Game Date: Nov 26th, 2043
Mercer 86 - Butler 98
Date: November 26th, 2043
Game: College [Conference] [#1038055] 
Arena: Hinkle Fieldhouse
Attendance: 2,292
Player Of The Game: Luke Rhodes (1)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Mercer Bears | 40 | 46 | 86 | |
| Butler Bulldogs | 53 | 45 | 98 | |
| 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 | 5-12 | 2-6 | 3-5 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 12.0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | J. Rice pf | 20 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 52 | N. Burton c | 28 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -9 | 2.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 24 | P. Bradford sg | 35 | 10-24 | 2-9 | 4-4 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -14 | 14.5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | L. Beaty pg | 32 | 8-19 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 11.8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | K. Mercer sg | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 34 | B. Knepper sg | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 12 | M. Smalls pf | 21 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -17 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 51 | S. Nikolovski pg | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -9 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 54 | K. Fitzsimmons c | 20 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 5.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 34-78 | 8-25 | 10-13 | 86 | 11 | 40 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | -60 | 10.4 | 34 | 5 | 13 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 43.6% | 32.0% | 76.9% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Butler Bulldogs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 44 | C. Toole sf | 28 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +10 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 20 | D. Solomon pf | 32 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +14 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 42 | L. Rhodes c | 32 | 8-13 | 1-2 | 5-8 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +9 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 | 6 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | C. Stewart sg | 34 | 8-16 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +11 | 12.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 4 | M. Gibson pg | 32 | 6-12 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +9 | 16.8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | A. Iwakuma sg | 23 | 6-10 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 11.2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 54 | L. Richards sg | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | P. Trout pf | 15 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 39-73 | 11-26 | 9-16 | 98 | 8 | 43 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +60 | 10.0 | 44 | 8 | 13 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 53.4% | 42.3% | 56.3% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Butler: Luke Rhodes
Head Coaches
Mercer: Freddie Newsom
Butler: Gavin Burkhart
Offensive Efficiencies
Mercer: At the rim (5/12 41.7%) Inside (12/17 70.6%) Mid-range (9/24 37.5%) Beyond the Arc (8/25 32.0%)
Butler: At the rim (6/6 100.0%) Inside (16/23 69.6%) Mid-range (6/18 33.3%) Beyond the Arc (11/26 42.3%)
Defensive Tactics
Mercer: Man-To-Man (47.3%) Zone (29.0%) Pressure (9.7%) 2nd Chance (4.3%) Transition (9.7%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Butler: Man-To-Man (0.0%) Zone (86.6%) Pressure (0.0%) 2nd Chance (4.1%) Transition (9.3%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Mercer: 145.1 / 140.8
Butler: 123.4 / 118.9
Injuries
Mercer: none
Butler: none
Overworked
Mercer: none
Butler: none
Game Information
Date: Thursday, November 26th, 2043
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Hinkle Fieldhouse
City: Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 2,292
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Sun Feb 23 2025 @ 9:19:46 am PST
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Mercer: PG-Beaty (5' 10"), SG-Bradford (6' 3½"), SF-Manning (6' 6½"), PF-Rice (6' 6½"), C-Burton (6' 8")
Butler: PG-Gibson (6' 1"), SG-Stewart (6' 4"), SF-Toole (6' 1½"), PF-Solomon (6' 7½"), C-Rhodes (6' 11½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Mercer gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the rebound.
19:39 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Butler 2 - 0.
19:26 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from beyond the arc. Foul! Toole fouls Manning on the shot. Manning missed the first free throw. Manning makes the second free throw. Manning missed the third free throw. Rhodes grabs the rebound. Butler 2 - 1.
19:18 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Toole in the paint. Toole passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Toole. Butler 4 - 1.
19:04 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rice. Tied 4 - 4.
18:51 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Fitzsimmons to Center. Butler substitutes Stewart to Point Guard, Iwakuma to Shooting Guard, Trout to Power Forward and Solomon to Center.
18:51 - Butler: Iwakuma brings up the ball against a zone defense. Iwakuma passes the ball to Trout in the paint. Trout shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Trout grabs the offensive rebound.
18:39 - Butler: Trout has the rebound and restarts the offense. Trout shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound.
18:33 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
18:28 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break with Stewart and Toole. Iwakuma lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 6 - 4.
18:24 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Trout grabs the rebound.
18:13 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart passes the ball to Iwakuma. Iwakuma shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound.
