Game Date: Feb 7th, 2043
South Carolina 83 - Mercer 80
Date: December 27th, 2042
Game: College [Conference] [#1014018] 
Arena: Hawkins Arena
Attendance: 4,390
Player Of The Game: Alan Watts (2)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| South Carolina Gamecocks | 37 | 46 | 83 | |
| Mercer Bears | 39 | 41 | 80 | |
| South Carolina Gamecocks | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 4 | J. Campbell sf | 23 | 0-7 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 30 | E. Oldham pf | 28 | 8-14 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 6.1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 42 | A. Watts c | 29 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | +11 | 2.4 | 14 | 0 | 4 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | B. Joyce sg | 27 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -8 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 12 | M. Gannon pg | 28 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 4-6 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 22.5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 55 | J. Testa sg | 15 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +11 | 4.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 1 | S. Hacker c | 11 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 45 | T. Small pf | 12 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 31 | B. Spahn sf | 17 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 40 | J. Barkley pg | 9 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | -1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 33-71 | 5-29 | 12-19 | 83 | 14 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | +15 | 6.9 | 46 | 7 | 18 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 46.5% | 17.2% | 63.2% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer Bears | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 7 | Z. Manning sf | 32 | 1-11 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 32 | A. Caldwell pf | 29 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 52 | N. Burton c | 32 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -17 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 24 | P. Bradford sg | 23 | 5-11 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 9.6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | L. Beaty pg | 31 | 8-18 | 2-9 | 4-4 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 75 | D. Nix pf | 18 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +9 | 1.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 12 | M. Smalls sg | 6 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -6 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 1 | H. Partridge sg | 20 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 19.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | D. Smith pg | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | J. Rice sf | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 30-69 | 7-24 | 13-18 | 80 | 10 | 39 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -15 | 8.5 | 38 | 5 | 15 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 43.5% | 29.2% | 72.2% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
South Carolina: Alan Watts
Head Coaches
South Carolina: Benny Pierson
Mercer: Freddie Newsom
Offensive Efficiencies
South Carolina: At the rim (6/9 66.7%) Inside (17/21 81.0%) Mid-range (5/12 41.7%) Beyond the Arc (5/29 17.2%)
Mercer: At the rim (6/7 85.7%) Inside (13/27 48.1%) Mid-range (4/11 36.4%) Beyond the Arc (7/24 29.2%)
Defensive Tactics
South Carolina: Man-To-Man (34.7%) Zone (40.0%) Pressure (10.5%) 2nd Chance (7.4%) Transition (7.4%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Mercer: Man-To-Man (24.0%) Zone (20.0%) Pressure (37.0%) 2nd Chance (9.0%) Transition (8.0%) Int. Foul (2.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
South Carolina: 140.3 / 140.7
Mercer: 143.0 / 140.0
Injuries
South Carolina: none
Mercer: none
Overworked
South Carolina: none
Mercer: none
Game Information
Date: Saturday, December 27th, 2042
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Hawkins Arena
City: Macon, GA
Attendance: 4,390
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Tue Jan 7 2025 @ 9:18:33 am PST
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
South Carolina: PG-Gannon (5' 11"), SG-Joyce (6' 3½"), SF-Campbell (6' 7"), PF-Oldham (6' 8"), C-Watts (6' 10½")
Mercer: PG-Beaty (5' 10"), SG-Bradford (6' 3½"), SF-Manning (6' 6½"), PF-Caldwell (6' 8½"), C-Burton (6' 8")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! South Carolina gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gannon. South Carolina 2 - 0.
19:45 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Tied 2 - 2.
19:33 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Joyce leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Joyce shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Oldham grabs the offensive rebound.
19:21 - South Carolina: Oldham has the rebound and restarts the offense. Oldham shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! South Carolina 4 - 2.
19:17 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Campbell grabs the rebound.
19:07 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Bradford steals the pass from Gannon.
19:00 - Mercer: Breakaway! Bradford takes the ball the length of the court. Bradford lays it up. It's blocked by Watts! Manning grabs the offensive rebound.
18:53 - Mercer: Manning has the rebound. Manning shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Campbell! Oldham grabs the rebound.
18:51 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long rebound.
18:39 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Beaty to the right. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gannon grabs the rebound.
18:33 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Joyce leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Joyce passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Bradford steals the pass from Watts.
18:14 - Mercer: Breakaway! Bradford takes the ball the length of the court. Bradford attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Tied 4 - 4.
18:09 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Hacker to Center. Mercer substitutes Nix to Center.
18:09 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell passes the ball to Gannon. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Gannon fouls Beaty trying to grab the offensive rebound.
17:48 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Bradford. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty in the paint. Beaty shoots from the inside. Foul! Joyce fouls Beaty on the shot. Beaty makes the first free throw. Beaty makes the second free throw. Mercer 6 - 4.
17:36 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce outside. Joyce passes the ball to Gannon on the perimeter. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Campbell with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Hacker tips it in. Tied 6 - 6.
17:09 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 8 - 6.
16:58 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Oldham grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:48 - South Carolina: Oldham has the rebound and restarts the offense. Oldham tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Oldham with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 8 - 8.
16:35 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty drives by Hacker. Beaty lays it up. The shot goes in! Mercer 10 - 8.
16:24 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball against pressure defense. Joyce passes the ball to Oldham. Oldham shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Oldham grabs the offensive rebound.
16:16 - South Carolina: Oldham has the rebound and restarts the offense. Oldham passes the ball to Joyce outside. Joyce passes the ball to Oldham outside. Oldham passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nix grabs the rebound.
15:55 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break. Foul! Gannon commits the foul on Beaty.
15:50 - Game Event: Time out. Gannon must sit with 2 fouls. South Carolina substitutes Barkley to Point Guard and Spahn to Small Forward. Mercer substitutes Partridge to Point Guard and Rice to Small Forward.
15:50 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Rice. Rice passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Mercer 12 - 8.
