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Chattanooga Mocs at Mercer Bears

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Chattanooga Mocs
22-3, 8-3 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
72 - 66
Mercer Bears
18-7, 11-1 Home

Chattanooga gets 72-66 OT win over Mercer in SoCon showdown

Demetre Rivers scored the first basket of overtime but Mercer did not hit its next field goal until the 16-second mark when Phillip Leonard pulled the Bears to 70-66. Chattanooga's Johnathan Burroughs-Cook answered with two free throws for a six-point lead.

Tre' McLean added 16 points and Justin Tuoyo 14 for Chattanooga (22-3, 11-1 Southern), which made just 37 percent from the field but hit 17 of 20 free throws.

Rivers, a sophomore, scored a career-best 20 points for Mercer (18-7, 8-4), which had a four-game winning streak snapped. Leonard finished with 18 points.

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Recent Plays

3rd 0:00 End of Game 72 - 66
3rd 0:00 Demetre Rivers Offensive Rebound. 72 - 66
3rd 0:00 Stephon Jelks missed Jumper. 72 - 66
3rd 0:07 Demetre Rivers Offensive Rebound. 72 - 66
3rd 0:07 Ethan Stair missed Three Point Jumper. 72 - 66

Statistics

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23-63 FG 25-66
37 Field Goal % 38
9-22 3PT 5-18
41 Three Point % 28
17-20 FT 11-15
85 Free Throw % 73
40 Rebounds 42
16 Offensive Rebounds 19
24 Defensive Rebounds 23
17 Assists 12
4 Steals 5
3 Blocks 9
9 Turnovers 8
0 Team Turnovers 0
9 Total Turnovers 8
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
5 Points Off Turnovers 11
0 Fast Break Points 8
26 Points in Paint 26
17 Fouls 18
6 Largest Lead 7

Game Information

Venue: Hawkins Arena

Location: Macon, GA
Attendance: 3,721 | 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