The Mercyhurst Prep Lakers waltzed into their matchup on Friday with ten straight wins but they left with 11. They strolled past North East with points to spare, taking the game 74-58. Mercyhurst Prep pushed the score to 66-42 by the end of the third, a deficit North East cut but never quite recovered from.
Mercyhurst Prep got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Craig Buckner out in front who scored 19 points along with five rebounds and five steals. Buckner has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last six times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremy Ganska, who scored 14 points along with two steals.
Mercyhurst Prep is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for North East, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-8.
Mercyhurst Prep does not have any more games scheduled as of now. North East also has no future games currently scheduled.
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