SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Sophomore Nancy Osborne (North Canton/ GlenOak) scored a career-high 13 points to lead the No. 2 ranked Mount Union women's basketball team to a 68-53 win over Albion (Mich.) Friday in the first round of the Zimmerman Memorial Classic at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. 

The big key for Mount Union (10-1) was three-point shooting as the Purple Raiders hit 10-of-30 from beyond the arc as compared to the Britons who went 1-of-10.

Along with Osborne, senior guard Tierney Allen (Alliance/Alliance) scored 13 points, senior Rosa LaMattina (Wooster/Wooster) scored 10 points as the other double digit scorers for the Raiders.

Leading the way for Albion (3-9) was Brett de Bear with game-high 25 points. 

Mount Union never trailed as they got off to a 12-2 run within the first three minutes of the game. The lead would go to as many as 13 points twice with the last time being, 32-19 with 3:26 remaining. Albion would rally as the Britons closed the half on a 12-1 surge to get within two points, 32-31, at the break.

The Raiders opened the second half on a 9-2 run with Allen scoring seven of those nine points to stretch the lead back out to nine points, 42-33.  The Britons rallied again, getting within four points, but back-to-back three pointers from Allen and Osborne pushed the lead to 55-45 with just less than seven minutes to play and put the game away.

Mount Union next plays host Wittenberg Saturday, Dec. 29 at 4:30 pm.

Newspaper Box Score
Albion vs Mount Union
12/28/12 12:00 p.m. at Pam Evans Smith Arena; Springfield, Ohio
At Pam Evans Smith Arena; Springfield, Ohio
MOUNT UNION 68, ALBION 53
ALBION (3-9)
Brett deBear 10-16 5-5 25; Taylor Nugent 3-8 2-2 9; Danielle Fraley 3-6 0-0
6; Katie Thompson 2-6 1-2 5; Darian Payne 1-2 2-4 4; Emily DeWaters 1-3 0-0
2; Tanner Johnson 1-3 0-2 2; Mikaela Bromley 0-0 0-0 0; Aly Bates 0-2 0-0 0;
Taylor Peruchietti 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-47 10-15 53.
MOUNT UNION (10-1)
Nancy Osborne 5-10 0-0 13; Tierney Allen 4-5 3-4 13; Rosa LaMattina 4-10 0-0
10; Annie Bova 3-7 0-0 8; Aly Daniel 4-6 0-0 8; Marybeth Leitch 2-4 2-3 6;
Chandler Moore 2-3 0-0 4; Maggie Miller 1-2 0-0 3; Bridget Lyons 1-4 0-0 2;
Megan Saunders 0-0 1-2 1; Abby Wemhoff 0-1 0-2 0; Katie Reed 0-0 0-0 0;
Amanda Turner 0-5 0-0 0; Emily Albanese 0-0 0-0 0; Kensie Kimble 0-3 0-0 0;
Shayna Panchik 0-0 0-0 0; Cassie Bowen 0-1 0-0 0; Jessie Baldridge 0-0 0-0
0; Olivia Holt 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-61 6-11 68.
Albion........................   31   22  -   53
Mount Union...................   33   35  -   68
3-point goals--Albion 1-10 (Taylor Nugent 1-5; Emily DeWaters 0-1; Tanner
Johnson 0-1; Brett deBear 0-3), Mount Union 10-30 (Nancy Osborne 3-7; Rosa
LaMattina 2-4; Tierney Allen 2-3; Annie Bova 2-6; Maggie Miller 1-2; Abby
Wemhoff 0-1; Amanda Turner 0-4; Kensie Kimble 0-1; Chandler Moore 0-1;
Marybeth Leitch 0-1). Fouled out--Albion-None, Mount Union-None.
Rebounds--Albion 30 (Darian Payne 6; Brett deBear 6), Mount Union 39
(Tierney Allen 8). Assists--Albion 5 (Taylor Nugent 2; Brett deBear 2),
Mount Union 16 (Rosa LaMattina 5). Total fouls--Albion 14, Mount Union 17.
Technical fouls--Albion-None, Mount Union-None. A-102
2012 Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic First Round
Mount Union advances to championship game Saturday at 4:30
Albion will play in third place game at Noon on Saturday