WILMINGTON — Ohio Athletic Conference front-runner Ohio Northern remained unbeaten Wednesday with a 72-64 win over Wilmington at Fred Raizk Arena.

Wilmington falls to 4-3 overall and 1-1 in conference play.

The Polar Bears are 6-0 overall and 2-0 in the OAC.

The win is the 14th straight for Ohio Northern over Wilmington since WC joined the OAC.

Wilmington came in to the game fifth in the country in scoring at 87.8 points per game.

McKayla and Hannah Binkley had 14 points each to lead WC. Zahrya Bailey came off the bench with six assists and two steals

Jaclyn Yankle had 15 for Ohio Northern. Emily Mescher followed with 10 points, 10 rebounds and four assists.

Wilmington scored the first basket and the game was tied at 3, 5, 8 and 10.

But ONU never trailed after that and Wilmington was never able to seriously threaten down the stretch.

The teams posted near identical statistics across the board except on the boards where Ohio Northern held a 50-25 advantage in rebounds.

SUMMARY

Dec 11, 2019

@Fred Raizk Arena

Ohio Northern 72 Wilmington 64

ON^19^18^18^17^^72

WC^13^15^17^19^^64

(72) OHIO NORTHERN (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Weeks 5-2-2-14 Jacobs 1-1-3-6 Yankle 5-2-3-15 Parks 1-0-0-2 Mescher 4-0-2-10 Brock 1-1-1-4 Hale 2-0-2-6 Iliff 1-0-0-2 Serbin 3-2-3-11 Ward 1-0-0-2 TOTALS 24-8-16-72

(64) WILMINGTON (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Lewis 4-1-1-10 M. Binkley 5-1-3-14 Noll 3-3-1-10 H. Binkley 5-1-3-14 Lee 2-1-1-6 Bailey 1-0-0-2 Carpener 0-0-3-3 Nilback 0-0-1-1 Rickman 2-0-0-4 Snider 0-0-0-0 Jones 0-0-0-0 TOTALS 22-7-13-64

FIELD GOALS: O 24-58; W 22-55 (Lewis 4-8 Noll 3-6 Rickman 2-3)

3 PT FIELD GOALS: O 8-23; W 7-24 (Noll 3-6)

FREE THROWS: O 16-26; W 13-24 (H Binkley 3-4 Carpenter 3-4)

REBOUNDS: O-50 (Mescher 10); W-25 (Lewis 6 M. Binkley 4 Noll 4 H Binkley 4 Lee 4)

ASSISTS: O-14 (Mescher 4); W-13 (Bailey 6 Noll 3)

STEALS: O-10 (Serbin 4); W-10 (Noll 3 H. Binkley 2 Bailey 2 Rickman 2)

BLOCKED SHOTS: O-1; W-5 (M. Binkley 2 H. Binkley 2)

TURNOVERS: O-17; W-14