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Western Carolina Catamounts at Mercer Bears

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Western Carolina Catamounts
13-13, 5-9 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
58 - 54
Mercer Bears
14-12, 9-2 Home

Western Carolina survives Mercer, 58-54

After a free throw by Mercer's Phillip Leonard cut the Western Carolina lead to 49-48 with 3:55 to play, back-to-back 3s by Brown and James Sinclair pushed the Catamounts lead back to seven with 2:06 left.

Mercer trimmed their deficit back to two in the waning moments, but a pair of Sinclair free throws sealed the deal.

Sinclair and Rhett Harrelson finished with 13 points apiece and combined to shoot 7 of 13 from behind the arc for Western Carolina (13-13, 8-6 Southern Conference). Overall the Catamounts hit 11 of their 17 attempts from downtown.

Jibri Bryan scored 12 points for Mercer (14-12, 9-4)

The game was Western Carolina's first on the road at Mercer since 1999 and just the third all-time.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 58 - 54
2nd 0:03 Demetre Rivers Turnover. 58 - 54
2nd 0:15 Western Carolina Timeout 58 - 54
2nd 0:15 James Sinclair made Free Throw. 58 - 54
2nd 0:15 James Sinclair made Free Throw. 57 - 54

Statistics

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19-45 FG 18-47
42 Field Goal % 38
11-17 3PT 3-16
65 Three Point % 19
9-17 FT 15-26
53 Free Throw % 58
33 Rebounds 33
7 Offensive Rebounds 9
26 Defensive Rebounds 24
13 Assists 12
7 Steals 7
2 Blocks 3
15 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 0
15 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
10 Points Off Turnovers 16
0 Fast Break Points 2
14 Points in Paint 22
20 Fouls 16

Game Information

Venue: Hawkins Arena

Location: Macon, GA
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
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