MARIETTA — The Ohio Northern men's basketball team battled a power outage and the Marietta men's basketball team on Saturday afternoon as it dropped a hard-fought 90-86 decision at Ban Johnson Arena.
The Polar Bears fall to 9-4 overall and 4-2 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Pioneers improve to 10-3, 4-2.
Junior Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) scored a game-high 32 points to lead the way offensively, while senior Nate Burger (Dayton/Alter) scored 25 points and senior Joey DiOrio (Columbus/Watterson) added an 18-point effort.
ONU senior Amy Bullimore (Morrow/Little Miami) recorded her fifth consecutive double-double as the No. 14-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team snapped No. 18-ranked Marietta's 12-game winning streak in a battle of Ohio Athletic Conference unbeatens on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears posted their 12th consecutive victory and moved to 12-1 overall and 6-0 in the OAC, while the Pioneers fall to 12-1, 5-1.
The Ohio Northern women's tennis team will open the spring portion of its schedule in the dead of winter with a night contest indoors at Kalamazoo (Mich.) on Feb. 16.
The Polar Bears, who are 2-0 on the season with victories over Defiance and Concordia (Mich.) in the fall, will then travel to Albion, Mich., for matches with Albion and Adrian (Mich.) on Feb. 17.
ONU will then play six matches during its Spring Break trip to Orlando, Fla., from March 5-8. While in Orlando, Ohio Northern will train at the new United States Tennis Association Training Center in Lake Nona, Fla.
ADA - Visiting LCC outscored Ada 21-11 in the fourth quarter to down the Lady Bulldogs 51-39 in a hard-fought non-conference girls basketball contest Thursday evening.
The purple and gold drop to 2-8 with the defeat, while the Thunderbirds improved to 1-12 after their first win.
LCC finished the game on an 18-6 run after breaking the final tie of 33-33 on a Rosie Williams three-point play with just under five minutes remaining.
The Ohio Northern volleyball team enjoyed success both on the court and in the classroom during the Fall academic semester in 2017.
The Polar Bears posted a cumulative team grade point average of 3.53 during the fall.
Northern also saw 12 of its seventeen players named to the Dean's List for their efforts in the classroom.
ONU made its second consecutive appearance in the NCAA III Tournament in 2017 under 27th-year head coach Kate Witte and advanced to the Regional Finals before bowing out of the tournament.
The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will begin its spring schedule indoors with five matches in February under second-year head coach Mike Bonnell.
The Polar Bears will travel to Albion, Mich., on Feb. 10 for matches with Albion and Olivet (Mich.)
On Feb. 17, ONU will play road matches at both Franciscan and Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) before returning home to face Penn State-Behrend on Feb. 25 at the Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center in Lima.
Ohio Northern will then travel to Hilton Head Island, S.C., for its annual spring break trip March 3-11.
