads the Polar Bears in scoring so far this season with 12.0 ppg and Gray is second with 9.5 ppg.
• Gray leads the team in rebounding (5.8 rpg), assists (2.0 apg) and steals (1.8 spg).
• This is the 54th season of Ohio Northern women's basketball. The Polar Bears are now 778-520 all-time in program history for a winning percentage of .599.
• Sixth-year head coach Mark Huelsman is now 87-43 at Ohio Northern, a winning percentage of .669.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action on Tuesday at Ohio Wesleyan at 2 p.m.