A frustrating season for the Mount Mercy men's basketball team  continued Monday night at the Hennessey Recreation Center.

The Mustangs lost to Clarke, 94-90, in a Heart of America Conference  game to drop another tight affair.

The setback left Mount Mercy at 9-11 overall and 4-10 in the  conference. Clarke raised its records to 15-6 overall and 11-4 in the  league.

RoyShawn Webb hit five 3-pointers and finished with 26 points, six  assists and six rebounds for Mount Mercy. Street McIlravy also made  five 3-pointers and scored 23 points. Bailey Basala added 17 points  and Dennis McKinney had 16.

Keith Johnson popped in 27 points for Clarke and Darius Lasley notched 23.

The Mount Mercy women's basketball team lost to Clarke, 66-45, in the  first game of the doubleheader. Brianna Thomas scored 13 points for  the Mustangs (4-15, 1-13).

Morgan Pitz and Emma Gaber scored 14 points apiece for Clarke (17-4, 11-4).

MEN

CLAKRE (94): Keith Johnson 8-18 7-7 27, Jordan Lake 3-6 8-10 15, Darius Lasley 8-16 4-6 23, Nick Marshall 7-10 0-0 17, Josh Meier 1-2 0-0 2, Xavier Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Dylan Kurey 0-0 3-4 3, Gabe Shields 2-6 0-0 5, LaVeechie Williams 1-3 0-1 2. Totals 30-61 22-28 94.

MOUNT MERCY (90): Bailey Basala 6-14 3-5 17, Streeter McIlravy 7-15 4-4 23, Dennis McKinney 6-15 3-3 16, Davion Watson 1-4 2-5 4, RoyShawn Webb 10-20 1-2 26, Julian Hehmann 1-1 0-2 2, DJ Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Tyler Kelley 0-1 2-2 2, Christian Reischauer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-72 15-23 90.

Halftime: Mount Mercy 42, Clarke 42. 3-point goals- Clarke 12 (Johnson 4, Lake 1, Lasley 3, Marshall 3, Shields 1), Mount Mercy 13 (Basala 2, McIlravy 5, McKinney 1, Webb 5).

WOMEN

CLARKE (66): Morgan Pitz 4-13 6-6 14, Tina Ubl 4-9 2-2 10, Makenna Haase 3-6 1-2 7, Kailee VanZeeland 3-9 0-0 6, Skylar Culbertson  0-2 1-3 1, Emma Gaber 5-9 0-0 14, Emma Kelchen 2-4 1-2 5, Faith Begin 1-3 1-2 4, Giana Michels 1-4 1-2 3, Elyssa Stein 0-1 1-2 1, Emma Liddicoat 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 23-60 15-23 66.

MOUNT MERCY (45): Brianna Thomas 6-15 0-0 13, Sarah Moffett 2-8 2-4 7, Kyleigh Milan 3-4 0-0 6, Sandra Mia 0-3 0-0 0, Paris Sheck 0-0 0-0 0, Chailey Cabalis 4-13 0-2 9, Kennedi Fulwylie 3-6 0-2 6, Abbi Kinnaird 1-8 0-0 3, Taseandra Parker 0-0 1-2 1, Grace Stalzer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-57 3-10 45.

Halftime-Clarke 28, Mount Mercy 22. 3-point goals-Clarke 5 (Gaber 4, Begin 1), Mount Mercy 4 (Thomas 1, Moffett 1, Cabalis 1, Kinnaird 1).