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Western Carolina Catamounts at Mercer Bears

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Western Carolina Catamounts
12-16, 2-14 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
72 - 65
Mercer Bears
18-10, 11-2 Home

W. Carolina rallies to beat Mercer 72-65

Brummitt was 6 of 12 from the floor. Justin Browning added 11 points and had three assists and three steals for Western Carolina (12-16, 7-8 Southern Conference), which has won four of its last five games, including a 67-61 win over conference leader Chattanooga on Feb. 11. Devin Peterson chipped in 11 points for the Catamounts.

Trailing 39-38 early in the second half, the Catamounts went inside for three straight layups to take a 44-42 lead with 16:04 left and pushed that to 60-53 with 6:05 remaining. Mercer never regained the lead. Western Carolina won the second half 39-31 after trailing 34-33 at the break.

Demetre Rivers had 19 points and Stephon Jelks added 17 for Mercer (18-10, 8-7), which has lost four straight.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 72 - 65
2nd 0:07 Mercer Timeout 72 - 65
2nd 0:09 Demetre Rivers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Phillip Leonard. 72 - 65
2nd 0:15 Mike Brown made Free Throw. 72 - 62
2nd 0:15 Mike Brown made Free Throw. 71 - 62

Statistics

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25-53 FG 21-50
47 Field Goal % 42
8-17 3PT 8-17
47 Three Point % 47
14-18 FT 15-20
78 Free Throw % 75
32 Rebounds 27
11 Offensive Rebounds 8
21 Defensive Rebounds 19
15 Assists 15
8 Steals 3
2 Blocks 3
8 Turnovers 8
0 Team Turnovers 0
8 Total Turnovers 8
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
8 Points Off Turnovers 8
4 Fast Break Points 2
32 Points in Paint 22
17 Fouls 14
11 Largest Lead 9

Game Information

Venue: Hawkins Arena

Location: Macon, GA
Attendance: 3,627 | 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