Saturday's Preview: The Ohio Northern women's basketball program wraps up a brief two-game home spell this weekend as the Polar Bears host in-state foe Ohio Wesleyan for a non-conference battle inside the ONU Sports Center Saturday afternoon ... Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. in Ada ... Ada’s Tori Wyss is expected to be a starter....ONU enters the weekend sporting a 3-0 overall record after upending area-rival Defiance 90-45 in their 2018-19 home opener Tuesday evening ... The Polar Bears have now won their last eight home-opening contests dating back to the 2010-11 campaign.
Story and photos by Cort Reynolds
ADA - The youthful Ada girls basketball program has a new coach in a familiar face as all-time program scoring leader Morgan (Dumbaugh) Bass returns to take over the reins.
With no seniors and just two juniors to go with seven sophomores and four freshmen, the new head coach will have a very inexperienced varsity roster to work with.
The 2017-18 Lady Bulldogs finished 4-18 overall (0-8 in Northwest Conference) under veteran mentor Bill Taflinger, who resigned after the season.
Senior Jenna Dirksen (Beavercreek/Carroll) led 13 Ohio Northern players in the scoring column with 12 points as ONU defeated area-rival Defiance 90-45 on Tuesday evening at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 3-0 overall and have now won eight consecutive home openers, dating to the 2010-11 season.
Sophomore Emily Brock added 11 points and freshman Annie Weckesser scored 10 points for Ohio Northern.
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