Box Score ALLIANCE, Ohio – The Mount Union women's basketball team lost to No. 23 ranked John Carroll 101-78 Wednesday in an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex in Alliance.
Senior Bridget Lyons (Avon Lake/Avon Lake) scored a career-high 12 points, as she was one of three Purple Raiders who scored double-figures to lead the Mount Union (9-8, 3-7 OAC).
Sophomores Annie Bova (Parma Heights/Beaumont) and Sarah Grippi (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township) each had a team-high 14 points.
The Spahar sisters, Melissa and Katlyn, combined for 58 points to lead the Blue Streaks (14-2, 9-2 OAC). Melissa had a game-high 37 points as Katlyn chipped in 21 points.
Mount Union took a 10-4 lead in the game's first four minutes before John Carroll surged to go on a 16-8 run to take their first lead 20-18.
Both teams traded buckets for the remainder of the half, before Mount Union took a 44-43 lead going into the half.
The Blue Streaks would start the second half outscoring the Raiders 14-6 and never looked back going up by as many as 24 points.
Mount Union travels to Columbus Saturday, February 1 for an OAC matchup at 3 pm against Capital at the Capital Center.
Newspaper Box Score
John Carroll vs Mount Union
1/29/14 7:30 PM at Alliance, Ohio - MAAC
At Alliance, Ohio - MAAC
JOHN CARROLL 101, MOUNT UNION 78
JOHN CARROLL (14-2, 9-2 OAC)
Melissa Spahar 13-19 9-10 37; Katlyn Spahar 8-11 5-6 21; Allison Lustig 5-8
2-2 14; Emily Johanson 5-9 3-5 13; Daniella Rice 1-1 4-4 6; Beth Switzler
0-3 6-6 6; Emily Taylor 1-7 1-2 4; AnneMarie Kirchner 0-2 0-0 0. Totals
33-60 30-35 101.
MOUNT UNION (9-8, 3-7 OAC)
Bowen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-66 11-13 78.
John Carroll.................. 43 58 - 101
Mount Union................... 44 34 - 78
3-point goals--John Carroll 5-12 (Allison Lustig 2-4; Melissa Spahar 2-2;
Emily Taylor 1-4; Emily Johanson 0-1; Katlyn Spahar 0-1), Mount Union 9-31
Carroll-None, Mount Union-
Annie Bova. Rebounds--John Carroll 31 (Melissa
Spahar 7), Mount Union 38 (
Bridget Lyons 5). Assists--John Carroll 17 (Emily
Taylor 7), Mount Union 23 (
Sarah Grippi 6). Total fouls--John Carroll 16,
Mount Union 26. Technical fouls--John Carroll-None, Mount Union-None. A-312
