OSKALOOSA - The Mount Mercy women's basketball team lost to  18th-ranked William Penn, 71-41, Wednesday night in a Heart of America  Conference game in Oskaloosa.

Brianna Thomas scored 18 points for the Mustangs (5-23, 2-21).

Kate Ylitalo scored 14 points and former Kirkwood player Olivia Usher  had 12 points for William Penn (22-6, 18-5).

MOUNT MERCY (41): Brianna Thomas 5-9 4-4 18, Sarah Moffett 0-9 7-8 7,  Sandra Mia 2-6 0-0 5, Paris Sheck 1-3 0-0 2, Kyleigh Milan 0-1 0-0 0,  Kennedi Fulwylie 3-8 0-0 6, Grace Stalzer 1-3 0-0 2, Chailey Cabalis  0-7 1-4 1, Randi Wright 0-1 0-0 0, Aleah Cook 0-0 0-0 0, Taylor  Abernathy 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 12-51 12-16 41.

WILLIAM PENN (71): Kate Ylitalo 5-14 0-0 14, Olivia Usher 4-10 2-4 12,  Brenda Pennington 2-5 2-4 7, Haley Mullinnix 2-5 1-1 6, Autumn Voigt  0-2 0-0 0, Brittany West 3-9 0-0 9, Makenzie Pezley 2-7 2-3 8, Bailey  Reardon 3-6 0-0 6, Nyachristmas Puok 1-1 2-2 4, Amanee Clark 1-3 0-0  3, Joumie Augmon 1-1 0-0 2, Madisyn Rogan 0-0 0-0 0, Niaja Taylor 0-2  0-2 0, Mackenzie Northup 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-65 9-16 71.

Halftime - William Penn 38, Mount Mercy 19. 3-point goals - Mount  Mercy 5-23 (Thomas 4-6, Moffett 0-5, Mia 1-3, Sheck 0-2, Cabalis 0-3,  Wright 0-1, Abernathy 0-3), William Penn 14-32 (Ylitalo 4-9, Usher  2-4, Pennington 1-3, Mullinnix 1-2, West 3-7, Pezley 2-4, Clark 1-2,  Taylor 0-1).