If the Mercer Cardinals were riding high off their 65-24 takedown of the Cainsville Redmen last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. Mercer's rough 50-27 loss to Grundy County/Newtown-Harris on Friday might stick with them for a while. Mercer has struggled against Grundy County/Newtown-Harris recently, as their game on Friday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Leading Grundy County/Newtown-Harris to victory were Hunter Miller and Zack Cross. Miller scored 15 points along with eight steals and five rebounds, while Cross scored 21 points along with eight rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which Cross has scored at least a third of Grundy County/Newtown-Harris' points. The team also got some help courtesy of Corbin Axtell, who scored nine points along with eight rebounds and five steals.
Mercer's loss dropped their record down to 13-9. As for Grundy County/Newtown-Harris, the victory was the 15th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 24-3.
Mercer does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Grundy County/Newtown-Harris also has no future games currently scheduled.
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