NCAAB

Mercer Bears at Samford Bulldogs

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Mercer Bears
16-13, 5-9 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
62 - 61
Samford Bulldogs
12-17, 8-6 Home

Mercer survives late scare 62-61 over Samford

Mercer (16-13, 11-5 Southern) held the lead from the opening points to the final minute. Samford (12-17, 5-11) took its only lead, at 61-60, on Tyler Hood's basket with 26.2 seconds left.

Phillip Leonard put the Bears back in front with 6.9 seconds on a driving layup from the left wing.

Samford's Christen Cunningham then drove the length of the court in the final seconds and fed an open Evan Taylor in the middle of the lane. Taylor drop-stepped before Nwamu met him near the rim for the game-sealing block.

Jibri Bryan added 10 points for Mercer which led by as many as 14.

Jamal Shabazz led Samford with nine points and Michael Bradley grabbed 10 boards to go with eight points.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 62 - 61
2nd 0:00 Marcus Johnson Offensive Rebound. 62 - 61
2nd 0:00 Ike Nwamu Block. 62 - 61
2nd 0:00 Evan Taylor missed Layup. 62 - 61
2nd 0:07 Samford Timeout 62 - 61

Statistics

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22-55 FG 24-51
40 Field Goal % 47
6-10 3PT 7-17
60 Three Point % 41
12-14 FT 6-12
86 Free Throw % 50
33 Rebounds 34
11 Offensive Rebounds 10
22 Defensive Rebounds 24
15 Assists 19
13 Steals 10
4 Blocks 3
15 Turnovers 19
0 Team Turnovers 2
15 Total Turnovers 19
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
15 Points Off Turnovers 16
15 Fast Break Points 10
26 Points in Paint 28
17 Fouls 19

Game Information

Venue: Pete Hanna Center

Location: Homewood, AL
Attendance: 1,683 | 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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