Serbin pours in a career-high 32 points, leads Women's Basketball in tight 72-71 loss to Baldwin Wallace in battle of league leaders

ADA — Fifth-year senior All-American Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) scored a career-high 32 points and dished out seven assists to lead the Ohio Northern women's basketball team in a tight 72-71 loss to Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday night in a battle of league leaders.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (13-8 overall, 11-4 OAC), Baldwin Wallace (18-4 overall, 14-1 OAC)
• Venue: ONU Sports Center - Ada, Ohio

The Game

• Junior Brooke Allen (Woodville/Woodmore) had her third double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
• Sophomore Noelle Ruane (St. Marys) had 12 points off the bench for ONU.
• Caely Ressler led the Yellow Jackets with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
• Serbin made two free throws with 15 seconds left to put the Polar Bears on top 71-70 with 15 seconds left in the game.
• Ressler was fouled with 1.8 seconds left and made both free throws to put the visitors ahead 72-71.
• After a timeout advanced the ball to midcourt, Serbin got off a contested three-pointer ahead of the buzzer, but it was wide and the Yellow Jackets escaped with the win.
• Northern led 41-33 at halftime, but BW got red-hot from long range, making 9-of-13 three-pointers in the final 20 minutes.
• The games was tied at 13-all at the end of the 1st quarter, Northern led 41-33 at halftime and BW held a 59-57 lead after three quarters in the contest that was tight throughout.
• Ohio Northern made 26-of-63 field goals for 41.3 percent and was 8-of-20 from beyond the arc for 40 percent while BWU was 25-of-56 from the floor for 44.6 percent and finished 15-of-32 on 3-pointers for 46.9 percent.
• ONU made 11-of-13 free throws for 84.6 percent and BWU was 7-of-13 from the line for 53.8 percent.
• The Polar Bears were out-rebounded by the Yellow Jackets by a 40-29 margin.

Notables

• Serbin's 32-point game makes this her 16th game in double digits this season, including four games of 20 or more points.
• Allen's 10-point game makes this her 12th game of the season to score double digits.
• Northern is now 40-48 all-time against Baldwin Wallace, including a 28-16 mark in Ada.
• BW maintains its 2-game lead in the OAC Standings ahead of second-place Marietta, who is 12-3. ONU falls out of a tie with Marietta into sole possession of third place at 11-4.
• Serbin is ONU's all-time leader in career steals with 280 and assists with 372.
• Serbin ranks fifth on ONU's all-time career scoring list with 1,216 points. She ranks third all-time with 176 made 3-pointers in her career, is 12th all-time in made free throws with 210, is 13th all-time in rebounds with 549 and eighth all-time with 415 made field goals.
• Serbin is the only women's basketball player in ONU history to tally at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 300 assists and 200 steals in her career.
• Fourth-year head coach Mark Huelsman is now 62-29 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .681.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action on Saturday when they host the Capital Comets at 2 pm on Senior Day at the ONU Sports Center.