Box Score UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The Mount Union women's basketball team fell at John Carroll, 82-64 in the opening Ohio Athletic Conference matchup Wednesday at the Tony DeCarlo Varsity Center in University Heights.
Sophomore Sarah Grippi (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township) and junior Nancy Osborne (North Canton/GlenOak) would score nine and eight points to lead the Purple Raiders.
With the loss, Mount Union drops to 5-1 overall and 0-1 in the OAC.
Senior Missy Spahar had a game-high 32 points, while junior Megan Weber would have seven boards leading the way for the Blue Streaks (4-0, 1-0 OAC).
The lead changed hands five times and tied once in the first half, with Mount Union going on a 12-4 run grabbing its largest lead at four points at the 16:00 mark, 12-8 and trailed going into the half by 12, 50-38.
The Blue Streaks would start the second half outscoring the Raiders 11-to-9 before putting the game away. John Carroll built the lead to 22 points at the 11:34 mark, 71-49. The Raiders would close the game outscoring John Carroll 14-11, but it wasn't enough as the Blue Streaks would go on to win 82-64.
Mount Union returns home to host Heidelberg in an OAC game at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex, at 3 pm on Saturday, December 7th.
Newspaper Box Score
Mount Union vs John Carroll
12/04/13 7:30 pm at University Hts., OH - DeCarlo Center
At University Hts., OH - DeCarlo Center
JOHN CARROLL 82, MOUNT UNION 64
MOUNT UNION (5-1, 0-1 OAC)
Wemhoff 0-1 0-0 0;
Amanda Turner 0-3 0-0 0; Abbey Bartoszewicz 0-1 0-0 0;
JOHN CARROLL (4-0, 1-0 OAC)
Melissa Spahar 15-22 2-3 32; Beth Switzler 7-12 6-6 20; Katlyn Spahar 8-13
1-1 19; Daniella Rice 2-6 0-0 4; Allison Lustig 1-2 0-0 3; Meghan Weber 0-2
2-2 2; Katie Battaglia 1-1 0-0 2; Emily Taylor 0-11 0-2 0; Ashley Bastock
0-1 0-0 0; Emily Johanson 0-2 0-0 0; AnneMarie Kirchner 0-1 0-0 0; Christie
Wade 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-73 11-14 82.
Mount Union................... 38 26 - 64
John Carroll.................. 50 32 - 82
John Carroll 3-13 (Katlyn Spahar 2-4; Allison Lustig 1-2; Daniella Rice 0-1;
Emily Taylor 0-4; AnneMarie Kirchner 0-1; Melissa Spahar 0-1). Fouled
out--Mount Union-None, John Carroll-None. Rebounds--Mount Union 35 (Annie
Bova 5), John Carroll 38 (Meghan Weber 7). Assists--Mount Union 12 (Colleen
Kennehan 4), John Carroll 19 (Allison Lustig 6). Total fouls--Mount Union
14, John Carroll 16. Technical fouls--Mount Union-None, John Carroll-None.
A-328
