Five players score in double figures as Women's Basketball earns thrilling 77-73 victory over Marietta on Senior Day

ADA — Five players scored in double figures as the Ohio Northern women's basketball team earned a thrilling 77-73 victory over Marietta on Saturday afternoon on Senior Day.

• Records: Ohio Northern (9-16 Overall, 8-8 OAC), Marietta (12-13 Overall, 7-9 OAC).
• Venue: ONU Sports Center — Ada, Ohio.

The Game

• Junior Lexee Brewer (Sidney) led the Polar Bears with 16 points.
• Freshman Taylor Wagner (Versailles) was right behind with 15 points.
• Sophomores Emerson Gray (Liberty Center) and Charlotte Pauling (Beavercreek) each had 14 points.
• Gray also had a team-high seven rebounds and four steals.
• Sophomore Logan Phillips (Troy/Miami East) had a career-high 11 points, including three 3-pointers, and a team-best and career-high six assists.
• Marietta was led by Kelsey Harlan with 16 points.
• Ohio Northern went on a 12-0 run, capped by a three-point play by Brewer, to take their first lead of the game at 73-70 with 1:57 to go in the fourth quarter.
• Marietta tied the game up at 73, but a putback from Gray with five seconds left gave ONU the lead back at 75-73.
• Two free throws from Pauling after a Pioneer turnover sealed the victory for the Polar Bears.
• Marietta got out to a quick 8-2 lead in the first quarter.
• Northern went on a 6-0 run to cut the Pioneer lead to 12-10.
• Marietta led 21-15 at the end of the first quarter.
• The Pioneers took their largest lead of the day at 35-20 with 5:50 left in the half.
• The Polar Bears answered with a 15-2 run to cut the lead to 37-35 with 1:06 left in the half.
• Marietta led 60-52 at the end of the third quarter.
• Ohio Northern made 32-of-62 field goals for 51.6 percent and was 4-of-14 from beyond the arc for 28.6 percent, while Marietta was 31-of-68 from the floor for 45.6 percent and finished 8-of-18 on 3-pointers for 44.4 percent.
• The Polar Bears made 9-of-13 free throws for 69.2 percent and the Pioneers were 3-of-5 from the line for 60.0 percent.
• ONU out-rebounded MC 41-29.

Notables

• Ohio Northern is now 67-23 all-time against Marietta, including a 41-5 record in the ONU Sports Center.
• ONU will be the No. 5 seed in next week's OAC Tournament and will play a quarterfinal contest at No. 4 Capital on Tuesday.
• Gray leads the Polar Bears in scoring (14.9 ppg), rebounding (5.3 rpg) and is second in assists (46) and steals (47) this season.
• Brewer leads the team in assists (59) and steals (49).
• Pauling is second on the team in scoring at 9.5 ppg and rebounding at 4.4 rpg.
• Junior Courtney Sumner (Ada) is third in scoring with 6.0 ppg.
• Gray ranks third in the OAC in free throw shooting, going 78-for-101 for 77.2 percent.
• This is the 54th season of Ohio Northern women's basketball. The Polar Bears are now 787-531 all-time in program history for a winning percentage of .597.
• Sixth-year head coach Mark Huelsman is now 96-55 at Ohio Northern, a winning percentage of .636.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action on Tuesday at Capital in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Quarterfinals.