Gabi Croft scores career-high 14 points to lead Women's Basketball to 59-54 win over Muskingum

ADA — Junior Gabi Croft (Spencerville) scored a career-high 14 points to lead the Ohio Northern women's basketball team to a 59-54 win over Muskingum on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (5-9 Overall, 4-1 OAC), Muskingum (7-6 Overall, 0-4 OAC).
• Venue: ONU Sports Center — Ada, Ohio.

The Game

• Croft also led the Polar Bears with a career-high eight rebounds.
• Sophomore Charlotte Pauling (Beavercreek) had 12 points.
• Sophomores Logan Phillips (Troy/Miami East) and Emerson Gray (Liberty Center) each added 10 points.
• Phillips had a team-high five assists while Gray led the team with three steals.
• Muskingum was led by McKenna Baney with 16 points.
• Northern started the game on a 6-0 run, with all three layups assisted by Phillips.
• The Polar Bears went on an 8-0 run, including a 3-pointer from junior Courtney Sumner (Ada) to make the score 16-4 with 4:53 left in the first quarter.
• The Muskies answered with a 7-0 run to make the score 16-11.
• ONU led 20-15 after the first quarter.
• Muskingum started the second quarter with a three, but Northern then went on a 12-0 run, including eight straight points from Pauling.
• Ohio Northern led 36-22 at halftime.
• The Muskies went on an 8-0 run to cut ONU's lead to 45-41 with 1:16 left in the third quarter.
• Northern led 47-41 at the end of the third.
• Muskingum scored six straight points to open the fourth quarter, tying the game at 47.
• Phillips scored eight straight points to make the score 55-51 with 4:19 left in the game.
• A steal from Brewer gave Sumner a fast-break layup to make the score 59-53, sealing the game for the Polar Bears.
• Ohio Northern made 23-of-57 field goals for 40.4 percent and was 5-of-19 from beyond the arc for 26.3 percent, while Muskingum was 24-of-58 from the floor for 41.4 percent and finished 3-of-16 on 3-pointers for 18.8 percent.
• The Polar Bears made 8-of-15 free throws for 53.3 percent and the Muskies were 3-of-14 from the line for 21.4 percent.
• ONU out-rebounded HU 44-32.

Notables

• Gray leads the Polar Bears in scoring (13.5 ppg), rebounding (5.4 rpg), assists (2.2 apg) and steals (2.2 spg) this season.
• Pauling is second on the team in scoring at 12.8 ppg and rebounding at 5.3 rpg.
• Brewer is second in assists (2.1 apg) and steals (2.1 spg).
• Sumner is third in scoring with 8.4 ppg.
• This is the 54th season of Ohio Northern women's basketball. The Polar Bears are now 783-524 all-time in program history for a winning percentage of .599.
• Sixth-year head coach Mark Huelsman is now 92-47 at Ohio Northern, a winning percentage of .662.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action on Saturday when they host Otterbein at the ONU Sports Center at 7 p.m.