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Mustangs miss Heart league tourney

OSKALOOSA - The Mount Mercy men's basketball team lost to No. 7 William Penn, 101-77, Wednesday night and saw their faint hopes of reaching the Heart of America Conference tournament extinguished in Oskaloosa.

The Mustangs (14-15, 9-14) will finish 10th in the league standings and only the top eight teams will make the conference tournament.

Davarea Loggins popped in five 3-pointers and scored 17 points for Mount Mercy. Bailey Basala scored 15 points, Tyler Kelley 13, Dennis McKinney 11 and Streeter McIlravy 10 for the Mustangs. Starting point guard RoyShawn Webb did not play.

Josh Watkins scored 19 points for the Statesmen (26-3, 20-3), who have won the conference regular-season title.

MOUNT MERCY (77): Bailey Basala 5-15 2-3 15, Tyler Kelley 5-12 3-3 13, Dennis McKinney 5-12 0-0 11, Streeter McIlravy 3-8 2-2 10, Davion Watson 1-9 0-1 2, Davarea Loggins 5-11 2-2 17, DJ Johnson 1-5 2-3 4, Christian Reischauer 1-2 0-0 3, Julian Hehmann 1-2 0-0 2, Nolan Ruff 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-76 11-14 77.

WILLIAM PENN (101): Kevion Blaylock 6-9 3-4 18, Dexter Hood 8-15 1-5 18, Karmari Newman 6-18 0-0 15, Nathan Gehring 5-9 1-2 11, Chanze Cruesoe 0-2 0-0 0, Josh Watkins 7-9 0-0 19, Q Cager 4-6 2-6 10, Ahmad Pender 2-4 0-0 4, Jared Peel 1-2 0-0 2, DJ Bonds 1-2 0-0 2, Eddie Daley 1-3 0-0 2, Quinshaun Freeman 0-1 0-0 0, Gabe Larkin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-80 7-17 101.

Halftime - William Penn 50, Mount Mercy 38. 3-point goals - Mount Mercy 12-41 (Basala 3-9, Kelley 0-5, McKinney 1-5, McIlravy 2-5, Watson 0-1, Loggins 5-11, Johnson 0-3, Reischauer 1-2), William Penn 12-31 (Blaylock 3-4, Hood 1-5, Newman 3-11, Watkins 5-7, Cager 0-2, Bonds 0-1, Daley 0-1).

 

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