Northwestern (Iowa) 99, at Mount Mercy 76

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Interstat) — Northwestern (Iowa) defeated Mount Mercy 99-76 on Oct. 24 in a women’s NAIA basketball game at Hennessey Recreation Center, using a decisive second quarter to pull away and improving to 1-0 while dropping the Mustangs to 0-1. Northwestern (Iowa) led 23-20 after the first quarter, then outscored Mount Mercy 30-13 in the second to build a 53-33 halftime advantage. The Red Raiders added 19 points in the third quarter and 27 in the fourth. Mount Mercy scored 20 in the third and 23 in the fourth but could not cut into the deficit enough to… Read more...