The Ohio Northern women's basketball program held the visiting Marietta Pioneers to a 33% shooting clip and forced 18 total turnovers, propelling the Polar Bears to a critical, 64-50 Ohio Athletic Conference victory Saturday afternoon inside the ONU Sports Center in Ada.
With the triumph, ONU improves to 10-5 overall and evens their conference mark at 4-4 in the 2018-19 campaign. Meanwhile, the Pioneers fall to 9-6 overall and 4-4 against the league circuit.
Freshman Megan Lubinski (Milford/Brighton) won four events to lead the Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team to a 149-142 victory at Mount Union on Saturday afternoon at Hammond Natatorium.
The Polar Bears improve to 3-2 overall and are now 2-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Purple Raiders fall to 5-2, 1-2.
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.
