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Mercer Winston

Cardinals M

Red Birds W

The Winston (MO) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Mercer (MO) by a score of 53-48.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mercer	-	-	-	-	48
Winston	-	-	-	-	53

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Matchup Info

Game Story

Missouri High School Basketball - Winston sneaks past Mercer

February 3, 2026: Winston, MO 64689

The Winston Red Birds (Winston, MO) basketball edged the visiting Mercer Cardinals (Mercer, MO), 53-48 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Red Birds now possess a 5-8 record. They play next when they travel to Grundy County/Newtown-Harris for a HDC bout on Friday, February 6. Winston will encounter a Panthers team coming off a 61-40 league loss to Gilman City/North Daviess (Gilman City, MO). The Panthers record now stands at 4-14.

In their next game, the Cardinals encounter the Tri-County Mustangs (Jamesport, MO) in a HDC challenge, on Friday, February 6. Mercer will attempt to improve on its 3-8 season record.

Mercer @ Winston Basketball Game Info

Tue., Feb. 3, 2026 @ 7:30p

The Winston (MO) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Mercer (MO) by a score of 53-48.

Rankings & Records

Mercer (25-26)

MO	Class
471	61

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
4-8	1-1	1-3	3-4	0-1	.333	.500	572	712

Winston (25-26)

MO	Class
454	56

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
8-9	2-2	2-4	5-5	1-0	.471	.500	766	850

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mercer	9.0	10.3	14.0	11.3	47.7
Winston	4.5	12.5	15.0	13.5	45.1

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Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mercer	1-3		Winston	4-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/8/25	Albany	Mercer	(L) 61-50	1/5/26	Albany	Winston	(L) 60-38
12/19/25	Mercer	Braymer	(L) 63-42	12/1/25	Braymer	Winston	(L) 56-32
				12/2/25	Winston	Braymer	(L) 56-32
				12/18/25	Winston	Braymer	(L) 59-41
1/8/26	Pattonsburg	Mercer	(L) 69-58	12/8/25	Winston	Pattonsburg	(L) 70-52
1/9/26	Cainsville	Mercer		2/17/26	Winston	Cainsville
1/20/26	Mercer	Gilman City		1/23/26	Gilman City	Winston
1/22/26	Grundy County/Newtown-Harris	Mercer	(W) 51-37	2/6/26	Winston	Grundy County/Newtown-Harris	(W) 41-34
				2/13/26	Winston	Grundy County/Newtown-Harris	(W) 50-43
1/23/26	Newtown-Harris	Mercer		2/6/26	Winston	Newtown-Harris	(W) 51-41
1/23/26	Grundy County	Mercer		2/6/26	Winston	Grundy County
2/6/26	Mercer	Tri-County		1/20/26	Tri-County	Winston
2/17/26	Mercer	Union Star		12/12/25	Union Star	Winston	(W) 48-22

Record Breakdown

M Mercer (25-26)		W Winston (25-26)
4-8	Overall	8-9
1-1	League	2-2
3-6	Non-League	5-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-3	Common Opponent	4-5
1-3	Home	2-4
3-4	Away	5-5
0-1	Neutral	1-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
3-8	In-State	8-9
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0