DES MOINES - The Mount Mercy men's basketball team struggled in just about every phase of the game Wednesday night.

The result was a punishing loss to Grand View, 89-68, in a Heart of America Conference affair in Des Moines.

The Mustangs (14-12, 9-11) never led in the ballgame and fell behind by 31 points.

Antwain Strong led Mount Mercy with 13 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Mike Evans scored 11 points.

The Mustangs lead all NAIA teams with an average of 13.5 3-pointers per game, but they were only 6 of 29 against Grand View.

Dallis Flowers poured in 27 points for the Vikings (15-11, 10-10).

MOUNT MERCY (68): McKinney 4 0-1 8, Evans 5 1-4 11, Basala 3 1-1 9, Strong 3 6-6 13, Reischauer 1 2-2 4, Kelley 0 0-0 0, Villagrana 0 0-0 0, Doe 0 0-0 0, Brawner-Henley 3 2-5 9, Albagami 2 0-1 6, Johnson 2 4-4 8. Totals 23 16-24 68.

GRAND VIEW (89): Schlatter 8 2-3 18, Kuenstling 5 5-6 15, Flowers 12 3-3 27, Rash 0 2-2 2, Brunkow 5 0-0 12, Meinders 0 0-0 0, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Chen 0 0-0 0, Davy 1 2-2 4, R.Miller 0 0-0 0, McCoy 0 0-0 0, A.Miller 0 0-0 0, Gilman 1 0-0 2, Saldh 1 1-2 3, Milam 1 2-2 4, Haynes 0 0-0 0, Metoyer 1 0-0 2. Totals 35 17-20 89.

Halftime - Grand View 48, Mount Mercy 25. 3-point goals - Mount Mercy 6 (Basala 2, Albagami 2, Strong 1, Brawner-Henley 1), Grand View 2 (Brunkow 2).