SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The Mount Mercy men's basketball team raced to a 30-point lead in the second half Saturday and dunked Evangel, 93-74, in a Heart of America Conference game.

The Mustangs (6-5, 3-4) led by 18 points at halftime, 48-30, and kept motoring from there.

Dennis McKinney paced Mount Mercy with 24 points. Antwain Strong scored 15 points. Mychael Brawner-Henley scored 11 points and DJ Johnson contributed 10 points. Mike Evans had nine points and nine rebounds.

Jacob Smith scored 12 points for Evangel, which fell to 1-11 overall and 0-7 in the conference.

Mount Mercy is tied for sixth place out of 13 teams in the Heart of America.

MOUNT MERCY (93): McKinney 10 0-1 24, Brawner-Henley 3 3-5 11, Evans 3 2-6 9, Strong 5 5-5 15, Villagrana 1 0-0 3, Loggins 1 0-0 3, Doe 0 0-0 0, Hehman 0 0-0 0, Albagami 2 0-0 6, Reischauer 2 1-2 6, Johnson 4 2-2 10, Kehinde 0 0-0 0, Basala 2 0-0 6. Totals 33 13-21 93.

EVANGEL (74): Brewington 2 0-0 5, Antonov 5 0-2 10, Coffman 3 1-2 7, Martinborough 4 2-4 10, Call 2 0-0 6, Jones 2 0-1 5, Sutt 0 2-2 2, Powelson 0 0-0 0, Williams 1 0-1 2, Egwu 3 3-5 9, Stamps 2 2-2 6, Janson 0 0-0 0, Smith 6 0-0 12. Totals 30 10-19 74.

Halftime - Mount Mercy 48, Evangel 30. 3-point goals - Mount Mercy 14 (McKinney 4, Brawner-Henley 2, Albagami 2, Basala 2, Evans 1, Villagrana 1, Loggins 1, Reischauer 1), Evangel 4 (Call 2, Brewington 1, Jones 1).