ALLIANCE, Ohio -- No. 13 ranked Mount Union made sure there was no holiday hangover as it jumped out to an 11-0 lead and never looked back in an 88-60 Ohio Athletic Conference women's basketball win over Marietta Wednesday at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex in Alliance.

A year ago, the nationally ranked Purple Raiders came back after a holiday layoff and were upset 73-68 at Marietta, but this year they put the game away early to move to 11-1 overall and 4-1 in the OAC.  

It sets up a first place showdown on Saturday at 3 pm at The MAAC as Mount Union hosts Ohio Northern (11-2, 5-1 OAC).

After scoring 11-straight points in the game's opening three minutes, Marietta (8-5, 3-3 OAC) rallied to close the gap to 15-10 on a Heather Booth jumper with 14:29 left in the half.  Mount Union then went on an 8-0 run over the next five minutes to go up 23-10.  The Raiders led by double digits the rest of the way.

Rosa LaMattina (Westlake/Westlake) had a game-high 21 points along with five rebounds, five assists and five steals to lead the Purple Raiders.

Amanda Rose (Green/Green) had 12 of her 18 points in the second half, Kori Wiedt (North Olmsted/North Olmsted) had 14 while Aly Daniel (Willard/Willard) had 12 off the bench as the other double figure scorers for Mount Union.

Heather Booth came off the bench with 17 points and eight rebounds to lead Marietta.

Newspaper Box Score

Marietta vs Mount Union

1/4/12 7:30 at Alliance, Ohio

MOUNT UNION 88, MARIETTA 60

MARIETTA (8-5, 3-3 OAC)

Heather Booth 7-13 3-3 17; Aleisha Guiler 6-16 0-0 13; Tori Dixon 3-5 0-0 9;Paige Lamb 2-6 0-0 5; Jessica Brogan 1-7 2-2 5; Bailey Topf 1-1 1-2 3;Lindsay Deemer 1-2 0-0 2; Candice Alexander 1-3 0-0 2; Paige Bucher 1-1 0-02; Sierra Sigman 0-3 1-2 1; Kristeva Rowe 0-1 1-2 1; Jessie Johnson 0-0 0-00; Brittany Metcalf 0-0 0-0 0; Danielle Lang 0-0 0-0 0; Natalie Sarbaugh 0-10-0 0; Rachel Jones 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-60 8-11 60.

MOUNT UNION (11-1, 4-1 OAC)

Rosa LaMattina 8-16 3-4 21; Amanda Rose 6-9 6-9 18; Kori Wiedt 5-12 2-2 14;Aly Daniel 5-7 2-2 12; Erin Schmidt 1-6 4-7 6; Tierney Allen 2-5 0-0 4;Bridget Lyons 2-2 0-0 4; Maggie Miller 1-2 0-0 3; Amanda Tamerlano 1-1 1-13; Brittany Kilgore 0-2 2-4 2; Marybeth Leitch 0-0 1-2 1; Olivia Holt 0-10-0 0; Amanda Turner 0-0 0-0 0; Kensie Kimble 0-1 0-0 0; Nancy Osborne 0-00-0 0; Megan Saunders 0-0 0-0 0; Kelly Evans 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-64 21-3188.

Marietta......................   22   38  -   60
Mount Union...................   40   48  -   88

3-point goals--Marietta 6-15 (Tori Dixon 3-5; Jessica Brogan 1-3; Paige Lamb1-4; Aleisha Guiler 1-1; Natalie Sarbaugh 0-1; Rachel Jones 0-1), MountUnion 5-13 (Rosa LaMattina 2-6; Kori Wiedt 2-3; Maggie Miller 1-2; OliviaHolt 0-1; Kensie Kimble 0-1). Fouled out--Marietta-Heather Booth, MountUnion-None. Rebounds--Marietta 37 (Heather Booth 8; Aleisha Guiler 8), MountUnion 40 (Erin Schmidt 8). Assists--Marietta 6 (Tori Dixon 2), Mount Union24 (Rosa LaMattina 5; Tierney Allen 5). Total fouls--Marietta 21, MountUnion 15. Technical fouls--Marietta-None, Mount Union-None. A-237