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Women's Basketball: Reed's Career-High 22 Points Not Enough to Push Past Capital

Box Score

ALLIANCE, Ohio -- The Mount Union women's basketball team dropped a 79-69 Ohio Athletic Conference game to Capital on Saturday at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex.

The Purple Raiders (8-11, 4-8 OAC) were led by Katie Reed (Alliance/Marlington) scoring a career-high and game-high 22 points. Annie Bova (Parma Heights/Beaumont) added 16 points in defeat.

Capital (10-9, 6-6 OAC) had four players score in double-figures with Kristen Thompson leading the team with 19 points, Nina Napolitano and Simonne Gage each adding 17 and Jenna Erwin finishing out the double-figure scorers with 10.

The Raiders found themselves in an early 12-3 deficit after four minutes of playing time. Later in the half Mount Union closed the gap with a 7-0 run to cut the lead to 18-16 with 12:18 left in the half. 

Mount Union took the lead 23-20 but Capital went on a 13-0 run to take a 10 point lead with 6:20 left in the half. Capital eventually went up by 11 points before Mount Union closed the half on an 11-2 run and trailed by just two at the half, 38-36.

The Raiders scored the first three points of the second half to take a one point lead. The game was tied at 42-42 until the Crusaders opened up a nine point lead with a 12-3 run. The Raiders were not done as they mounted an 10-1 run to tie the game with 9:06 left in the game. 

After the tie Capital scored the next seven points of the game to take a 64-57 advantage. The Raiders could get no closer than five points the rest of the way.

Mount Union next travels to Muskingum Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 pm in New Concord. 

 


Newspaper Box Score
Capital vs Mount Union
1/31/15 3:00 PM at Alliance, Ohio
At Alliance, Ohio
CAPITAL 79, MOUNT UNION 69
CAPITAL (10-9,6-6 OAC)
Kristen Thompson 8-8 3-5 19; Nina Napolitano 5-6 7-10 17; Simonne Gage 4-7
9-12 17; Jenna Erwin 3-6 3-5 10; Shelby Sigman 3-6 0-0 7; Shelby Sheets 1-5
2-2 4; Jaren Francis 1-2 1-2 3; Colleen Fondessy 1-3 0-1 2; Emily Moran 0-0
0-0 0; Annika Wachtman 0-0 0-0 0; Courtney Merritt 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-44
25-37 79.
MOUNT UNION (8-11, 4-8 OAC)
Katie Reed 6-12 8-9 22; Annie Bova 5-9 5-5 16; Isabella Pecchia 3-8 2-4 8;
Abby Wemhoff 2-4 2-2 6; Nancy Osborne 2-4 0-1 5; Colleen Kennehan 1-5 0-0 3;
Jasmine Bonivel 1-2 1-1 3; Sarah Grippi 1-2 1-2 3; Chandler Moore 1-1 0-2 3;
Halle Rubino 0-0 0-0 0; Shayna Panchik 0-2 0-0 0; Paiten Strother 0-3 0-0 0;
Kelsey Scott 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-53 19-26 69.
Capital.......................   38   41  -   79
Mount Union...................   36   33  -   69
3-point goals--Capital 2-6 (Jenna Erwin 1-2; Shelby Sigman 1-2; Shelby
Sheets 0-2), Mount Union 6-16 (Katie Reed 2-5; Colleen Kennehan 1-2; Nancy
Osborne 1-2; Chandler Moore 1-1; Annie Bova 1-3; Shayna Panchik 0-1; Paiten
Strother 0-1; Jasmine Bonivel 0-1). Fouled out--Capital-Shelby Sigman, Mount
Union-None. Rebounds--Capital 32 (Colleen Fondessy 4; Jenna Erwin 4; Simonne
Gage 4), Mount Union 31 (Chandler Moore 8). Assists--Capital 11 (Shelby
Sheets 5), Mount Union 13 (Chandler Moore 4). Total fouls--Capital 27, Mount
Union 26. Technical fouls--Capital-None, Mount Union-None. A-511

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Players Mentioned

Jasmine Bonivel

#33 Jasmine Bonivel

G/F
5' 10"
Freshman
Annie Bova

#11 Annie Bova

G
5' 5"
Junior
Sarah Grippi

#40 Sarah Grippi

F
5' 10"
Junior
Colleen Kennehan

#22 Colleen Kennehan

G
5' 6"
Junior
Chandler Moore

#03 Chandler Moore

G
5' 7"
Senior
Nancy Osborne

#12 Nancy Osborne

PG/G
5' 7"
Senior
Shayna Panchik

#15 Shayna Panchik

G
5' 5"
Junior
Isabella Pecchia

#50 Isabella Pecchia

C
5' 11"
Freshman
Katie Reed

#23 Katie Reed

G
5' 7"
Junior
Halle Rubino

#20 Halle Rubino

PG
5' 1"
Freshman
Kelsey Scott

#45 Kelsey Scott

C
5' 9"
Sophomore
Paiten Strother

#10 Paiten Strother

G
5' 8"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jasmine Bonivel

#33 Jasmine Bonivel

5' 10"
Freshman
G/F
Annie Bova

#11 Annie Bova

5' 5"
Junior
G
Sarah Grippi

#40 Sarah Grippi

5' 10"
Junior
F
Colleen Kennehan

#22 Colleen Kennehan

5' 6"
Junior
G
Chandler Moore

#03 Chandler Moore

5' 7"
Senior
G
Nancy Osborne

#12 Nancy Osborne

5' 7"
Senior
PG/G
Shayna Panchik

#15 Shayna Panchik

5' 5"
Junior
G
Isabella Pecchia

#50 Isabella Pecchia

5' 11"
Freshman
C
Katie Reed

#23 Katie Reed

5' 7"
Junior
G
Halle Rubino

#20 Halle Rubino

5' 1"
Freshman
PG
Kelsey Scott

#45 Kelsey Scott

5' 9"
Sophomore
C
Paiten Strother

#10 Paiten Strother

5' 8"
Freshman
G