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Women's Basketball

No. 2 Women's Basketball Remains Undefeated With a Win over OAC Opponent Otterbein 77-62

Box Score

ALLIANCE, Ohio – No. 2 ranked Mount Union beat Otterbein 77-62 in an Ohio Athletic Conference women's basketball game Saturday December 15 at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex in Alliance.

The Purple Raiders (8-0, 3-0 OAC) got a career-high 21 points from junior Amanda Turner (Wooster/Wooster) going 7-10 from behind the three point arc, one shy of tying the record of eight in a game held by Allie Graf against Muskingum in the 2002-2003 season.

Senior Rosa LaMattina (Westlake/Westlake) and sophomore Aly Daniel (Willard/Willard) each chipped in 17 and 10 points respectively for the Raiders.

Leading the way for the Cardinals (6-2, 2-1 OAC) was senior Hannah Day with a game-high 23 points.

The Raiders, who never trailed in the game, held a 22-21 lead with 6:21 left in the first period when they went on a 9-2 run to take the largest lead of the half 31-23. Turner scored all nine points in the run with three three-pointers. Mount Union would lead 37-30 at the break.

The Raiders open the second half outscoring Otterbein 24-10 over the first nine minutes to put the game away.

Mount Union would lead by as many as 25 before the 77-62 final.

Mount Union plays again Wednesday at 7:30 pm at the MAAC in an OAC game against Baldwin Wallace.



Newspaper Box Score
Otterbein vs Mount Union
12/15/12 3:00 p.m. at Alliance, Ohio -- MAAC
At Alliance, Ohio -- MAAC
MOUNT UNION 77, OTTERBEIN 62
OTTERBEIN (6-2, 2-1 OAC)
Hannah Day 9-15 2-2 23; Tabatha Piper 5-10 0-0 10; Chelsea Reed 2-4 4-4 8;
Allie Leopard 2-8 0-0 5; Rachel Snedegar 2-5 0-0 4; Madi Miller 2-10 0-0 4;
Chelsea Cannon 1-4 2-2 4; Lyndsey DeRoads 1-1 0-0 2; Amariah Huck 1-1 0-0 2;
Bourke Kelley 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-59 8-8 62.
MOUNT UNION (8-0, 3-0 OAC)
Amanda Turner 7-13 0-0 21; Rosa LaMattina 6-10 3-3 17; Aly Daniel 5-6 0-0
10; Nancy Osborne 3-4 1-1 9; Marybeth Leitch 3-5 1-2 8; Tierney Allen 2-9
0-0 4; Kensie Kimble 1-3 0-0 3; Jamie Baldridge 1-6 0-0 2; Emily Albanese
1-2 0-0 2; Bridget Lyons 0-0 1-2 1; Sarah Grippi 0-0 0-0 0; Katie Reed 0-0
0-0 0; Olivia Holt 0-0 0-0 0; Shayna Panchik 0-0 0-0 0; Annie Bova 0-2 0-0
0; Maggie Miller 0-1 0-0 0; Chandler Moore 0-0 0-0 0; Abby Wemhoff 0-0 0-0
0. Totals 29-61 6-8 77.
Otterbein.....................   30   32  -   62
Mount Union...................   37   40  -   77
3-point goals--Otterbein 4-10 (Hannah Day 3-5; Allie Leopard 1-2; Madi
Miller 0-1; Tabatha Piper 0-2), Mount Union 13-25 (Amanda Turner 7-10; Rosa
LaMattina 2-3; Nancy Osborne 2-3; Marybeth Leitch 1-1; Kensie Kimble 1-3;
Annie Bova 0-1; Maggie Miller 0-1; Emily Albanese 0-1; Tierney Allen 0-2).
Fouled out--Otterbein-None, Mount Union-None. Rebounds--Otterbein 33
(Tabatha Piper 6), Mount Union 34 (Tierney Allen 7). Assists--Otterbein 12
(Chelsea Reed 5), Mount Union 21 (Rosa LaMattina 5; Tierney Allen 5). Total
fouls--Otterbein 14, Mount Union 11. Technical fouls--Otterbein-None, Mount
Union-None. A-433

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Players Mentioned

Emily Albanese

#33 Emily Albanese

G
5' 4"
Senior
Tierney Allen

#22 Tierney Allen

G
5' 7"
Senior
Annie Bova

#11 Annie Bova

G
5' 5"
Freshman
Aly Daniel

#25 Aly Daniel

C
5' 10"
Sophomore
Sarah Grippi

#40 Sarah Grippi

F
5' 10"
Freshman
Olivia Holt

#12 Olivia Holt

G
5' 8"
Junior
Kensie Kimble

#20 Kensie Kimble

G
5' 9"
Senior
Rosa LaMattina

#10 Rosa LaMattina

G
5' 7"
Senior
Marybeth Leitch

#5 Marybeth Leitch

F
5' 8"
Senior
Bridget Lyons

#30 Bridget Lyons

F
5' 10"
Junior
Maggie Miller

#3 Maggie Miller

G
5' 5"
Senior
Chandler Moore

#32 Chandler Moore

G
5' 7"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Emily Albanese

#33 Emily Albanese

5' 4"
Senior
G
Tierney Allen

#22 Tierney Allen

5' 7"
Senior
G
Annie Bova

#11 Annie Bova

5' 5"
Freshman
G
Aly Daniel

#25 Aly Daniel

5' 10"
Sophomore
C
Sarah Grippi

#40 Sarah Grippi

5' 10"
Freshman
F
Olivia Holt

#12 Olivia Holt

5' 8"
Junior
G
Kensie Kimble

#20 Kensie Kimble

5' 9"
Senior
G
Rosa LaMattina

#10 Rosa LaMattina

5' 7"
Senior
G
Marybeth Leitch

#5 Marybeth Leitch

5' 8"
Senior
F
Bridget Lyons

#30 Bridget Lyons

5' 10"
Junior
F
Maggie Miller

#3 Maggie Miller

5' 5"
Senior
G
Chandler Moore

#32 Chandler Moore

5' 7"
Sophomore
G