Mercer 78-73 Grand Canyon (15 Mar, 2018) Play-by-Play

Mercer Bears

19-14, 7-8 away

	1	2	T
MER	36	42	78
GCU	33	40	73

Grand Canyon Lopes

22-12, 17-3 home

TIME		MER	GCU
19:48	Alessandro Lever missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:48	Demetre Rivers Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:27	Ross Cummings missed Layup.	0	0
19:27	Stephon Jelks Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:23	Stephon Jelks made Layup.	2	0
18:53	Joshua Braun missed Jumper.	2	0
18:53	Jordan Strawberry Defensive Rebound.	2	0
18:47	Jordan Strawberry made Layup.	4	0
18:28	Oscar Frayer missed Three Point Jumper.	4	0
18:28	Joshua Braun Offensive Rebound.	4	0
18:09	Casey Benson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joshua Braun.	4	3
17:50	Demetre Rivers missed Jumper.	4	3
17:50	Desmond Ringer Offensive Rebound.	4	3
17:46	Desmond Ringer Turnover.	4	3
17:22	Casey Benson missed Three Point Jumper.	4	3
17:22	Ross Cummings Defensive Rebound.	4	3
17:12	Stephon Jelks missed Three Point Jumper.	4	3
17:12	Casey Benson Defensive Rebound.	4	3
17:03	Joshua Braun missed Three Point Jumper.	4	3
17:03	Stephon Jelks Defensive Rebound.	4	3
16:46	Jordan Strawberry missed Jumper.	4	3
16:46	Alessandro Lever Block.	4	3
16:46	Alessandro Lever Defensive Rebound.	4	3
16:39	Keonta Vernon missed Layup.	4	3
16:39	Keonta Vernon Offensive Rebound.	4	3
16:22	Joshua Braun missed Three Point Jumper.	4	3
16:22	Casey Benson Offensive Rebound.	4	3
16:01	Foul on Demetre Rivers.	4	3
16:01	Joshua Braun missed Three Point Jumper.	4	3
16:01	Stephon Jelks Defensive Rebound.	4	3
15:53	Demetre Rivers made Layup. Assisted by Stephon Jelks.	6	3
15:38	Oscar Frayer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Casey Benson.	6	6
15:20	Ross Cummings made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Strawberry.	9	6
15:13	Joshua Braun missed Three Point Jumper.	9	6
15:13	Stephon Jelks Defensive Rebound.	9	6
15:03	Ross Cummings missed Three Point Jumper.	9	6
15:03	Casey Benson Defensive Rebound.	9	6
14:50	Keonta Vernon missed Jumper.	9	6
14:50	Stephon Jelks Defensive Rebound.	9	6
14:32	Foul on Joshua Braun.	9	6
14:32	Official TV Timeout	9	6
14:32	Desmond Ringer made Free Throw.	10	6
14:32	Desmond Ringer made Free Throw.	11	6
14:17	Casey Benson missed Layup.	11	6
14:17	Cory Kilby Block.	11	6
14:17	Grand Canyon Offensive Rebound.	11	6
14:13	Oscar Frayer Turnover.	11	6
14:13	Foul on Oscar Frayer.	11	6
13:58	Jordan Strawberry Turnover.	11	6
13:49	Matt Jackson missed Layup.	11	6
13:49	Jaylen Stowe Defensive Rebound.	11	6
13:37	Foul on Fiifi Aidoo.	11	6
13:31	Cory Kilby made Layup.	13	6
13:11	Gerard Martin made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Damari Milstead.	13	9
12:53	Ross Cummings made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Strawberry.	16	9
12:34	Damari Milstead missed Jumper.	16	9
12:34	Gerard Martin Offensive Rebound.	16	9
12:18	Foul on Jordan Strawberry.	16	9
12:13	Foul on Ross Cummings.	16	9
12:10	Roberts Blumbergs made Layup. Assisted by Damari Milstead.	16	11
11:54	Ria'n Holland missed Three Point Jumper.	16	11
11:54	Gerard Martin Defensive Rebound.	16	11
11:50	Gerard Martin Turnover.	16	11
11:50	Official TV Timeout	16	11
11:35	Ria'n Holland Turnover.	16	11
11:22	Roberts Blumbergs Turnover.	16	11
11:19	Ria'n Holland Steal.	16	11
11:03	Jordan Strawberry missed Three Point Jumper.	16	11
11:03	Matt Jackson Defensive Rebound.	16	11
10:51	Matt Jackson made Jumper. Assisted by Gerard Martin.	16	13
10:31	Ross Cummings made Layup.	18	13
10:31	Foul on Gerard Martin.	18	13
10:31	Ross Cummings made Free Throw.	19	13
10:13	Gerard Martin made Layup. Assisted by Roberts Blumbergs.	19	15