15:33 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Caldwell grabs the rebound.
15:24 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley steals the pass from Partridge.
15:18 - South Carolina: Breakaway! Barkley takes the ball the length of the court. Barkley lays it up. Foul! Partridge fouls Barkley on the shot. Barkley makes the first free throw. Barkley missed the second free throw. Nix grabs the rebound. Mercer 12 - 9.
15:12 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bradford passes the ball to Partridge outside. Partridge passes the ball to Rice. Rice passes the ball to Partridge. Partridge shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 14 - 9.
14:52 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Burton to Center.
14:52 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley drives down the lane. Barkley passes the ball to Joyce at the basket. Joyce lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Barkley. Mercer 14 - 11.
14:40 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Nix to Center.
14:40 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Partridge shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Mercer 17 - 11.
14:40 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Mercer!
14:34 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Barkley. Mercer 17 - 13.
14:26 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against pressure defense. Partridge passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Mercer 20 - 13.
14:17 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball against a zone defense. Joyce passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Rice steals the pass from Joyce.
14:01 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Partridge leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Partridge passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Partridge. Partridge with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Barkley grabs the rebound.
13:41 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Joyce leads the fast break with Spahn and Barkley. Joyce passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the offensive rebound.
13:36 - South Carolina: Hacker has the rebound. Hacker shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 20 - 15.
13:34 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Burton to Center.
13:34 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Partridge passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. Foul! Hacker fouls Burton on the shot. Burton makes the first free throw. Burton makes the second free throw. Mercer 22 - 15.
13:14 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Caldwell grabs the long rebound.
13:02 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Partridge turns the ball over out of bounds.
12:57 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Testa to Shooting Guard, Small to Power Forward and Watts to Center. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Shooting Guard and Nix to Power Forward.
12:57 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 22 - 17.
12:48 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against a zone defense. Partridge shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
12:43 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Testa. Testa drives by Burton. Testa passes the ball to Barkley at the basket. Barkley lays it up. Offensive foul! Barkley charged with the foul while taking the shot over Partridge.
12:27 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Partridge passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Rice. Rice passes the ball to Nix in the paint. Nix passes the ball to Partridge outside. Partridge passes the ball to Rice. The shot clock winding down. Rice shoots a jumper from the elbow. Foul! Barkley fouls Rice on the shot. Rice missed the first free throw. Rice makes the second free throw. Mercer 23 - 17.
11:51 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Partridge to Shooting Guard and Manning to Small Forward.
11:51 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn outside. Spahn hands off the ball to Barkley. Barkley shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Small grabs the long offensive rebound.
11:34 - South Carolina: Small has the rebound and restarts the offense. Small passes the ball to Barkley outside. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 23 - 19.
11:18 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Partridge in the paint. Partridge shoots from the inside. Foul! Testa fouls Partridge on the shot. Partridge makes the first free throw. Partridge missed the second free throw. Watts grabs the rebound. Mercer 24 - 19.
11:07 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Testa. Testa drives by Partridge. Testa passes the ball to Watts at the basket. Watts lays it up. Offensive foul! Watts charged with the foul while taking the shot over Burton.
10:53 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard.
10:53 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Mercer 27 - 19.
10:41 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Small. Small passes the ball to Barkley outside. Barkley passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Manning grabs the rebound.
10:22 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives by Barkley. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford at the basket. Bradford lays it up. Offensive foul! Bradford charged with the foul while taking the shot over Watts.
10:10 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Partridge to Shooting Guard.
10:10 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Burton steals the pass from Barkley.
9:54 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
9:44 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nix steals the pass from Barkley.
9:37 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Manning charged with the foul while taking the shot over Watts.
9:29 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard.
9:29 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Nix steals the pass from Barkley.
9:14 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bradford drives to the basket. Foul! Testa commits the foul on Bradford. In the bonus, Bradford is shooting one-and-one. Bradford makes the first free throw. Bradford makes the second free throw. Mercer 29 - 19.
9:03 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Burton steals the pass from Barkley.
8:59 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Beaty and Manning. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nix grabs the offensive rebound.
8:53 - Mercer: Nix has the rebound. Nix shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 31 - 19.
8:51 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Testa. Testa passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 31 - 21.
8:36 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
8:25 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn outside. Spahn tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Spahn with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Small grabs the offensive rebound.
8:07 - South Carolina: Small has the rebound and restarts the offense. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 31 - 23.
8:00 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning drives down the lane. Manning passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Testa grabs the long rebound.
7:47 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Barkley leads the fast break with Testa and Spahn. Barkley passes the ball to Testa at the basket. Testa lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Barkley. And Testa is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Testa makes the first free throw. Mercer 31 - 26.
7:40 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Campbell to Small Forward. Mercer substitutes Caldwell to Power Forward.
7:40 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
7:30 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Barkley commits the foul on the drive.
7:19 - Game Event: Time out. Barkley must sit with 3 fouls. South Carolina substitutes Testa to Point Guard and Spahn to Shooting Guard.
7:19 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
7:12 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Spahn leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Spahn passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Testa. Mercer 31 - 28.
6:45 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Joyce to Shooting Guard and Oldham to Power Forward.
6:45 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Beaty in the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Campbell grabs the rebound.
6:12 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball against a zone defense. Joyce passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Testa with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Caldwell grabs the rebound.
5:52 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bradford shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Watts grabs the long rebound.
5:41 - South Carolina: Testa brings up the ball against pressure defense. Testa passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Testa. Mercer 31 - 30.
5:27 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford passes the ball to Caldwell. Caldwell passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Manning passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
4:49 - South Carolina: Testa brings up the ball against pressure defense. Caldwell steals the pass from Testa.
4:43 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break. Foul! Testa commits the foul on Beaty. In the double bonus, Beaty is shooting two free throws. Beaty makes the first free throw. Beaty makes the second free throw. Mercer 33 - 30.
