Mercer Bears @ Furman Paladins

8-6, 0-1 SoCon

Final

	1	2	T
Mercer MER	35	37	72
Furman FUR	36	38	74

Furman PaladinsFurmanFUR

10-4, 1-0 SoCon

Shot Made

Shot Missed

Alex Wilkins misses layup
Zaire Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ben Vander Wal makes layup
Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2
Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2
Charles Johnston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alex Wilkins assists)
Zaire Williams misses 8-foot turnaround jump shot
Zaire Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Baraka Okojie assists)
Ben Vander Wal misses layup
Baraka Okojie misses 24-foot three point jumper
Alex Wilkins misses free throw 1 of 2
Alex Wilkins makes free throw 2 of 2
Baraka Okojie makes driving layup
Tom House makes layup
Brady Shoulders makes layup
Alex Wilkins misses 9-foot jumper
Armani Mighty misses 8-foot hook shot
Tom House makes 9-foot jumper
Baraka Okojie misses 9-foot jumper
Charles Johnston misses 24-foot three point jumper
Quinton Perkins II misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Charles Johnston makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Asa Thomas assists)
Zaire Williams misses 10-foot jumper
Abijah Franklin misses layup
Owen Ritger misses tip in layup
Baraka Okojie misses driving layup
Tom House makes 24-foot three point jumper (Owen Ritger assists)
Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Connor Serven makes 0-foot tip in layup
Abijah Franklin misses layup
Abijah Franklin misses layup
Owen Ritger misses layup
Alex Wilkins makes driving layup
Tristan Gross misses free throw 1 of 2
Tristan Gross makes free throw 2 of 2
Alex Wilkins makes 25-foot three point jumper
Quinton Perkins II misses 26-foot three point jumper
Connor Serven makes 0-foot tip in layup
Alex Wilkins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Charles Johnston assists)
Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Armani Mighty assists)
Ben Vander Wal misses layup
Alex Wilkins misses 7-foot jumper
Asa Thomas makes layup (Alex Wilkins assists)
Armani Mighty misses layup
Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes 5-foot turnaround jump shot
Asa Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Armani Mighty makes 5-foot turnaround jump shot
Baraka Okojie misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ben Vander Wal makes 6-foot dunk (Alex Wilkins assists)
Zaire Williams misses layup
Zaire Williams makes 0-foot tip in layup
Tom House misses 27-foot three point jumper
Baraka Okojie makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Armani Mighty makes 5-foot hook shot (Brady Shoulders assists)
Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2
Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2
Owen Ritger makes layup (Abijah Franklin assists)
Zaire Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
Asa Thomas makes 25-foot three point jumper
Quinton Perkins II misses 20-foot jumper
Quinton Perkins II makes driving layup
Owen Ritger misses layup
Quinton Perkins II misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brady Shoulders makes 0-foot tip in layup
Tom House misses 25-foot three point jumper
Connor Serven misses 8-foot hook shot
Charles Johnston misses 23-foot three point jumper
Armani Mighty misses 6-foot hook shot
Brady Shoulders makes 0-foot tip in layup
Asa Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Baraka Okojie misses driving layup
Alex Wilkins makes driving layup
Alex Wilkins misses 6-foot jumper
Alex Wilkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tom House misses free throw 1 of 3
Tom House makes free throw 2 of 3
Tom House makes free throw 3 of 3
Connor Serven misses 23-foot three point jumper
Zaire Williams misses 15-foot jumper
Asa Thomas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alex Wilkins assists)
