Ali DeVries tossed in a game-high 22 points and Rachel Mitchell added 19 points and grabbed six rebounds Thursday to help lead Iowa Wesleyan College to a 90-77 Midwest Collegiate Conference road win over Clarke College. The Tigers built a 17-point second-half lead, but Coach Zareth Gray's Crusaders battled back within eight.

Iowa Wesleyan, 14-8 overall and 9-1 in MCC, led 36-28 at the half and extended that lead to 17 with 7:37 left in the consest. Clarke outscored the visitors 16-7 over the next four minutes and pulled within eight with 3:21 to go, but that was a close as the Crusaders would get.

Laura Gaylord led Clarke with 18 points, while Tara Ahlf and Shatisha Lewis each contributed 12 points.

Joquetta Rolle pulled down a game-high 17 rebounds for the Crusaders, who won the game rebounding battle, 52-36. Rolle chipped in 11 points.

Iowa Wesleyan committed 29 turnovers, but the Tigers shot 53.2 percent from the field, compared to 36 percent for Clarke.

Clarke (2-21, 1-9 MCC) will host William Penn University at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Kehl Center.

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