ALLIANCE, Ohio – Mount Union junior point guard Rosa LaMattina(Westlake/Westlake) became the 12th player in school history to go over 1,000 career points in the No. 10 ranked Purple Raiders 87-56 win over Muskingum in an Ohio Athletic Conference game at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex in Alliance.
Mount Union (19-1, 12-1 OAC) won its 14th straight game, 20th straight at home and stays in first place in the conference.
LaMattina led the Raiders with 17 points while junior guard Tierney Allen(Alliance/Alliance) had a career-high 15 points and senior guard Kori Wiedt (North Olmsted/North Olmsted) had 14 points.
Hannah Nelson had a game-high 22 points for Muskingum (8-12, 3-10 OAC).
With the score tied at four in the game's first two minutes, Mount Union went on a 19-3 run to lead 23-7 then after a Muskingum basket the Raiders scored 10 more points in a row to lead 39-9 with five minutes left in the half. Mount Union led 45-14 at the half.
NOTES - LaMattina (1,008 points) is second Mount Union player to go over 1,000 points this season as senior Kori Wiedt (now with 1,130 points) went over earlier this season. Fellow senior Amanda Rose (Green/Green) now has 979 points.
Newspaper Box Score
Muskingum vs Mount Union
02/01/12 7:30 pm at The MAAC - Alliance, Ohio
MOUNT UNION 87, MUSKINGUM 56
MUSKINGUM (8-12, 3-10 OAC)
Hannah Nelson 7-11 8-12 22; Amanda Dobbins 5-12 0-0 10; Meghan Billick 1-3
3-6 5; Suzanne Nichols 2-5 0-0 4; Tori Jarrett 2-6 0-0 4; Alexys Settles 1-3
2-2 4; Jendy Weppler 1-2 1-2 3; Carissa Bosch 1-7 0-2 2; Bridgette Neighbors
1-3 0-0 2; Kelli Brock 0-0 0-0 0; Jelicia Shelton 0-0 0-0 0; Rachel Buirley
0-0 0-0 0; Hannah Mountjoy 0-0 0-0 0; Gabbi Davis 0-7 0-0 0. Totals 21-59
14-24 56.
MOUNT UNION (19-1, 12-1 OAC)
Rosa LaMattina 5-9 5-5 17; Tierney Allen 5-6 4-4 15; Kori Wiedt 6-8 0-0 13;
Aly Daniel 3-4 0-0 6; Erin Schmidt 2-3 1-2 6; Amanda Rose 2-7 1-2 5;
Marybeth Leitch 2-4 0-0 4; Amanda Tamerlano 1-2 2-2 4; Megan Saunders 2-2
0-0 4; Amanda Turner 1-2 0-0 3; Emily Albanese 1-3 0-0 3; Maggie Miller 1-2
0-0 3; Bridget Lyons 0-1 2-2 2; Allie Fritsch 0-2 2-2 2; Kensie Kimble 0-0
0-0 0; Nancy Osborne 0-2 0-0 0; Olivia Holt 0-3 0-0 0; Kelly Evans 0-2 0-0
0; Chandler Moore 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-62 17-19 87.
Muskingum..................... 14 42 - 56
Mount Union................... 45 42 - 87
3-point goals--Muskingum 0-13 (; Amanda Dobbins 0-1; Suzanne Nichols 0-1;
Tori Jarrett 0-3; Carissa Bosch 0-3; Bridgette Neighbors 0-1; Gabbi Davis
0-4), Mount Union 8-18 (Rosa LaMattina 2-4; Kori Wiedt 1-3; Erin Schmidt
1-2; Maggie Miller 1-2; Emily Albanese 1-2; Amanda Turner 1-1; Tierney Allen
1-1; Olivia Holt 0-2; Kelly Evans 0-1). Fouled out--Muskingum-None, Mount
Union-None. Rebounds--Muskingum 40 (Amanda Dobbins 10), Mount Union 34
(Amanda Rose 6). Assists--Muskingum 6 (Carissa Bosch 3), Mount Union 13
(Kori Wiedt 4). Total fouls--Muskingum 14, Mount Union 18. Technical
fouls--Muskingum-None, Mount Union-None. A-375