CANTON, Mo. - The Mount Mercy women's basketball team returned to full  strength Thursday night, but it wasn't good enough to prevent the  Mustangs from falling to 1-and-14 in conference games this season.

Mount Mercy lost to Culver-Stockton, 81-69, in a Heart of America  contest in Missouri.

Sharice Kawakami, who missed three games due to concussion protocol,  returned to action and scored 19 points in 32 minutes off the bench.  She made 5 of 7 3-pointers.

Brianna Thomas, who missed six games while serving a suspension, also  returned and had six points in 16 minutes off the bench for Mount Mercy.

Aaliyah Brown contributed 18 points for the Mustangs, who fell to 5-16  overall. Lakin Goodman had 11 points.

Lacey Clark made five 3-pointers and scored 25 points for  Culver-Stockton (12-9, 8-8).

MOUNT MERCY (69): Mulumba 2 1-2 6, Moffett 0 0-0 0, Goodman 4 2-2 11,  Blowers 0 0-0 0, Lampe 0 0-0 0, Kawakami 7 0-0 19, Kitterman 0 0-0 0,  Thomas 1 3-4 6, Hampton 1 1-2 3, Sheck 1 0-0 2, LeGrand 1 2-2 4, Brown  7 1-2 18. Totals 24 10-14 69.

CULVER-STOCKTON (81): Green 1 0-0 2, Harper 3 0-0 8, Dooley 5 6-6 19,  Clark 9 2-2 25, Sailor 6 6-6 18, McQueen 0 0-0 0, Guehne 0 2-4 2,  Curley 1 0-0 2, Keeling 0 0-0 0, Broadus 2 1-2 5, Neuner 0 0-0 0.  Totals 27 17-20 81.

Halftime - Culver-Stockton 41, Mount Mercy 33. 3-point goals - Mount  Mercy 11 (Kawakami 5, Brown 3, Mulumba 1, Goodman 1, Thomas 1),  Culver-Stockton 10 (Clark 5, Dooley 3, Harper 2).