TIFFIN, Ohio— No. 7 seed Mount Union fell to No.6 seed Heidelberg in the first round of the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, 84-80, Monday evening.

The Purple Raiders (10-16) had four players scoring in double-figures with freshman Isabella Pecchia (North Ridgeville/North Ridgeville) scoring a career-high 23 points.

Senior Nancy Osborne (North Canton/GlenOak) and junior Katie Reed (Alliance/Marlington) followed with 14 points each while senior Chandler Moore (Girard, Pa./Girard) ended the game with 13 points and nine rebounds.

Heidelberg (11-15), which advances to play at No. 3 seed Baldwin Wallace tomorrow night, had three players scoring in double-figures as Teresa Jackson came off the bench to score a game-high 29 points with 20 coming in the second half. Allie Hawkins and Kaye Brickner added 17 and 12 respectively.

Mount Union opened the game on a 13-2 run including a three-pointer for Osborne and three free throws for Reed.

Heidelberg cut the lead in half by converting on three Mount Union turnovers making the score 13-8 at the 14:57 mark. The Student Princes continued the run outscoring the Raiders 12-2.

Reed hit a three-pointer and then got a steal leading to a Moore three-pointer putting the Raiders up, 27-19.

The Raiders continued to apply pressure pushing a 17-4 run with Moore grabbing two offensive rebounds and seven points leading to a 20-point advantage.

The Student Princes threatened the lead with an 11-3 run closing out the first half, 47-35, in favor of Mount Union.

Osborne started the Raiders off in the second half with a three-pointer at the 19:26 mark.

Four straight points for Pecchia moved the Raiders to a 16-point advantage.

Four three-point plays for Heidelberg cut the Raider lead to four, 56-52, at the 15:03 mark.

Back-to-back jumpers for Pecchia and Abby Wemhoff (Kent/Kent Roosevelt) kept the Raiders ahead by six, 60-54.

Heidelberg tied the game—63-63—with a three-pointer from Kate Brickner at the 10:21 mark.

Osborne kept the Raiders in the lead with a three-pointer from Bova—66-63.

Eight straight points for Theresa Jackson put the Student Princes up, 73-69, at the 5:10 mark.

Pecchia tied the game with a jumper followed by a layup—73-73—with just under four minutes left to play.

Five more points for Jackson gave Heidelberg a three-point lead, 79-76, with 1:35 left to play.

A layup for Colleen Kennehan (Berlin Center/Western Reserve) cut the lead to one, 81-80, with just under a minute to play.

Heidelberg went on to defeat the Raiders, 84-80, in first round of the OAC Tournament.

Newspaper Box Score
Mount Union vs Heidelberg
02/23/15 7:30pm at Seiberling Gymnasium
At Seiberling Gymnasium
HEIDELBERG 84, MOUNT UNION 80
MOUNT UNION (10-16, 6-12 OAC)
Isabella Pecchia 9-11 5-8 23; Nancy Osborne 4-5 2-2 14; Katie Reed 3-11 6-7
14; Chandler Moore 3-4 6-6 13; Erin White 4-5 0-1 8; Shayna Panchik 1-1 0-0
2; Colleen Kennehan 1-2 0-0 2; Abby Wemhoff 1-1 0-0 2; Paiten Strother 0-2
1-2 1; Annie Bova 0-6 1-2 1; Kelsey Scott 0-1 0-0 0; Cassie Hennessy 0-0 0-0
0; Halle Rubino 0-0 0-0 0; Jasmine Bonivel 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-49 21-28 80.
HEIDELBERG (11-15, 8-10 OAC)
Theresa Jackson 10-20 8-13 29; Allie Hawkins 4-8 6-6 17; Kate Brickner 3-5
4-9 12; Marisa Liburdi 3-5 3-4 9; Jackie Abrecht 2-4 2-2 7; Nicole Payne 2-2
1-2 5; Carli Patrick 1-4 1-2 3; Abbey Geraghty 1-1 0-0 2; Paige Ricketts 0-0
0-0 0; Samantha Reed 0-0 0-0 0; Gina Miccinilli 0-2 0-0 0; Shelby Dearth 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 26-51 25-38 84.
Mount Union...................   47   33  -   80
Heidelberg....................   35   49  -   84
3-point goals--Mount Union 7-13 (Nancy Osborne 4-4; Katie Reed 2-4; Chandler
Moore 1-2; Paiten Strother 0-1; Annie Bova 0-2), Heidelberg 7-16 (Allie
Hawkins 3-5; Kate Brickner 2-4; Theresa Jackson 1-2; Jackie Abrecht 1-3;
Gina Miccinilli 0-2). Fouled out--Mount Union-None, Heidelberg-Paige
Ricketts. Rebounds--Mount Union 35 (Chandler Moore 9), Heidelberg 27 (Carli
Patrick 5). Assists--Mount Union 15 (Chandler Moore 3; Annie Bova 3),
Heidelberg 10 (Theresa Jackson 3). Total fouls--Mount Union 29, Heidelberg
26. Technical fouls--Mount Union-None, Heidelberg-None.
Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament - First Round
Heidelberg advances to second round.