NCAAB

Western Carolina Catamounts at Mercer Bears

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Western Carolina Catamounts
12-17, 4-12 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
64 - 81
Mercer Bears
16-13, 11-3 Home

Rivers, Cummings lead Mercer to 6th straight win

Rivers, who was 9 of 12 from the floor, surpassed the 1,000-point mark in his career. He has totaled 1,010 points. Cummings drained 5 of 8 from beyond the arc. Desmond Ringer added 14 points for Mercer (16-13, 9-7), which embarked on its current win streak after losing four in a row and currently holds fifth place in the conference standings.

The Bears trailed early but took the lead for good when Rivers made three straight free throws for a 30-28 advantage with 4:27 left in the first half. They finished that period on a 12-5 run to take a 42-33 lead into the break. Mercer won the second half 39-31.

Mercer shot 56 percent (28 of 50) from the floor, while limiting the Catamounts to 24-of-52 shooting (46 percent), Mercer also made five more from distance, nailing 11 of 20.

Marc Gosselin scored 14 to lead Western Carolina (12-17, 7-9), which lost its fourth straight game.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 64 - 81
2nd 0:02 Devonte Fuller made Free Throw. 64 - 81
2nd 0:02 Devonte Fuller made Free Throw. 63 - 81
2nd 0:02 Devonte Fuller made Free Throw. 62 - 81
2nd 0:02 Foul on Marcus Cohen. 61 - 81

Statistics

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24-52 FG 28-50
46 Field Goal % 56
6-25 3PT 11-20
24 Three Point % 55
10-13 FT 14-16
77 Free Throw % 88
21 Rebounds 30
5 Offensive Rebounds 6
16 Defensive Rebounds 24
15 Assists 19
6 Steals 3
1 Blocks 1
8 Turnovers 10
0 Team Turnovers 1
8 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
4 Points Off Turnovers 9
8 Fast Break Points 2
26 Points in Paint 34
15 Fouls 10
5 Largest Lead 20

Game Information

Venue: Hawkins Arena

Location: Macon, GA
Attendance: 3,572 | 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