NCAAB

The Citadel Bulldogs at Mercer Bears

· SOUTHERN CONFERENCE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - 1st ROUND
The Citadel Bulldogs
10-22, 3-13 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
69 - 71
Mercer Bears
19-13, 11-3 Home

Jelks has key basket, board in Mercer's 1st-round SoCon win

Warren Sledge had a chance to tie for The Citadel, but the front end of the one-and-one rolled off the rim with two seconds left and Jelks wrapped up the rebound. Jelks scored four points with eight rebounds and his game-winner came on a pretty pass from Ethan Stair, who finished with eight points and four assists.

Mercer (19-13) advances to meet No. 2 seed Eastern Tennessee in Saturday's quarterfinals.

Derrick Henry scored 16 points and Quayson Williams 14, including four 3-pointers, to led The Citadel (10-22), which committed 11 turnovers, was outrebounded 43-36 and had seven shots blocked.

Andrew Fishler blocked four shots for Mercer.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 69 - 71
2nd 0:02 Stephon Jelks Defensive Rebound. 69 - 71
2nd 0:02 Warren Sledge missed Free Throw. 69 - 71
2nd 0:02 Mercer Timeout 69 - 71
2nd 0:02 Foul on Stephon Jelks. 69 - 71

Statistics

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23-56 FG 28-69
41 Field Goal % 41
9-19 3PT 5-24
47 Three Point % 21
14-17 FT 10-16
82 Free Throw % 63
36 Rebounds 43
12 Offensive Rebounds 19
24 Defensive Rebounds 24
10 Assists 15
3 Steals 4
2 Blocks 7
11 Turnovers 7
1 Team Turnovers 0
11 Total Turnovers 7
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
13 Points Off Turnovers 5
10 Fast Break Points 8
26 Points in Paint 40
16 Fouls 13
8 Largest Lead 9

Game Information

Venue: Harrah's Cherokee Center

Location: Asheville, NC
Attendance: 2,411 | 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