NCAAB

Mercer Bears at Samford Bulldogs

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Mercer Bears
7-12, 1-9 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
93 - 87
Samford Bulldogs
12-8, 9-3 Home

Mercer holds off Samford 93-87 behind Cummings

Cory Kilby scored 17 points and Jaylen Stowe added 13 and two rebounds for his 100th rebound of the season for the Bears (7-12, 2-5 Southern Conference), who outshot the Bulldogs 55 to 46 percent.

Samford closed to 60-57 after Kevion Nolan and Josh Sharkey each scored five straight, then to 67-65 on Robert Allen's 3 with 6:31 to play. Cummings' two free throws sparked a 6-0 run for a 73-65 Bears lead and his 3 with 1:40 left made it 80-71. Sharkey's layup drew Samford to 89-85 with nine seconds left, but Cummings iced it with four free throws.

Cummings broke open back-and-forth play with a 3-pointer and a 3-point play to put the Bears up for good, 13-11. Cummings hit back-to-backs 3s and Mercer finished on a 13-8 run for a 45-34 halftime lead.

Sharkey scored 27 points and had 10 assists and Brandon Austin hit five 3-pointers and scored 19 points for Samford (12-8, 2-5), which won the rebounding battle 38-28. Allen added a career-high 16 points and Ruben Guerrero scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 93 - 87
2nd 0:01 Ross Cummings made Free Throw. 93 - 87
2nd 0:01 Ross Cummings made Free Throw. 92 - 87
2nd 0:01 Foul on Myron Gordon. 91 - 87
2nd 0:01 DeAndre Thomas Turnover. 91 - 87

Statistics

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28-51 FG 30-66
55 Field Goal % 45
10-21 3PT 12-29
48 Three Point % 41
27-35 FT 15-21
77 Free Throw % 71
28 Rebounds 38
2 Offensive Rebounds 14
26 Defensive Rebounds 24
16 Assists 15
6 Steals 5
6 Blocks 1
11 Turnovers 14
0 Team Turnovers 0
11 Total Turnovers 14
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Off Turnovers 18
2 Fast Break Points 6
26 Points in Paint 32
20 Fouls 25
14 Largest Lead 4

Game Information

Venue: Pete Hanna Center

Location: Homewood, AL
Attendance: 1,391 | 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