Women's Basketball falls at Otterbein 73-48
By Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team fell at Otterbein 73-48 on Friday evening at the Rike Center.
The Polar Bears drop to 1-2 overall and are 1-2 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Cardinals improve to 2-1, 2-1.
Senior Sydney Ward (Columbus/Upper Arlington) led Ohio Northern with 12 points and nine rebounds.
Otterbein was led by Angelia Jackson and Katie McCrary with 19 points each.
ONU was cold from the floor for the evening, making just 17-of-68 shots for 25.0 percent and were 4-of-24 from 3-point range for 16.7 percent.
OU made 29-of-62 field goals for 46.8 percent and was 11-of-25 from beyond the arc for 44.0 percent.
The Polar Bears opened the second quarter on a 9-0 run, led by four points from sophomore Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) to grab an 18-16 lead two minutes into the second quarter.
The Cardinals finished the half on a 19-8 run to lead 35-26 at intermission, then opened the second half on a 13-0 run to go ahead 48-26 with 7:31 remaining in the third period.
Each team grabbed 46 rebounds in the game. ONU forced OU into 23 turnovers while committing only 19.
The two teams will play the second half of the back-to-back on Saturday at 6 pm at the ONU Sports Center.