A disappointing season had an unhappy ending for the Mount Mercy men's  basketball team Saturday afternoon.

The Mustangs lost to MidAmerica Nazarene, 98-76, in a Heart of America  Conference game at the Hennessey Recreation Center.

The visitors from Kansas led by 29 points at halftime, 59-30, and  opened a 34-point cushion in the second half.

Mount Mercy finished the season at 14-16 overall and 9-15 in the  conference. The Mustangs placed 10th in the league standings and did  not make the postseason tournament.

Davion Watson led the Mustangs with 26 points. Dennis McKinney scored  11 points.

Dakota Quinn poured in 30 points for MidAmerica Nazarene (19-11, 15-9).

MIDAMERICA NAZARENE (98): Patrick Cairns 3-7 1-2 8, Anthony Brown 6-13  0-0 12, Dante Scroggins 3-6 2-3 9, Dakota Quinn 13-16 1-4 30, Trey  Brown 4-7 0-0 10, Cameron Brady 7-11 0-0 14, Cam Chrisman 1-3 0-0 3,  Zach Helm 0-0 0-0 0, Jake Alexander 3-9 2-2 8, Preston Kliewer 1-1 0-0  2, Josh Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Aidan Michel 0-0 0-0 0, Pedro Lopes 1-2 0-0  2. Totals 42-75 6-11 98.

MOUNT MERCY (76): Davion Watson 10-17 5-10 26, Davarea Loggins 1-5 7-7  9, Streeter McIlravy 1-2 0-0 3, Christian Reischauer 1-4 0-0 3, Barry  Doe 1-5 0-0 3, RoyShawn Webb 1-3 1-2 3, Tyler Kelley 2-4 2-2 8, Dennis  McKinney 4-11 2-2 11, Julian Hehmann 2-2 0-0 4, Nolan Ruff 0-0 0-0 0,  DJ Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Bailey Basala 2-5 1-2 6. Totals 25-59 18-25 76.

Halftime - MidAmerica Nazarene 59, Mount Mercy 30. 3-point goals -  MidAmerica Nazarene 8-23 (Cairns 1-1, Brown 0-6, Scroggins 1-3, Quinn  3-5, Brown 2-4, Brady 0-1, Chrisman 1-2, Alexander 0-1), Mount Mercy  8-28 (Watson 1-3, Loggins 0-4, McIlravy 1-2, Reischauer 1-3, Doe 1-5,  Kelley 2-3, McKinney 1-4, Johnson 0-1, Basala 1-3).