Emerson Gray leads Women's Basketball in 62-52 loss at No. 8-ranked Baldwin Wallace

BEREA — Sophomore Emerson Gray (Liberty Center) led the Ohio Northern women's basketball team in a 62-52 loss at No. 8-ranked Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday evening.

• Records: Ohio Northern (8-14 Overall, 7-6 OAC), #8 Baldwin Wallace (21-2 Overall, 14-0 OAC).
• Venue: Ursprung Gymnasium — Berea, Ohio.

The Game

• Gray scored 25 points and was 10-of-15 from the floor and 4-for-5 on free throws.
• Sophomore Charlote Pauling (Beavercreek) scored 13 points and had a team-high seven rebounds and two steals.
• Junior Lexee Brewer (Sidney) also had a team-best two steals.
• Baldwin Wallace was led by Ava Wilkerson with 18 points.
• Gray scored a layup to start the game for the Polar Bears, but Baldwin Wallace went on a 7-0 run to take the lead.
• A three from junior Liv Mueller (Defiance/Tinora) tied up the game at 9.
• ONU trailed 11-10 at the end of the first quarter.
• Northern started the second quarter with a 7-0 run, with all seven points scored by Gray.
• The Yellow Jackets led 31-28 at halftime.
• The Polar Bears reclaimed the lead with a layup from junior Gabi Croft (Spencerville), going up 35-34 two minutes into the second half.
• The rest of the third quarter had six lead changes and one tie, but BW led 42-39 going into the fourth quarter.
• ONU was able to cut the Yellow Jacket lead to five with 45 seconds left, but Baldwin Wallace would hold on for the win.
• Ohio Northern made 20-of-57 field goals for 35.1 percent and was 4-of-14 from beyond the arc for 28.6 percent, while Baldwin Wallace was 20-of-50 from the floor for 40.0 percent and finished 6-of-21 on 3-pointers for 28.6 percent.
• The Polar Bears made 8-of-11 free throws for 72.7 percent and the Yellow Jackets were 16-of-19 from the line for 84.2 percent.
• BW out-rebounded ONU 35-34.

Notables

• Ohio Northern is now 41-53 all-time against Baldwin Wallace.
• Gray leads the Polar Bears in scoring (15.1 ppg), rebounding (5.2 rpg) and is second in assists (42) and steals (39) this season.
• Brewer leads the team in assists (50) and steals (43).
• Pauling is second on the team in scoring at 9.6 ppg and rebounding at 4.5 rpg.
• Junior Courtney Sumner (Ada) is third in scoring with 6.4 ppg.
• Gray ranks second in the OAC in free throw shooting, going 74-for-93 for 79.5 percent.
• This is the 54th season of Ohio Northern women's basketball. The Polar Bears are now 786-529 all-time in program history for a winning percentage of .598.
• Sixth-year head coach Mark Huelsman is now 95-53 at Ohio Northern, a winning percentage of .642.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action on Saturday at Muskingum at approximately 3:30 p.m.