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#20 Women's Basketball Bounces Back to Get Road Win at John Carroll

Box Score

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The No. 20 ranked Mount Union women's basketball team bounced back from its first loss of the season as they never trailed in a 69-55 Ohio Athletic Conference win Wednesday at John Carroll.

The Purple Raiders (6-1, 1-1 OAC) got game-high 18 points from junior point guard Rosa LaMattina (Westlake/Westlake) while seniors Amanda Rose (Green/Green) and Kori Wiedt (North Olmsted/North Olmsted) each came off the bench with 17 and 11 respectively.

Coming off the loss head coach Suzy Venet shook up her starting lineup and in coming off the bench Rose shot 7-of-10 from the floor with six rebounds while Wiedt nailed three three-pointers and had had five rebounds.

Emily Ritchie had 15 points as one of three in double figures for John Carroll (3-4, 0-2 OAC).

Mount Union quickly jumped out to a six-point lead, 11-5, in the game's opening five minutes and extended it to seven twice with the final time at the half as LaMattina hit a three pointer to make it 37-30 at the break.

The Raiders put the game away with a 10-1 run to start the second half with Rose scoring five points and her jumper with 16:22 to go made the score 47-31.

Mount Union returns home to host Capital Saturday at 4 pm at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex in Alliance.  


Newspaper Box Score

Mount Union vs John Carroll

12/07/11 7:30 pm at DeCarlo Center - University Hts., OH

MOUNT UNION 69, JOHN CARROLL 55

MOUNT UNION (6-1, 1-1 OAC)

Rosa LaMattina 8-14 0-0 18; Amanda Rose 7-10 3-5 17; Kori Wiedt 4-8 0-0 11;Tierney Allen 3-6 0-1 6; Megan Saunders 2-8 2-2 6; Marybeth Leitch 2-4 0-04; Olivia Holt 1-3 0-1 3; Erin Schmidt 1-4 0-0 2; Aly Daniel 0-2 2-2 2;Amanda Turner 0-0 0-0 0; Kensie Kimble 0-0 0-0 0; Kelly Evans 0-0 0-0 0;Maggie Miller 0-1 0-0 0; Allie Fritsch 0-0 0-0 0; Amanda Tamerlano 0-2 0-00. Totals 28-62 7-11 69.

JOHN CARROLL (3-4, 0-2 OAC)

Emilee Ritchie 4-13 5-6 15; Hilary Liwosz 5-8 1-3 11; Melissa Spahar 5-150-2 10; Beth Switzler 1-5 3-5 6; Emily Day 2-4 0-0 6; Allison Lustig 2-3 0-05; Meghan Weber 1-2 0-0 2; Heidi Mervar 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-51 9-16 55.

Mount Union...................   37   32  -   69

John Carroll..................   30   25  -   55

3-point goals--Mount Union 6-11 (Kori Wiedt 3-4; Rosa LaMattina 2-4; OliviaHolt 1-2; Amanda Rose 0-1), John Carroll 6-14 (Emily Day 2-3; Emilee Ritchie2-8; Beth Switzler 1-1; Allison Lustig 1-1; Melissa Spahar 0-1). Fouledout--Mount Union-None, John Carroll-Melissa Spahar. Rebounds--Mount Union 44(Erin Schmidt 6; Amanda Rose 6), John Carroll 27 (Melissa Spahar 7).Assists--Mount Union 10 (Rosa LaMattina 4), John Carroll 13 (Allison Lustig6). Total fouls--Mount Union 15, John Carroll 15. Technical fouls--MountUnion-None, John Carroll-None. A-256

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Players Mentioned

Tierney Allen

#22 Tierney Allen

G
5' 7"
Junior
Aly Daniel

#40 Aly Daniel

C
5' 10"
Freshman
Kelly Evans

#11 Kelly Evans

G
5' 5"
Senior
Allie Fritsch

#44 Allie Fritsch

F
5' 11"
Freshman
Olivia Holt

#12 Olivia Holt

G
5' 8"
Sophomore
Kensie Kimble

#20 Kensie Kimble

G
5' 9"
Junior
Rosa LaMattina

#10 Rosa LaMattina

G
5' 7"
Junior
Marybeth Leitch

#5 Marybeth Leitch

F
5' 8"
Junior
Maggie Miller

#3 Maggie Miller

G
5' 5"
Junior
Amanda Rose

#15 Amanda Rose

F
5' 10"
Senior
Megan Saunders

#44 Megan Saunders

F
5' 11"
Sophomore
Erin Schmidt

#25 Erin Schmidt

G
5' 8"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Tierney Allen

#22 Tierney Allen

5' 7"
Junior
G
Aly Daniel

#40 Aly Daniel

5' 10"
Freshman
C
Kelly Evans

#11 Kelly Evans

5' 5"
Senior
G
Allie Fritsch

#44 Allie Fritsch

5' 11"
Freshman
F
Olivia Holt

#12 Olivia Holt

5' 8"
Sophomore
G
Kensie Kimble

#20 Kensie Kimble

5' 9"
Junior
G
Rosa LaMattina

#10 Rosa LaMattina

5' 7"
Junior
G
Marybeth Leitch

#5 Marybeth Leitch

5' 8"
Junior
F
Maggie Miller

#3 Maggie Miller

5' 5"
Junior
G
Amanda Rose

#15 Amanda Rose

5' 10"
Senior
F
Megan Saunders

#44 Megan Saunders

5' 11"
Sophomore
F
Erin Schmidt

#25 Erin Schmidt

5' 8"
Senior
G