Mercer Bears vs Western Carolina Catamounts
SoCon Championship - Quarterfinal
15-15, 10-8 SoCon
77
15-15, 10-8 SoCon
Final
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
WCU | 36 | 41 | 77 |
MER | 35 | 38 | 73 |
19-13, 11-7 SoCon
73
19-13, 11-7 SoCon
Game Leaders
Team Stats
39% (27-69)
Field Goal %
42% (27-64)
29% (8-28)
Three Point %
38% (8-21)
75% (15-20)
Free Throw %
58% (11-19)
14
Turnovers
5
53
Rebounds
29
18%
Percent Led
79%
5
Largest Lead
17
Game Information
Asheville, NC
ESPN+
Referee:Mike Terry
Referee:Michael Husted
Referee:Hunter Allen
Probabilities & Game Flow
100%
--WCU
0%
--MER
According to ESPN Analytics
Shot Chart
- Cord Stansberry misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Baraka Okojie makes driving layup
- Samuel Dada misses layup
- Tahlan Pettway misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Baraka Okojie misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Zaire Williams makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brady Shoulders assists)
- Marcus Kell misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Tidjiane Dioumassi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tahlan Pettway assists)
- Baraka Okojie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Armani Mighty assists)
- Marcus Kell misses driving layup
- Quinton Perkins II makes driving layup
- Tahlan Pettway misses driving layup
- Samuel Dada makes 0-foot tip in layup
- Baraka Okojie misses 17-foot jumper
- Zaire Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brady Shoulders makes layup
- Cord Stansberry misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Baraka Okojie makes layup
- Baraka Okojie makes 16-foot jumper
- Justin Johnson misses 12-foot jumper
- Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Zaire Williams makes layup (Baraka Okojie assists)
- Tidjiane Dioumassi misses driving layup
- Tayeshaun Smith makes 0-foot tip in layup
- Tidjiane Dioumassi makes layup
- Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Julien Soumaoro misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Brady Shoulders makes driving layup
- Marcus Kell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Brady Shoulders makes driving layup
- Baraka Okojie misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Armani Mighty makes layup
- Cord Stansberry misses 13-foot floating jump shot
- Samuel Dada misses layup
- Marcus Kell misses tip in layup
- Samuel Dada makes layup
- Armani Mighty makes 0-foot dunk (Baraka Okojie assists)
- Tahlan Pettway misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Abdulai Fanta Kabba misses tip in layup
- Brady Shoulders makes driving layup
- Tidjiane Dioumassi makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Quinton Perkins II misses 17-foot jumper
- Cord Stansberry makes driving layup (Tidjiane Dioumassi assists)
- Quinton Perkins II misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Tahlan Pettway makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Tidjiane Dioumassi assists)
- Bendji Pierre misses 16-foot jumper
- Tahlan Pettway makes 14-foot jumper
- Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2
- Baraka Okojie misses free throw 2 of 2
- Cord Stansberry misses layup
- Tidjiane Dioumassi misses layup
- Tidjiane Dioumassi makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Armani Mighty misses layup
- Cord Stansberry misses free throw 1 of 2
- Cord Stansberry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tahlan Pettway makes driving layup
- Baraka Okojie makes 16-foot jumper
- Tidjiane Dioumassi makes 13-foot turnaround jump shot
- Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2
- Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses layup
- Brady Shoulders misses layup
- Tidjiane Dioumassi misses driving layup
- Abdulai Fanta Kabba makes 0-foot tip in layup
- Baraka Okojie misses 14-foot turnaround jump shot
- Tidjiane Dioumassi makes 27-foot three point jumper (Cord Stansberry assists)
- Baraka Okojie makes 13-foot jumper
- Tahlan Pettway misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Connor Serven misses layup
- Tahlan Pettway misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Tidjiane Dioumassi misses 16-foot jumper
- Baraka Okojie misses layup
- Marcus Kell makes layup (Tahlan Pettway assists)
- Armani Mighty misses layup
- Tidjiane Dioumassi misses 31-foot three point jumper
- Marcus Kell misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Tahlan Pettway makes 17-foot jumper (Tidjiane Dioumassi assists)
- Baraka Okojie misses 18-foot jumper
- Zaire Williams misses 18-foot jumper
- Cord Stansberry misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Baraka Okojie makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Tahlan Pettway misses 14-foot jumper
- Baraka Okojie makes 16-foot jumper
- Tidjiane Dioumassi misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Quinton Perkins II makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brady Shoulders assists)