9:50	Demetre Rivers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Strawberry.	22	15
9:28	Roberts Blumbergs missed Three Point Jumper.	22	15
9:28	Ross Cummings Defensive Rebound.	22	15
9:25	Foul on Fiifi Aidoo.	22	15
9:12	Demetre Rivers made Dunk. Assisted by Ross Cummings.	24	15
8:54	Casey Benson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Gerard Martin.	24	18
8:22	Jordan Strawberry missed Jumper.	24	18
8:22	Roberts Blumbergs Defensive Rebound.	24	18
8:08	Gerard Martin missed Three Point Jumper.	24	18
8:08	Matt Jackson Offensive Rebound.	24	18
7:48	Gerard Martin Turnover.	24	18
7:48	Foul on Gerard Martin.	24	18
7:48	Official TV Timeout	24	18
7:31	Jaylen Stowe Turnover.	24	18
7:29	Casey Benson Steal.	24	18
7:27	Joshua Braun missed Three Point Jumper.	24	18
7:27	Jaylen Stowe Defensive Rebound.	24	18
7:01	Ria'n Holland missed Layup.	24	18
7:01	Casey Benson Defensive Rebound.	24	18
6:57	Foul on Ria'n Holland.	24	18
6:42	Alessandro Lever made Jumper.	24	20
6:27	Jordan Strawberry missed Jumper.	24	20
6:27	Casey Benson Defensive Rebound.	24	20
6:04	Oscar Frayer made Layup.	24	22
5:47	Demetre Rivers made Layup. Assisted by Cory Kilby.	26	22
5:26	Alessandro Lever made Jumper.	26	24
5:02	Cory Kilby missed Layup.	26	24
5:02	Oscar Frayer Block.	26	24
5:02	Mercer Offensive Rebound.	26	24
4:58	Jordan Strawberry missed Three Point Jumper.	26	24
4:58	Casey Benson Defensive Rebound.	26	24
4:50	Oscar Frayer missed Three Point Jumper.	26	24
4:50	Ross Cummings Defensive Rebound.	26	24
4:43	Ross Cummings made Three Point Jumper.	29	24
4:31	Keonta Vernon made Layup. Assisted by Casey Benson.	29	26
4:08	Ross Cummings Turnover.	29	26
4:08	Oscar Frayer Steal.	29	26
4:08	Foul on Ross Cummings.	29	26
3:55	Alessandro Lever Turnover.	29	26
3:55	Official TV Timeout	29	26
3:38	Ria'n Holland made Three Point Jumper.	32	26
3:06	Keonta Vernon made Jumper. Assisted by Casey Benson.	32	28
2:45	Stephon Jelks Turnover.	32	28
2:45	Oscar Frayer Steal.	32	28
2:45	Foul on Ria'n Holland.	32	28
2:31	Casey Benson missed Three Point Jumper.	32	28
2:31	Stephon Jelks Defensive Rebound.	32	28
2:11	Desmond Ringer Turnover.	32	28
2:11	Foul on Desmond Ringer.	32	28
1:59	Alessandro Lever made Layup. Assisted by Matt Jackson.	32	30
1:33	Stephon Jelks made Layup. Assisted by Ria'n Holland.	34	30
1:07	Oscar Frayer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Casey Benson.	34	33
0:53	Demetre Rivers Turnover.	34	33
0:40	Alessandro Lever missed Jumper.	34	33
0:40	Joshua Braun Offensive Rebound.	34	33
0:26	Alessandro Lever missed Three Point Jumper.	34	33
0:26	Demetre Rivers Defensive Rebound.	34	33
0:15	Mercer Timeout	34	33
0:02	Foul on Keonta Vernon.	34	33
0:02	Jordan Strawberry made Free Throw.	35	33
0:02	Jordan Strawberry made Free Throw.	36	33
0:02	Grand Canyon Timeout	36	33
0:00	End of 1st half	36	33

Global Credit Union Arena

2:00 AM, 15 March 2018

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 5,941

Referees:
Shawn Lehigh
Marc A. Beasley
Glen Mayberry

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Samford	15-3	-	29-6
UNC Greensboro	12-6	3	21-11
Chattanooga	12-6	3	21-12
Western Carolina	11-7	4	22-10
Wofford	10-8	5	17-15
Furman	10-8	5	17-16
East Tennessee State	8-10	7	19-16
Mercer	8-10	7	16-17
The Citadel	3-15	12	11-21
VMI	1-17	14	4-28

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Grand Canyon	17-3	-	30-5
Tarleton State	16-4	1	25-10
UT Arlington	13-7	4	20-14
Seattle U	11-9	6	23-14
Utah Valley	11-9	6	16-16
Stephen F. Austin	10-10	7	18-15
Abilene Christian	10-10	7	16-18
California Baptist	8-12	9	16-17
Utah Tech	7-13	10	11-20
Southern Utah	5-15	12	10-21
UT Rio Grande Valley	2-18	15	6-25

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