The win was the Purple Raiders fourth in a row and makes them 20-3 overall marking just the fifth 20-win season in school history and first since the 1997-98 season.  Mount Union also moved to 13-3 in the OAC which keeps them in a second place tie with Baldwin-Wallace and just a game behind first place Capital with two games to go.

Wiedt had a season-best and game-high 26 points, freshman guard Rosa LaMattina (Westlake/Westlake) had 18 and sophomore forward Amanda Rose (Uniontown/Green) had 10 points to lead Mount Union.

Katy Miller had 17 points to lead three players in double figures for Otterbein (9-14, 6-10 OAC).

A Wiedt three-pointer with 12 minutes to go in the first half gave the Raiders a 23-12 lead, but the Cardinals answered with a 10-3 run to close the gap to four points, 26-22 at the 7:05 mark.  Mount Union would stretch the lead back out to 11 points, 39-28, before taking a 39-30 lead into the lockers.

The Raiders took their largest lead of the game at 44-32 after a Wiedt jumper with 15:43 to play but again Otterbein would rally with a 12-0 run to tie the game at 44 with 12:55 left.

LaMattina would hit a three pointer to keep Mount Union in front and the Raiders took the lead back out to seven points, 55-48 with nine minutes to go, but Otterbein would not go away as they chipped away and tied the game on a Miller layup at 66 with 1:24 remaining.

Each team would miss a shot and after a Mount Union timeout, Rose would find Wiedt streaking to the basket who made a layup that turned out to be the game-winner.

Mount Union hosts Muskingum in the regular season home finale next Wednesday (Feb. 17) at 7:30 pm at The MAAC.