Box Score ERIE, Pa. – Despite a career-high 20 points, including 17 in a row for Clarion at one point, from sophomore guard Marques Jones, the Clarion University men's basketball team lost 62-49 at Mercyhurst Wednesday night.
 
Mercyhurst (11-5 overall, 7-3 PSAC West) ended the game on a 13-0 run that was actually part of a larger 33-10 run after Clarion (4-10, 2-8) had taken its largest lead of the game, 39-28, on a Jones three with 15:48 to play. That ended a stretch of 17 consecutive Golden Eagle points for the point guard who transferred into Clarion this year from New Jersey Institute of Technology.
 
But it was Mercyhurst after the Jones three, as the Lakers held Clarion to just three made baskets the rest of the way. The Lakers also were able to draw seven consecutive fouls against the Golden Eagles at one point during the stretch helping Mercyhurst outscore Clarion 17 (17 of 20) to six (6 of 11) from the free-throw line.
 
Jonathan Ouegnin led Mercyhurst with 16 points, while Luis Leao, who was honored prior to the game for scoring his 1,000^th career point over the weekend, added 15 tallies and completed a double-double with 10 rebounds. Callon Dailey added 10 points.
 
Leonard Patterson contributed 16 points for Clarion with Mike Kromka going for six points and adding eight rebounds. Calvin Edwards had a career-high 11 rebounds to go with three points.
 
Clarion led 28-24 at halftime after shooting 50 percent (11 of 22) in the first half. But the Golden Eagles connected on just 8 of 25 second-half shots and finished the game shooting 38.3 percent (18 of 47).
 
The Golden Eagles return to action at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at IUP. The game can be heard on the internet at www.clariongoldeneagles.com and www.redzonemedia.com.
 
NOTES – Jones' 17 straight points was 11 shy of the school record of 27 in a row by Kwame Morton at Slippery Rock in 1994 … He started his streak with a three-pointer with 52 seconds left in the first half and then hit a second three at the first-half horn from about 25 or 26 feet that gave Clarion the halftime lead. Jones then scored the first 11 points of the second half for the Golden Eagles including three more three-pointers … Jones finished with six three-pointers, the most by a Clarion player in a game since hit six against Millersville on Jan. 4, 2011.