4:39 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Gannon to Point Guard.
4:39 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gannon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
4:28 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Offensive foul! Beaty commits the foul away from the ball.
4:23 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham passes the ball to Gannon on the perimeter. Manning steals the pass from Gannon.
4:05 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Bradford grabs the long offensive rebound.
3:49 - Mercer: Bradford has the rebound and restarts the offense. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty in the paint. Beaty shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. Mercer 35 - 30.
3:38 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gannon. Mercer 35 - 33.
3:26 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Burton. Mercer 37 - 33.
3:10 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce. Joyce passes the ball to Watts. Watts passes the ball to Gannon in the paint. Gannon passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the block. The shot misses. Watts grabs the offensive rebound.
2:40 - South Carolina: Watts has the rebound and restarts the offense. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 37 - 35.
2:35 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford passes the ball to Caldwell. Caldwell passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gannon grabs the rebound.
2:11 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Bradford steals the pass from Gannon.
2:07 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bradford passes the ball to Manning. Manning with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
1:47 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Burton shoots from the block. Foul! Watts fouls Burton on the shot. Burton missed the first free throw. Burton missed the second free throw. Watts grabs the rebound.
1:40 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball against pressure defense. Joyce passes the ball to Campbell. Campbell passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Campbell. Tied 37 - 37.
1:24 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bradford shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
1:18 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Burton passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Caldwell grabs the offensive rebound.
0:58 - Mercer: Caldwell has the rebound and restarts the offense. Caldwell passes the ball to Bradford in the paint. Bradford goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Caldwell. Mercer 39 - 37.
0:48 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham on the perimeter. Oldham shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Beaty grabs the rebound.
0:38 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Campbell steals the pass from Beaty.
0:32 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Joyce leads the fast break. Foul! Bradford commits the foul on Joyce.
0:27 - Game Event: Time out. Bradford must sit with 3 fouls. Mercer substitutes Partridge to Shooting Guard.
0:27 - South Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Watts. Partridge steals the pass from Watts.
0:23 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning outside. Manning shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Campbell grabs the rebound.
0:12 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham on the perimeter. Oldham shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Partridge grabs the rebound.
0:03 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty shoots from deep. The shot misses. Oldham grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
South Carolina 37, Mercer 39
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Watts must sit with 2 fouls. South Carolina substitutes Hacker to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Mercer. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Beaty. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell passes the ball to Manning. Manning with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the rebound.
19:32 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Gannon leads the fast break with Joyce to the right. Gannon lays it up. Foul! Beaty fouls Gannon on the shot. Gannon makes the first free throw. Gannon makes the second free throw. Tied 39 - 39.
19:28 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Watts to Center. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard.
19:28 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty drives by Gannon. Beaty lays it up. The shot goes in! Mercer 41 - 39.
19:15 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce passes the ball to Campbell in the paint. Campbell turns the ball over out of bounds.
18:59 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Hacker to Center. Mercer substitutes Nix to Center.
18:59 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Nix in the paint. Nix passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nix. Mercer 43 - 39.
18:40 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Beaty grabs the long rebound.
18:35 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Nix in the paint. Nix shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Mercer 45 - 39.
18:25 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce outside. Joyce passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham goes for the dunk. Foul! Bradford fouls Oldham on the shot. Oldham makes the first free throw. Oldham missed the second free throw. Bradford grabs the rebound. Mercer 45 - 40.
18:10 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Nix in the paint. Nix passes the ball to Caldwell outside. Caldwell shoots from deep. The shot misses. Caldwell grabs the offensive rebound.
17:54 - Mercer: Caldwell has the rebound. Caldwell shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 47 - 40.
17:52 - Game Event: Time out. Bradford must sit with 4 fouls. Mercer substitutes Partridge to Shooting Guard.
17:52 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gannon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 47 - 42.
17:42 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Partridge in the paint. Partridge shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Mercer 49 - 42.
17:28 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Joyce passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham passes the ball to Campbell in the paint. Campbell passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Caldwell! Manning grabs the rebound.
17:02 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Nix in the paint. Nix shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Mercer 51 - 42.
16:51 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Manning steals the pass from Gannon.
16:44 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Partridge in the paint. Partridge shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gannon grabs the rebound.
16:36 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham passes the ball to Gannon outside. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Joyce grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:14 - South Carolina: Joyce has the rebound and restarts the offense. Joyce shoots from deep. The shot misses. Gannon grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:08 - South Carolina: Gannon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce passes the ball to Gannon outside. Gannon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nix grabs the rebound.
15:50 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Manning outside. Manning passes the ball to Nix in the paint. Nix turns the ball over out of bounds.
15:37 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Barkley to Point Guard and Spahn to Small Forward. Mercer substitutes Partridge to Point Guard, Smalls to Shooting Guard, Rice to Small Forward and Burton to Center.
15:37 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball against a zone defense. Joyce drives down the lane. Joyce lays it up. The shot goes in! Mercer 51 - 44.
15:27 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against pressure defense. Partridge passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Joyce grabs the rebound.
15:13 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker passes the ball to Spahn in the paint. Spahn passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Foul! Burton commits the foul on Hacker.
14:55 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Gannon to Point Guard.
14:55 - South Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Oldham. Oldham passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Caldwell grabs the rebound.
14:44 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Partridge passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Oldham steals the pass from Caldwell.
14:36 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Spahn grabs the offensive rebound.
14:28 - South Carolina: Spahn has the rebound and restarts the offense. Spahn passes the ball to Joyce in the paint. Joyce passes the ball to Spahn in the paint. Spahn passes the ball to Joyce in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Joyce shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Gannon grabs the offensive rebound.
14:06 - South Carolina: Gannon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gannon passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gannon. Mercer 51 - 46.
13:53 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Watts to Center.
