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The Citadel Bulldogs at Mercer Bears

· NCAA Men's Basketball
The Citadel Bulldogs
9-14, 2-10 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
66 - 82
Mercer Bears
10-12, 6-4 Home

Mercer pulls away late, beats The Citadel 12th straight time

Stephon Jelks had a season-best 14 rebounds while dishing out a career-high eight assists for Mercer (10-12, 4-5 Southern Conference).

Rivers hit 7 of 10 from the floor. Ria'n Holland added 17 points and Jordan Strawberry hit 3 of 4 from distance to total 15 points for Mercer.

The Citadel (9-14, 2-8) jumped out to an early lead but Mercer led 33-30 at the break. The Bulldogs' Quayson Williams drilled a 3 to tie at 41 with 15:31 left in the game. Ryan Johnson answered with a jumper and Holland nailed a trey as Mercer pulled away to lead 63-50 following a Strawberry 3-point jumper with 8:01 left.

Ezekiel Balogun led The Citadel with 16 points.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 66 - 82
2nd 0:09 Preston Parks made Layup. 66 - 82
2nd 0:19 Quayson Williams Defensive Rebound. 64 - 82
2nd 0:19 Jordan Strawberry missed Layup. 64 - 82
2nd 0:50 Stephon Jelks Defensive Rebound. 64 - 82

Statistics

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23-67 FG 27-53
34 Field Goal % 51
11-37 3PT 7-19
30 Three Point % 37
9-13 FT 21-27
69 Free Throw % 78
32 Rebounds 44
14 Offensive Rebounds 11
18 Defensive Rebounds 33
15 Assists 20
6 Steals 6
1 Blocks 2
10 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 1
10 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Off Turnovers 9
0 Fast Break Points 0
0 Points in Paint 0
23 Fouls 13
6 Largest Lead 18

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