ALLIANCE, Ohio - The Mount Union women's basketball team fell in its home opener 75-54 to Oberlin in non-conference matchup Tuesday evening.

The Purple Raiders (3-1) were led by freshman Brooklyn Mosher (Caledonia / River Valley) who scored 11 points. Freshman Elizabeth Mason (Alliance, Marlington) led the Raiders with 10 rebounds and eight points.

Oberlin (5-0) was led by Angela Kumler with 22 points.

QUARTER 1
In the first quarter, Mount Union got the first bucket scored by freshman Reese Triplett (New Philadelphia / Tusky Valley), but with 20 straight points from Oberlin gave them a 20-2 lead. The Raiders would then battle back when Addison Mucci (Canton / St. Thomas Aquinas) would score a 3 pointer and Mason scored a layup. Oberlin then responded with a 3 pointer of their own, ultimately resulting in the Raiders being down 23-7.

QUARTER 2
The Raiders started the second quarter off strong when Triplett hit a 3 pointer, followed by Sierra Schlosser (Galloway / Bishop Ready) scoring a layup, and then Triplett scoring off of a free throw. Oberlin then answered with 6 points. Hailey Haywood (Barberton / Barberton), Mason, Tess Conroy (Cleveland / Cuyahoga Heights), Ali Hudik (Mentor / Lake Catholic), and Mosher collectively would score the next 17 points for the Raiders. The Raiders outscored Oberlin 20-16 but fell short of taking the lead. The halftime score was in Oberlin's favor 39-27.

QUARTER 3
Oberlin outscored the Raiders 19-11 in the third quarter. Mosher led the Raiders with 4 points. The score of the third quarter resulted in Oberlin's favor 58-38.

QUARTER 4
Oberlin outscored the Raiders 17-16 in the fourth quarter. Grace Wolfe led the Raiders with 5 points. The Purple Raiders ultimately lost 75-54.

The Purple Raiders travel to Cleveland on Tuesday, November 28 or a non-conference matchup against Case Western Reserve University at 7:00pm.