Mueller scores a career-high 10 points to lead Women's Basketball in a 55-46 loss to No. 10-ranked Baldwin Wallace

ADA — Junior Liv Mueller (Defiance/Tinora) scored a career-high 10 points, to lead the Ohio Northern women's basketball team in a 55-46 loss to No. 10-ranked Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday evening.

• Records: Ohio Northern (5-12 Overall, 4-4 OAC), #10 Baldwin Wallace (15-2 Overall, 8-0 OAC).
• Venue: ONU Sports Center — Ada, Ohio.

The Game

• Junior Lexee Brewer (Sidney) added nine points and a team-high three steals.
• Junior Gabi Croft (Spencerville) led the Polar Bears with five rebounds and two assists.
• Freshman Priscilla Adjei (Westerville/Central) also had a team-best five rebounds.
• Sophomore Emerson Gray (Liberty Center) added seven points and two steals.
• Baldwin Wallace was led by Laura McCoy with 17 points.
• The Yellow Jackets got out to a quick 7-0 start, but a 3-pointer from Brewer got ONU on the board.
• BW led 15-10 after the first quarter.
• A three from Mueller gave ONU their first lead of the night, going up 24-23 with 1:36 left in the half.
• There were three lead changes and one tie in the final 1:30 of the half, but the Yellow Jackets led 27-26 at halftime.
• ONU remained within four points of BW for the first seven minutes of the second half, until the Yellow Jackets went on an 8-0, leading 42-32 with 49 seconds left in the third quarter.
• A free throw from Croft made the score 42-33 at the end of the third.
• Baldwin Wallace started the fourth quarter on a 7-0 run to take their biggest lead of the game, going up 49-33 with 5:44 left in the game.
• Mueller made another 3-pointer to break BW's scoring run and start a 6-0 run for ONU.
• Ohio Northern made 15-of-51 field goals for 29.4 percent and was 4-of-14 from beyond the arc for 28.6 percent, while Baldwin Wallace was 21-of-53 from the floor for 39.6 percent and finished 5-of-21 on 3-pointers for 23.8 percent.
• The Polar Bears made 12-of-17 free throws for 70.6 percent and the Yellow Jackets were 8-of-12 from the line for 66.7 percent.
• BW out-rebounded ONU 37-31.

Notables

• Ohio Northern is now 41-52 all-time against Baldwin Wallace, including a 25-21 record in the ONU Sports Center.
• Gray leads the Polar Bears in scoring (13.3 ppg), rebounding (5.3 rpg) and is second in assists (33) and steals (32) this season.
• Brewer leads the team in assists (35) and steals (33).
• Sophomore Charlotte Pauling (Beavercreek) is second on the team in scoring at 10.2 ppg and rebounding at 4.4 rpg.
• Junior Courtney Sumner (Ada) is third in scoring with 7.1 ppg.
• This is the 54th season of Ohio Northern women's basketball. The Polar Bears are now 783-527 all-time in program history for a winning percentage of .598.
• Sixth-year head coach Mark Huelsman is now 92-51 at Ohio Northern, a winning percentage of .643.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action on Saturday when they host Mount Union at approximately 3:30 p.m. for their Bake A Difference and Alumni Day.