LEXINGTON, Ky.— An explosive second half led the Mount Union women's basketball team to an 83-73 win over Hanover (Ind.) in game one of the Transylvania (Ky.) Tournament Friday.

Mount Union (2-1) got a game-high 22 points from junior Annie Bova (Parma Heights/Beaumont) and 13 from senior Chandler Moore (Girard, Pa./Girard).

Hanover (0-1) got a game-high 22 points from Megan Caudill, as the Panthers went on a 4-0 run to start the game.

Hanover extended their lead 38-33 before Mount Union cut the lead to two and trailed 38-36 at the half. Mount Union continued their run into the second half by challenging the Panther defense with an 18-6 run five minutes into the second half.

Mount Union claimed their largest lead of the game, 55-70, after a made jumper by Bova as the Raiders shot 49.2% from the floor and 40.9% from behind the arc shooting their way to an 83-73 victory.

Mount Union next takes on tournament-host, Transylvania (Ky.) tomorrow, Nov. 22 at 3 pm.

Newspaper Box Score

Hanover vs Mount Union11\21\14 8:10 pm at Lexington,Ky.At Lexington,Ky.

MOUNT UNION 83, HANOVER 73

HANOVER (0-1)Caudill,Megan 7-15 8-12 22; Davidson,Jessie 9-16 1-2 21; Hopkins,Alicia 5-131-4 12; Watson,Shauna 3-8 1-3 7; Malloy,Ashley 1-4 2-4 5; Block,Kelsey 2-70-0 4; Miller,Julia 1-3 0-3 2; Mitchell,Baylee 0-0 0-0 0; Nash,Allison 0-20-0 0. Totals 28-68 13-28 73.MOUNT UNION (2-1)Annie Bova 9-15 1-1 22; Moore,Chandler 4-6 4-4 13; Katie Reed 3-8 0-1 9;Paiten Strother 3-4 0-0 7; Isabella Pecchia 3-7 0-0 6; Sarah Grippi 2-4 1-25; Shayna Panchik 1-3 2-2 4; Kelsey Scott 2-3 0-2 4; Nancy Osborne 1-5 2-24; Colleen Kennehan 1-1 0-0 3; Halle Rubino 1-1 1-1 3; Jasmine Bonivel 1-40-0 2; Bowen,Cassi 0-0 1-2 1; Corie Inverso 0-2 0-0 0; Fallon Schwab-Davis0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-63 12-17 83.Hanover.......................   38   35  -   73Mount Union...................   36   47  -   833-point goals--Hanover 4-23 (Davidson,Jessie 2-5; Hopkins,Alicia 1-4;Malloy,Ashley 1-4; Nash,Allison 0-2; Block,Kelsey 0-5; Watson,Shauna 0-2;Caudill,Megan 0-1), Mount Union 9-22 (Annie Bova 3-8; Katie Reed 3-7;Moore,Chandler 1-2; Colleen Kennehan 1-1; Paiten Strother 1-1; Nancy Osborne0-3). Fouled out--Hanover-None, Mount Union-None. Rebounds--Hanover 37(Caudill,Megan 10), Mount Union 44 (Sarah Grippi 9; Moore,Chandler 9).Assists--Hanover 9 (Hopkins,Alicia 5), Mount Union 21 (Moore,Chandler 4;Nancy Osborne 4). Total fouls--Hanover 19, Mount Union 23. Technicalfouls--Hanover-None, Mount Union-None. A-110