NCAAB

East Tennessee State Buccaneers at Mercer Bears

· NCAA Men's Basketball
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
13-3, 4-2 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
67 - 58
Mercer Bears
7-10, 5-3 Home

Cromer's 23 points leads ETSU past Mercer 67-58

With the score tied at 27, Cromer hit a 3, a layup and another 3 to give East Tennessee State a 35-30 lead. The Bears then responded with a 12-0 run and led 42-35 with 11:41 to play.

Bradford's layup with 6:57 left gave East Tennessee State (13-3, 3-0 Southern Conference) the lead for good at 48-47. He followed with a dunk and Cromer added a 3 capping an 18-5 Buccaneers run.

Jordan Strawberry added a layup and Mercer (7-10, 1-3) couldn't get closer.

The Buccaneers are off to their best start since the 1990-91 season when they opened the year 14-1. ETSU won 21 of its first 23 games that season and reached No. 10 in the national rankings.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 67 - 58
2nd 0:08 T.J. Cromer Steal. 67 - 58
2nd 0:08 Cory Kilby Turnover. 67 - 58
2nd 0:15 Tevin Glass made Free Throw. 67 - 58
2nd 0:15 Foul on Rashad Lewis. 66 - 58

Statistics

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21-41 FG 21-54
51 Field Goal % 39
6-17 3PT 6-25
35 Three Point % 24
19-28 FT 10-12
68 Free Throw % 83
30 Rebounds 30
7 Offensive Rebounds 11
23 Defensive Rebounds 19
10 Assists 10
12 Steals 8
5 Blocks 2
18 Turnovers 17
0 Team Turnovers 0
18 Total Turnovers 17
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
19 Points Off Turnovers 14
15 Fast Break Points 0
30 Points in Paint 16
19 Fouls 20
11 Largest Lead 7

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