18:03 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning outside. Manning tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Manning passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
17:47 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against a zone defense. Stewart passes the ball to Iwakuma on the perimeter. Iwakuma shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Butler 9 - 4.
17:38 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Butler 9 - 6.
17:26 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart turns the ball over out of bounds.
17:23 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives by Iwakuma. Beaty lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 9 - 8.
17:12 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart passes the ball to Trout. Trout passes the ball to Iwakuma outside. Iwakuma shoots from deep. The shot misses. Beaty grabs the long rebound.
16:54 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Toole grabs the rebound.
16:36 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against a zone defense. Stewart passes the ball to Toole. Toole passes the ball to Stewart outside. Stewart passes the ball to Trout in the paint. Trout passes the ball to Iwakuma outside. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart outside. The shot clock winding down. Stewart shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound.
16:01 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Manning with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Toole fouls Manning on the shot. Manning makes the first free throw. Manning makes the second free throw. Mercer 10 - 9.
15:44 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Nikolovski to Point Guard and Smalls to Small Forward. Toole must sit with 2 fouls. Butler substitutes Richards to Shooting Guard and Iwakuma to Small Forward.
15:44 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against a zone defense. Stewart drives down the lane. Stewart passes the ball to Trout at the basket. Trout lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stewart. Butler 11 - 10.
15:34 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford drives by Richards. Bradford passes the ball to Rice at the basket. Rice lays it up. Foul! Trout fouls Rice on the shot. Rice makes the first free throw. Rice missed the second free throw. Trout grabs the rebound. Tied 11 - 11.
15:15 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart passes the ball to Iwakuma in the paint. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart outside. Stewart passes the ball to Iwakuma outside. Iwakuma passes the ball to Trout in the paint. Trout tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Trout shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Iwakuma. Butler 13 - 11.
14:44 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Gibson to Point Guard, Iwakuma to Shooting Guard, Stewart to Small Forward, Solomon to Power Forward and Rhodes to Center.
14:44 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls passes the ball to Bradford outside. Bradford drives down the lane. Bradford attempts to dunk it. Offensive foul! Bradford charged with the foul while taking the shot over Rhodes.
14:16 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Iwakuma. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson in the paint. Foul! Smalls commits a foul away from the ball.
14:07 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Solomon. Solomon shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
14:03 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break. Foul! Stewart commits the foul on Bradford.
13:57 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Nikolovski. Nikolovski passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the rebound.
13:46 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Iwakuma passes the ball to Solomon. Foul! Nikolovski commits a foul away from the ball.
13:36 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Solomon. Solomon passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the low post. Foul! Rice fouls Rhodes on the shot. Rhodes missed the first free throw. Rhodes makes the second free throw. Butler 14 - 11.
13:27 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons passes the ball to Rice outside. Rice passes the ball to Nikolovski. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
12:57 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break with Gibson to the right. Iwakuma lays it up. Foul! Nikolovski fouls Iwakuma on the shot. Iwakuma makes the first free throw. Iwakuma missed the second free throw. Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound. Butler 15 - 11.
12:51 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 15 - 13.
12:39 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Mercer to Shooting Guard, Fitzsimmons to Power Forward and Burton to Center. Butler substitutes Richards to Shooting Guard, Iwakuma to Small Forward and Trout to Power Forward.
12:39 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Trout in the paint. Trout passes the ball to Iwakuma outside. Iwakuma passes the ball to Richards in the paint. Richards passes the ball to Trout outside. Trout shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
12:11 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break with Smalls to the right. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls on the perimeter. Smalls shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:04 - Mercer: Smalls has the rebound and restarts the offense. Smalls passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Trout! Richards grabs the rebound.
11:51 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes. Rhodes shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
11:44 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Mercer. Mercer passes the ball to Fitzsimmons. Foul! Iwakuma commits a foul away from the ball.
11:33 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Smalls to Shooting Guard and Manning to Small Forward.
11:33 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Smalls. Smalls drives down the lane. Smalls passes the ball to Manning at the basket. Manning lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Smalls. Tied 15 - 15.
11:24 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 17 - 15.
11:24 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Butler!
11:16 - 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 misses. Iwakuma grabs the rebound.
11:05 - Butler: Richards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Richards passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson passes the ball to Trout in the paint. Trout passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Trout grabs the offensive rebound.
10:42 - Butler: Trout has the rebound and restarts the offense. Trout turns the ball over out of bounds.
10:37 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard.