13:53 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Partridge passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. Foul! Oldham fouls Burton on the shot. Burton makes the first free throw. Burton makes the second free throw. Mercer 53 - 46.
13:42 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon drives down the lane. Gannon lays it up. It's blocked by Partridge! Burton grabs the rebound.
13:34 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Smalls leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Spahn steals the pass from Smalls.
13:23 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Joyce leads the fast break with Gannon to the right. Joyce passes the ball to Gannon on the perimeter. Gannon shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Joyce. Mercer 53 - 49.
13:18 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Partridge passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
13:02 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Oldham on the perimeter. Oldham shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
12:39 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Partridge attacks with the ball on the fast break. Partridge turns the ball over out of bounds.
12:32 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Testa to Shooting Guard and Small to Power Forward. Mercer substitutes Nix to Power Forward.
12:32 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gannon passes the ball to Testa. Testa with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 53 - 51.
12:22 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Partridge passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
12:11 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa drives down the lane. Testa lays it up. It's blocked by Smalls! Nix grabs the rebound.
11:55 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Partridge passes the ball to Nix in the paint. Nix shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Testa grabs the rebound.
11:43 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Testa leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Testa passes the ball to Gannon. Gannon passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Nix grabs the rebound.
11:17 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Smalls leads the fast break with Partridge to the right. Smalls passes the ball to Partridge on the perimeter. Partridge shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Smalls. Mercer 56 - 51.
11:17 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Mercer!
11:12 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Bradford to Shooting Guard and Manning to Small Forward.
11:12 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Spahn outside. Spahn passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small passes the ball to Gannon outside. Gannon passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nix grabs the rebound.
10:47 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. Foul! Watts fouls Burton on the shot. Burton missed the first free throw. Burton makes the second free throw. Mercer 57 - 51.
10:37 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gannon. Mercer 57 - 53.
10:27 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
10:15 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Bradford grabs the long rebound.
10:02 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. Watts rotates over and blocks the shot! Nix tips it in. Mercer 59 - 53.
9:53 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Mercer 59 - 56.
9:47 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Mercer 62 - 56.
9:42 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa drives by Bradford. Testa lays it up. The shot misses. Testa grabs the offensive rebound.
9:27 - South Carolina: Testa has the rebound and restarts the offense. Testa passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn drives down the lane. Spahn passes the ball to Watts at the basket. Watts lays it up. Foul! Burton fouls Watts on the shot. Watts makes the first free throw. Watts missed the second free throw. Burton grabs the rebound. Mercer 62 - 57.
9:08 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford in the paint. Bradford shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Watts! Spahn grabs the rebound.
8:56 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small passes the ball to Gannon outside. Gannon passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Watts grabs the offensive rebound.
8:28 - South Carolina: Watts has the rebound and restarts the offense. Watts passes the ball to Gannon. Gannon passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 62 - 59.
8:10 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning. Manning passes the ball to Beaty in the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
7:38 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Testa leads the fast break with Gannon to the right. Testa passes the ball to Gannon on the perimeter. Gannon shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nix grabs the rebound.
7:33 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Manning to the right. Bradford passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Testa grabs the rebound.
7:29 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 62 - 61.
7:16 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Campbell to Small Forward. Mercer substitutes Caldwell to Power Forward.
7:16 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
7:07 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound. Burton shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
7:05 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Testa leads the fast break with Campbell and Gannon. Testa lays it up. The shot goes in! South Carolina 63 - 62.
7:01 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty drives by Watts. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:51 - Mercer: Manning has the rebound and restarts the offense. Manning passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
6:32 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! South Carolina 65 - 62.
6:21 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Oldham to Power Forward.
6:21 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon steals the pass from Beaty.
6:17 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Gannon leads the fast break. Foul! Bradford commits the foul on Gannon. Bradford fouls out. Partridge replaces Bradford at shooting guard.
6:11 - South Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Testa. Testa drives by Partridge. Testa attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! South Carolina 67 - 62.
6:00 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty drives by Gannon. Beaty lays it up. The shot goes in! South Carolina 67 - 64.
5:48 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Joyce to Shooting Guard.
5:48 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball against pressure defense. Joyce passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell passes the ball to Oldham. Foul! Beaty commits a foul away from the ball.
5:32 - South Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Watts. Mercer is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Watts passes the ball to Gannon outside. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Foul! Manning commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Campbell is shooting one-and-one. Campbell makes the first free throw. Campbell makes the second free throw. South Carolina 69 - 64.
5:13 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty passes the ball to Partridge on the perimeter. Partridge turns the ball over out of bounds.
4:57 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell. Campbell passes the ball to Gannon in the paint. Foul! Beaty commits the foul on Gannon. In the bonus, Gannon is shooting one-and-one. Gannon makes the first free throw. Gannon missed the second free throw. Manning grabs the rebound. South Carolina 70 - 64.
4:48 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Partridge outside. Partridge passes the ball to Beaty in the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Burton shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Burton charged with the foul while taking the shot over Joyce.
4:15 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Caldwell grabs the rebound.
4:04 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
3:54 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Beaty grabs the rebound.
3:43 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Beaty drives by Gannon. Beaty lays it up. The shot goes in! South Carolina 70 - 66.
3:32 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham. Oldham shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
3:19 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton. Burton shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Gannon grabs the rebound.
3:03 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham on the perimeter. Oldham shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gannon. South Carolina 73 - 66.
2:52 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! South Carolina 73 - 68.
2:44 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce in the paint. Joyce shoots from the block. Offensive foul! Joyce charged with the foul while taking the shot over Partridge.
2:33 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell passes the ball to Beaty. And the shot clock expires!
2:03 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Oldham. South Carolina 75 - 68.
1:50 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! South Carolina 75 - 70.
1:33 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell in the paint. Campbell passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Campbell. South Carolina 77 - 70.