Baraka Okojie misses 11-foot jumper
Armani Mighty misses tip in layup
Zaire Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brady Shoulders assists)
Asa Thomas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Charles Johnston assists)
Zaire Williams misses 20-foot jumper
Ben Vander Wal makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Alex Wilkins assists)
Alex Wilkins misses 8-foot jumper
Charles Johnston misses tip in layup
Quinton Perkins II misses 20-foot jumper
Alex Wilkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ben Vander Wal assists)
Connor Serven makes 6-foot jumper (Baraka Okojie assists)
Charles Johnston misses layup
Armani Mighty makes 8-foot jumper (Quinton Perkins II assists)
Alex Wilkins makes free throw 1 of 2
Alex Wilkins makes free throw 2 of 2
Quinton Perkins II misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ben Vander Wal misses layup
Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes driving layup
Asa Thomas misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses 12-foot jumper
Asa Thomas makes layup (Ben Vander Wal assists)
Connor Serven misses 24-foot three point jumper
Connor Serven makes layup
Asa Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Abijah Franklin misses free throw 1 of 2
Abijah Franklin misses free throw 2 of 2
Connor Serven misses 6-foot hook shot
Abijah Franklin misses 27-foot three point jumper
Baraka Okojie misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses driving layup
Brady Shoulders misses layup
Ben Vander Wal makes layup (Tom House assists)
Ben Vander Wal misses free throw 1 of 1
Brady Shoulders misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tom House misses 24-foot three point jumper
Baraka Okojie makes 12-foot jumper
Zaire Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ben Vander Wal misses layup
Zaire Williams makes driving layup
Zaire Williams misses free throw 1 of 1
Alex Wilkins makes layup
Baraka Okojie misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
Ben Vander Wal makes layup (Alex Wilkins assists)
Quinton Perkins II makes 13-foot jumper
Tom House makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot
Charles Johnston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Asa Thomas misses 23-foot three point jumper
Baraka Okojie makes 25-foot three point jumper
Brady Shoulders misses layup
Armani Mighty misses layup
Zaire Williams misses layup
Armani Mighty makes 0-foot tip in layup
Alex Wilkins misses 17-foot jumper
Tom House makes free throw 1 of 3
Tom House makes free throw 2 of 3
Tom House misses free throw 3 of 3
Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2
Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2
Charles Johnston makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Asa Thomas assists)
Baraka Okojie makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Tom House misses 25-foot three point jumper
Charles Johnston makes free throw 1 of 2
Charles Johnston makes free throw 2 of 2
Armani Mighty misses dunk
Ben Vander Wal misses free throw 1 of 2
Ben Vander Wal makes free throw 2 of 2
Zaire Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Armani Mighty assists)
Asa Thomas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alex Wilkins assists)
Baraka Okojie makes 18-foot jumper
Asa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 3
Asa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 3
Asa Thomas makes free throw 3 of 3
Baraka Okojie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Armani Mighty assists)
Alex Wilkins misses layup
Asa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
Asa Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
Brady Shoulders makes 24-foot three point jumper (Baraka Okojie assists)
Alex Wilkins makes 7-foot jumper
Baraka Okojie misses 17-foot jumper
Armani Mighty misses tip in layup

