No. 21 Mount Mercy pulled away in the second half, led by 20 points from Kyle Lamaak, to easily down Clarke, 72-49, on Wednesday night at the Hennessey Recreation Center.

The Mustangs (20-6) led 33-26 at halftime before coming on strong in the second 20 minutes. CJ Parker added 12 points, Alex Houston 11 and Ben Struss 10 for Mount Mercy. Chris Ford had 10 rebounds.

Haris Takes led Clarke with 14 points.

CLARKE (49): Neis 0 0-1 0, Walker 6 0-1 12, Morningstar 0 3-4 3, Hawthorne 0 0-0 0, Bolden 2 1-2 5, Dauphin 1 0-0 3, Takes 3 8-9 14, Sailsbery 4 2-3 12, Landwer 0 0-0 0, Squiers 0 0-0 0, Schneider 0 0-0 0, Lange 0 0-0 0. 16 14-20 49.

MOUNT MERCY (72): Strong 0 0-0 0, Houston 3 5-7 11, Wagner 3 0-0 7, Ford 1 1-2 3, Parker 5 0-0 12, Murdock 1 0-0 3, Villagrana 0 0-0 0, Julien 0 0-0 0, Brawner-Henley 0 0-0 0, Bedford 1 0-0 2, Koeppel 0 0-0 0, Lamaak 10 0-3 20, Struss 4 0-0 10, Anderson 0 0-0 0, Gogg 2 0-0 4. Totals: 30 6-12 72.

Halftime: Mount Mercy 33, Clarke 26. 3-point goals: Clarke 3 (Dauphin, Salisbery 2), Mount Mercy 6 (Wagner, Parker 2, Murdock, Struss 2).