10:37 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives by Iwakuma. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Mercer 18 - 17.
10:25 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Shooting Guard.
10:25 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Iwakuma in the paint. Iwakuma passes the ball to Richards. Richards passes the ball to Iwakuma on the perimeter. Iwakuma passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the inside. Foul! Burton fouls Rhodes on the shot. Rhodes makes the first free throw. Rhodes makes the second free throw. Butler 19 - 18.
10:03 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Mercer 20 - 19.
9:51 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard. Butler substitutes Iwakuma to Shooting Guard, Trout to Small Forward and Stewart to Power Forward.
9:51 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Stewart in the paint. Stewart passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stewart. Butler 21 - 20.
9:35 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Mercer 23 - 21.
9:22 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Trout outside. Trout passes the ball to Stewart. Stewart with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Trout. Tied 23 - 23.
9:02 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Richards to Shooting Guard, Iwakuma to Small Forward and Trout to Power Forward.
9:02 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty passes the ball to Burton at the basket. Burton lays it up. It's blocked by Trout! Rhodes grabs the rebound.
8:49 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Richards leads the fast break with Gibson to the right. Richards lays it up. Foul! Beaty fouls Richards on the shot. Richards makes the first free throw. Richards missed the second free throw. Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound. Butler 24 - 23.
8:43 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives to the basket. Foul! Gibson commits the foul on Beaty.
8:29 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Iwakuma to Shooting Guard, Stewart to Small Forward and Solomon to Power Forward.
8:29 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Bradford. Bradford shoots from deep. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
8:24 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart on the perimeter. Stewart passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Manning grabs the rebound.
8:01 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons passes the ball to Manning outside. Manning passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Manning. Mercer 25 - 24.
7:38 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Iwakuma on the perimeter. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart on the perimeter. Stewart shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gibson grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:15 - Butler: Gibson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gibson passes the ball to Iwakuma on the perimeter. Iwakuma shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gibson. Butler 27 - 25.
7:06 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the rebound.
6:54 - Butler: Iwakuma brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson. Gibson passes the ball to Stewart on the perimeter. Stewart shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gibson. Butler 30 - 25.
6:37 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton on the perimeter. Burton passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:18 - Mercer: Manning has the rebound and restarts the offense. Manning passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Burton. Butler 30 - 27.
6:01 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Gibson. Butler 32 - 27.
5:50 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
5:40 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break with Gibson to the right. Iwakuma lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 34 - 27.
5:36 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Manning. Manning tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Manning shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
5:08 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the low post. Foul! Fitzsimmons fouls Rhodes on the shot. Rhodes missed the first free throw. Rhodes missed the second free throw. Bradford grabs the rebound.
4:58 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Iwakuma steals the pass from Bradford.
4:51 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Gibson attacks with the ball on the fast break. Gibson passes the ball to Iwakuma on the perimeter. Iwakuma shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Bradford grabs the long rebound.
4:47 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. Butler 34 - 30.
4:34 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Power Forward. Butler substitutes Stewart to Shooting Guard and Toole to Small Forward.
4:34 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Butler 37 - 30.
4:30 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 37 - 32.
4:14 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Toole in the paint. Toole passes the ball to Stewart. Stewart tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Stewart shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Toole. Butler 39 - 32.
3:54 - 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 on the perimeter. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty lays it up. Rhodes rotates over and blocks the shot! Rhodes grabs the rebound.
3:32 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Solomon. Butler 42 - 32.
3:32 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
3:17 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Stewart grabs the rebound.
3:04 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break with Gibson and Toole. Stewart passes the ball to Gibson at the basket. Gibson lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stewart. Butler 44 - 32.
2:58 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty shoots from deep. The shot misses. Stewart grabs the long rebound.
2:52 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes passes the ball to Toole. Toole shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Butler 46 - 32.
2:32 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Smalls in the paint. Smalls passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Butler 46 - 34.
2:11 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against a zone defense. Stewart passes the ball to Toole on the perimeter. Toole passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Toole. Butler 48 - 34.
1:52 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. Foul! Rhodes fouls Burton on the shot. Burton makes the first free throw. Burton makes the second free throw. Butler 48 - 36.
1:41 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Toole in the paint. Toole passes the ball to Gibson outside. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Stewart outside. Stewart passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stewart. Butler 51 - 36.
1:10 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning. Manning tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Manning passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Manning. Butler 51 - 38.
