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Women's Basketball Mounts Comeback to Defeat Otterbein

Box Score

ALLIANCE, Ohio - Mount Union rallied from 14 points down with under 12 minutes to play to beat Otterbein 62-57 in an Ohio Athletic Conference women's basketball game Saturday in Alliance.

The Purple Raiders (11-10, 5-9 OAC) were led by junior guard Chandler Moore (Girard, Pa., Girard) who scored a career-high 23 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field. 

Sophomore Annie Bova (Parma Heights, Beaumont) also had 10 points for Mount Union.

Otterbein (7-14, 3-11 OAC) was led by juniors Tabatha Piper and Chelsea Reed scoring 18 and 16 points respectively.

Otterbein ran out a 14-4 advantage in the game's first seven minutes, but the Raiders came back with a pair of three pointers.

The Cardinals would respond and take an eight-point lead with 13 seconds left in the half, but Moore would cut the deficit to five -- 33-28 at the half with a three that beat the buzzer.

Otterbein used a 13-4 run early in the second half to take its largest lead of the game at 14 points, 46-32, with 11:30 left in the game.  Mount Union then scored 11-straight points -- nine from Moore and Bova -- to get back into the game, 48-45.

The Raiders took their first lead since the game's opening minutes -- 56-53 -- on an Amanda Turner (Wooster/Wooster) three-pointer with 1:12 left in the game.

Mount Union sealed the win going 6-of-8 from the free throw line in the final minute.

Mount Union next travels to Muskingum for an OAC game Wednesday February 12 at 7:30 pm in New Concord. 

Newspaper Box Score
Otterbein University vs Mount Union
2/08/14 3:00 PM at Alliance, Ohio - MAAC
At Alliance, Ohio - MAAC
MOUNT UNION 62, OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY 57
OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY (7-14, 3-11 OAC)
Tabatha Piper 7-11 3-4 18; Chelsea Reed 5-8 6-7 16; Madi Miller 4-13 0-0 9;
Amariah Huck 2-6 3-3 7; Taylor Pifher 1-3 1-2 3; C. Hartley-Carr 1-3 0-1 2;
Mary Corbett 1-5 0-0 2; Kyleigh Wyeth 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-51 13-17 57.
MOUNT UNION (11-10, 5-9 OAC)
Chandler Moore 7-11 6-6 23; Annie Bova 3-12 4-4 10; Amanda Turner 3-6 2-2 9;
Sarah Grippi 2-6 2-4 6; Nancy Osborne 1-2 2-4 5; Robyn Brown 1-5 0-0 3;
Olivia Holt 1-6 0-0 2; Colleen Kennehan 1-3 0-0 2; Abby Wemhoff 1-2 0-1 2;
Kelsey Scott 0-0 0-0 0; Haley Roddy 0-0 0-0 0; Haley Hassinger 0-0 0-0 0;
Bridget Lyons 0-5 0-0 0; Alexis Parsons 0-1 0-0 0; Emma Horning 0-3 0-0 0.
Totals 20-62 16-21 62.
Otterbein University..........   33   24  -   57
Mount Union...................   28   34  -   62
3-point goals--Otterbein University 2-8 (Tabatha Piper 1-1; Madi Miller 1-3;
C. Hartley-Carr 0-1; Mary Corbett 0-1; Kyleigh Wyeth 0-1; Chelsea Reed 0-1),
Mount Union 6-27 (Chandler Moore 3-5; Amanda Turner 1-4; Robyn Brown 1-4;
0-1; Alexis Parsons 0-1; Olivia Holt 0-1; Annie Bova 0-6). Fouled
out--Otterbein University-None, Mount Union-None. Rebounds--Otterbein
University 44 (Tabatha Piper 11), Mount Union 34 (Bridget Lyons 7).
Assists--Otterbein University 13 (Chelsea Reed 5), Mount Union 11 (Sarah
Grippi 4). Total fouls--Otterbein University 17, Mount Union 18. Technical
fouls--Otterbein University-None, Mount Union-None. A-385

 

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Players Mentioned

Annie Bova

#11 Annie Bova

G
5' 5"
Sophomore
Robyn Brown

#32 Robyn Brown

F
5' 8"
Freshman
Sarah Grippi

#20 Sarah Grippi

F
5' 10"
Sophomore
Haley Hassinger

#14 Haley Hassinger

G
5' 5"
Freshman
Olivia Holt

#12 Olivia Holt

G
5' 8"
Senior
Emma Horning

#10 Emma Horning

G
5' 7"
Freshman
Colleen Kennehan

#22 Colleen Kennehan

G
5' 6"
Sophomore
Bridget Lyons

#30 Bridget Lyons

F
5' 10"
Senior
Chandler Moore

#3 Chandler Moore

G
5' 7"
Junior
Nancy Osborne

#14 Nancy Osborne

G
5' 7"
Junior
Alexis Parsons

#3 Alexis Parsons

G
5' 6"
Freshman
Haley Roddy

#40 Haley Roddy

F
5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Annie Bova

#11 Annie Bova

5' 5"
Sophomore
G
Robyn Brown

#32 Robyn Brown

5' 8"
Freshman
F
Sarah Grippi

#20 Sarah Grippi

5' 10"
Sophomore
F
Haley Hassinger

#14 Haley Hassinger

5' 5"
Freshman
G
Olivia Holt

#12 Olivia Holt

5' 8"
Senior
G
Emma Horning

#10 Emma Horning

5' 7"
Freshman
G
Colleen Kennehan

#22 Colleen Kennehan

5' 6"
Sophomore
G
Bridget Lyons

#30 Bridget Lyons

5' 10"
Senior
F
Chandler Moore

#3 Chandler Moore

5' 7"
Junior
G
Nancy Osborne

#14 Nancy Osborne

5' 7"
Junior
G
Alexis Parsons

#3 Alexis Parsons

5' 6"
Freshman
G
Haley Roddy

#40 Haley Roddy

5' 9"
Freshman
F