Akamine dishes out a school record 10 assists, Allen scores a career-high 22 points as Women's Basketball wins at Marietta 71-63

MARIETTA — Senior Abi Akamine (Lahaina, Hawaii/Lahainaluna) dished out a career-high 10 assists and senior Brooke Allen (Woodville/Woodmore) poured in a career-high 22 points and had her sixth career double-double to lead the Ohio Northern women's basketball team to a 66-56 victory at Marietta on Sunday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (8-5 Overall, 4-2 OAC), Marietta (8-4 Overall, 3-3 OAC).
• Venue: Ban Johnson Arena — Marietta, Ohio.

The Game

• Allen finished 22 points and a season-best 12 rebounds to go with two assists and a blocked shot.
• Akamine scored four points and six rebounds in addition to her school record 10 assists.
• Fifth-year senior Kristen Luersman (Fort Jennings) added 12 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
• Junior Mackenzie Suprano (Cutler/Waterford) also scored 12 points.
• Ally Grake led Marietta with 16 points.
• Northern jumped out to a 15-6 lead in the first seven minutes and did not trail in the game.
• ONU was ahead 19-13 after the first period, 35-28 at halftime and 49-45 after three quarters.
• The Pioneers scored first in the fourth period to pull within 49-47 with 9:40 to play in the game.
• Freshman Courtney Sumner (Ada) would hit three-pointers on back-to-back possessions to extend ONU's lead to 55-49 with 7:51 remaining.
• The lead was 60-55 with 5:18 left when the Polar Bear defense took control, holding the Pioneers scoreless for the next 4:24.
• During that span, Akamine hit a three and Allen got a putback to increase the lead to 65-55.
• Ohio Northern made 26-of-67 field goals for 38.8 percent and was 8-of-21 from beyond the arc for 38.1 percent, while Marietta was 20-of-60 from the floor for 33.3 percent and finished 6-of-24 on 3-pointers for 25.0 percent.
• The Polar Bears made 11-of-24 free throws for 45.8 percent and the Pioneers were 17-of-22 from the line for 77.3 percent.
• ONU out-rebounded MC 54-35.

Notables

• The game was postponed from Saturday afternoon due to snow.
• Ohio Northern is now 65-22 all-time against Marietta, including a 26-17 record in Marietta.
• Luersman is now 10th in ONU history with 612 career rebounds. She also has scored 756 points in 89 career games.
• This is the 53rd season of Ohio Northern women's basketball. The Polar Bears are now 767-513 all-time in program history for a winning percentage of .599.
• Fifth-year head coach Mark Huelsman is now 77-35 at Ohio Northern, a winning percentage of .688.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action on Wednesday at Otterbein at 7 p.m.