0:53 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against pressure defense. Stewart passes the ball to Toole. Toole passes the ball to Gibson outside. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots in the paint. Foul! Burton fouls Rhodes on the shot. Rhodes makes the first free throw. Rhodes makes the second free throw. Butler 53 - 38.
0:31 - Game Event: Time out. Burton must sit with 2 fouls. Mercer substitutes Knepper to Center.
0:31 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 53 - 40.
0:17 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Rhodes. Rhodes shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Manning grabs the rebound.
0:05 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. And the shot clock expires!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Mercer 40, Butler 53
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Mercer substitutes Rice to Power Forward and Fitzsimmons to Center. Toole must sit with 2 fouls. Butler substitutes Iwakuma to Shooting Guard and Stewart to Small Forward.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Butler. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Solomon. Solomon passes the ball to Gibson. Gibson shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Manning grabs the rebound.
19:43 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Stewart grabs the rebound.
19:39 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Iwakuma. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Manning steals the pass from Gibson.
19:25 - 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 goes in! Assisted by Bradford. Butler 53 - 43.
19:11 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Power Forward and Burton to Center. Butler substitutes Stewart to Shooting Guard and Toole to Small Forward.
19:11 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Toole on the perimeter. Toole passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Foul! Smalls commits the foul on Rhodes.
19:00 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Solomon. Solomon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Butler 56 - 43.
18:54 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Fitzsimmons to Center. Butler substitutes Stewart to Point Guard, Iwakuma to Shooting Guard, Trout to Power Forward and Solomon to Center.
18:54 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty lays it up. The shot misses. Trout grabs the rebound.
18:43 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart outside. Stewart passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Trout. Trout with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 58 - 43.
18:17 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 58 - 45.
18:08 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Stewart passes the ball to Toole. Toole passes the ball to Iwakuma outside. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart outside. Stewart tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Stewart passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stewart. Butler 60 - 45.
17:43 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots from the low post. Trout rotates over and blocks the shot! Trout grabs the rebound.
17:35 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart drives down the lane. Stewart passes the ball to Solomon at the basket. Solomon attempts to dunk it. Offensive foul! Solomon charged with the foul while taking the shot over Beaty.
17:20 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Butler 60 - 47.
17:10 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against pressure defense. Stewart passes the ball to Toole on the perimeter. Toole shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
16:58 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Beaty to the right. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty at the basket. Beaty lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. Butler 60 - 49.
16:52 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound.
16:45 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford attacks with the ball on the fast break. Bradford lays it up. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
16:40 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart on the perimeter. Stewart shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Iwakuma grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:23 - Butler: Iwakuma has the rebound and restarts the offense. Iwakuma hands off the ball to Stewart. Stewart passes the ball to Trout in the paint. Trout passes the ball to Stewart in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Stewart shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Butler 62 - 49.
15:59 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Nikolovski to Point Guard, Smalls to Small Forward and Rice to Power Forward. Butler substitutes Gibson to Point Guard, Stewart to Shooting Guard, Solomon to Power Forward and Rhodes to Center.
15:59 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Rice. Toole steals the pass from Rice.
15:49 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Stewart passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Butler 64 - 49.
15:33 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Stewart to Point Guard, Iwakuma to Shooting Guard, Trout to Power Forward and Solomon to Center.
15:33 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Trout grabs the rebound.
15:20 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart passes the ball to Toole. Toole passes the ball to Iwakuma on the perimeter. Iwakuma shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Butler 67 - 49.
15:07 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Rice grabs the offensive rebound.
14:55 - Mercer: Rice has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rice shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 67 - 51.
14:48 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Burton to Center. Butler substitutes Gibson to Point Guard, Stewart to Shooting Guard, Solomon to Power Forward and Rhodes to Center.
14:48 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gibson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 69 - 51.
14:48 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Butler!
14:38 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford shoots from deep. The shot misses. Bradford grabs the offensive rebound.
14:33 - Mercer: Bradford has the rebound and restarts the offense. Bradford shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 69 - 53.
14:27 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gibson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gibson passes the ball to Toole. Toole with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the offensive rebound.
14:15 - Butler: Solomon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Solomon passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the long offensive rebound.
14:08 - Butler: Rhodes has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rhodes shoots from deep. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
14:05 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Nikolovski and Smalls. Bradford lays it up. Foul! Toole fouls Bradford on the shot. Bradford makes the first free throw. Bradford makes the second free throw. Butler 69 - 55.