1:20 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty passes the ball to Partridge on the perimeter. Partridge shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. South Carolina 77 - 73.
0:56 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Gannon drives to the basket. Foul! Manning commits the foul on Gannon. In the double bonus, Gannon is shooting two free throws. Gannon missed the first free throw. Gannon makes the second free throw. South Carolina 78 - 73.
0:45 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Burton. South Carolina 78 - 75.
0:25 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Joyce passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Foul! Beaty commits the intentional foul on Oldham. Beaty fouls out. Smith replaces Beaty at point guard. In the double bonus, Oldham is shooting two free throws. Oldham makes the first free throw. Oldham missed the second free throw. Caldwell grabs the rebound. South Carolina 79 - 75.
0:19 - Mercer: Smith brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Smith passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! South Carolina 79 - 77.
0:10 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Partridge to Point Guard and Smalls to Shooting Guard.
0:10 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Joyce passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Foul! Smalls commits the intentional foul on Watts. In the double bonus, Watts is shooting two free throws. Watts makes the first free throw. Watts missed the second free throw. Caldwell grabs the rebound. South Carolina 80 - 77.
0:06 - Mercer: Smalls brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Smalls shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Tied 80 - 80.
0:01 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. The shot clock winding down. Gannon shoots from deep. The shot goes in! South Carolina 83 - 80.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
South Carolina 83, Mercer 80
Starting Line-Ups
South Carolina: PG-Gannon (5' 11"), SG-Joyce (6' 3½"), SF-Campbell (6' 7"), PF-Oldham (6' 8"), C-Watts (6' 10½")
Mercer: PG-Beaty (5' 10"), SG-Bradford (6' 3½"), SF-Manning (6' 6½"), PF-Caldwell (6' 8½"), C-Burton (6' 8")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! South Carolina gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gannon. South Carolina 2 - 0.
19:45 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Tied 2 - 2.
19:33 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Joyce leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Joyce shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Oldham grabs the offensive rebound.
19:21 - South Carolina: Oldham has the rebound and restarts the offense. Oldham shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! South Carolina 4 - 2.
19:17 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Campbell grabs the rebound.
19:07 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Bradford steals the pass from Gannon.
19:00 - Mercer: Breakaway! Bradford takes the ball the length of the court. Bradford lays it up. It's blocked by Watts! Manning grabs the offensive rebound.
18:53 - Mercer: Manning has the rebound. Manning shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Campbell! Oldham grabs the rebound.
18:51 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long rebound.
18:39 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Beaty to the right. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gannon grabs the rebound.
18:33 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Joyce leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Joyce passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Bradford steals the pass from Watts.
18:14 - Mercer: Breakaway! Bradford takes the ball the length of the court. Bradford attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Tied 4 - 4.
18:09 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Hacker to Center. Mercer substitutes Nix to Center.
18:09 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell passes the ball to Gannon. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Gannon fouls Beaty trying to grab the offensive rebound.
17:48 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Bradford. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty in the paint. Beaty shoots from the inside. Foul! Joyce fouls Beaty on the shot. Beaty makes the first free throw. Beaty makes the second free throw. Mercer 6 - 4.
17:36 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce outside. Joyce passes the ball to Gannon on the perimeter. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Campbell with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Hacker tips it in. Tied 6 - 6.
17:09 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 8 - 6.
16:58 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Oldham grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:48 - South Carolina: Oldham has the rebound and restarts the offense. Oldham tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Oldham with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 8 - 8.
16:35 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty drives by Hacker. Beaty lays it up. The shot goes in! Mercer 10 - 8.
16:24 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball against pressure defense. Joyce passes the ball to Oldham. Oldham shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Oldham grabs the offensive rebound.
16:16 - South Carolina: Oldham has the rebound and restarts the offense. Oldham passes the ball to Joyce outside. Joyce passes the ball to Oldham outside. Oldham passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nix grabs the rebound.
15:55 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break. Foul! Gannon commits the foul on Beaty.
15:50 - Game Event: Time out. Gannon must sit with 2 fouls. South Carolina substitutes Barkley to Point Guard and Spahn to Small Forward. Mercer substitutes Partridge to Point Guard and Rice to Small Forward.
15:50 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Rice. Rice passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Mercer 12 - 8.
15:33 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Caldwell grabs the rebound.
15:24 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley steals the pass from Partridge.
15:18 - South Carolina: Breakaway! Barkley takes the ball the length of the court. Barkley lays it up. Foul! Partridge fouls Barkley on the shot. Barkley makes the first free throw. Barkley missed the second free throw. Nix grabs the rebound. Mercer 12 - 9.
15:12 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bradford passes the ball to Partridge outside. Partridge passes the ball to Rice. Rice passes the ball to Partridge. Partridge shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 14 - 9.
14:52 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Burton to Center.
14:52 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley drives down the lane. Barkley passes the ball to Joyce at the basket. Joyce lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Barkley. Mercer 14 - 11.
14:40 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Nix to Center.
14:40 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Partridge shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Mercer 17 - 11.
14:40 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Mercer!
14:34 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Barkley. Mercer 17 - 13.
14:26 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against pressure defense. Partridge passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Mercer 20 - 13.
14:17 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball against a zone defense. Joyce passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Rice steals the pass from Joyce.
14:01 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Partridge leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Partridge passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Partridge. Partridge with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Barkley grabs the rebound.
13:41 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Joyce leads the fast break with Spahn and Barkley. Joyce passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the offensive rebound.
13:36 - South Carolina: Hacker has the rebound. Hacker shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 20 - 15.
13:34 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Burton to Center.
13:34 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Partridge passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. Foul! Hacker fouls Burton on the shot. Burton makes the first free throw. Burton makes the second free throw. Mercer 22 - 15.
13:14 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Caldwell grabs the long rebound.
13:02 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Partridge turns the ball over out of bounds.
