DUBUQUE - The 21st-ranked Clarke women's basketball team defeated  Mount Mercy, 91-65, Thursday night in a Heart of America Conference  game in Dubuque.

Abbie Kinnaird scored 14 points for the Mustangs (2-6, 1-4). Brianna  Thomas had 12 points and Sofia Popp netted 10. Popp was 10-for-10 at  the foul line.

Makenna Haase scored 20 points for Clarke (8-2, 4-2).

There were 56 fouls in the 40-minute game, including 34 by Mount Mercy.

MOUNT MERCY (65): Grace Stalzer 1-5 2-2 4, Brianna Thomas 4-6 2-2 12,  Sofia Popp 0-6 10-10 10, Chailey Cabalis 0-3 2-4 2, Paris Sheck 0-1  0-0 0, Abbi Kinnaird 5-11 0-0 14, Randi Wright 0-3 0-0 0, Sandra Mia  2-6 5-5 9, Kyleigh Milan 1-7 0-0 2, Taseandra Parker 3-4 2-2 8, Aleah  Cook 0-2 0-0 0, Emma Popp 0-0 0-0 0, Kennedi Fulwylie 2-5 0-0 4.  Totals 18-59 23-25 65.

CLARKE (91): Makenna Haase 6-10 8-12 20, Tina Ubl 2-9 8-10 13, Skylar  Culbertson 1-1 0-2 3, Faith Begin 3-7 3-4 10, Morgan Pitz 6-13 4-4 17,  Krista Atkinson 0-1 0-0 0, Giana Michels 2-3 0-0 5, Emma Gaber 2-5 0-0  6, Elyssa Stein 1-2 2-4 4, Emma Kelchen 0-0 3-5 3, Lily Carver 1-1 0-0  2, Emma Liddicoat 0-0 0-0 0, Ariel Spillner 0-1 0-0 0, Hannah Ambrosy  1-1 1-2 3, Kailee VanZeeland 2-7 1-2 5. Totals 27-61 30-45 91.

Halftime - Clarke 43, Mount Mercy 29. 3-point goals - Mount Mercy 6-19  (Kinnaird 4-10, Thomas 2-3, Stalzer 0-1, Wright 0-1, Cook 0-1, S. Popp  0-3), Clarke 7-20 (Gaber 2-3, Michels 1-1, Culbertson 1-1, Ubl 1-4,  Begin 1-4, Pitz 1-4, Atkinson 0-1, Spillner 0-1, VanZeeland 0-1).