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North Florida Ospreys at Mercer Bears

· NCAA Men's Basketball
North Florida Ospreys
15-15, 6-10 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
79 - 76
Mercer Bears
22-8, 14-1 Home

North Florida knocks off Mercer in OT 79-76

With Mercer (22-8, 13-4 Atlantic Sun) leading 69-66 and just 20 seconds to play, North Florida's Nesbitt was fouled on a layup and his three-point play tied the game at 69 forcing overtime.

Nesbitt's heroics continued into overtime on a tie-breaking layup with 38 seconds to play. Nesbitt scored again on a dunk following Mercer's missed 3-pointer and the Ospreys led 78-74 and held on for the win.

North Florida (15-15, 9-8) trailed Mercer 35-30 at the break but bounced back to a 41-39 lead after the first 7 minutes of the second period.

Langston Hall led Bear scorers with 24 points and Mercer still remains tied atop the conference as co-leader Florida Gulf Coast also lost on Thursday night.

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Recent Plays

3rd 0:00 End of Game 79 - 76
3rd 0:00 Beau Beech Steal. 79 - 76
3rd 0:01 Bud Thomas Turnover. 79 - 76
3rd 0:02 Mercer Timeout 79 - 76
3rd 0:02 Mercer Timeout 79 - 76

Statistics

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28-58 FG 29-68
48 Field Goal % 43
7-21 3PT 4-14
33 Three Point % 29
16-22 FT 14-18
73 Free Throw % 78
38 Rebounds 36
9 Offensive Rebounds 12
29 Defensive Rebounds 24
16 Assists 10
8 Steals 11
3 Blocks 3
19 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 0
19 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
15 Points Off Turnovers 20
9 Fast Break Points 11
40 Points in Paint 36
20 Fouls 19

Game Information

Venue: Hawkins Arena

Location: Macon, GA
Attendance: 2,134 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Sun Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Austin Peay 15-3 +1 22-9
Central Arkansas 15-3 +1 22-12
Queens University 13-5 2 21-14
Lipscomb 12-6 3 19-13
Florida Gulf Coast 8-10 7 16-18
West Georgia 8-10 6 15-17
Bellarmine 7-11 8 13-19
Jacksonville 7-11 8 12-20
Stetson 7-11 8 12-21
Eastern Kentucky 7-11 7 11-21
North Florida 5-13 10 7-25
North Alabama 4-14 10 9-21

2025-26 Southern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
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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