12:57 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Testa to Shooting Guard, Small to Power Forward and Watts to Center. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Shooting Guard and Nix to Power Forward.
12:57 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 22 - 17.
12:48 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against a zone defense. Partridge shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
12:43 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Testa. Testa drives by Burton. Testa passes the ball to Barkley at the basket. Barkley lays it up. Offensive foul! Barkley charged with the foul while taking the shot over Partridge.
12:27 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Partridge passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Rice. Rice passes the ball to Nix in the paint. Nix passes the ball to Partridge outside. Partridge passes the ball to Rice. The shot clock winding down. Rice shoots a jumper from the elbow. Foul! Barkley fouls Rice on the shot. Rice missed the first free throw. Rice makes the second free throw. Mercer 23 - 17.
11:51 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Partridge to Shooting Guard and Manning to Small Forward.
11:51 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn outside. Spahn hands off the ball to Barkley. Barkley shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Small grabs the long offensive rebound.
11:34 - South Carolina: Small has the rebound and restarts the offense. Small passes the ball to Barkley outside. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 23 - 19.
11:18 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Partridge in the paint. Partridge shoots from the inside. Foul! Testa fouls Partridge on the shot. Partridge makes the first free throw. Partridge missed the second free throw. Watts grabs the rebound. Mercer 24 - 19.
11:07 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Testa. Testa drives by Partridge. Testa passes the ball to Watts at the basket. Watts lays it up. Offensive foul! Watts charged with the foul while taking the shot over Burton.
10:53 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard.
10:53 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Mercer 27 - 19.
10:41 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Small. Small passes the ball to Barkley outside. Barkley passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Manning grabs the rebound.
10:22 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives by Barkley. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford at the basket. Bradford lays it up. Offensive foul! Bradford charged with the foul while taking the shot over Watts.
10:10 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Partridge to Shooting Guard.
10:10 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Burton steals the pass from Barkley.
9:54 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
9:44 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nix steals the pass from Barkley.
9:37 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Manning charged with the foul while taking the shot over Watts.
9:29 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard.
9:29 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Nix steals the pass from Barkley.
9:14 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bradford drives to the basket. Foul! Testa commits the foul on Bradford. In the bonus, Bradford is shooting one-and-one. Bradford makes the first free throw. Bradford makes the second free throw. Mercer 29 - 19.
9:03 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Burton steals the pass from Barkley.
8:59 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Beaty and Manning. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nix grabs the offensive rebound.
8:53 - Mercer: Nix has the rebound. Nix shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 31 - 19.
8:51 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Testa. Testa passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 31 - 21.
8:36 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
8:25 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn outside. Spahn tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Spahn with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Small grabs the offensive rebound.
8:07 - South Carolina: Small has the rebound and restarts the offense. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 31 - 23.
8:00 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning drives down the lane. Manning passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Testa grabs the long rebound.
7:47 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Barkley leads the fast break with Testa and Spahn. Barkley passes the ball to Testa at the basket. Testa lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Barkley. And Testa is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Testa makes the first free throw. Mercer 31 - 26.
7:40 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Campbell to Small Forward. Mercer substitutes Caldwell to Power Forward.
7:40 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
7:30 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Barkley commits the foul on the drive.
7:19 - Game Event: Time out. Barkley must sit with 3 fouls. South Carolina substitutes Testa to Point Guard and Spahn to Shooting Guard.
7:19 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
7:12 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Spahn leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Spahn passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Testa. Mercer 31 - 28.
6:45 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Joyce to Shooting Guard and Oldham to Power Forward.
6:45 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Beaty in the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Campbell grabs the rebound.
6:12 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball against a zone defense. Joyce passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Testa with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Caldwell grabs the rebound.
5:52 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bradford shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Watts grabs the long rebound.
5:41 - South Carolina: Testa brings up the ball against pressure defense. Testa passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Testa. Mercer 31 - 30.
5:27 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford passes the ball to Caldwell. Caldwell passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Manning passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
4:49 - South Carolina: Testa brings up the ball against pressure defense. Caldwell steals the pass from Testa.
4:43 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break. Foul! Testa commits the foul on Beaty. In the double bonus, Beaty is shooting two free throws. Beaty makes the first free throw. Beaty makes the second free throw. Mercer 33 - 30.
4:39 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Gannon to Point Guard.
4:39 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gannon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
4:28 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Offensive foul! Beaty commits the foul away from the ball.
4:23 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham passes the ball to Gannon on the perimeter. Manning steals the pass from Gannon.
4:05 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Bradford grabs the long offensive rebound.
3:49 - Mercer: Bradford has the rebound and restarts the offense. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty in the paint. Beaty shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. Mercer 35 - 30.
3:38 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gannon. Mercer 35 - 33.
3:26 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Burton. Mercer 37 - 33.
3:10 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce. Joyce passes the ball to Watts. Watts passes the ball to Gannon in the paint. Gannon passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the block. The shot misses. Watts grabs the offensive rebound.
2:40 - South Carolina: Watts has the rebound and restarts the offense. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 37 - 35.
2:35 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford passes the ball to Caldwell. Caldwell passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gannon grabs the rebound.
2:11 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Bradford steals the pass from Gannon.
2:07 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bradford passes the ball to Manning. Manning with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
1:47 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Burton shoots from the block. Foul! Watts fouls Burton on the shot. Burton missed the first free throw. Burton missed the second free throw. Watts grabs the rebound.
1:40 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball against pressure defense. Joyce passes the ball to Campbell. Campbell passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Campbell. Tied 37 - 37.
1:24 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bradford shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
1:18 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Burton passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Caldwell grabs the offensive rebound.
0:58 - Mercer: Caldwell has the rebound and restarts the offense. Caldwell passes the ball to Bradford in the paint. Bradford goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Caldwell. Mercer 39 - 37.
0:48 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham on the perimeter. Oldham shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Beaty grabs the rebound.
