Women's Basketball: Marietta (20-6 Overall) at No. 18 Ohio Northern (22-4 Overall) - OAC Tournament Finals
Saturday, February 25, 2023, 2 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
| Game Program (.pdf) | OAC Tournament page |
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern is the No. 1 seed in this week's OAC Tournament and will host No. 2 seed Marietta in Saturday's championship game … ONU advanced to the finals with a 52-51 victory over No. 4 Otterbein on Thursday … ONU won the OAC Regular Season title for the eighth time overall and the first time since the 2017-18 season and … The Polar Bears are seeking their fifth OAC Tournament crown and their first since the 2016-17 season … Northern is ranked No. 18 in the D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll and the WBCA Top 25 Poll this week … Senior Brynn Serbin made two free throws with five seconds left to lead ONU past Otterbein in the semifinals on Thursday ... Sophomore Brooke Allen had a double-double with 16 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and Serbin added 11 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals … Through 26 games this season, Serbin (14.3 ppg), Allen (11.2) and junior Kristen Luersman (11.1) lead ONU in scoring … Luersman ranks second in the OAC in rebounding average at 8.6 rpg … Serbin has an OAC-high 113 assists and 74 steals … Serbin is the program's all-time leader in career steals with 216, surpassing the previous record of 209 set by Katie Mengos ('10-'13) … Serbin has 274 career assists, which ranks third all-time at ONU … Serbin ranks sixth all-time at ONU in 3-pointers made (123) … Luersman has 224 rebounds this season and needs five more to move into the top five all-time at ONU for a single season … Serbin has made a team-best 50 three-pointers this season, which ranks second in the OAC ... No. 2-seed Marietta defeated No. 13-ranked and No. 3 seed Baldwin Wallace 71-65 in the OAC Tournament semifinals on Thursday night ... Devin Hefner and Erin Hahn each scored 17 points and Hannah Kroft added 10 points to lead the Pioneers ... Olivia Gribble Leads the team in scoring at 9.5 ppg, followed by Hefner at 9.4 and Hahn at 9.0 ... Hahn also leads the team and the OAC in rebounding at 9.0 rpg ... Marietta is looking for its second OAC Tournament title in school history ... MC won the 2018 OAC Tournament crown, defeating top-seeded ONU 85-68 in Ada for the title.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Scoring | Rebounding | 3FGs | Assists | Steals | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Serbin | 14.4 | 1. | Luersman | 8.6 | 1. | Serbin | 50 | 1. | Serbin | 113 | 1. | Serbin | 74 | ||||
| 2. | Allen | 11.2 | 2. | Serbin | 6.1 | 2. | Suprano | 23 | 2. | Luersman | 42 | 2. | Luersman | 34 | ||||
| 3. | Luersman | 11.1 | 3. | Allen | 5.3 | 3. | Akamine | 15 | 3. | Akamine | 31 | 3. | Akamine | 18 | ||||
| Luersman | 15 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Marietta by a 61-21 margin, including a 37-5 mark in Ada and 4-2 record in the OAC Tournament … ONU won 54-43 in Ada and lost 68-61 at Marietta earlier this season.
Head Coach Mark Huelsman: Huelsman is in his third season at ONU and has an overall record of 46-20, a winning percentage of .697.
