NCAAB

Mercer Bears at Samford Bulldogs

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Mercer Bears
17-6, 3-6 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
85 - 70
Samford Bulldogs
11-12, 5-4 Home

Lewis, Jelks lead Mercer to 85-70 win over Samford

Phillip Leonard had a career-high tying 10 assists for Mercer, which shot a season-high 58 percent from the field and improved to 9-0 this season when hitting at least half its field-goal attempts.

Lewis hit a jumper, then a 3-pointer to spark and 11-4 run which gave the Bears (17-7, 7-3 Southern Conference) a 32-24 lead with three minutes left in the first half.

Back-to-back layups by Ethan Stair capped a 10-2 spurt which gave Mercer its biggest lead of the game, 50-34, with 14:57 to play and Samford never again got closer than down seven.

Darius Jones-Gibson scored 17 with seven assists while Jamal Shabazz added 15 points and eight rebounds to lead the Bulldogs (11-12, 2-8), who have lost four in a row.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 85 - 70
2nd 0:02 Mercer Defensive Rebound. 85 - 70
2nd 0:02 Christen Cunningham missed Three Point Jumper. 85 - 70
2nd 0:07 Mercer Turnover. 85 - 70
2nd 0:39 Stephon Jelks Defensive Rebound. 85 - 70

Statistics

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33-57 FG 28-57
58 Field Goal % 49
8-16 3PT 4-16
50 Three Point % 25
11-15 FT 10-17
73 Free Throw % 59
34 Rebounds 26
13 Offensive Rebounds 12
21 Defensive Rebounds 14
21 Assists 19
5 Steals 5
3 Blocks 3
12 Turnovers 12
1 Team Turnovers 0
12 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
23 Points Off Turnovers 4
11 Fast Break Points 12
28 Points in Paint 44
20 Fouls 19
16 Largest Lead 2

Game Information

Venue: Pete Hanna Center

Location: Homewood, AL
Attendance: 1,263 | 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