East Tennessee State 73-66 Mercer (5 Mar, 2017) Play-by-Play

Mercer Bears

15-17, 9-9 Conference

	1	2	T
MER	35	31	66
ETSU	34	39	73

East Tennessee State Buccaneers

25-7, 14-4 Conference

TIME		MER	ETSU
19:38	Tevin Glass made Layup. Assisted by T.J. Cromer.	0	2
19:10	Jordan Strawberry made Layup.	2	2
18:47	T.J. Cromer missed Jumper.	2	2
18:47	Desmond Ringer Defensive Rebound.	2	2
18:36	Ria'n Holland made Layup.	4	2
18:36	Foul on A.J. Merriweather.	4	2
18:36	Ria'n Holland made Free Throw.	5	2
18:11	Tevin Glass missed Layup.	5	2
18:08	Stephon Jelks Block.	5	2
18:07	Tevin Glass Offensive Rebound.	5	2
18:03	Tevin Glass made Layup.	5	4
17:40	Ria'n Holland made Three Point Jumper.	8	4
17:27	Foul on Stephon Jelks.	8	4
17:27	Tevin Glass made Free Throw.	8	5
17:27	Tevin Glass made Free Throw.	8	6
17:15	Jordan Strawberry missed Three Point Jumper.	8	6
17:15	Stephon Jelks Offensive Rebound.	8	6
17:02	Ria'n Holland made Layup.	10	6
16:44	Hanner Mosquera-Perea missed Layup.	10	6
16:44	Desmond Ringer Defensive Rebound.	10	6
16:42	Foul on Hanner Mosquera-Perea.	10	6
16:42	Technical Foul on Desmond Ringer.	10	6
16:42	Foul on Desmond Ringer.	10	6
16:42	T.J. Cromer made Free Throw.	10	7
16:42	T.J. Cromer missed Free Throw.	10	7
16:42	Mercer Deadball Team Rebound.	10	7
16:26	Ria'n Holland missed Three Point Jumper.	10	7
16:26	Desmond Ringer Offensive Rebound.	10	7
16:23	Foul on Isaac Banks.	10	7
16:21	Ria'n Holland missed Jumper.	10	7
16:21	Demetre Rivers Offensive Rebound.	10	7
16:16	Stephon Jelks made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demetre Rivers.	13	7
15:48	T.J. Cromer missed Three Point Jumper.	13	7
15:48	Mercer Defensive Rebound.	13	7
15:45	Official TV Timeout	13	7
15:30	Foul on Isaac Banks.	13	7
15:30	Demetre Rivers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Strawberry.	16	7
15:13	T.J. Cromer missed Three Point Jumper.	16	7
15:13	Stephon Jelks Defensive Rebound.	16	7
14:49	Ria'n Holland missed Layup.	16	7
14:49	Hanner Mosquera-Perea Block.	16	7
14:49	Mercer Offensive Rebound.	16	7
14:42	Jordan Strawberry made Layup.	18	7
14:16	Tevin Glass missed Layup.	18	7
14:16	Stephon Jelks Defensive Rebound.	18	7
13:53	Foul on Desonta Bradford.	18	7
13:44	Cory Kilby missed Layup.	18	7
13:44	Hanner Mosquera-Perea Block.	18	7
13:43	Jermaine Long Defensive Rebound.	18	7
13:37	Devontavius Payne missed Three Point Jumper.	18	7
13:37	Cory Kilby Defensive Rebound.	18	7
13:26	Ria'n Holland made Layup.	20	7
13:23	East Tennessee State Timeout	20	7
13:07	Jermaine Long Turnover.	20	7
13:04	Rashad Lewis Steal.	20	7
12:42	Cory Kilby Turnover.	20	7
12:41	T.J. Cromer Steal.	20	7
12:35	Devontavius Payne made Layup.	20	9
12:35	Foul on Desmond Ringer.	20	9
12:35	Devontavius Payne missed Free Throw.	20	9
12:35	Ryan Johnson Defensive Rebound.	20	9
12:20	Rashad Lewis missed Jumper.	20	9
12:20	David Burrell Defensive Rebound.	20	9
12:12	Devontavius Payne made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Desonta Bradford.	20	12
11:41	Jordan Strawberry made Three Point Jumper.	23	12
11:25	Foul on Ryan Johnson.	23	12
11:25	Official TV Timeout	23	12
11:04	Devontavius Payne missed Three Point Jumper.	23	12
11:04	East Tennessee State Deadball Team Rebound.	23	12
11:02	Foul on Ryan Johnson.	23	12
10:50	David Burrell made Jumper.	23	14
10:32	Jordan Strawberry made Jumper.	25	14
10:16	A.J. Merriweather missed Layup.	25	14
10:16	Ria'n Holland Defensive Rebound.	25	14
9:47	JJ N'Ganga missed Jumper.	25	14
9:47	Devontavius Payne Defensive Rebound.	25	14
