ALLIANCE, Ohio – On a frigid night outside, the Mount Union men's basketball team was hot inside as the Purple Raiders made a school-record 17 three-pointers in a 113-75 win over Westminster (Pa.) at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex in Alliance.

The 113 points matches a season-high as Mount Union (9-2) extends its winning streak to seven games.

Five Raiders scored in double figures, led by junior guard Nate Jacubec (Struthers/Struthers) with 19 points on five three-pointers.  

Sophomore Kyle Scelza (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) had 18, seniors T.J. Gillespie (Toledo/Toledo St. John's) and Jimmy Darnley (Canton/GlenOak) had 14 and 10 respectively and sophomore Jarrett Ruffin(Northfield/Nordonia) also had 10 points for Mount Union.

Paul Carswell had a game-high 20 points to lead Westminster (1-9).

Gillespie hit his first three three-point attempts to spark a 16-4 Mount Union run in the game's opening three minutes.  Westminster responded with a 7-2 burst to close to within seven points, 18-11 with 15:18 left in the half, but the Raiders stayed hot from the floor making a total of 12 three-pointers in the period to lead 64-38 at the break.

Westminster got no closer than 24 points the rest of the way as Mount Union matched a season-high total that it had in a 113-100 win over John Carroll on Dec. 4

Mount Union next plays Capital in an Ohio Athletic Conference game Monday at 7 pm in Bexley.

Newspaper Box Score

Westminster vs Mount Union

01/03/14 6:00 PM at Alliance, Ohio - The MAAC

At Alliance, Ohio - The MAAC

MOUNT UNION 113, WESTMINSTER 75

WESTMINSTER (1-9)

Paul Carswell 6-13 6-8 20; Anthony Thomas 5-9 4-6 16; Charlie Wallander 3-10

3-4 9; John Arcuri 3-10 2-4 9; Garrett Ashbaugh 2-4 1-1 6; Cameron Pozsgai

1-7 4-4 6; Matt Getsy 1-4 2-2 5; Coty Gander 2-6 0-0 4; Mike Matisi 0-0 0-0

0; Nate Herrmann 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-65 22-29 75.

MOUNT UNION (9-2)

Nate Jacubec 6-10 2-2 19; Kyle Scelza 6-12 2-2 18; TJ Gillespie 5-10 0-0 14;

Jarrett Ruffin 5-11 0-0 10; Jimmy Darnley 4-6 2-2 10; Jeff Foreman 3-5 0-0

8; Michael Shull 3-5 2-2 8; DeAllen Jackson 2-4 0-2 5; Cody Dillon 2-6 0-0

4; Lucas Supan 2-2 0-0 4; Miles Griffin 2-5 0-0 4; Matt Votino 1-3 1-2 3;

Josh Duerr 1-2 0-0 3; Tyler Sherman 1-2 0-0 2; Evan Keeslar 0-3 1-2 1;

Brandon Morris 0-0 0-0 0; Royal Eddie 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 43-88 10-14 113.

Westminster................... 38 37 - 75

Mount Union................... 64 49 - 113

3-point goals--Westminster 7-25 (Paul Carswell 2-8; Anthony Thomas 2-4;

Garrett Ashbaugh 1-2; John Arcuri 1-5; Matt Getsy 1-3; Nate Herrmann 0-1;

Cameron Pozsgai 0-2), Mount Union 17-44 (Nate Jacubec 5-7; TJ Gillespie 4-6;

Kyle Scelza 4-8; Jeff Foreman 2-4; Josh Duerr 1-2; DeAllen Jackson 1-1;

Miles Griffin 0-2; Matt Votino 0-1; Evan Keeslar 0-3; Royal Eddie 0-1; Cody

Dillon 0-4; Michael Shull 0-2; Jarrett Ruffin 0-3). Fouled

out--Westminster-None, Mount Union-Jeff Foreman. Rebounds--Westminster 39

(Cameron Pozsgai 9), Mount Union 55 (Jimmy Darnley 8; Evan Keeslar 8).

Assists--Westminster 12 (Anthony Thomas 3), Mount Union 22 (TJ Gillespie 6).

Total fouls--Westminster 11, Mount Union 22. Technical

fouls--Westminster-Cameron Pozsgai; TEAM, Mount Union-None. A-177