Serbin scores 22 as Women's Basketball wins 57-43 at Baldwin Wallace in semifinals of OAC Tournament

BEREA — Fifth-year senior All-American Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) scored a game-high 22 points and fourth-seeded Ohio Northern built a 20-point halftime lead in a 57-43 victory at top-seeded Baldwin Wallace in the semifinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Thursday evening.

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The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (17-9 overall), Baldwin Wallace (20-6 overall)
• Venue: Ursprung Gymnasium - Berea, Ohio

The Game

• Serbin also grabbed six rebounds and dished out four assists to lead ONU.
• Junior Mackenzie Suprano (Cutler/Waterford) had eight points off the bench.
• Senior Kristen Luersman (Fort Jennings) added seven points and six rebounds.
• Serbin scored 16 of her points in the first half as the Polar Bears built a 33-13 lead at intermission.
• Northern used a 16-4 run to grab a 22-9 lead with 8:30 left in the second quarter.
• ONU would score the final six points of the half to increase its lead to 20.
• The hosts would outscore ONU 19-12 in the third quarter to pull within 45-32 with 10 minutes to play.
• BW cut the lead to 51-41 with 4:13 left in the game, but Serbin would score twice inside and Luersman would make one of two free throws to push the lead to 56-41 with 1:17 left.
• Ohio Northern made 20-of-55 field goals for 36.4 percent and was 4-of-20 from beyond the arc for 20.0 percent while Baldwin Wallace was 16-of-59 from the floor for 27.1 percent and finished 5-of-26 on 3-pointers for 19.2 percent.
• ONU made 13-of-16 free throws for 81.3 percent and BWU was 6-of-8 from the line for 75.0 percent.
• The Yellow Jackets held a slim 42-38 advantage in rebounds.

Notables

• Serbin's 22-point game marks this her 20th game in double digits in scoring this season.
• Northern is looking for its second consecutive OAC Tournament title and the sixth in program history.
• This marks the 12th OAC Tournament finals appearance in ONU program history. Northern is 5-6 in its 11 final appearances.
• The Polar Bears are 33-31 all-time in the OAC Tournament in 36 appearances.
• Northern is now 41-48 all-time against BWU, including a 16-29 mark in Berea and a 4-3 record in the OAC Tournament.
• Serbin is ONU's all-time leader in career steals with 297 and assists with 394.
• Serbin ranks second on ONU's all-time career scoring list with 1,295 points. She ranks third all-time with 184 made 3-pointers in her career, is 10th all-time in made free throws with 223, is 12th all-time in rebounds with 576 and fifth all-time with 444 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.
• Luersman is now tied for 16th in ONU history with 503 career rebounds.
• Fourth-year head coach Mark Huelsman is now 67-30 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .691.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action on Saturday when they play at second-seeded Marietta in the championship game of the OAC Tournament.