9:39	Devontavius Payne made Jumper.	25	16
9:24	Jordan Strawberry missed Three Point Jumper.	25	16
9:24	David Burrell Defensive Rebound.	25	16
9:12	Hanner Mosquera-Perea missed Jumper.	25	16
9:12	Stephon Jelks Defensive Rebound.	25	16
8:39	Demetre Rivers missed Jumper.	25	16
8:39	A.J. Merriweather Defensive Rebound.	25	16
8:15	David Burrell missed Jumper.	25	16
8:15	Stephon Jelks Defensive Rebound.	25	16
7:59	Foul on A.J. Merriweather.	25	16
7:59	Official TV Timeout	25	16
7:52	Demetre Rivers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cory Kilby.	28	16
7:32	Devontavius Payne missed Three Point Jumper.	28	16
7:32	Devontavius Payne Offensive Rebound.	28	16
7:18	Desonta Bradford made Jumper.	28	18
6:56	Demetre Rivers made Jumper.	30	18
6:35	T.J. Cromer missed Three Point Jumper.	30	18
6:35	Cory Kilby Defensive Rebound.	30	18
6:17	Demetre Rivers missed Jumper.	30	18
6:17	Isaac Banks Defensive Rebound.	30	18
6:06	Desonta Bradford made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by T.J. Cromer.	30	21
5:38	Demetre Rivers missed Three Point Jumper.	30	21
5:38	Isaac Banks Defensive Rebound.	30	21
5:27	T.J. Cromer Turnover.	30	21
5:26	Rashad Lewis Steal.	30	21
5:02	Cory Kilby made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rashad Lewis.	33	21
4:40	Devontavius Payne missed Jumper.	33	21
4:40	Andrew Fishler Defensive Rebound.	33	21
4:29	Ria'n Holland missed Jumper.	33	21
4:29	Desonta Bradford Defensive Rebound.	33	21
4:24	Devontavius Payne made Layup. Assisted by Desonta Bradford.	33	23
4:24	Foul on Rashad Lewis.	33	23
4:22	Devontavius Payne missed Free Throw.	33	23
4:22	Jaylen Stowe Defensive Rebound.	33	23
3:52	Jordan Strawberry missed Three Point Jumper.	33	23
3:52	Devontavius Payne Defensive Rebound.	33	23
3:46	Devontavius Payne missed Layup.	33	23
3:46	Jermaine Long Offensive Rebound.	33	23
3:43	Jermaine Long made Two Point Tip Shot.	33	25
3:23	Official TV Timeout	33	25
3:09	Ria'n Holland missed Three Point Jumper.	33	25
3:09	Jermaine Long Block.	33	25
3:08	East Tennessee State Deadball Team Rebound.	33	25
2:56	Foul on JJ N'Ganga.	33	25
2:56	Jermaine Long missed Free Throw.	33	25
2:56	East Tennessee State Deadball Team Rebound.	33	25
2:56	Jermaine Long made Free Throw.	33	26
2:41	Demetre Rivers missed Jumper.	33	26
2:41	Tevin Glass Defensive Rebound.	33	26
2:31	T.J. Cromer missed Layup.	33	26
2:31	JJ N'Ganga Defensive Rebound.	33	26
2:14	Stephon Jelks missed Three Point Jumper.	33	26
2:14	Tevin Glass Block.	33	26
2:13	Tevin Glass Defensive Rebound.	33	26
1:59	Tevin Glass made Jumper.	33	28
1:59	Foul on Stephon Jelks.	33	28
1:59	Tevin Glass made Free Throw.	33	29
1:43	Cory Kilby missed Three Point Jumper.	33	29
1:43	Hanner Mosquera-Perea Defensive Rebound.	33	29
1:21	Desonta Bradford made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Devontavius Payne.	33	32
0:50	JJ N'Ganga made Jumper.	35	32
0:24	Tevin Glass made Jumper. Assisted by T.J. Cromer.	35	34
0:02	Jordan Strawberry missed Layup.	35	34
0:02	T.J. Cromer Defensive Rebound.	35	34
0:00	End of 1st half	35	34

Harrah's Cherokee Center

1:30 AM, 5 March 2017

Asheville, NC

Attendance: 5,127

Referees:
Billy Dunlap
Ray Acosta
Todd Austin

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Furman	0-0	-	12-1
Samford	0-0	-	10-3
Chattanooga	0-0	-	8-5
East Tennessee State	0-0	-	7-6
Mercer	0-0	-	6-6
UNC Greensboro	0-0	-	6-6
VMI	0-0	-	6-7
The Citadel	0-0	-	5-6
Wofford	0-0	-	5-7
Western Carolina	0-0	-	4-7

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