NCAAB

Mercer Bears at VMI Keydets

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Mercer Bears
8-8, 2-5 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
85 - 75
VMI Keydets
5-10, 3-2 Home

Mercer tops VMI 80-71 to go to 3-0 to start SoCon

The last time Mercer started the conference season 3-0 was 2002-03.

Leonard finished with 21 points, converting 9 of 11 from the free throw line. Moten had 21 and was 10 of 15 from the line.

VMI now has lost three straight, but still came into the contest with an offense ranked fifth nationally, averaging 85.7 points per game, with 52 percent of the team's points coming beyond the arc. Mercer's defense held the Keydets to 24 of 64 shooting (37.5 percent) and just 12 of 35 from distance (34.3 percent).

QJ Peterson scored 31 points to lead VMI, hitting 9 of 21 from the field and 9 of 10 from the line.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 85 - 75
2nd 0:03 Christian Burton Offensive Rebound. 85 - 75
2nd 0:03 QJ Peterson missed Three Point Jumper. 85 - 75
2nd 0:08 Craig Hinton Defensive Rebound. 85 - 75
2nd 0:09 Darious Moten missed Free Throw. 85 - 75

Statistics

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27-49 FG 24-64
55 Field Goal % 38
4-10 3PT 12-35
40 Three Point % 34
27-38 FT 15-21
71 Free Throw % 71
40 Rebounds 32
12 Offensive Rebounds 14
28 Defensive Rebounds 18
11 Assists 11
8 Steals 8
4 Blocks 2
15 Turnovers 14
0 Team Turnovers 0
15 Total Turnovers 14
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Off Turnovers 22
0 Fast Break Points 0
0 Points in Paint 0
16 Fouls 25

Game Information

Venue: Cameron Hall

Location: Lexington, VA
Attendance: 977 | 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