Charlotte Pauling earns first career double-double in Women's Basketball 65-39 win over Wilmington

ADA — Sophomore Charlotte Pauling (Beavercreek) earned her first career double-double as the Ohio Northern women's basketball team beat Wilmington 65-39 on Wednesday evening.

• Records: Ohio Northern (8-13 Overall, 7-5 OAC), Wilmington (6-14 Overall, 3-8 OAC).
• Venue: ONU Sports Center — Ada, Ohio.

The Game

• Pauling had 11 points and a team-high 10 rebounds.
• Sophomore Emerson Gray (Liberty Center) led the Polar Bears with 24 points and two steals.
• Junior Lexee Brewer (Sidney) had a career high eight assists along with eight rebounds.
• Sophomore Logan Phillips (Troy/Miami East) also had a team-best two steals.
• Wilmington was led byJazz Johnson with 12 points.
• Gray opened the game with a three and went on to score ONU's first eight points.
• Wilmington took their first lead of the game with 2:35 left in the first quarter, going up 11-10.
• The Quakers led 17-12 after the first quarter.
• Gray started the second quarter with six points, cutting the Wilmington lead to 19-18.
• Pauling then scored five straight points to give the Polar Bears a 23-19 lead.
• Northern led 29-26 at halftime.
• Gray had 16 of Northern's 29 points at the half.
• The Polar Bears outscored Wilmington 16-6 in the third quarter to lead 45-32 going into the fourth.
• ONU started the fourth quarter on a 6-0 run.
• A three from Phillips with 4:13 left in the game started a 10-0 run to end the game for the Polar Bears.
• Ohio Northern made 26-of-62 field goals for 41.9 percent and was 4-of-20 from beyond the arc for 20.0 percent, while Wilmington was 15-of-54 from the floor for 27.8 percent and finished 4-of-23 on 3-pointers for 17.4 percent.
• The Polar Bears made 9-of-13 free throws for 69.2 percent and the Quakers were 5-of-15 from the line for 33.3 percent.
• ONU out-rebounded WC 51-30.

Notables

• Ohio Northern is now 43-23 all-time against Wilmington, including a 24-11 record in the ONU Sports Center.
• Gray leads the Polar Bears in scoring (14.7 ppg), rebounding (5.2 rpg) and is second in assists (42) and steals (38) this season.
• Brewer leads the team in assists (49) and steals (41).
• Pauling is second on the team in scoring at 9.4 ppg and rebounding at 4.4 rpg.
• Junior Courtney Sumner (Ada) is third in scoring with 6.7 ppg.
• Gray ranks second in the OAC in free throw shooting, going 70-for-88 for 79.5 percent.
• This is the 54th season of Ohio Northern women's basketball. The Polar Bears are now 786-528 all-time in program history for a winning percentage of .598.
• Sixth-year head coach Mark Huelsman is now 95-52 at Ohio Northern, a winning percentage of .646.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action on Feb. 11 at No. 8-ranked Baldwin Wallace at 7 p.m.