Alissa Stahler’s career-high 20 points spurs Women’s Basketball to rout of Capital

Ohio Northern

7-2,3-1 OAC

Capital

2-8,0-4 OAC

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Ohio Northern 7-2,3-1 OAC	14	22	16	14	66
Capital 2-8,0-4 OAC	10	5	10	12	37

Alissa Stahler’s career-high 20 points spurs Women’s Basketball to rout of Capital

Game Leaders

Ohio Northern

Pts: Alissa Stahler - 20

Reb: Brynn Serbin - 9

Ast: Molly Palecek - 6

Capital

Pts: Laney Murphy - 14

Reb: 3 Players (#05, #23, #35) - 4

Ast: 3 Players (#23, #34, #35) - 2

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Ohio Northern	Capital
Field Goals	(24-59)	(15-51)
Field Goal %	40.7%	29.4%
Rebounds	42	21
Assists	15	8
Turnovers	13	17
Pts off Turnovers	15	11
2nd Chance Pts	15	3
Pts in the Paint	30	12
Fastbreak Pts	2	2
Bench Pts	21	8

Full stats

December 18, 2021

By Wes Mayberry

COLUMBUS — Senior Alissa Stahler (Lima/Shawnee) scored a career-high 20 points to lead the Ohio Northern women's basketball team to a 66-37 victory over Capital on Saturday afternoon at Capital Center Performance Arena.

Ohio Northern improves to 7-2 overall and 3-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference while Capital falls to 2-8 overall and 0-4 in the OAC.

Stahler added eight rebounds, two blocks and one steal to her stat line.

Junior Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) also scored in double figures, finishing with 10 points, a game-high nine rebounds, three assists and one steal. Her nine rebounds tied a career high.

Senior Kate Iliff (Lorain/Steele) and freshman Brooke Allen (Woodville/Woodmore) added eight points apiece.

Senior Molly Palecek (Wadsworth) tallied a career-high six assists, and sophomore Kasey Knippen (Ottoville) added a career-high three steals.

Freshman Laney Murphy scored a team-high 14 points for the Comets.

Ohio Northern built a 14-10 lead at the end of the first quarter and proceeded to outscore the Comets 22-5 in the second period to take a 36-15 lead into the halftime break.

The Polar Bears opened the second quarter on a 7-0 run courtesy of four points from Stahler and a 3-pointer from Serbin.

Stahler led the way for ONU with 14 first-half points.

ONU opened the second half with consecutive 3-pointers from Iliff and senior Jaidyn Hale (Lima/Bath) and took a 52-25 lead into the fourth quarter en route to the victory.

Ohio Northern made 24-of-59 field goals for 40.7% and was 5-of-23 from 3-point range for 21.7%, while the Comets made 15-of-51 field goals for 29.4% and were 5-of-19 from beyond the arc for 26.3%.

The Polar Bears were 13-of-17 from the foul line for 76.5% while Capital was 2-of-7 for 28.6%.

ONU out-rebounded CU by a 42-21 margin.

The Polar Bears held a 30-12 edge in points in the paint and 15-3 advantage in second-chance points.

Ohio Northern returns to action for a two-game set in the Bluffton Classic on Dec. 29-30. The Polar Bears will face St. Mary's (Ind.) on Dec. 29 and Geneva (Pa.) on Dec. 30. Both games are scheduled to start at noon.