Mt. Mercy Women's Basketball

Mount Mercy - Women's Basketball

Herb nets 31 as Mustangs roll

Sat - 01 Nov Written by Metro Sports Report

DES MOINES - Abby Herb poured in 31 points Saturday as Mount Mercy crushed Central Christian, 118-62, at the Grand View Tournament in Des Moines.

Herb, a Cedar Rapids Washington grad, hit 13-of-21 shots from the field and was 4-for-4 at the foul line.

Maija Jantti scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Mustangs (1-1). Makenzie Zeitler scored 12 points and snared 16 rebounds. Ashley Dolan scored 15 points for the winners.

Paige Last contributed 11 points and six assists. Christa Oldham had 10 rebounds. Alisa Weiland, a Prairie grad, had seven assists.

CENTRAL CHRISTIAN (62): Smit 4 5-6 14 Void 2 0-0 5, Campa 1 0-0 2, Laskowski 4 0-1 9, Shaw 0 5-6 5, Regier 5 1-1 16, Garza 1 2-2 5, Fairchild 0 0-0 0, LeBrane 1 0-0 3, Alderson 0 0-0 0, Salazar 1 0-0 3. Totals 19 13-16 62.

MOUNT MERCY (118): Herb 13 4-4 31, Oldham 1 4-4 6, Timms 1 2-2 4, Last 4 0-0 11, Zeitler 5 2-4 12, Blietz 0 2-2 2 Weiland 1 2-3 5, Sexton 3 0-0 6, Schaffer 2 0-0 4, Dolan 5 5-7 15, Jantti 7 8-11 22. Totals 42 29-37 118.

Halftime - Mount Mercy 50, Central Christian 30. 3-point goals - Central Christian 11 (Regier 5, Smit 1, Void 1, Laskowski 1, Garza 1, LeBrane 1, Salazar 1), Mount Mercy 5 (Last 3, Herb 1, Weiland 1). Fouled out - Void, Shaw.

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Mount Mercy - Women's Basketball

Herb nets 18 as Mustangs fall

Fri - 31 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

DES MOINES - Abby Herb scored 18 points Friday for the Mount Mercy Mustangs in a 74-60 loss to 16th-ranked Mid-American Nazarene in the opening round of the Grand View Shootout in Des Moines.

Paige Last hit four 3-pointers and scored 12 points, but overall the Mustangs missed 22 of their 29 3-point attempts in their opener.

Tristin Wicks and Daria Sprew led Mid-American Nazarene with 16 points. Martyna Kudziela grabbed 13 rebounds.

MOUNT MERCY (60): Herb 7 2-4 18, Last 4 0-0 12, Timms 2 4-6 9, Oldham 1 4-4 6, Zeitler 2 0-0 4, Jantti 2 1-2 5, Weiland 2 0-0 4, Dolan 0 2-2 2. Totals 20 13-18 60.

MID-AMERICAN NAZARENE (74): Wicks 7 2-4 16, Sprew 8 0-0 16, Lonqus 3 7-8 13, Balcom 3 2-2 10, Kudziela 1 2-4 5, Lykins 3 0-0 6, Rinehart 2 0-0 5, Dietz 1 0-0 3, Burns 0 0-0 0, Dolan 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 13-18 74.

Halftime - Mid-American Nazarene 44, Mount Mercy 29. 3-point goals - Mount Mercy 7 (Last 4, Herb 2, Timms 1), Mid-American Nazarene 5 (Balcom 2, Kudziela 1, Rinehart 1, Dietz 1). Fouled out - Herb, Kudziela.

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Mount Mercy - Women's Basketball

Herb nets 18 as Mustangs fall

Fri - 31 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

DES MOINES - Abby Herb scored 18 points Friday for the Mount Mercy Mustangs in a 74-60 loss to 16th-ranked Mid-American Nazarene in the opening round of the Grand View Shootout in Des Moines.

Paige Last hit four 3-pointers and scored 12 points, but overall the Mustangs missed 22 of their 29 3-point attempts in their opener.

Tristin Wicks and Daria Sprew led Mid-American Nazarene with 16 points. Martyna Kudziela grabbed 13 rebounds.

MOUNT MERCY (60): Herb 7 2-4 18, Last 4 0-0 12, Timms 2 4-6 9, Oldham 1 4-4 6, Zeitler 2 0-0 4, Jantti 2 1-2 5, Weiland 2 0-0 4, Dolan 0 2-2 2. Totals 20 13-18 60.

MID-AMERICAN NAZARENE (74): Wicks 7 2-4 16, Sprew 8 0-0 16, Lonqus 3 7-8 13, Balcom 3 2-2 10, Kudziela 1 2-4 5, Lykins 3 0-0 6, Rinehart 2 0-0 5, Dietz 1 0-0 3, Burns 0 0-0 0, Dolan 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 13-18 74.

Halftime - Mid-American Nazarene 44, Mount Mercy 29. 3-point goals - Mount Mercy 7 (Last 4, Herb 2, Timms 1), Mid-American Nazarene 5 (Balcom 2, Kudziela 1, Rinehart 1, Dietz 1). Fouled out - Herb, Kudziela.

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Mount Mercy - Women's Basketball

Mount Mercy women eye next step

Tue - 28 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

Aaron Jennings never wrote down "women's basketball coach" when he was asked for his career goals while attending Northwestern University.

He knew he wanted to coach when his playing days were over, but women's basketball? It never entered his mind.

Now Jennings is beginning his seventh year as the women's basketball coach at Mount Mercy and loves it. "Honestly, I don't think I ever thought about being a women's basketball coach until I applied for the job," he said Tuesday.

Jennings was not being chauvinistic at the time. He spent four years as an assistant coach for the men's basketball team at Mount Mercy and figured he'd become a head coach for a men's team somewhere when the time was right, but he enjoys working at Mount Mercy and saw no reason to move when the women's basketball job became available.

He has compiled a 119-76 record with the Mustangs, including a trip to the quarterfinals of the NAIA Division II national tournament in 2012.

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 October 2014 05:12