The win give Mount Union a home game in the OAC Tournament (Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.) for the first time since the 1999-2000 season as the Raiders, 16-8 overall and 11-7 in the OAC, will be the No. 4 seed and host No. 5 seed Wilmington (18-7, 11-7 OAC).

Ohio Northern (9-16, 7-11 OAC) held a nine-point lead, 28-19,  when Erica Holcomb scored with 6:17 remaining in the first half.  Mount Union got it back to within three points, 31-28, but trailed 34-28 at the half.

The Raiders opened the second half on a 9-2 burst and a Taylor Hartung (Canton/Massillon Perry) layup gave them their first lead since the game's opening minutes, 37-36 at the 16:37 mark. 

Nine lead changes over the next nine minutes left the score 51-50 in favor of the Polar Bears with 6:47 left in the game.  Mount Union would then tally six of the next eight points and a Pohovey layup with just under five minutes to play gave the Raiders a six-point edge, 59-53.

Mount Union would hold Ohio Northern off as the Polar Bears rallied to tie the game at 67 with 28 seconds left but freshman Amanda Rose (Uniontown/Green) would hit three of four free throws late for the victory.

Aside from Pohovey, Rose and sophomore Katie Crider (Brunswick/Brunswick) each scored 10 points as the double figure scorers for Mount Union.

Alisha Rinehart scored 18 points to lead Ohio Northern and become the school's all-time leading scorer.