13:59 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against a zone defense. Stewart tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Stewart with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
13:50 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls in the paint. Smalls shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Solomon! Rhodes grabs the rebound.
13:40 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Gibson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 71 - 55.
13:27 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Smalls on the perimeter. Smalls turns the ball over out of bounds.
13:17 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Stewart on the perimeter. Stewart passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Foul! Rice commits the foul on Solomon.
13:08 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Fitzsimmons to Center.
13:08 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Stewart. Stewart passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stewart. Butler 74 - 55.
12:57 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Smalls to Shooting Guard, Manning to Small Forward, Fitzsimmons to Power Forward and Burton to Center. Butler substitutes Iwakuma to Shooting Guard and Trout to Power Forward.
12:57 - Mercer: Smalls brings up the ball against a zone defense. Smalls shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Butler 74 - 58.
12:50 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Trout. Trout passes the ball to Toole outside. Toole shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Toole grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:35 - Butler: Toole has the rebound and restarts the offense. Toole passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes outside. Rhodes shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Butler 77 - 58.
12:21 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Nikolovski to Point Guard, Knepper to Shooting Guard, Mercer to Small Forward and Smalls to Power Forward.
12:21 - Mercer: Knepper brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knepper passes the ball to Nikolovski. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
12:09 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break with Gibson and Toole. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
12:04 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Knepper leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Knepper passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Butler 77 - 60.
11:47 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Nikolovski to Shooting Guard and Manning to Small Forward.
11:47 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes passes the ball to Trout outside. Trout passes the ball to Iwakuma outside. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson. Gibson passes the ball to Trout. Trout with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
11:22 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives by Iwakuma. Beaty passes the ball to Burton at the basket. Burton lays it up. The shot misses. Burton tips it in. Butler 77 - 62.
11:12 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Gibson passes the ball to Toole in the paint. Toole passes the ball to Gibson. Gibson passes the ball to Trout in the paint. Trout passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes passes the ball to Trout in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Trout shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 79 - 62.
10:38 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard. Butler substitutes Stewart to Power Forward.
10:38 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the rebound.
10:27 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break with Gibson and Toole. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
10:23 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford attacks with the ball on the fast break. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. Butler 79 - 65.
10:18 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Gibson passes the ball to Stewart in the paint. Stewart shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
10:10 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break with Bradford and Manning. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford at the basket. Bradford lays it up. It's blocked by Toole! Stewart grabs the rebound.
10:06 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Manning steals the pass from Gibson.
10:00 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty lays it up. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the rebound.
9:50 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart in the paint. Stewart shoots from the low post. Foul! Smalls fouls Stewart on the shot. Stewart missed the first free throw. Stewart makes the second free throw. Butler 80 - 65.
9:39 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Stewart to Shooting Guard and Solomon to Power Forward.
9:39 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Butler 80 - 68.
9:26 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Iwakuma to Shooting Guard and Stewart to Power Forward.
9:26 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gibson passes the ball to Iwakuma. Iwakuma shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
9:18 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Beaty to the right. Bradford lays it up. Foul! Gibson fouls Bradford on the shot. Bradford makes the first free throw. Bradford makes the second free throw. Butler 80 - 70.
9:14 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Trout to Power Forward.
9:14 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Gibson passes the ball to Iwakuma outside. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Iwakuma. Butler 83 - 70.
9:01 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Nikolovski to Point Guard, Mercer to Shooting Guard and Bradford to Small Forward.
9:01 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Toole grabs the rebound.
8:47 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break with Gibson and Toole. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Iwakuma grabs the offensive rebound.
8:42 - Butler: Iwakuma has the rebound and restarts the offense. Iwakuma shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Butler 85 - 70.
8:36 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Bradford to Shooting Guard, Manning to Small Forward and Rice to Power Forward. Butler substitutes Stewart to Shooting Guard and Solomon to Power Forward.
8:36 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning drives to the basket. Foul! Toole commits the foul on Manning.
8:21 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Beaty. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the rebound.
8:04 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson passes the ball to Stewart. Stewart passes the ball to Solomon. Solomon passes the ball to Stewart. Stewart shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Solomon. Butler 87 - 70.
8:04 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
7:39 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford passes the ball to Manning. Manning shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
7:28 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon. Solomon shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
7:20 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the long rebound.
7:16 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Stewart commits the foul on the drive.
