Box Score MARIETTA, Ohio -- Senior forward Amanda Rose (Green/Green) scored 16 points to become the 13th player in school history to score over 1,000 career points and led No. 7 ranked Mount Union to a 74-56 win at Marietta.
The Purple Raiders move to 21-1 overall, extend their school-record win streak to 16 games and maintained first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference at 14-1.
Mount Union can clinch at least a share of the OAC regular season title with a win Saturday at 3 pm at Ohio Northern.
Along with Rose, senior guard Kori Wiedt (North Olmsted/North Olmsted) had 11 points while junior point guard Rosa LaMattina (Westlake/Westlake) and senior forward Erin Schmidt (Akron/Walsh Jesuit) each had 10 points.
Rose joins Wiedt and LaMattina as Raiders with over 1,000 career points -- It is the first time in school history three 1,000-point scorers have been on the active roster at the same time.
Aleisha Guiler had game-highs with 21 points and 10 rebounds for Marietta (9-13, 4-11 OAC).
With score tied at 5, Mount Union went on an 11-2 run and never looked back as the Raiders extended the lead to as many as 25 points before taking a commanding 48-24 lead into the half.
Mount Union forced 23 turnovers and scored 20 points off those miscues while the Raiders outscored Marietta 40-22 in the paint.
Newspaper Box Score
Mount Union vs Marietta
02/08/12 7:30 p.m. at Marietta, Ohio - Ban Johnson Arena
At Marietta, Ohio - Ban Johnson Arena
MOUNT UNION 74, MARIETTA 56
MOUNT UNION (21-1, 14-1 OAC)
Amanda Rose 8-14 0-0 16; Kori Wiedt 4-12 0-0 11; Erin Schmidt 3-8 3-3 10;
Rosa LaMattina 4-10 1-1 10; Tierney Allen 4-6 0-0 8; Marybeth Leitch 2-3 1-1
5; Kelly Evans 1-3 1-2 4; Aly Daniel 1-2 1-2 3; Maggie Miller 1-2 0-2 3;
Bridget Lyons 1-2 0-0 2; Amanda Tamerlano 1-2 0-1 2; Amanda Turner 0-0 0-0
0; Nancy Osborne 0-1 0-0 0; Olivia Holt 0-1 0-0 0; Emily Albanese 0-1 0-0 0;
Megan Saunders 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-67 7-12 74.
MARIETTA (9-13, 4-11 OAC)
Aleisha Guiler 8-16 5-5 22; Tori Dixon 3-8 0-0 7; Heather Booth 3-9 0-0 6;
Rachel Jones 1-2 4-5 6; Candice Alexander 2-5 2-4 6; Sierra Sigman 2-6 0-0
4; Kristeva Rowe 1-3 0-0 3; Danielle Lang 1-2 0-0 2; Lindsay Deemer 0-1 0-0
0; Kyle Sheridan 0-0 0-0 0; Jessie Johnson 0-0 0-0 0; Bailey Topf 0-2 0-0 0;
Paige Bucher 0-1 0-0 0; Brittany Metcalf 0-0 0-0 0; Natalie Sarbaugh 0-0 0-0
0; Paige Lamb 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-55 11-14 56.
Mount Union................... 48 26 - 74
Marietta...................... 24 32 - 56
3-point goals--Mount Union 7-21 (Kori Wiedt 3-7; Maggie Miller 1-1; Kelly
Evans 1-2; Erin Schmidt 1-5; Rosa LaMattina 1-4; Olivia Holt 0-1; Emily
Albanese 0-1), Marietta 3-12 (Tori Dixon 1-4; Kristeva Rowe 1-2; Aleisha
Guiler 1-2; Sierra Sigman 0-2; Paige Bucher 0-1; Rachel Jones 0-1). Fouled
out--Mount Union-None, Marietta-None. Rebounds--Mount Union 35 (Amanda Rose
5; Tierney Allen 5), Marietta 40 (Aleisha Guiler 10). Assists--Mount Union
20 (Maggie Miller 4; Amanda Rose 4; Rosa LaMattina 4), Marietta 7 (Bailey
Topf 2). Total fouls--Mount Union 13, Marietta 16. Technical fouls--Mount
Union-None, Marietta-None. A-214