The Mount Mercy Mustangs caught fire in the second half Tuesday night  and trimmed Viterbo, 63-58, in a women's basketball game at the  Hennessey Recreation Center.

The Mustangs trailed by 13 points in the second quarter, but they  outscored Viterbo 38-24 in the second half for the victory.

Mount Mercy raised its record to 3-8. Viterbo fell to 3-7.

Sofia Popp contributed a double-double for the Mustangs with 14 points  and 10 rebounds. Sandra Mia also scored 14 points and Chailey Cabalis  had 11.

Natalia Leguizamon and Sophie Leinfelder scored 14 points apiece for Viterbo.

Viterbo defeated Mount Mercy by 15 points, 62-47, when they met in the  season opener Nov. 1 in La Crosse, Wis.

VITERBO (58): Alyssa Nilssen 4-11 0-2 8, Allie Wojtysiak 3-4 0-0 6,  Ambree Schlosser 1-4 1-1 3, Madison Lindauer 3-5 0-0 6, Madison Doerr  2-6 0-0 4, Natalia Leguizamon 6-9 0-0 14, Sophie Leinfelder 5-11 2-2  14, Brynn Bozich 0-1 0-0 0, Kaitlyn Kennedy 0-2 0-0 0, Kacie Gross 1-1  1-2 3, Brook Becker 0-0 0-0 0, Araia Breedlove 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-55  4-7 58.

MOUNT MERCY (63): Kyleigh Milan 0-0 0-0 0, Grace Stalzer 0-2 0-0 0,  Brianna Thomas 3-9 1-2 8, Sofia Popp 4-14 5-6 14, Sandra Mia 6-10 1-2  14, Randi Wright 0-1 0-0 0, Chailey Cabalis 5-9 1-3 11, Paris Sheck  1-3 0-0 2, Taseandra Parker 2-2 1-2 5, Aleah Cook 0-0 0-0 0, Emma Popp  0-1 0-0 0, Kennedi Fulwylie 3-9 3-4 9. Totals 24-60 12-19 63.

Halftime - Viterbo 34, Mount Mercy 25. 3-point goals - Viterbo 4-12  (Leguizamon 2-2, Leinfelder 2-5, Nilssen 0-1, Lindauer 0-1, Kennedy  0-1, Doerr 0-2), Mount Mercy 3-19 (Thomas 1-3, Mia 1-3, S.Popp 1-7,  Stalzer 0-1, Wright 0-1, Cabalis 0-2, Sheck 0-2).