DUBUQUE - The Mount Mercy men's basketball team lost to Clarke, 88-78,  in a Heart of America Conference game in Dubuque Thursday night.

Dennis McKinney led the Mustangs (5-4, 2-3) with 28 points, five  rebounds, four assists, three steals and two assists. He made five  3-pointers.

Davion Watson contributed 14 points and seven rebounds for Mount  Mercy. RoyShawn Webb scored 10 points.

Nick Marshall scored 22 points and Darius Lasley had 21 points for  Clarke (5-5, 3-3).

MOUNT MERCY (78): Dennis McKinney 9-15 5-5 28, Davion Watson 4-8 2-2  14, Bailey Basala 1-8 1-2 4, RoyShawn Webb 4-9 0-1 10, Keishun Thomas  0-4 0-0 0, Tyler Kelley 0-1 0-0 0, Davarea Loggins 3-5 0-0 8, Julian  Hehmann 0-0 0-0 0, Streeter McIlravy 2-5 0-0 6, Nolan Ruff 0-0 0-0 0,  Christian Reischauer 2-4 0-0 4, DJ Johnson 0-2 2-2 2, Barry Doe 0-0  2-2 2. Totals 25-61 12-14 78.

CLARKE (88): Nick Marshall 9-17 1-1 22, Josh Meier 4-9 3-5 11, Darius  Lasley 9-15 0-0 21, Jordan Lake 4-10 0-0 9, Keith Johnson 7-14 0-1 17,  Demari Grant 0-4 0-0 0, LaVeechie Williams 2-5 2-2 6, Xavier Johnson  0-2 0-0 0, Reid Larson 1-2 0-0 2, Jared Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Tahjay  Blackmon 0-1 0-0 0, Gabe Shields 0-0 0-0 0, Austin Rose 0-0 0-0 0.  Totals 36-79 6-9 88.

Halftime - Clarke 43, Mount Mercy 32. 3-point goals - Mount Mercy  16-40 (McKinney 5-10, Watson 4-6, Webb 2-4, Loggins 2-4, McIlravy 2-5,  Basala 1-6, Reischauer 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Thomas 0-3), Clarke 10-25  (Marshall 3-6, Lasley 3-7, Johnson 3-9, Lake 1-2, Grant 0-1).