By Tim Glon

WESTERVILLE — Freshman Amy Bullimore came off the bench to score a game-high 17 points to lead the Ohio Northern women's basketball team to an 84-52 victory at Otterbein Wednesday night at the Rike Center.

The Polar Bears move to 5-1 overall and are 1-0 in the OAC, while the Cardinals fall to 2-4, 0-1.

Bullimore posted her first career double-double with 10 rebounds to go with her 17 points.

Senior Jordan Kimes also had a double-double for ONU, scoring 15 points and grabbing a game-high 11 boards.

Junior Carly Thomas added 11 points for the Polar Bears.

Otterbein was led by Taylor Pifher with 11 points and Amariah Huck with 10 points.

Northern used a 17-3 run early in the second half to take control of the game.

With the score tied at 36-all, Bullimore scored seven points to key the run that gave ONU a 53-39 lead with 10:07 left in the game.

A late 16-0 run extended the Polar Bear advantage to 79-47 with 1:58 left in the game.

ONU was red-hot from the field, making 33-of-66 field goal attempts for 50.0 percent. OU made 20-of-61 shots from the floor for 32.8 percent.

Northern won the rebounding battle by a 45-33 margin.

The Polar Bears will return home on Saturday for a 3 pm game against John Carroll on Saturday at the ONU Sports Center.