ALLIANCE, Ohio -- Mount Union's women's basketball team defeated Muskingum 79-67 in an Ohio Athletic Conference game Monday night at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex.

Mount Union wins its third straight game and is now 17-6 overall and at 11-5 in the OAC is tied with Capital for second place with two games to go.  

Annie Bova (Parma Heights/Beaumont) led four Purple Raiders in double figures with 18 points. Rachel Tinkey (Canfield/Canfield) scored 12 of her 15 in the fourth quarter while Katie Reed (Alliance/Marlington) had 14 points and Abby Wemhoff (Kent/Kent Roosevelt) scored 12 points with nine rebounds.

Muskingum (5-18, 1-15 OAC) was led by Olivia Besancon with 18 points.

Muskingum ran out to a 12-6 lead in the first quarter before a jumper from Sarah Grippi (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township) would spark a Mount Union surge as the Raiders scored 13 of the next 20 points to tie the game at 19-19.  The game would remain tied 22-22 at the end of the first quarter.

A 7-1 Mount Union run to open the second quarter gave the Raiders a 29-23 lead at the 6:25 mark. The Muskies rallied to within a point, 32-31, with just over a minute to play before Bova scored the final six points of the quarter to make the score 38-31 going into halftime.

Muskingum rallied in the third quarter and out-scored the Raiders 23-14 for the period to retake the lead 54-52. 

Muskingum extended the lead to four points, 59-55 with just over eight minutes to play.  The Raiders then went on a 14-2 run with 12 of those points coming on four Tinkey three-pointers to make it 69-61 with 3:45 left and the Raiders went on to the nine-point win. 

Mount Union finishes the regular season with a pair of road games -- Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at John Carroll and Saturday at 3 p.m. at Wilmington.

Muskingum vs Mount Union
02/15/16 7:30 p.m. at Alliance, Ohio- The MAAC
At Alliance, Ohio- The MAAC
MOUNT UNION 79, MUSKINGUM 67
MUSKINGUM (5-18, 1-15 OAC)
Olivia Besancon 6-7 8-9 20; Mallory Taylor 4-7 4-5 13; Jasmine Goings 5-8
2-4 12; Hallie Stocker 2-9 3-3 8; Alexandra Carson 2-4 0-0 6; Angela Darnley
2-6 0-0 5; Dana Parkman 1-1 0-0 2; Caitlyn Smith 0-0 1-2 1; Leigha Moran 0-3
0-0 0. Totals 22-45 18-23 67.
MOUNT UNION (17-6, 11-5 OAC)
Annie Bova 5-9 7-8 18; Rachel Tinkey 5-10 0-0 15; Katie Reed 4-8 2-2 14;
Abby Wemhoff 4-7 3-4 12; Colleen Kennehan 2-3 0-0 5; Abbey Bartoszewicz 1-2
0-0 3; Sarah Grippi 1-3 1-2 3; Shayna Panchik 1-2 0-0 3; Jaime Sanborn 1-2
0-0 2; Bella Pecchia 1-2 0-2 2; Erin White 0-0 1-2 1; Cassi Bowen 0-0 1-2 1;
Haley Roddy 0-0 0-0 0; Casey Morrissette 0-2 0-0 0; Anna Alkire 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 25-51 15-22 79.
Muskingum.....................   22    9   23   13  -   67
Mount Union...................   22   16   14   27  -   79
3-point goals--Muskingum 5-17 (Alexandra Carson 2-3; Hallie Stocker 1-6;
Mallory Taylor 1-2; Angela Darnley 1-4; Leigha Moran 0-1; Olivia Besancon
0-1), Mount Union 14-28 (Rachel Tinkey 5-10; Katie Reed 4-7; Abbey
Bartoszewicz 1-2; Colleen Kennehan 1-2; Abby Wemhoff 1-3; Shayna Panchik
1-1; Annie Bova 1-3). Fouled out--Muskingum-Alexandra Carson, Mount
Union-None. Rebounds--Muskingum 27 (Hallie Stocker 5), Mount Union 30 (Abby
Wemhoff 9). Assists--Muskingum 8 (Angela Darnley 3; Olivia Besancon 3),
Mount Union 17 (Katie Reed 3). Total fouls--Muskingum 23, Mount Union 23.
Technical fouls--Muskingum-None, Mount Union-None. A-258