Mercer Bears at UCF Knights

· NCAA Men's Basketball

Mercer Bears

7-3, 2-3 Away

UCF Knights

8-1, 6-1 Home

Mercer visits Fulks and UCF

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Mercer Bears (7-3) at UCF Knights (8-1)

Orlando, Florida; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UCF hosts Mercer after Themus Fulks scored 20 points in UCF's 86-61 victory over the Towson Tigers.

The Knights have gone 6-1 at home. UCF is sixth in the Big 12 scoring 88.0 points while shooting 50.0% from the field.

The Bears have gone 2/3 away from home. Mercer averages 82.5 points and has outscored opponents by 8.4 points per game.

UCF averages 88.0 points, 13.9 more per game than the 74.1 Mercer allows. Mercer has shot at a 45.4% clip from the field this season, 3.8 percentage points greater than the 41.6% shooting opponents of UCF have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Riley Kugel is scoring 14.4 points per game with 2.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists for the Knights. Jordan Burks is averaging 12.3 points and 4.7 rebounds while shooting 50.6%.

Baraka Okojie is averaging 18.1 points and 5.8 assists for the Bears. Armani Mighty is averaging 13.9 points.

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UCF: 90.5%

Mercer: 9.5%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

MER		UCF
L1	Streak	W7
74.1	Points Against	75.1
82.5	Points Per Game	88.0
45	Field Goal %	50
34	Three Point %	39
38.1	Rebounds Per Game	40.2
15.0	Assists Per Game	18.1
3.4	Blocks Per Game	3.0
9.8	Steals Per Game	4.7
0.0	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.1
10.3	Total Turnovers Per Game	12.2
74.1	Points Against	75.1

Game Information

Venue: Addition Financial Arena

Location: Orlando, FL -

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2025-26 Southern Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
East Tennessee State	0-0	-	8-3
Mercer	0-0	-	7-3
Furman	0-0	-	7-4
Wofford	0-0	-	7-4
Samford	0-0	-	6-6
Chattanooga	0-0	-	5-6
VMI	0-0	-	5-7
Western Carolina	0-0	-	4-6
The Citadel	0-0	-	3-8
UNC Greensboro	0-0	-	3-8

2025-26 Big 12 Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Iowa State	0-0	-	11-0
Arizona	0-0	-	9-0
Houston	0-0	-	10-1
BYU	0-0	-	9-1
Colorado	0-0	-	9-1
Oklahoma State	0-0	-	9-1
UCF	0-0	-	8-1
Arizona State	0-0	-	9-2
Baylor	0-0	-	7-2
Kansas	0-0	-	8-3
TCU	0-0	-	7-3
Texas Tech	0-0	-	7-3
West Virginia	0-0	-	8-4
Kansas State	0-0	-	7-4
Utah	0-0	-	7-4
Cincinnati	0-0	-	6-4