MANSFIELD – Jeremiah Worthem scored a game-high 21 points as Mansfield men's basketball completed the weekend sweep of PSAC crossovers with a 64-55 win over Mercyhurst Sunday at Decker Gymnasium.
 
The two conference wins this weekend place the Mountaineers in a two-way tie for third place in the PSAC Eastern division.
 
Mansfield (3-3, 3-1 PSAC) got off to a 10-4 advantage over the first five minutes of the game before jumping out to the biggest lead of the game at 24-12 later in the half. The Lakers worked their deficit down to two points with a lay-up in the final minute of the half as Mansfield held on to a 32-30 lead at halftime.
 
In the second half, Mansfield brought its lead up to seven points on a Worthem jumper five minutes in. However, five straight Mercyhurst (4-3, 2-2 PSAC) points took the game back within two points. The Mountaineers maintained at least a two-possession lead throughout the rest of the game to earn a big crossover victory.
 
Worthem went 7-14 from the floor and a perfect 7-7 from the free throw line to record a season-high 21 points. Tamanosky chipped in 12 points with Tyler Moffe adding 11 points. Tamanosky is now just 27 points away from becoming the 26^th player in program history to hit the 1,000-point milestone.
 
Malik Carter recorded nine points and had a game-high seven boards along with Cedrick Powell. Powell also dished out a game-high six assists.
 
Malcolm Walters scored a team-high 15 points for Mercyhurst with Lorenzo Collier adding 14 points.
 
Mansfield shot 52.3% (22-44) from the floor while holding the Lakers to just 37.3% (22-59) shooting in the game.
 
The Mountaineers travel to Roberts Wesleyan for a rematch on Tuesday before hosting IUP at Decker Gymnasium on Saturday.