By Wes Mayberry, www.OnuSports.com
ANGOLA, Ind.—Clutch shots from sophomore Abi Akamine (Lahaina, Hawaii/Lahainaluna) and freshman Mackenzie Suprano (Cutler/Waterford) helped the Ohio Northern women's basketball team secure a 53-50 victory over No. 8 Trine (Ind.) on Saturday, November 26, at the MTI Center.
FORT JENNINGS–The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team rallied late to win a non-conference battle over Ft. Jennings 44-41 Saturday night, November 26.
Ada starts the season 2-0 with their second straight road win in as many nights. The Musketeers fell to 0-2 with the defeat.
Visiting Ada led throughout the game yet had to stave off an early fourth quarter Ridgemont rally to defeat their Hardin County rival 60-47 in the Bulldog boys basketball season-opener Friday night, November 25.
Bulldog senior Ethan Murphy tallied a career-high 23 points to lead Ada to their second straight season-opening win over the Gophers.
Ada led 17-11 after the first period and stretched the margin to 32-21 at halftime. Murphy fired in 15 points by intermission.
"Murphy carried us offensively in the first half," said second-year Ada head coach Vince Halliday.
Ada varsity head coach Vince Halliday enters year two of his rebuilding process for the Ada boys basketball program in 2022-23.
With eight seniors in the fold and a solid, athletic top six rotation, there is cautious optimism that this year's team could be much improved.
Eight lettermen and four senior starters return from a Bulldog team that finished 4-19 overall and 0-8 in Northwest Conference play. Ada dropped their last 15 games after a promising 4-4 start.
The visiting Ada girls basketball team fell behind early at local rival Cory-Rawson, then rallied before losing 49-45 in a non-league battle Tuesday night.
The Lady Bulldogs fell to 0-2 with the defeat, while C-R improved to 2-1 with the close victory.
"The main thing that hurt us is turnovers and we didn't consistently execute offensively, especially when we needed to," noted first-year head coach Zack Ricker.
"We were in foul trouble again and we just essentially made too many mistakes," he added.
CHICAGO, Ill.--The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team competed at the 12-team Chicago (Ill.) Phoenix Fall Classic Friday-Sunday at the Myers-McLoraine Pool.
The Polar Bears finished the non-scoring meet with 10 top-20 finishes at the University of Chicago's 10-lane pool.
Sophomore Holden Cubberley (Celina) led Ohio Northern, placing third in the 1-meter diving with 482.00 points for 11 dives and placing fourth in the 3-meter diving competition, scoring 468.15 points over 11 dives.
Cubberley's efforts surpassed the NCAA "B" Cut in both events.