- Cord Stansberry misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Baraka Okojie misses 15-foot turnaround jump shot
- Cord Stansberry makes layup (Tahlan Pettway assists)
- Zaire Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Baraka Okojie misses 15-foot jumper
- Justin Johnson misses 10-foot jumper
- Zaire Williams makes driving layup
- Cord Stansberry misses free throw 1 of 2
- Cord Stansberry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Zaire Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Baraka Okojie assists)
- Marcus Kell makes 28-foot three point jumper
- Brady Shoulders misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Tahlan Pettway makes free throw 1 of 3
- Tahlan Pettway makes free throw 2 of 3
- Tahlan Pettway makes free throw 3 of 3
- Baraka Okojie misses free throw 1 of 2
- Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2
- Marcus Kell misses layup
- Baraka Okojie makes 26-foot three point jumper (Zaire Williams assists)
- Tidjiane Dioumassi misses layup
- Quinton Perkins II makes 24-foot three point jumper (Baraka Okojie assists)
- Armani Mighty misses 11-foot jumper
- Connor Serven misses layup
- Tidjiane Dioumassi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tidjiane Dioumassi misses free throw 2 of 2
- Samuel Dada misses layup
- Baraka Okojie misses 15-foot jumper
- Tidjiane Dioumassi misses layup
- Tidjiane Dioumassi makes 29-foot three point jumper
- Brady Shoulders misses 11-foot jumper
- Brady Shoulders misses layup
- Armani Mighty misses tip in layup
- Connor Serven makes 0-foot tip in layup
- Armani Mighty makes 8-foot hook shot
- Marcus Kell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tahlan Pettway assists)
- Marcus Kell misses layup
- Samuel Dada makes 0-foot tip in layup
- Quinton Perkins II misses 10-foot jumper
- Armani Mighty misses free throw 1 of 2
- Armani Mighty misses free throw 2 of 2
- Marcus Kell misses layup
- Tahlan Pettway makes 26-foot three point jumper (Julien Soumaoro assists)
- Quinton Perkins II misses 17-foot floating jump shot
- Cord Stansberry misses 13-foot three point jumper
- Samuel Dada misses tip in layup
- Brady Shoulders misses 2-foot three point jumper
- Tahlan Pettway makes 18-foot jumper
- Brady Shoulders misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tahlan Pettway misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Zaire Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Marcus Kell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Brady Shoulders makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zaire Williams assists)
- Marcus Kell makes 4-foot jumper
- Marcus Kell makes free throw 1 of 1
- Zaire Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Tahlan Pettway makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tahlan Pettway makes free throw 2 of 2
- Connor Serven makes 5-foot jumper
- Baraka Okojie misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Tidjiane Dioumassi makes 1-foot jumper
- Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2
- Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2
- Cord Stansberry misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Cord Stansberry makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tahlan Pettway assists)
- Zaire Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
- Zaire Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
- Marcus Kell makes driving layup
- Zaire Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
- Zaire Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tahlan Pettway misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Zaire Williams makes 28-foot three point jumper
- Zaire Williams misses free throw 1 of 1
- Cord Stansberry misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Zaire Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
- Zaire Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
- Marcus Kell makes free throw 1 of 2
- Marcus Kell makes free throw 2 of 2
- Baraka Okojie misses 7-foot jumper
- Cord Stansberry misses free throw 1 of 2
- Cord Stansberry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Zaire Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
- Zaire Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
- Cord Stansberry makes free throw 1 of 2
- Cord Stansberry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Baraka Okojie misses 46-foot three point jumper
- Cord Stansberry misses free throw 1 of 2
- Cord Stansberry makes free throw 2 of 2
Shot Made
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2025-26 Standings
NCAA Division I
| Southern Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tennessee State | 13-5 | - | 23-11 |
| Mercer | 11-7 | 2 | 19-13 |
| Wofford | 11-7 | 2 | 19-13 |
| Samford | 11-7 | 2 | 18-14 |
| Furman | 10-8 | 3 | 22-13 |
| Western Carolina | 10-8 | 3 | 15-16 |
| UNC Greensboro | 9-9 | 4 | 15-19 |
| Chattanooga | 7-11 | 6 | 13-19 |
| The Citadel | 7-11 | 6 | 11-22 |
| VMI | 1-17 | 12 | 6-26 |
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