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Athletics Site of the Mount Union Purple Raiders
Athletics Site of the Mount Union Purple Raiders
Bree McCabe
Alex Divitto
53
Mount Union MTU 13-7,5-6 OAC
64
Winner Otterbein OTT 14-5,8-2 OAC
Mount Union MTU
13-7,5-6 OAC
53
Final
64
Otterbein OTT
14-5,8-2 OAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Mount Union MTU 6 9 18 20 53
Otterbein OTT 15 16 14 19 64

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Casey Kropka

Women's Basketball: Raiders Drop OAC Contest on the Road

WESTERVILLE, Ohio—The Mount Union women's basketball team fell 64-53 to Otterbein on Saturday afternoon in Ohio Athletic Conference play.
 
The Purple Raiders (13-7, 5-6 OAC) were led by a career-high 20 points from Bree McCabe (Massillon / Tuslaw). Elizabeth Mason (Alliance / Marlington) was one rebound shy of a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds while Tess Conroy (Valley View / Cuyahoga Heights) finished with 10 points.
 
Otterbein (14-5, 8-2 OAC) was led by Mattie Walburn with 18 points.
 
Otterbein jumped out to a 15-6 lead after the first quarter of play. Otterbein outscored the Raiders 16-9 in the second quarter taking a 31-15 lead at the halftime break.
 
Mount Union battled back in the third quarter, outscoring Otterbein 18-14, trailing 45-33 at the end of the third quarter. Mount Union once again outscored Otterbein in the fourth quarter but it was not enough as they closed just one point, falling 64-53.
 
Mount Union returns home on Wednesday taking on No. 14 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace at 7 pm.
 
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