Basketball Game Recap: Mercer Cardinals vs. Green City Gophers
By Team Reports
Dec 9, 2023, 7:23am
Recap: Mercer Cardinals vs. Green City Gophers
The Mercer Cardinals lost against the Green City Gophers back in December of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Mercer was dealt a 68-32 loss at the hands of Green City. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Mercer in their matchups with Green City: they've now lost four in a row.
Green City was led to victory by Asher Buggs-Tipton and Xander Salas. Buggs-Tipton scored 16 points, while Salas scored 17 points along with 6 steals and 5 assists. The contest was Buggs-Tipton's fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaden Hatcher, who scored 11 points along with 8 rebounds.
Mercer's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Green City, the win for they keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
Mercer will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Linn County at 7:30 p.m. on December 18th. As for Green City, they will be playing at home against Grundy County/Newtown-Harris at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Grundy County/Newtown-Harris focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up eight on Monday.
