By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Visiting McComb outscored Ada 23-0 in the third quarter to break away from a close game and beat the Lady Bulldogs 58-18 in non-league girls basketball action Saturday afternoon.
The purple and gold girls fell to 1-13 with the defeat, while the Lady Panthers improved to 8-3 following the victory.
After Ada rallied within 20-16 late in the first half, McComb reeled off 38 consecutive points to win decisively.
"McComb came out in the second half hyped up, and we were dead," said first-year Bulldog head coach Morgan Bass. "Our first half was encouraging and we stayed active on defense.
The Ohio Northern women's basketball program trailed the visiting Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets 30-15 at the halftime break, but outscored the OAC foe 38-16 over the final 20 minutes to send the 150-plus spectators inside the ONU Sports Center home happy on Wednesday evening.
With the come-from-behind victory, the Polar Bears climb to 9-5 overall and to 3-4 in the Ohio Athletic Conference. Meanwhile, Baldwin Wallace drops to 10-4 on the season and to 4-3 against the OAC circuit.
Senior Daniel Donner (Bellville/Northmor) had his first career double-double and senior All-American Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) scored 32 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team in a 90-75 loss at Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday evening at Lou Higgins Gymnasium.
The Polar Bears fall to 4-10 overall and are 0-7 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Yellow jackets are now 10-4, 4-3.
Commodores sink Ada girls
By Cort Reynolds
CRIDERSVILLE - Host Perry turned the tables in their rematch with Ada and defeated the Lady Bulldogs 58-24 in non-league girls basketball action Tuesday night.
The purple and gold fell to 1-12 with the defeat, while the Lady Commodores improved to 1-9 with their first victory.
Ada earned its only win by beating Perry 51-37 a month ago to the day of the rematch.
"We did not show up to play in the first half," said new Ada head coach Morgan Bass. "Very frustrating. They are just quicker than we are.
By Cort Reynolds
WAPAKONETA - The Ada swim teams competed at the 13-school Wapakoneta Invitational meet this past Saturday.
Ada junior ace Klava Katayama captured first in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle races to score 40 of the 116.5 Lady Bulldog points.
The purple and gold girls finished seventh out of 12 teams, while the Bulldog boys came in ninth out of 13 squads with 88 points.
Shawnee grabbed both the boys (387 points) and combined team titles (757.5). Ottawa-Glandorf captured the girls team crown with 376 points to edge out Shawnee (370.5).
The Ohio Northern men's basketball team got off to a slow start and fell 64-52 at Muskingum on Saturday afternoon at the Steele Center.
The Polar Bears (4-9 overall, 0-6 Ohio Athletic Conference) fell behind 8-0 in the first 1:22 and trailed 41-15 with 3:40 left in the first half.
Northern stepped up its defense from there, holding MU to just 23 points in the final 23:40 of the game, but could get no closer than 10 points the rest of the way.
Senior All-American Ryan Bruns (Chckasaw/Marion Local) led Ohio Northern with 17 points and nine rebounds.
