INDIANAPOLIS - The Marian University women's basketball team used a 10-1 advantage on the offensive glass in the second half to come back from an 11-point halftime deficit to earn a vital 66-63 victory over No. 22-ranked Huntington University at the Physical Education Center on Wednesday night.

"The difference tonight was offensive rebounding," said ninth-year head coach Todd Bacon. "We had some strong rebounds late in the game that enabled us to get second-chance points. We out-scored them 7-0 in second-chance points in the second half, and that is what we needed to win."

The Knights, who are receiving votes in the NAIA Division II Coaches' Poll, improved to 14-6 overall and 6-5 in the Mid-Central College Conference. The Foresters fell to 14-7 overall and 6-5 in the MCC. The win completed the season sweep of the Foresters in 2011-12.

Junior Whitley Emerson led the Knights with her first double-double of the season after she scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, including four on the offensive end. Emerson now has six double-doubles in her career. Junior Natalie Robinson also tallied double figures with 10 points and grabbed four rebounds with three on the offensive end.

Senior Brandi Jolliff, senior Emily Smithson, junior Natasha Marshall and junior Adrienne Sahm each added nine points as nine different Knights scored. Smithson and senior Nikki Schmidt dished out a game-high four assists each, while Schmidt had three steals and Jolliff added two blocked shots.

The Foresters were able to open an 11-point halftime lead at 38-27 after Courtney Baker scored 11 first-half points and got support from seven points each out of Kelsey Green and Pazia Speed. The Foresters shot a blistering 62 percent (16-for-26) from the field in the half, while the Knights shot a solid 50 percent (11-for-22). However, Huntington took advantage of 14 first-half turnovers to the tune of a 20-11 advantage in points off turnovers.

HU was able to push its lead to 12 early in the second frame, but Marshall showed she was willing to put it up from deep after she buried a pair of three-pointers to spark a 10-3 run that closed the HU lead to five, 43-38, with 16:10 remaining in the game. HU responded with four quick points to push the lead back to nine, 47-38, with 14:57 to go. The Foresters were able to get the lead back up to 13 on two occasions, the last at 57-44 with 9:31 to go, but the Knights were not about to go away.

Robinson hit a jumper and Schmidt had back-to-back layups off steals to cut the lead to seven, 57-50, with 7:19 remaining. The teams exchanged buckets before Robinson buried a three-pointer to cut it to four, 59-55, with 5:44 to go. HU answered with a three, but freshman Faith Reece hit a layup to get it back to five, 62-57, with 4:15 remaining.

A Reece layup was followed by another Robinson three-pointer to tie the score, 62-62, with three minutes to go. After 90 seconds of scoreless basketball, HU's Leisl Davenport hit one-of-two free throws to give the Foresters a 63-62 lead with 1:30 remaining.

On the ensuing possession, Emerson put up a quick jumper with one on the shot clock and caught the front iron. However, she got her own rebound and hit the putback layup to give MU a 64-63 lead with 29 seconds to go.

Out of an HU timeout, the Foresters turned the ball over and Smithson was able to hit a pair of free throws to increase the lead to three at 66-63 with 12 seconds left. HU got a three-pointer off with a second to go, but it caught the front iron and the Knights were able to hang on for a huge MCC victory and the season sweep.

MU finished with a 20-9 advantage on the boards in the second half, and the difference was on the offensive end as MU tallied 10 offensive rebounds and notched 15 for the game. The Knights held a 15-5 advantage on the offensive glass for the game. It was the 10th time in 2011-12 that the Knights tallied 10 or more offensive rebounds in a game.

The Knights will hit the road on Saturday when they head to Spring Arbor University for another crucial MCC matchup. Tip-off from Spring Arbor, Mich., is slated for 1 p.m.