The Mercer Cardinals waltzed into their matchup on Monday with four straight wins but they left with five. They walked away with a 35-26 victory over Grundy County/Newtown-Harris. That's another feather in the cap for Mercer, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Loss or not, Grundy County/Newtown-Harris got some senior leadership from Landry Oaks and Molly Milazzo. Oaks scored six points along with nine rebounds, while Milazzo. scored four points along with five assists and two steals. Milazzo has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played.
Mercer's victory was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 20-2. As for Grundy County/Newtown-Harris, their loss dropped their record down to 14-9.
Mercer won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Gilman City at 6:00 p.m. on February 13th. Hopefully Mercer is not getting complacent considering they own a much higher rank in Missouri (they are ranked 163rd, while Gilman City is ranked 369th). As for Grundy County/Newtown-Harris, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Tri-County at 6:00 p.m. on February 13th. Grundy County/Newtown-Harris is facing Tri-County at the right time seeing as Tri-County is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