Shot Made

Shot Missed

TIME		MER	FUR
20:00	Start game	0	0
19:58	Jump Ball won by Furman	0	0
19:58	Jump Ball lost by Mercer	0	0
19:45	Alex Wilkins misses layup	0	0
19:42	Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:32	Zaire Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
19:28	Alex Wilkins Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:16	Ben Vander Wal makes layup	0	2
18:54	Foul on Ben Vander Wal.	0	2
18:54	Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2	1	2
18:54	Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2	2	2
18:44	Foul on Zaire Williams.	2	2
18:35	Charles Johnston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alex Wilkins assists)	2	5
18:17	Zaire Williams misses 8-foot turnaround jump shot	2	5
18:15	Furman Defensive Rebound.	2	5
17:57	Alex Wilkins bad pass turnover	2	5
17:57	Brady Shoulders Steal.	2	5
17:31	Zaire Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Baraka Okojie assists)	5	5
17:18	Ben Vander Wal misses layup	5	5
17:15	Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.	5	5
17:11	Baraka Okojie misses 24-foot three point jumper	5	5
17:08	Asa Thomas Defensive Rebound.	5	5
16:54	Foul on Quinton Perkins II.	5	5
16:54	Alex Wilkins misses free throw 1 of 2	5	5
16:54	Furman Deadball Team Rebound.	5	5
16:54	Alex Wilkins makes free throw 2 of 2	5	6
16:27	Baraka Okojie makes driving layup	7	6
16:04	Tom House makes layup	7	8
15:49	Brady Shoulders makes layup	9	8
15:42	Alex Wilkins misses 9-foot jumper	9	8
15:39	Baraka Okojie Defensive Rebound.	9	8
15:24	Armani Mighty misses 8-foot hook shot	9	8
15:21	Asa Thomas Defensive Rebound.	9	8
15:03	Tom House makes 9-foot jumper	9	10
14:45	Baraka Okojie misses 9-foot jumper	9	10
14:43	Charles Johnston Defensive Rebound.	9	10
14:34	Charles Johnston misses 24-foot three point jumper	9	10
14:30	Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.	9	10
14:24	Quinton Perkins II misses 18-foot pullup jump shot	9	10
14:20	Charles Johnston Defensive Rebound.	9	10
14:12	Charles Johnston makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Asa Thomas assists)	9	12
13:52	Zaire Williams misses 10-foot jumper	9	12
13:51	Charles Johnston Defensive Rebound.	9	12
13:51	Foul on Zaire Williams.	9	12
13:51	Official TV Timeout	9	12
13:51	Charles Johnston subbing out for Furman	9	12
13:51	Asa Thomas subbing out for Furman	9	12
13:51	Alex Wilkins subbing out for Furman	9	12
13:51	Abijah Franklin subbing in for Furman	9	12
13:51	Eddrin Bronson subbing in for Furman	9	12
13:51	Owen Ritger subbing in for Furman	9	12
13:51	Zaire Williams subbing out for Mercer	9	12
13:51	Quinton Perkins II subbing out for Mercer	9	12
13:51	Armani Mighty subbing out for Mercer	9	12
13:51	Connor Serven subbing in for Mercer	9	12
13:51	Kyle Cuffe Jr. subbing in for Mercer	9	12
13:51	Tristan Gross subbing in for Mercer	9	12
13:37	Abijah Franklin misses layup	9	12
13:32	Owen Ritger Offensive Rebound.	9	12
13:32	Owen Ritger misses tip in layup	9	12
13:32	Connor Serven Block.	9	12
13:30	Tristan Gross Defensive Rebound.	9	12
13:28	Baraka Okojie misses driving layup	9	12
13:25	Tom House Defensive Rebound.	9	12
13:13	Tom House makes 24-foot three point jumper (Owen Ritger assists)	9	15
12:47	Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	15
12:41	Connor Serven Offensive Rebound.	9	15
12:41	Connor Serven makes 0-foot tip in layup	11	15
12:22	Abijah Franklin misses layup	11	15
12:20	Abijah Franklin Offensive Rebound.	11	15
12:17	Abijah Franklin misses layup	11	15
12:16	Furman Offensive Rebound.	11	15
12:12	Owen Ritger misses layup	11	15
