Mercer, Southwest split Monday night games

High School Basketball

The Mercer Lady Cardinals and Southwest Livingston Wildcats took victories on Monday night, in a light evening of basketball action across the region.  Mercer, in the girls game, bounced back nicely from Saturday’s Holiday Hoops loss to Stanberry, rolling to a 67-16 win.  Behind 20 points from junior center Mack Anderson, the Southwest boys returned the favor with a 59-53 win in Ludlow.

Here are the area scores from Monday, December 17, 2018:

GIRLS:

Maysville 53, East Harrison 46

Brookfield 68, Westran 16

Tina-Avalon 55, Northwestern 42

Chillicothe 62, Marshall 48

North Harrison 42, King City 34

Stanberry 38, Mound City 17

Hardin-Central 47, Braymer 34

Worth County 64, Mount Ayr 55

BOYS:

Grandview Christian (Iowa) 86, Benton 59 (NCMC Holiday Hoops)

Lafayette 67, Odessa 52 (NCMC Holiday Hoops)

Chillicothe 76, Marshall 58

Northwestern 78, Tina-Avalon 43

Westran 56, Brookfield 54

Maysville 58, East Harrison 47

North Harrison 77, King City 66

Mound City 79, Stanberry 45

Braymer 60, Hardin-Central 40

Mount Ayr 55, Worth County 43