By: Andrew Korba
MANCHESTER (Ind.) -- Junior Jordan Kimes scored a career-high 19 points to lead the No. 10 Ohio Northern women's basketball team to a 64-56 victory over No. 12 Carthage (Wis.) in its season opener at the Main View Tip-Off Tournament at Manchester (Ind.).
The Polar Bears are now 1-0 on the season, while the Lady Reds fall to 0-1.
Northern now advances to the Main View Tip-Off Tournament Championship and will face either host Manchester (Ind.) or Kalamazoo (Mich.) on Saturday at 7 pm.
Kimes went 8-of-10 from the field and also added seven rebounds on the evening.
Senior Cenzie Yoder also reached double figure scoring with 14 points.