ALLIANCE, Ohio – The Mount Union women's basketball team claimed their first Ohio Athletic Conference victory of the season over Capital 78-64 Saturday afternoon in Alliance.

Junior Chandler Moore (Girard, Pa./Girard) had a team-high 12 points, senior Amanda Turner had 11 points (Wooster/Wooster) while senior Olivia Holt (Williamsfield/Pymatuning Valley) had eight boards to lead the Purple Raiders.

Cookie Geroski had 13 points, five rebounds, while Monica Heckman would chip in with 10 points to lead the Crusaders (6-5, 3-2 OAC).

Mount Union would open the game taking an 11-2 lead before Capital would answer with a 15-6 run to tie the game at 17 with 8:29 left in the period. The Crusaders would take their only lead, 19-18 with 7:32 remaining, before a Moore three-pointer sparked a 10-0 run to put Mount Union back out in front 28-19 at the 3:29 mark. The Raiders would take a 35-24 lead at the half.

Capital scored the first four points of the second half to close within seven points, 35-28, but a three from Cassi Bowen (Brunswick/Brunswick) took the lead back out to 10 and the Crusaders got no closer the rest of the way.

Mount Union (7-5, 1-4 OAC) will host Ohio Northern in an OAC matchup at 3 PM next Saturday, January 11 at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex.