Mt. Mercy Men's Basketball

Mount Mercy men trimmed by Peru

PERU, Neb. - The Mount Mercy men's basketball team was trimmed by Peru  State, 79-73, in a Heart of America Conference game in Nebraska  Saturday.

The Mustangs trailed by 11 points early in the second half, but they  rallied and pulled within 74-73 with 38 seconds remaining on a basket  by DJ Johnson.

Deonte McReynolds countered with a 3-pointer for Peru State and Mount  Mercy did not score again.

Dennis McKinney led the Mustangs with four 3-pointers and 20 points.  RoyShawn Webb contributed 15 points and six rebounds. Davion Watson  scored 13 points. Bailey Basala finished with nine rebounds and five  assists.

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Webb's clutch shot lifts Mount Mercy

Good thinks happen when RoyShawn Webb has the basketball in his hands  at the end of games. It happened again Tuesday night.

Webb made a strong move to the basket and scored with 2.7 seconds left  to give Mount Mercy a 68-66 victory over Viterbo in a non-conference  game at the Hennessey Recreation Center.

Nearly the same thing happened Monday when the Mustangs upset  16th-ranked St. Ambrose, 80-78, in another nail-biter. Webb drove to  the bucket in that game and missed, but Dennis McKinney scored on a  put-back in the final second for a happy ending.

"We ran the exact same play yesterday against St. Ambrose. It was  basically the same thing," said Webb, a strong left-hander who is hard  to keep away from the basket.

The defensive player from Viterbo tried to stop him from penetrating,  to no avail.

"I attacked him and finished the bucket," said Webb, "and we won the game."

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McKinney lifts Mustangs by St. Ambrose

Dennis McKinney scored with one second left Monday night to snap a 68-68 tie and give the Mount Mercy Mustangs a 70-68 victory over St. Ambrose in a non-conference game at the Hennessey Recreation Center.

RoyShawn Webb tallied for Mount Mercy with 1:13 remaining to tie the game at 68-68. Neither team scored for more than 70 seconds until McKinney scored in the paint for the victory.

The Mustangs (6-6) earned a split with the Bees (10-4) for the season series. St. Ambrose topped Mount Mercy, 80-65, in Davenport on Nov. 13.

McKinney and Bailey Basala scored 19 points apiece for the Mustangs. McKinney also grabbed eight rebounds and had two steals. Basala, who has struggled with his 3-point shooting this season, nailed five triples and also had five assists and four rebounds.

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Baker holds off Mount Mercy men

A furious rally fell a little short for the Mount Mercy men's  basketball team Saturday afternoon.

Baker trimmed the Mustangs, 82-78, in a Heart of America Conference  game that came down to the final seconds at the Hennessey Recreation  Center.

Mount Mercy trailed by 22 points, 61-39, early in the second half, but  the Mustangs caught fire and pulled within 80-78 on a 3-pointer by  Streeter McIlravy with 15 seconds left.

Baker hit two free throws with 10 seconds remaining for the final  four-point margin.

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