Wilmington (19-7) advances to the semifinals Friday night at 8
p.m. where they will face top-seeded Capital University at The
Capital Center, while Mount Union finishes its season at 16-9 which
is the most wins in a season since 19 wins during 1998-99
season.
Mount Union, which led 24-21 at halftime, extended the margin to
55-46 on a Tessa Pohovey (Strasburg/Tusky Valley) jumper with 9:32
to go. Wilmington scored 10-straight points over the next
nine minutes and retook the lead 56-55 on a jumper by Kortney
Kin.
Kori Wiedt (North Olmsted/North Olmsted) then came right back
and nailed her fifth three-pointer of the game to put the Raiders
back on top 58-56 but the Quakers tied the game on a basket from
Olivia Waters then went up for good on a three-pointer from Andrea
Anderson.
Kin, the OAC's leading scorer on the season, tallied a game-high
25 points, while Waters and Claire Brown each had 10 points for
Wilmington.
Wiedt finished the game with six three-pointers and led Mount
Union with 20 points as the Raiders matched with a school-record
with 13 made three-pointers. Katie Crider
(Brunswick/Brunswick) was the only other Mount Union player in
double digits with 13.