0:38 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Campbell steals the pass from Beaty.
0:32 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Joyce leads the fast break. Foul! Bradford commits the foul on Joyce.
0:27 - Game Event: Time out. Bradford must sit with 3 fouls. Mercer substitutes Partridge to Shooting Guard.
0:27 - South Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Watts. Partridge steals the pass from Watts.
0:23 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning outside. Manning shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Campbell grabs the rebound.
0:12 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham on the perimeter. Oldham shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Partridge grabs the rebound.
0:03 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty shoots from deep. The shot misses. Oldham grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
South Carolina 37, Mercer 39
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Watts must sit with 2 fouls. South Carolina substitutes Hacker to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Mercer. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Beaty. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell passes the ball to Manning. Manning with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the rebound.
19:32 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Gannon leads the fast break with Joyce to the right. Gannon lays it up. Foul! Beaty fouls Gannon on the shot. Gannon makes the first free throw. Gannon makes the second free throw. Tied 39 - 39.
19:28 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Watts to Center. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard.
19:28 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty drives by Gannon. Beaty lays it up. The shot goes in! Mercer 41 - 39.
19:15 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce passes the ball to Campbell in the paint. Campbell turns the ball over out of bounds.
18:59 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Hacker to Center. Mercer substitutes Nix to Center.
18:59 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Nix in the paint. Nix passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nix. Mercer 43 - 39.
18:40 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Beaty grabs the long rebound.
18:35 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Nix in the paint. Nix shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Mercer 45 - 39.
18:25 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce outside. Joyce passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham goes for the dunk. Foul! Bradford fouls Oldham on the shot. Oldham makes the first free throw. Oldham missed the second free throw. Bradford grabs the rebound. Mercer 45 - 40.
18:10 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Nix in the paint. Nix passes the ball to Caldwell outside. Caldwell shoots from deep. The shot misses. Caldwell grabs the offensive rebound.
17:54 - Mercer: Caldwell has the rebound. Caldwell shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 47 - 40.
17:52 - Game Event: Time out. Bradford must sit with 4 fouls. Mercer substitutes Partridge to Shooting Guard.
17:52 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gannon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 47 - 42.
17:42 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Partridge in the paint. Partridge shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Mercer 49 - 42.
17:28 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Joyce passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham passes the ball to Campbell in the paint. Campbell passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Caldwell! Manning grabs the rebound.
17:02 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Nix in the paint. Nix shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Mercer 51 - 42.
16:51 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Manning steals the pass from Gannon.
16:44 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Partridge in the paint. Partridge shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gannon grabs the rebound.
16:36 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham passes the ball to Gannon outside. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Joyce grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:14 - South Carolina: Joyce has the rebound and restarts the offense. Joyce shoots from deep. The shot misses. Gannon grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:08 - South Carolina: Gannon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce passes the ball to Gannon outside. Gannon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nix grabs the rebound.
15:50 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Manning outside. Manning passes the ball to Nix in the paint. Nix turns the ball over out of bounds.
15:37 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Barkley to Point Guard and Spahn to Small Forward. Mercer substitutes Partridge to Point Guard, Smalls to Shooting Guard, Rice to Small Forward and Burton to Center.
15:37 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball against a zone defense. Joyce drives down the lane. Joyce lays it up. The shot goes in! Mercer 51 - 44.
15:27 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against pressure defense. Partridge passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Joyce grabs the rebound.
15:13 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker passes the ball to Spahn in the paint. Spahn passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Foul! Burton commits the foul on Hacker.
14:55 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Gannon to Point Guard.
14:55 - South Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Oldham. Oldham passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Caldwell grabs the rebound.
14:44 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Partridge passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Oldham steals the pass from Caldwell.
14:36 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Spahn grabs the offensive rebound.
14:28 - South Carolina: Spahn has the rebound and restarts the offense. Spahn passes the ball to Joyce in the paint. Joyce passes the ball to Spahn in the paint. Spahn passes the ball to Joyce in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Joyce shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Gannon grabs the offensive rebound.
14:06 - South Carolina: Gannon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gannon passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gannon. Mercer 51 - 46.
13:53 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Watts to Center.
13:53 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Partridge passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. Foul! Oldham fouls Burton on the shot. Burton makes the first free throw. Burton makes the second free throw. Mercer 53 - 46.
13:42 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon drives down the lane. Gannon lays it up. It's blocked by Partridge! Burton grabs the rebound.
13:34 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Smalls leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Spahn steals the pass from Smalls.
13:23 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Joyce leads the fast break with Gannon to the right. Joyce passes the ball to Gannon on the perimeter. Gannon shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Joyce. Mercer 53 - 49.
13:18 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Partridge passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
13:02 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Oldham on the perimeter. Oldham shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
12:39 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Partridge attacks with the ball on the fast break. Partridge turns the ball over out of bounds.
12:32 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Testa to Shooting Guard and Small to Power Forward. Mercer substitutes Nix to Power Forward.
12:32 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gannon passes the ball to Testa. Testa with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 53 - 51.
12:22 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Partridge passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
12:11 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa drives down the lane. Testa lays it up. It's blocked by Smalls! Nix grabs the rebound.
11:55 - Mercer: Partridge brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Partridge passes the ball to Nix in the paint. Nix shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Testa grabs the rebound.
11:43 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Testa leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Testa passes the ball to Gannon. Gannon passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Nix grabs the rebound.
11:17 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Smalls leads the fast break with Partridge to the right. Smalls passes the ball to Partridge on the perimeter. Partridge shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Smalls. Mercer 56 - 51.
11:17 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Mercer!
11:12 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Bradford to Shooting Guard and Manning to Small Forward.
11:12 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Spahn outside. Spahn passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small passes the ball to Gannon outside. Gannon passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nix grabs the rebound.
