Mt. Mercy Women's Basketball

Herb helps Mustangs top Clarke

Abby Herb collected a double-double for Mount Mercy Wednesday night with 18 points and 10 rebounds, but the 6-foot sophomore from Cedar Rapids was not entirely satisfied with her performance.

"I want to give myself a B-minus, because I missed a lot of shots I should have made," she said, "But then I got out of that funk and really started getting in my groove."

Herb and the Mustangs put together an 11-0 streak late in the game and trimmed Clarke, 58-53, in a Midwest Collegiate Conference game at the Hennessey Recreation Center.

Herb made only 2-of-9 shots during a painstaking first half, then sharpened in the second half when it counted.

"I got more focused in the second half," said Herb, a Washington grad. "My teammates came up to me at halftime and said, 'Abby, we need you,' and they really helped me get prepared for it."

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Second-half surge sinks Mustangs

DES MOINES - Grand View broke open a tight game in the second half and went on to down Mount Mercy, 63-53, in Midwest Collegiate Conference women's basketball action on Wednesday night.

Grand View (10-13, 6-0) got 14 points apiece from Britny Halleland and Taylor Nashert to retain its lead in the conference.

The Mustangs (12-12, 3-3) shot just 2 of 15 from the 3-point line, Abby Herb led the way with a game-high 17 points. Christa Oldham finished with 14, Makenzie Zeitler had 10 rebounds.

MOUNT MERCY (53): Herb, Abby 6-15 4-6 17; Oldham, Christa 6-10 2-2 14; Zeitler, Makenzie 2-8 4-6 8; Weiland, Alisa 2-12 0-0 5; Timms, Callan 0-1 3-5 3; Herdliska, Danielle 0-4 2-2 2; Thompson, Liz 1-1 0-0 2; Dolan, Ashley 1-5 0-0 2; Sexton, McKenna 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-56 15-21 53.

GRAND VIEW (63): Halleland, Britny 5-12 4-7 14; Nashert, Taylor 4-8 6-6 14; Bryan, Brittany 3-5 2-4 10; Collier, Renise 4-8 1-2 9; Westergard, Maddie 4-6 1-3 9; Bianchi, Taylor 2-4 0-0 5; Uhlmeyer, Erin 1-2 0-0 2; Greer, Heather 0-1 0-0 0; Bell, Emily 0-3 0-0 0; Hardeman, Mariah 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-51 14-22 63.

Halftime: Grand View 24, Mount Mercy 23. 3-point goals--MMUWBB 2-15 (Herb, Abby 1-3; Weiland, Alisa 1-6; Zeitler, Makenzie 0-2; Herdliska, Danielle 0-3; Oldham, Christa 0-1), Grand View Univ. 3-13 (Bryan, Brittany 2-4; Bianchi, Taylor 1-2; Greer, Heather 0-1; Bell, Emily 0-3; Hardeman, Mariah 0-1; Halleland, Britny 0-2). Fouled out--MMUWBB-Oldham, Christa, Grand View Univ.-None. Rebounds--MMUWBB 36 (Zeitler, Makenzie 10), Grand View Univ. 36 (Westergard, Maddie 10). Assists--MMUWBB 12 (Oldham, Christa 5), Grand View Univ. 18 (Nashert, Taylor 9). Total fouls--MMUWBB 19, Grand View Univ. 20. Technical fouls--MMUWBB-None, Grand View Univ.-None.

Herb’s 22 points lead Mount Mercy

Abby Herb had 22 points and nine rebounds to lead the Mount Mercy women’s basketball team in an 84-62 win over AIB on Saturday at the Hennessey Rec Center.

The Mustangs jumped out to a 10-2 lead and never trailed, improving their records to 12-11 overall and 3-2 in the Midwest Collegiate Conference.

Paige Last had 16 points for Mount Mercy. Danielle Herdliska and Alisa Weiland each had 12 points and Christa Oldham had 10 assits.

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Last lifts Mount Mercy to victory

Paige Last popped in six 3-pointers and scored 24 points Wednesday night as the Mount Mercy women's basketball team clipped St. Ambrose, 71-54, in a Midwest Collegiate Conference game at the Hennessey Recreation Center.

Last came off the bench for the Mustangs and was 6-for-11 from long distance.

Makenzie Zeitler contributed 12 points and 10 rebounds for Mount Mercy (11-11, 2-2). Christa Oldham and Alisa Weiland scored 10 points apiece. Weiland made five steals.

Katie Jensen scored 14 points for St. Ambrose (10-7, 2-2). The Lady Bees missed all 15 of their 3-point shots. The Mustangs were 10-of-25 on 3-pointers.

ST. AMBROSE (54): Bindner 0 2-2 2, Jensen 7 0-2 14, Greiner 4 2-2 10, Brummel 2 2-2 6, Mlachnik 2 4-4 8, Powell 0 0-0 0, Myers 1 0-0 2, Busse 0 0-0 0, McCarty 1 0-1 2, Logic 1 3-4 5, Griffin 2 1-2 5, Olson 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 14-19 54.

MOUNT MERCY (71): Herb 1 0-0 2, Herdliska 2 0-2 6, Oldham 1 8-11 10, Weiland 4 0-1 10, Zeitler 4 4-6 12, Thompson 2 0-0 4, Timms 0 3-4 3, Last 6 6-7 24, Dolan 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 21-31 71.

Halftime - Mount Mercy 34, St. Ambrose 28. 3-point goals - St. Ambrose none, Mount Mercy 10 (Last 6, Herdliska 2, Weiland 2).