Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Corbin Axtell stepped things up a notch to give Grundy County/Newtown-Harris the 'W'. Mercer had no answer to Axtell as he almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds.
Axtell and Grundy County/Newtown-Harris will head out on the road to square off against Mercer at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Grundy County/Newtown-Harris got just the result they wanted when they last faced Mercer, probably because Axtell had a solid game then too: he almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds. Can he match (or beat) that stellar performance? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.