12:12	Brady Shoulders Defensive Rebound.	11	15
12:12	Connor Serven Block.	11	15
11:57	Foul on Connor Serven.	11	15
11:57	Connor Serven turnover	11	15
11:57	Official TV Timeout	11	15
11:57	Ben Vander Wal subbing out for Furman	11	15
11:57	Tom House subbing out for Furman	11	15
11:57	Owen Ritger subbing out for Furman	11	15
11:57	Charles Johnston subbing in for Furman	11	15
11:57	Asa Thomas subbing in for Furman	11	15
11:57	Alex Wilkins subbing in for Furman	11	15
11:57	Baraka Okojie subbing out for Mercer	11	15
11:57	Brady Shoulders subbing out for Mercer	11	15
11:57	Quinton Perkins II subbing in for Mercer	11	15
11:57	Armani Mighty subbing in for Mercer	11	15
11:29	Alex Wilkins makes driving layup	11	17
11:06	Foul on Abijah Franklin.	11	17
11:06	Tristan Gross misses free throw 1 of 2	11	17
11:06	Mercer Deadball Team Rebound.	11	17
11:06	Tristan Gross makes free throw 2 of 2	12	17
10:51	Alex Wilkins makes 25-foot three point jumper	12	20
10:26	Quinton Perkins II misses 26-foot three point jumper	12	20
10:20	Connor Serven Offensive Rebound.	12	20
10:20	Connor Serven makes 0-foot tip in layup	14	20
10:10	Alex Wilkins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Charles Johnston assists)	14	23
9:48	Foul on Alex Wilkins.	14	23
9:48	Abijah Franklin subbing out for Furman	14	23
9:48	Eddrin Bronson subbing out for Furman	14	23
9:48	Ben Vander Wal subbing in for Furman	14	23
9:48	Tom House subbing in for Furman	14	23
9:39	Foul on Tom House.	14	23
9:34	Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Armani Mighty assists)	17	23
9:14	Ben Vander Wal misses layup	17	23
9:14	Armani Mighty Block.	17	23
9:08	Charles Johnston Offensive Rebound.	17	23
8:58	Alex Wilkins misses 7-foot jumper	17	23
8:58	Furman Offensive Rebound.	17	23
8:56	Asa Thomas makes layup (Alex Wilkins assists)	17	25
8:35	Armani Mighty misses layup	17	25
8:33	Kyle Cuffe Jr. Offensive Rebound.	17	25
8:31	Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes 5-foot turnaround jump shot	19	25
8:13	Asa Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper	19	25
8:09	Kyle Cuffe Jr. Defensive Rebound.	19	25
7:56	Armani Mighty makes 5-foot turnaround jump shot	21	25
7:24	Ben Vander Wal traveling turnover	21	25
7:24	Official TV Timeout	21	25
7:24	Connor Serven subbing out for Mercer	21	25
7:24	Kyle Cuffe Jr. subbing out for Mercer	21	25
7:24	Tristan Gross subbing out for Mercer	21	25
7:24	Zaire Williams subbing in for Mercer	21	25
7:24	Baraka Okojie subbing in for Mercer	21	25
7:24	Brady Shoulders subbing in for Mercer	21	25
7:13	Baraka Okojie misses 24-foot three point jumper	21	25
7:10	Tom House Defensive Rebound.	21	25
7:07	Ben Vander Wal makes 6-foot dunk (Alex Wilkins assists)	21	27
6:56	Foul on Alex Wilkins.	21	27
6:56	Charles Johnston subbing out for Furman	21	27
6:56	Alex Wilkins subbing out for Furman	21	27
6:56	Eddrin Bronson subbing in for Furman	21	27
6:56	Owen Ritger subbing in for Furman	21	27
6:47	Zaire Williams misses layup	21	27
6:44	Zaire Williams Offensive Rebound.	21	27
6:44	Zaire Williams makes 0-foot tip in layup	23	27
6:35	Tom House misses 27-foot three point jumper	23	27
6:32	Owen Ritger Offensive Rebound.	23	27
6:30	Owen Ritger bad pass turnover	23	27
6:30	Baraka Okojie Steal.	23	27
6:24	Baraka Okojie makes 13-foot pullup jump shot	25	27
6:05	Tom House bad pass turnover	25	27
5:52	Armani Mighty makes 5-foot hook shot (Brady Shoulders assists)	27	27
5:40	Eddrin Bronson bad pass turnover	27	27
5:40	Brady Shoulders Steal.	27	27
5:37	Foul on Eddrin Bronson.	27	27
