NCAAB

East Tennessee State Buccaneers at Mercer Bears

· NCAA Men's Basketball
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
16-13, 6-9 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
64 - 69
Mercer Bears
17-14, 11-3 Home

Mercer rallies to beat ETSU 69-64

Darious Moten scored 16 points, Stephon Jelks had 14, and T.J. Hallice and Ike Nwamu scored 12 apiece for the Bears (17-14, 12-6).

ETSU opened with a 15-5 run, but Mercer rallied to a 28-27 lead with a 14-0 run capped by a dunk by Hallice. The Buccaneers replied with an 11-6 run to take a 38-34 halftime lead.

Mercer rallied to a 56-50 lead with a 12-3 second-half run. The lead traded hands five times until Bryan put the Bears up 67-64 with his 3-pointer and Nwamu added two free throws to seal it.

Jalen Riley scored 24 for ETSU (16-13, 8-10), who will play No. 4 seed Western Carolina Saturday in the SoCon tournament as the No. 5 seed.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 64 - 67
2nd 0:01 Ike Nwamu made Free Throw. 64 - 69
2nd 0:01 Ike Nwamu made Free Throw. 64 - 68
2nd 0:01 Foul on Rashawn Rembert. 64 - 67
2nd 0:01 Ike Nwamu Steal. 64 - 67

Statistics

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20-61 FG 24-60
33 Field Goal % 40
12-34 3PT 7-25
35 Three Point % 28
12-15 FT 14-21
80 Free Throw % 67
41 Rebounds 42
14 Offensive Rebounds 14
27 Defensive Rebounds 28
11 Assists 15
9 Steals 8
2 Blocks 3
11 Turnovers 10
0 Team Turnovers 0
11 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
18 Points Off Turnovers 15
0 Fast Break Points 4
6 Points in Paint 30
20 Fouls 14

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
Full Standings