Junior Amy Bullimore (Morrow/Little Miami) and sophomore Jenna Dirksen (Dayton/Carroll) powered the No. 10-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team past Muskingum 96-73 Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears remain perfect and move to 15-0 overall and 8-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Muskies fall to 8-7, 4-4.
Bullimore poured in a season-high 21 points and grabbed a game-best eight rebounds, while Dirksen added 20 points and four rebounds to lead Northern offensively.
Junior Lindsey Black (Urbana/Graham) and senior Britt Lauck (Lima/Shawnee) chipped in 16 and 15 points, respectively.
BUCYRUS - The Ada boys swim team finished a solid fourth out of 12 teams and set several records at the Eagle Sprint Meet hosted by Colonel Crawford Saturday.
Ada posted six first-place finishes, five of which were meet records. Seniors Andrew Ross and Andrew Robey, junior Zach Beaschler and freshmen Klava Katayama and Isaac Spar set meet records for the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs did well despite having just four swimmers from each of the boys and girls squads able to compete. Two second-place Ada finishes also eclipsed previous meet marks.
The visiting Ada girls basketball team hit a late dry spell and fell 45-35 at Northwest Conference foe Spencerville Thursday evening.
Following the defeat, the Lady Bulldog record dropped to 5-6 overall and 0-3 in the league. Meanwhile, the Lady Bearcats improved to 3-8 overall and 1-2 in the NWC with the victory.
The low-scoring game was tied 18-18 at the half, and Spencerville edged in front 29-27 after three periods. They then put the game out of reach with a 16-8 fourth quarter.
"We shot poorly," said Bulldog third-year head coach Bill Taflinger. "We couldn't make a shot when we had a chance to extend our lead."
No. 20-ranked Ohio Northern posted a 22-20 victory over Springfield (Mass.) and a 26-12 victory over Oswego State (N.Y.) and finished 2-1 in pool play of the Lycoming (Pa.) Invitational on Friday at Lamade Gymnasium.
ADA - In the annual renewal of their local rivalry battle, visiting USV rode a 26-10 second period to a 63-48 victory over the Ada boys basketball team before a big Saturday night crowd.
The Bulldogs fell to 2-9 overall with the non-conference loss, while the Rams improved to 9-3 with the win.
"We got off to a good start, but the second quarter was the story of the game," said Ada first-year head coach Dre White. "We had three good quarters, yet we had way too many turnovers (19). We have to clean up the offensive boards and the turnovers."
ADA — Senior Joey Hurless (Van Wert) became Ohio Northern's all-time career assist leader on Wednesdaynight, leading the ONU men's basketball team to an 86-77 victory over visiting Baldwin Wallace at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears (7-7 overall, 5-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) stayed in a tie for first place in the OAC with the win.
The Yellow Jackets fall to 7-7, 2-5.
Hurless had seven assists in the game and now has 418 in his 90-game career. He passed the previous record of 414, held for 40 years by Charlie Just, who accomplished the feat from 1973-76.