5:37	Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2	28	27
5:37	Tom House subbing out for Furman	28	27
5:37	Abijah Franklin subbing in for Furman	28	27
5:37	Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2	29	27
5:25	Owen Ritger makes layup (Abijah Franklin assists)	29	29
5:10	Zaire Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper	29	29
5:06	Asa Thomas Defensive Rebound.	29	29
5:03	Asa Thomas makes 25-foot three point jumper	29	32
4:43	Quinton Perkins II misses 20-foot jumper	29	32
4:40	Ben Vander Wal Defensive Rebound.	29	32
4:34	Ben Vander Wal bad pass turnover	29	32
4:34	Quinton Perkins II Steal.	29	32
4:31	Quinton Perkins II makes driving layup	31	32
4:07	Owen Ritger misses layup	31	32
4:04	Zaire Williams Defensive Rebound.	31	32
4:01	Quinton Perkins II misses 25-foot three point jumper	31	32
3:56	Brady Shoulders Offensive Rebound.	31	32
3:56	Brady Shoulders makes 0-foot tip in layup	33	32
3:50	Furman Timeout	33	32
3:50	Official TV Timeout	33	32
3:50	Ben Vander Wal subbing out for Furman	33	32
3:50	Owen Ritger subbing out for Furman	33	32
3:50	Charles Johnston subbing in for Furman	33	32
3:50	Alex Wilkins subbing in for Furman	33	32
3:50	Tom House subbing in for Furman	33	32
3:50	Quinton Perkins II subbing out for Mercer	33	32
3:50	Connor Serven subbing in for Mercer	33	32
3:50	Abijah Franklin subbing out for Furman	33	32
3:26	Tom House misses 25-foot three point jumper	33	32
3:23	Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.	33	32
3:02	Connor Serven misses 8-foot hook shot	33	32
3:02	Asa Thomas Block.	33	32
2:58	Asa Thomas Defensive Rebound.	33	32
2:42	Charles Johnston misses 23-foot three point jumper	33	32
2:41	Mercer Deadball Team Rebound.	33	32
2:12	Armani Mighty misses 6-foot hook shot	33	32
2:06	Brady Shoulders Offensive Rebound.	33	32
2:06	Brady Shoulders makes 0-foot tip in layup	35	32
1:51	Asa Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper	35	32
1:49	Brady Shoulders Defensive Rebound.	35	32
1:34	Baraka Okojie misses driving layup	35	32
1:31	Tom House Defensive Rebound.	35	32
1:28	Alex Wilkins makes driving layup	35	34
1:09	Brady Shoulders bad pass turnover	35	34
1:09	Charles Johnston Steal.	35	34
1:04	Alex Wilkins misses 6-foot jumper	35	34
1:04	Armani Mighty Block.	35	34
1:04	Furman Offensive Rebound.	35	34
1:04	Ben Vander Wal subbing in for Furman	35	34
1:04	Eddrin Bronson subbing out for Furman	35	34
0:45	Alex Wilkins misses 25-foot three point jumper	35	34
0:42	Charles Johnston Offensive Rebound.	35	34
0:40	Foul on Connor Serven.	35	34
0:40	Tom House misses free throw 1 of 3	35	34
0:40	Furman Deadball Team Rebound.	35	34
0:40	Tom House makes free throw 2 of 3	35	35
0:40	Alex Wilkins subbing out for Furman	35	35
0:40	Abijah Franklin subbing in for Furman	35	35
0:40	Tom House makes free throw 3 of 3	35	36
0:27	Connor Serven misses 23-foot three point jumper	35	36
0:24	Tom House Defensive Rebound.	35	36
0:00	End of 1st half	35	36

Alex Wilkins buries bucket against Mercer Bears

0:34

Brady Shoulders knocks down the 3-point shot

0:38

Baraka Okojie drains 3-pointer vs. Furman Paladins

0:23

Game Information

Greenville, SC

Referee:Billy Dunlap

Referee:Ryan Christian

Referee:Matt Jarman

NCAA Division I

Southern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
East Tennessee State	11-2	-	19-7
Wofford	9-4	2	17-9
Mercer	8-5	3	16-10
Furman	7-6	4	16-10
Samford	7-6	4	14-12
UNC Greensboro	7-6	4	11-15
The Citadel	6-7	5	9-17
Western Carolina	5-8	6	9-15
Chattanooga	4-9	7	10-16
VMI	1-12	10	6-20

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