NCAAB

East Tennessee State Buccaneers at Mercer Bears

· NCAA Men's Basketball
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
15-4, 4-4 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
72 - 68
Mercer Bears
6-11, 6-2 Home

Rodriguez powers East Tennessee St to seventh straight win

Rodriguez's efforts helped the Buccaneers (15-4, 5-1 Southern Conference) win their seventh straight game, beat Mercer for a ninth straight time and run their winning streak to seven in overtime games. Patrick Good had 13 points but made just 3 of his 11 3-pointers, while Hodges scored 10. ETSU struggled from distance, making 7 of 28 (25 percent).

The Bears (6-11, 1-4) worked their way to a 32-28 halftime lead and used Ethan Stair's layup with 30 seconds left in regulation to send it to overtime tied at 64. Bo Hodges hit a jumper to give the Bucs a 65-63 lead before Djordje Dimitrijevic's layup pulled the Bears even. ETSU regained the lead for good on Rodriguez's tip-in with 2:49 to play. Patrick Good hit four free throws in the final 16 seconds to help the Buccaneers prevail. Mercer made just 1 of 5 shots in OT.

Ross Cummings sank four 3s and scored 22 to lead the Bears. Ethan Stair added 13 points and three steals.

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Recent Plays

3rd 0:00 End of Game 72 - 68
3rd 0:01 East Tennessee State Deadball Team Rebound. 72 - 68
3rd 0:02 Ross Cummings missed Three Point Jumper. 72 - 68
3rd 0:03 Patrick Good made Free Throw. 72 - 68
3rd 0:03 Patrick Good made Free Throw. 71 - 68

Statistics

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27-70 FG 23-49
39 Field Goal % 47
7-28 3PT 8-23
25 Three Point % 35
11-12 FT 14-21
92 Free Throw % 67
50 Rebounds 23
27 Offensive Rebounds 6
23 Defensive Rebounds 17
10 Assists 10
7 Steals 6
3 Blocks 2
17 Turnovers 12
1 Team Turnovers 0
17 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Off Turnovers 13
0 Fast Break Points 2
40 Points in Paint 28
18 Fouls 13
6 Largest Lead 10

Game Information

Venue: Hawkins Arena

Location: Macon, GA
Attendance: 3,227 | 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