Box Score WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- The Mount Union women's basketball team fell to Otterbein 58-54 in an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup Saturday at Rike Center in Westerville, Ohio.
Junior Nancy Osborne (North Canton/GlenOak) had a team-high 11 points, while sophomore Sarah Grippi (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township) lead the Purple Raiders with four boards.
With the loss, Mount Union drops to 5-3 overall and 0-3 in the conference.
Junior Tabatha Piper had a game-high 15 points, and had 12 rebounds leading the way for the Cardinals (4-4, 1-2 OAC).
Mount Union would hold it's largest and only lead of three in the early minutes of action, when they opened the game with a three-ball from Osborne to lead 3-0.
The Raiders would lead 24-23 with 5:56 left in the first half, before Otterbein would go on a 8-0 run to lead 32-24 going into halftime.
Mount Union ripped off a 10-0 run to pull within four of the Cardinals with 12:31 left in the second half, 36-40. The Raiders would pull within one point at the 5:35, 50-51 off a Grippi jumper, but Otterbein would hold on for the 58-54 victory.
The Raiders travel to Berea, Ohio to take on Baldwin Wallace in an OAC game at Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, December 18th.
Newspaper Box Score
Mount Union vs Otterbein University
12/14/13 3 p.m. at Westerville, Ohio -- Rike Center
At Westerville, Ohio -- Rike Center
OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY 58, MOUNT UNION 54
MOUNT UNION (5-3, 0-3 OAC)
Holt 0-4 0-0 0;
Emma Horning 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-62 5-7 54.
OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY (4-4, 1-2 OAC)
Tabatha Piper 4-11 7-10 15; Chelsea Reed 4-11 2-2 11; Taylor Pifher 4-7 2-2
10; Mary Corbett 3-5 3-3 10; Madi Miller 3-8 1-2 7; C. Hartley-Carr 1-2 0-0
3; Lindsey Rosendale 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 20-48 15-19 58.
Mount Union................... 24 30 - 54
Otterbein University.......... 32 26 - 58
1-7; C. Hartley-Carr 1-2; Mary Corbett 1-1; Lindsey Rosendale 0-1; Madi
Miller 0-2; Tabatha Piper 0-1). Fouled out--Mount Union-None, Otterbein
University-None. Rebounds--Mount Union 31 (
Sarah Grippi 4), Otterbein
University 38 (Tabatha Piper 12). Assists--Mount Union 12 (
Chandler Moore3), Otterbein University 16 (Chelsea Reed 6). Total fouls--Mount Union 17,
Otterbein University 9. Technical fouls--Mount Union-None, Otterbein
University-None. A-160
