Women's Basketball falls at Capital 59-49

BEXLEY — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team fell to Capital 59-49 on Saturday afternoon.

• Records: Ohio Northern (7-13 Overall, 6-5 OAC), Capital (14-6 Overall, 7-4 OAC).
• Venue: Capital Center — Bexley, Ohio.

The Game

• Sophomore Charlotte Pauling (Beavercreek) led ONU with 11 points, six rebounds and two assists.
• Junior Lexee Brewer (Sidney) and freshman Priscilla Adjei (Westerville/Central) also had a team-high six boards each.
• Brewer and junior Courtney Sumner (Ada) each led the team with two steals.
• Adjei, junior Gabi Croft (Spencerville) and freshman Taylor Wager (Versailles) each added eight points for the Polar Bears.
• Capital was led by Samaree Perkins with 16 points.
• Northern went on a 5-0 run in the first quarter to take an 11-5 lead.
• The Comets answered with a 9-0 run, going up 14-11 with 53 seconds left in the first quarter.
• A three from sophomore Logan Phillips (Troy/Miami East) tied the game up at 14 going into the second quarter.
• Capital started the second quarter with an 11-0 run to go up 25-14.
• The Comets led 28-23 at halftime.
• ONU opened the second half with an 8-0 run to take a 31-28 lead.
• The Polar Bears led 40-39 at the end of the third quarter.
• An 8-0 run to start the fourth gave Capital the lead back.
• Northern was able to cut Capital's lead to two, but they couldn't regain the lead.
• Ohio Northern made 20-of-51 field goals for 39.2 percent and was 2-of-18 from beyond the arc for 11.1 percent, while Capital was 20-of-50 from the floor for 40.0 percent and finished 5-of-22 on 3-pointers for 22.7 percent.
• The Polar Bears made 7-of-9 free throws for 77.8 percent and the Comets were 14-of-20 from the line for 70.0 percent.
• ONU out-rebounded CU 33-28.

Notables

• Ohio Northern is now 42-62 all-time against Capital.
• Gray leads the Polar Bears in scoring (14.2 ppg), rebounding (5.4 rpg) and is second in assists (40) and steals (36) this season.
• Brewer leads the team in assists (41) and steals (40).
• Sophomore Charlotte Pauling (Beavercreek) is second on the team in scoring at 9.4 ppg and rebounding at 4.1 rpg.
• Sumner is third in scoring with 6.8 ppg.
• Gray ranks second in the OAC in free throw shooting, going 70-for-87 for 80.5 percent.
• This is the 54th season of Ohio Northern women's basketball. The Polar Bears are now 785-528 all-time in program history for a winning percentage of .598.
• Sixth-year head coach Mark Huelsman is now 94-52 at Ohio Northern, a winning percentage of .644.

Up Next

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