ALLIANCE, Ohio— Mount Union's women's basketball team fell to John Carroll, 82-56, in an Ohio Athletic Conference game on Wednesday.

The Purple Raiders (9-14, 5-11 OAC) had two players scoring in double-figures with junior Katie Reed (Alliance/Marlington) scoring 17 points including four three-pointers and junior Annie Bova (Parma Heights/Beaumont) adding 11.

John Carroll (20-3, 13-3 OAC) had three players scoring in double-figures as Katlyn Spahar scored a game-high 32 points while Erin Mog and Emily Taylor added 14 and 11.

An early three-pointer for senior Nancy Osborne (North Canton/GlenOak) gave the Raiders a four-point lead—7-3—at the 16:38 mark before John Carroll hit three straight three-pointers with two going to Taylor giving the Blue Streaks a six point lead.

Carroll pushed the lead to nine before Reed caught fire from behind the arc hitting back-to-back three's bringing the Raiders within three, 19-16.

Shooting 50% from the floor earned the Blue Streaks a 12-point lead, their largest of the half, with just under six minutes remaining—32-20.

Reed again hit back-to-back three's to cut the lead in half with 3:06 left in the first half.

Another three for Taylor led John Carroll to a 40-33 lead heading into the locker room.

The Blue Streaks opened the second half with an 11-3 run to extend the lead to 17 at the 13:26 mark.

The Raiders went cold as they went scoreless for four minutes pushing the John Carroll lead to 72-46 with six minutes left to play.

John Carroll went on to defeat Mount Union 82-56.

Mount Union hosts Wilmington in the final game of the regular season as three seniors will be recognized prior to the start of competition, Saturday, Feb. 21 at 3:00 pm at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex in Alliance.

Newspaper Box Score

John Carroll vs Mount Union

2/18/15 7:30 PM at Alliance, Ohio

At Alliance, Ohio

JOHN CARROLL 82, MOUNT UNION 56

JOHN CARROLL (21-3, 14-3 OAC)

Katlyn Spahar 12-18 3-5 32; Erin Mog 6-6 2-4 14; Emily Taylor 3-11 2-4 11;

Shmoo Pryor 2-7 3-3 7; Beth Switzler 0-3 7-10 7; Katie Battaglia 2-2 0-0 5;

Sarah Cairnie 2-4 0-0 4; Daniella Rice 1-3 0-1 2; Nicole McManamon 0-1 0-0

0; Jasmine Rogers 0-0 0-0 0; Chelsea Smith 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-56 17-27 82.

MOUNT UNION (9-15, 5-12 OAC)

Katie Reed 4-11 5-5 17; Annie Bova 4-8 2-2 11; Chandler Moore 4-9 1-1 9;

Isabella Pecchia 1-4 2-4 4; Fallon Schwab-Davis 1-2 1-2 3; Nancy Osborne 1-5

0-0 3; Paiten Strother 1-2 0-0 3; Haley Roddy 0-1 2-2 2; Abby Bartoscewicz

1-3 0-0 2; Jasmine Bonivel 1-4 0-0 2; Colleen Kennehan 0-2 0-0 0; Abby

Wemhoff 0-1 0-0 0; Marissa Harbath 0-0 0-0 0; Cassie Hennessy 0-2 0-0 0;

Aubree LaForce 0-1 0-0 0; Shayna Panchik 0-2 0-0 0; Erin White 0-0 0-0 0;

Kelsey Scott 0-2 0-0 0; Cassi Bowen 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-60 13-16 56.

John Carroll..................   40   42  -   82

Mount Union...................   33   23  -   56

3-point goals--John Carroll 9-18 (Katlyn Spahar 5-7; Emily Taylor 3-8; Katie

Battaglia 1-1; Daniella Rice 0-1; Shmoo Pryor 0-1), Mount Union 7-30 (Katie

Reed 4-8; Paiten Strother 1-2; Nancy Osborne 1-4; Annie Bova 1-5; Haley

Roddy 0-1; Abby Bartoscewicz 0-2; Colleen Kennehan 0-2; Aubree LaForce 0-1;

Shayna Panchik 0-2; Chandler Moore 0-2; Cassie Hennessy 0-1). Fouled

out--John Carroll-None, Mount Union-None. Rebounds--John Carroll 41 (Beth

Switzler 10), Mount Union 37 (Katie Reed 4; Nancy Osborne 4). Assists--John

Carroll 15 (Erin Mog 5), Mount Union 9 (Abby Wemhoff 2; Colleen Kennehan 2;

Chandler Moore 2). Total fouls--John Carroll 19, Mount Union 22. Technical

fouls--John Carroll-None, Mount Union-None. A-517