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Mercer Bears at UNC Greensboro Spartans

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Mercer Bears
7-8, 1-5 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
76 - 55
UNC Greensboro Spartans
5-10, 3-5 Home

Mercer upends UNC-Greensboro 76-55

Nwamu returned to his hometown, having played high school basketball at Westchester Country Day. He was 4 of 10 from the field, with three 3-pointers.

Phillip Leonard, Jibri Bryan and Stephon Jelks had 10 apiece for Mercer (7-8, 2-0 Southern Conference). Leonard had seven of Mercer's 16 assists and Bryan grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Bears to a 32-22 advantage on the glass.

Tevon Saddler led UNCG (5-10, 1-1) with 20 points. Kayel Locke had 14 and Diante Baldwin 12. The Spartans made 5 of 11 shots from the free throw line compared to 15 of 20 for Mercer.

Mercer closed the first half on a 10-2 run to take a 33-25 lead. The Bears were 5 of 10 from 3-point range in the first half and finished 11 of 20.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 76 - 55
2nd 0:01 UNC Greensboro Deadball Team Rebound. 76 - 55
2nd 0:01 Ben Dickinson missed Jumper. 76 - 55
2nd 0:21 Matt Panaggio Turnover. 76 - 55
2nd 0:44 Mercer Timeout 76 - 55

Statistics

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25-48 FG 24-51
52 Field Goal % 47
11-20 3PT 2-7
55 Three Point % 29
15-20 FT 5-11
75 Free Throw % 45
32 Rebounds 22
7 Offensive Rebounds 4
25 Defensive Rebounds 18
16 Assists 4
8 Steals 7
2 Blocks 5
12 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 1
12 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
0 Points Off Turnovers 0
0 Fast Break Points 0
0 Points in Paint 0
14 Fouls 16

Game Information

Venue: First Horizon Coliseum

Location: Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 1,943 | Capacity:

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