South Carolina Upstate Spartans at Mercer Bears
· ATLANTIC SUN MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - SEMIFINAL
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75 - 78
75 - 78
Mercer defeats SC Upstate 78-75 in 2OT
Jakob Gollon added 17 points for Mercer (25-8) which travels to No. 1 seed Florida Gulf Coast (22-11) for the championship on Sunday.
Hall scored with 37 seconds remaining in regulation and SC Upstate's Ty Greene missed a trey with 2 seconds left, sending it to the first overtime tied at 60. SC Upstate's Ricardo Glenn blocked Darious Moten's layup attempt with 4 seconds to play, sending the game into the second overtime knotted at 66.
Mario Blessing and Torrey Craig each missed treys in the closing seconds of the second overtime to end it.
Craig scored 24 points and Glenn added 17 to lead SC Uptate (19-14).
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Recent Plays
| 4th 0:00 | End of Game | 75 - 78 |
| 4th 0:01 | Mercer Defensive Rebound. | 75 - 78 |
| 4th 0:01 | Torrey Craig missed Three Point Jumper. | 75 - 78 |
| 4th 0:13 | Ricardo Glenn Offensive Rebound. | 75 - 78 |
| 4th 0:13 | Mario Blessing missed Three Point Jumper. | 75 - 78 |
Statistics
UPST |
MER |
|
|---|---|---|
| 28-66 | FG | 25-61 |
| 42 | Field Goal % | 41 |
| 8-24 | 3PT | 14-31 |
| 33 | Three Point % | 45 |
| 11-14 | FT | 14-18 |
| 79 | Free Throw % | 78 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
| 16 | Assists | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 11 | Points Off Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 29 | Points in Paint | 12 |
| 17 | Fouls | 14 |
Game Information
Venue: Hawkins Arena
Location: Macon, GA
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Location: Macon, GA
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2025-26 Big South Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | 15-1 | - | 31-5 |
| Winthrop | 13-3 | 2 | 23-11 |
| Radford | 9-7 | 6 | 16-16 |
| Longwood | 8-8 | 7 | 16-16 |
| UNC Asheville | 8-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Presbyterian | 7-9 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Charleston Southern | 6-10 | 9 | 15-17 |
| South Carolina Upstate | 5-11 | 10 | 13-19 |
| Gardner-Webb | 1-15 | 14 | 4-29 |
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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