ALLIANCE – The University of Mount Union scored five points in the final eight seconds to defeat the Wilmington College men’s basketball team 86-84 in Ohio Athletic Conference Friday night.
The game originally was scheduled for Saturday but was moved to Friday based on weather forecasts calling for a winter storm.
With Wilmington up 84-81, Mount Union tied the game with eight seconds left. WC committed a turnover as time expired and MU’s Collen Gurley came up with a steal and layup before the clock hit 0:00, according to the game’s play by play.
Mount Union is 15-3 overall and 9-2 in the conference. Wilmington is now 10-7 overall and 6-5 in league play.
DaeShawn Jackson led WC with 19 points. Kevin Lewis had seven rebounds. Lewis and Jackson both had four assists.
SUMMARY
January 18, 2019
@Mount Union
Mount Union 86 Wilmington 84
W 39.45…..84
M 38.48…..86
(84) WILMINGTON (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Kanu 2-0-4-8 Hamilton 2-0-0-4 Lewis 3-0-2-8 Smith 2-1-0-5 Jackson 6-1-6-19 Mansfield 0-0-3-4 Mullins 1-1-0-3 Patrick 5-4-0-14 Russell 4-3-6-17 Myers 1-1-0-3. TOTALS 26-11-23-84
(86) MOUNT UNION (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Francesconi 4-4-0-12 Niamke 1-0-0-2 Stenger 7-3-2-19 Friga 2-0-0-4 Bower-Malone 7-2-2-18 Gurley 4-0-1-9 Caywood 7-0-1-15 Slack 2-0-0-4 Poole 1-0-0-2 Carroll 0-0-1-1. TOTALS 35-9-7-86
FIELD GOALS: M 35-61 (Stenger 7-10 Caywood 7-8 Bower-Malone 7-12)
3 PT FIELD GOALS: M 9-22 (Francesconi 4-5); W 26-53 (Russell 4-7 Jackson 6-12)
FREE THROWS: M 7-13; W 21-23 (Russell 6-6 Jackson 6-6 Kanu 4-5 Mansfield 3-4)
REBOUNDS: M-29 (Friga 6 Gurley 4); W-31 (Lewis 7 Russell 5 Mansfield 4 Jackson 4)
ASSISTS: M-20 (Bower-Malone 6 Friga 5 Gurley 4); W-18 (Lewis 4 Jackson 4 Mansfield 3)
STEALS: M-7 (Gurley 3); W-4
BLOCKED SHOTS: M-3; W-2
TURNOVERS: M-11; W-12
