NCAAB

Rice Owls at Mercer Bears

· GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
Rice Owls
1-3, 0-1 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
71 - 77
Mercer Bears
3-2, 2-0 Home

Mercer beats Rice 77-71 in OT in Alaska Shootout

Mercer (3-2) took a 71-66 lead when Nwamu recovered Seth Gearhart's turnover with 26 seconds left in overtime and made the first two of the Bears' final eight free throws.

Rice (1-3) trailed 51-40 midway through the second half, but rallied with a 17-4 run.

Jibri Bryan put the Bears ahead 59-57 on a four-point play with 3:26 left in regulation. The Owls answered with four straight points and Mercer tied it at 61 with 26 seconds left.

Bryan scored 18 points and T.J. Hallice had 12 for the Bears. Gearhart led the Owls with 16, and Max Guercy and Marcus Jackson added 13 apiece.

On Friday, Mercer will play the UC Santa Barbara in the semifinals and Rice will face Washington State.

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  • TV Channel: Rice at Mercer 2021 College Basketball, week 3, is broadcasted on CBSSN.
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Recent Plays

3rd 0:01 Foul on Jordan Reed. 71 - 75
3rd 0:02 Rice Timeout 71 - 75
3rd 0:02 Dan Peera made Layup. 71 - 75
3rd 0:07 Ike Nwamu made Free Throw. 69 - 75
3rd 0:07 Ike Nwamu made Free Throw. 69 - 74

Statistics

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21-57 FG 20-46
37 Field Goal % 43
10-29 3PT 6-14
34 Three Point % 43
19-27 FT 31-44
70 Free Throw % 70
29 Rebounds 38
12 Offensive Rebounds 13
17 Defensive Rebounds 25
14 Assists 16
8 Steals 5
4 Blocks 1
11 Turnovers 15
0 Team Turnovers 0
11 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
13 Points Off Turnovers 9
2 Fast Break Points 0
14 Points in Paint 28
31 Fouls 22

Game Information

Venue: Alaska Airlines Center

Location: Anchorage, AK
Attendance: 2,366 | Capacity:

2025-26 American Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
South Florida 15-3 - 25-9
Tulsa 13-5 2 30-8
Wichita State 13-5 2 24-12
UAB 11-7 4 20-12
North Texas 9-9 6 19-14
Florida Atlantic 9-9 6 18-15
Charlotte 9-9 6 17-17
Tulane 8-10 7 18-15
Temple 8-10 7 16-16
Memphis 8-10 7 13-19
Rice 7-11 8 13-18
East Carolina 6-12 9 11-20
UTSA 1-17 14 5-25

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
Full Standings