UNIVERSITY HTS., Ohio -- No. 7 seed Mount Union rallied from a 15-point deficit and took the lead with less three minutes to play but No. 2 seed John Carroll held on for a 75-68 win in the quarterfinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Tuesday in Cleveland.

Junior forward Jimmy Wood (Wintersville/Indian Creek) hit a layup, was fouled and hit a free throw to give Mount Union, which was down 21-6 to open the game, a 66-65 lead with 2:36 to play.

The foul on the play was the fifth on John Carroll forward Maurice Haynes, who had a team-high 18 points and six rebounds, but juniors Michael Hartnett and Corey Shontz came to the rescue for the Blue Streaks.

Hartnett hit a pair of free throws to give the Streaks back the lead, 67-66, then after Mount Union retied the game at 67, Shontz drove the length of the floor and made a layup to make it 69-67.

After a missed Mount Union layup, Hartnett put the game away with his first three-pointer of the game and extended the lead to 72-67 with 46 seconds to play.

John Carroll (18-8) would end up finishing the game on a 10-2 run to advance to the semifinals where it will host No. 3 seed Capital, 76-47 winners over No. 6 seed Otterbein, Thursday at 7:30 pm.

Wood posted his first double-double of the season with a season-best 26 points and a career-high 12 rebounds to lead the Purple Raiders that end up with a 10-16 record.

Mount Union senior Dave Pellerite (Olmsted Falls/Olmsted Falls) had 13 points in his final college game and ends up third on the Raiders' all-time scoring list with 1,457 points.

Freshman guard T.J. Gillespie (Toledo/Toledo St. John's) came off the bench with 10 points as the other double-digit scorer for Mount Union.

The Raiders out-rebounded John Carroll 38-37 and held the Blue Streaks to 10 points below their season average but Mount Union converted only 19-of-36 free throws and suffered through a seven minute field goal drought in the first half.

Along with Haynes, Shontz finished with 13 points and Joey Meyer had 11 to pace the Blue Streaks.   

2011 OAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Quarterfinals - Tuesday, Feb. 22
#1 Marietta 84, #8 Wilmington 73
#2 John Carroll 75, #7 Mount Union 68
#3 Capital 76, #6 Otterbein 47
#5 Heidelberg 80, #4 Ohio Northern 77 2OT

Semfinals - Thursday, Feb. 24
#5 Heidelberg at #1 Marietta, 7:30 pm
#3 Capital at #2 John Carroll, 7:30 pm

Finals - Saturday, Feb. 26 - 7:30 pm at highest remaining seed