Serbin scores 20, but No. 16 Trine (Ind.) uses late surge to top No. 17 Women's Basketball 64-56

ADA — The 17th-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team got 20 points and eight rebounds from senior All-American Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny), but No. 16 Trine (Ind.) rallied in the fourth quarter for a 64-56 victory on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.

The Basics

• Records: #17 Ohio Northern (1-3 overall), #16 Trine (3-1 overall).
• Venue: ONU Sports Center - Ada, Ohio.

The Game

• Serbin led the Polar Bears with 20 points, eight rebounds and three steals.
• Junior Abi Akamine (Lahaina, Hawaii/Lahainaluna) added 10 points and junior Brooke Allen (Woodville/Woodmore) scored nine points.
• Sidney Wagner scored 18 points to lead Trine.
• ONU led 44-39 with 3:11 left in the third quarter when TU went on a 10-0 run than spanned mor than six minutes to go up 49-44 with 8:00 left in the game.
• Northern tied the game at 51-all with a pair of free throws by freshman Chloee Glenn (Glandorf/Ottawa-Glandorf) with 5:14 left to go.
• Trine would answer with an 8-1 run to go up 59-52 with 1:52 remaining.
• Glenn would make two free throws with 1:41 left to get ONU within 59-54 and junior Abby Dickson (Germantown/Valley View) scored with 38 seconds left to pull the Polar Bears within 61-56 with 38 seconds to play.
• The Thunder would then make 3-of-4 free throws to ice the game.
• Ohio Northern opened the game on a 13-2 run in the first five minutes of the contest.
• Trailing 31-28 at halftime, the Polar Bears scored the first 11 points of the third quarter to grab a 39-31 advantage with 3:40 gone in the period.
• Ohio Northern made 19-of-60 field goals for 31.7% and was 5-of-24 from beyond the arc for 20.8%, while Trine was 24-of-49 from the floor for 49.0% and made 5-of-20 3-pointers for 25.0%.
• ONU made 13-of-16 free throws for 81.3%, and TU was 11-of-16 from the line for 68.8%.
• The Polar Bears out-rebounded the Thunder 41-29.

Notables

• Ohio Northern is now 2-4 all-time against Trine, including a 1-2 mark at home.
• Northern is playing its 52nd season of women's basketball and has a 716-496 all-time record, a winning percentage of .590.
• All three of ONU's losses this season have come against teams featured in the D3hoops.com poll and were by a total of only 14 points.
• Serbin is ONU's all-time leader in career steals with 234 and ranks third in program history with 309 career assists.
• Serbin ranks 18th on ONU's all-time career scoring list with 977 points. She ranks fifth all-time with 141 made 3-pointers in her career, and her 176 made free throws are tied for 17th all time.
• Serbin is also 19th all-time with 456 rebounds and 29 made field goals away from breaking into the top 20 of the program's all-time lists in those categories.
• The Polar Bears are ranked 17th nationally in the latest WBCA Top 25 Poll and No. 10 in the D3hoops.com preseason poll.
• Fourth-year head coach Mark Huelsman is now 50-24 at Ohio Northern, a winning percentage of 676.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will open the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of their schedule on Saturday at home against John Carroll at 2 p.m. at the ONU Sports Center.