Box Score UNIVERSITY HTS., Ohio – Mount Union junior Nate Jacubec (Struthers/Struthers) scored a season-high 23 points to lead the Purple Raiders to a 91-78 victory in an Ohio Athletic Conference men's basketball matchup in University Heights.
The Purple Raiders (14-3, 9-1 OAC) have won 12 of their last 13 games and are alone in first place in the OAC.
With Mount Union leading 38-36 at the half, Jacubec hit three pointers to start and finish a 22-8 run to open the second half run that put the Raiders up 60-44 with 14:45 to play.
John Carroll (11-7, 5-6 OAC) would answer with a 15-5 run to close the gap to six points, 65-59 with 8:08 left but Jacubec would score five of the next nine points to put Mount Union back up double digits, 75-63 with just over six minutes left in the game.
The Blue Streaks would get no closer than seven points the rest of the way.
Aside from Jacubec, Cody Dillon (Newton Falls/Newton Falls) scored 16 and T.J. Gillespie (Toledo/Toledo St. John's) scored 11 for the Raiders.
Tim Ludlow had 17 to lead five John Carroll players in double figures.
Mount Union returns home to host Capital in an OAC game Saturday at 3 pm at The MAAC.
Newspaper Box Score
Mount Union vs John Carroll
01/29/14 7:00 pm at University Hts., OH - DeCarlo Center
At University Hts., OH - DeCarlo Center
MOUNT UNION 91, JOHN CARROLL 78
MOUNT UNION (14-3, 9-1 OAC)
JOHN CARROLL (11-7, 5-6 OAC)
Tim Ludlow 7-9 0-0 17; Danny Wallack 5-10 1-2 14; Jake Hollinger 6-11 0-0
12; David Hendrickson 3-9 2-2 10; Simon Kucharewicz 4-8 2-4 10; David Linane
2-10 2-4 6; Joey Vuyancih 1-9 2-2 4; Doug Caputo 0-3 3-4 3; Nicholas Ruckel
1-2 0-0 2; Noah Bidar 0-0 0-2 0; Jordan Murphy 0-1 0-0 0; Will Starks 0-4
0-0 0; Bryce Spees 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-76 12-20 78.
Mount Union................... 38 53 - 91
John Carroll.................. 36 42 - 78
Ludlow 3-4; Danny Wallack 3-7; David Hendrickson 2-5; David Linane 0-2; Joey
Vuyancih 0-2; Will Starks 0-2). Fouled out--Mount Union-None, John
Carroll-David Hendrickson. Rebounds--Mount Union 40 (
Jarrett Ruffin 9), John
Carroll 48 (Jake Hollinger 8). Assists--Mount Union 16 (
Jarrett Ruffin 4),
John Carroll 12 (Joey Vuyancih 5). Total fouls--Mount Union 14, John Carroll
15. Technical fouls--Mount Union-None, John Carroll-None. A-968