10:47 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. Foul! Watts fouls Burton on the shot. Burton missed the first free throw. Burton makes the second free throw. Mercer 57 - 51.
10:37 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gannon. Mercer 57 - 53.
10:27 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
10:15 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Bradford grabs the long rebound.
10:02 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. Watts rotates over and blocks the shot! Nix tips it in. Mercer 59 - 53.
9:53 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Mercer 59 - 56.
9:47 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Mercer 62 - 56.
9:42 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Testa on the perimeter. Testa drives by Bradford. Testa lays it up. The shot misses. Testa grabs the offensive rebound.
9:27 - South Carolina: Testa has the rebound and restarts the offense. Testa passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn drives down the lane. Spahn passes the ball to Watts at the basket. Watts lays it up. Foul! Burton fouls Watts on the shot. Watts makes the first free throw. Watts missed the second free throw. Burton grabs the rebound. Mercer 62 - 57.
9:08 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford in the paint. Bradford shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Watts! Spahn grabs the rebound.
8:56 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small passes the ball to Gannon outside. Gannon passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Watts grabs the offensive rebound.
8:28 - South Carolina: Watts has the rebound and restarts the offense. Watts passes the ball to Gannon. Gannon passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 62 - 59.
8:10 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning. Manning passes the ball to Beaty in the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
7:38 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Testa leads the fast break with Gannon to the right. Testa passes the ball to Gannon on the perimeter. Gannon shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nix grabs the rebound.
7:33 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Manning to the right. Bradford passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Testa grabs the rebound.
7:29 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 62 - 61.
7:16 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Campbell to Small Forward. Mercer substitutes Caldwell to Power Forward.
7:16 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
7:07 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound. Burton shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
7:05 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Testa leads the fast break with Campbell and Gannon. Testa lays it up. The shot goes in! South Carolina 63 - 62.
7:01 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty drives by Watts. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:51 - Mercer: Manning has the rebound and restarts the offense. Manning passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
6:32 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! South Carolina 65 - 62.
6:21 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Oldham to Power Forward.
6:21 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gannon steals the pass from Beaty.
6:17 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Gannon leads the fast break. Foul! Bradford commits the foul on Gannon. Bradford fouls out. Partridge replaces Bradford at shooting guard.
6:11 - South Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Testa. Testa drives by Partridge. Testa attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! South Carolina 67 - 62.
6:00 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty drives by Gannon. Beaty lays it up. The shot goes in! South Carolina 67 - 64.
5:48 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Joyce to Shooting Guard.
5:48 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball against pressure defense. Joyce passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell passes the ball to Oldham. Foul! Beaty commits a foul away from the ball.
5:32 - South Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Watts. Mercer is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Watts passes the ball to Gannon outside. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Foul! Manning commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Campbell is shooting one-and-one. Campbell makes the first free throw. Campbell makes the second free throw. South Carolina 69 - 64.
5:13 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty passes the ball to Partridge on the perimeter. Partridge turns the ball over out of bounds.
4:57 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell. Campbell passes the ball to Gannon in the paint. Foul! Beaty commits the foul on Gannon. In the bonus, Gannon is shooting one-and-one. Gannon makes the first free throw. Gannon missed the second free throw. Manning grabs the rebound. South Carolina 70 - 64.
4:48 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Partridge outside. Partridge passes the ball to Beaty in the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Burton shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Burton charged with the foul while taking the shot over Joyce.
4:15 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce on the perimeter. Joyce shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Caldwell grabs the rebound.
4:04 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
3:54 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell on the perimeter. Campbell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Beaty grabs the rebound.
3:43 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Beaty drives by Gannon. Beaty lays it up. The shot goes in! South Carolina 70 - 66.
3:32 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham. Oldham shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
3:19 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton. Burton shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Gannon grabs the rebound.
3:03 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham on the perimeter. Oldham shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gannon. South Carolina 73 - 66.
2:52 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! South Carolina 73 - 68.
2:44 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Joyce in the paint. Joyce shoots from the block. Offensive foul! Joyce charged with the foul while taking the shot over Partridge.
2:33 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell passes the ball to Beaty. And the shot clock expires!
2:03 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gannon passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Oldham. South Carolina 75 - 68.
1:50 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! South Carolina 75 - 70.
1:33 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gannon passes the ball to Campbell in the paint. Campbell passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Oldham shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Campbell. South Carolina 77 - 70.
1:20 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty passes the ball to Partridge on the perimeter. Partridge shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. South Carolina 77 - 73.
0:56 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Gannon drives to the basket. Foul! Manning commits the foul on Gannon. In the double bonus, Gannon is shooting two free throws. Gannon missed the first free throw. Gannon makes the second free throw. South Carolina 78 - 73.
0:45 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Caldwell in the paint. Caldwell shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Burton. South Carolina 78 - 75.
0:25 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Joyce passes the ball to Oldham in the paint. Foul! Beaty commits the intentional foul on Oldham. Beaty fouls out. Smith replaces Beaty at point guard. In the double bonus, Oldham is shooting two free throws. Oldham makes the first free throw. Oldham missed the second free throw. Caldwell grabs the rebound. South Carolina 79 - 75.
0:19 - Mercer: Smith brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Smith passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! South Carolina 79 - 77.
0:10 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Partridge to Point Guard and Smalls to Shooting Guard.
0:10 - South Carolina: Joyce brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Joyce passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Foul! Smalls commits the intentional foul on Watts. In the double bonus, Watts is shooting two free throws. Watts makes the first free throw. Watts missed the second free throw. Caldwell grabs the rebound. South Carolina 80 - 77.
0:06 - Mercer: Smalls brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Smalls shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Tied 80 - 80.
0:01 - South Carolina: Gannon brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. The shot clock winding down. Gannon shoots from deep. The shot goes in! South Carolina 83 - 80.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
South Carolina 83, Mercer 80
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