PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The No. 13 ranked Mount Union women's basketball team finished the game on a 6-0 run and scored a 55-49 victory over Case Western Reserve in the first game of the DoubleTree Classic at Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) Friday night in Pittsburgh.
Mount Union (2-0) led 25-24 at the half and took a 43-32 lead on a Kori Wiedt(North Olmsted/North Olmsted) layup with 10 minutes left.
Case Western Reserve (1-1) then rallied to tied the game at 49-49 with 1:27 left in the game.
Rosa LaMattina (Westlake/Westlake) scored four of the final six points of the game for the Purple Raiders as she finished with a team-high 12 points.
Amanda Rose (Green/Green) was the only other Raider with 11 points.
Evy Iacono led the Spartans with a game-high 14 points.
Mount Union plays tournament host Carnegie Mellon Saturday at 4 pm.
Newspaper Box Score
Case Western vs Mount Union
11/18/11 6:00 pm at Pittsburgh, Pa. - Skibo Gym
MOUNT UNION 55, CASE WESTERN 49
CASE WESTERN (1-1)Evy Iacono 3-13 6-7 14; Erin Hollinger 4-10 1-3 10; Emily Mueller 4-7 1-1 9;Marissa Miles 2-3 0-0 4; Brooke Orcutt 2-4 0-0 4; Erica Iafelice 1-6 0-0 2;Berit Eppard 1-4 0-0 2; Chelsea Peck 1-2 0-0 2; Julie Mooney 1-1 0-0 2;Amanda Germer 0-2 0-0 0; Destinee Henton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-52 8-11 49.
MOUNT UNION (2-0)Rosa LaMattina 4-9 2-2 12; Amanda Rose 2-9 6-8 11; Tierney Allen 3-6 0-1 7;Kori Wiedt 3-6 0-1 7; Erin Schmidt 2-2 2-3 6; Amanda Tamerlano1-1 2-2 4;Brittany Kilgore 1-7 1-2 3; Amanda Turner 1-1 0-0 3; Aly Daniel 0-0 2-2 2;Oliva Holt 0-0 0-0 0; Kelly Evans 0-1 0-0 0; Megan Saunders 0-1 0-0 0;Maggie Miller 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-43 15-21 55.
Case Western.................. 24 25 - 49
Mount Union................... 25 30 - 55
3-point goals--Case Western 3-17 (Evy Iacono 2-8; Erin Hollinger 1-3;Marissa Miles 0-1; Erica Iafelice 0-3; Amanda Germer 0-2), Mount Union 6-14(Rosa LaMattina 2-5; Tierney Allen 1-1; Amanda Turner 1-1; Amanda Rose 1-3;Kori Wiedt 1-3; Kelly Evans 0-1). Fouled out--Case Western-Emily Mueller,Mount Union-None. Rebounds--Case Western 36 (Evy Iacono 6; Emily Mueller 6),Mount Union 29 (Erin Schmidt 5). Assists--Case Western 9 (Erica Iafelice 3),Mount Union 11 (Rosa LaMattina 3; Brittany Kilgore 3). Total fouls--CaseWestern 18, Mount Union 15. Technical fouls--Case Western-None, MountUnion-None.Mount Union is ranked #13 by D3hoops.com