7:01 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:55 - Mercer: Manning has the rebound and restarts the offense. Manning passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Manning. Butler 87 - 72.
6:42 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 89 - 72.
6:25 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Butler 89 - 74.
6:07 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Manning steals the pass from Gibson.
6:03 - 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 in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Manning. Manning tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Manning shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Burton. Butler 89 - 76.
5:32 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gibson passes the ball to Stewart outside. Stewart drives down the lane. Stewart lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 91 - 76.
5:17 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford in the paint. Bradford shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Butler 91 - 78.
5:08 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Butler 93 - 78.
4:59 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Bradford outside. Bradford drives down the lane. Bradford passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rice grabs the offensive rebound.
4:32 - Mercer: Rice has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rice passes the ball to Manning outside. Manning tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Manning passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Manning. Butler 93 - 80.
4:18 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
4:07 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford attacks with the ball on the fast break. Bradford turns the ball over to the other team.
4:01 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart passes the ball to Toole outside. Toole passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Stewart on the perimeter. Stewart shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
3:31 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Butler 93 - 82.
3:19 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon. Solomon passes the ball to Stewart on the perimeter. Stewart passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Stewart. Stewart with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rice grabs the rebound.
2:55 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Stewart steals the pass from Bradford.
2:50 - Butler: Breakaway! Stewart takes the ball the length of the court. Stewart lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 95 - 82.
2:50 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Butler!
2:46 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning. Manning with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
2:35 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Burton goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Butler 95 - 84.
2:30 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes. Rhodes passes the ball to Stewart. Stewart passes the ball to Toole in the paint. Toole passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon shoots from the low post. Foul! Rice fouls Solomon on the shot. Solomon missed the first free throw. Solomon makes the second free throw. Butler 96 - 84.
2:05 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives to the basket. Foul! Gibson commits the foul on Beaty.
1:53 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Beaty. Beaty passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
1:39 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart passes the ball to Gibson outside. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gibson. Butler 98 - 84.
1:21 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Burton. Butler 98 - 86.
0:57 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Stewart with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Manning grabs the rebound.
0:46 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:35 - Mercer: Manning has the rebound and restarts the offense. Manning shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bradford grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:31 - Mercer: Bradford has the rebound and restarts the offense. Bradford shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gibson grabs the rebound.
0:24 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Gibson. Gibson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Rice grabs the rebound.
0:10 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:06 - Mercer: Manning has the rebound and restarts the offense. Manning shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gibson grabs the rebound.
0:01 - Butler: Gibson dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Mercer 86, Butler 98
Starting Line-Ups
Mercer: PG-Beaty (5' 10"), SG-Bradford (6' 3½"), SF-Manning (6' 6½"), PF-Rice (6' 6½"), C-Burton (6' 8")
Butler: PG-Gibson (6' 1"), SG-Stewart (6' 4"), SF-Toole (6' 1½"), PF-Solomon (6' 7½"), C-Rhodes (6' 11½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Mercer gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the rebound.
19:39 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Butler 2 - 0.
19:26 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from beyond the arc. Foul! Toole fouls Manning on the shot. Manning missed the first free throw. Manning makes the second free throw. Manning missed the third free throw. Rhodes grabs the rebound. Butler 2 - 1.
19:18 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Toole in the paint. Toole passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Toole. Butler 4 - 1.
19:04 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rice. Tied 4 - 4.
18:51 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Fitzsimmons to Center. Butler substitutes Stewart to Point Guard, Iwakuma to Shooting Guard, Trout to Power Forward and Solomon to Center.
18:51 - Butler: Iwakuma brings up the ball against a zone defense. Iwakuma passes the ball to Trout in the paint. Trout shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Trout grabs the offensive rebound.
18:39 - Butler: Trout has the rebound and restarts the offense. Trout shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound.
18:33 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
18:28 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break with Stewart and Toole. Iwakuma lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 6 - 4.
18:24 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Trout grabs the rebound.
18:13 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart passes the ball to Iwakuma. Iwakuma shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound.
18:03 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning outside. Manning tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Manning passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
17:47 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against a zone defense. Stewart passes the ball to Iwakuma on the perimeter. Iwakuma shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Butler 9 - 4.
17:38 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Butler 9 - 6.
17:26 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart turns the ball over out of bounds.
17:23 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives by Iwakuma. Beaty lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 9 - 8.
17:12 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart passes the ball to Trout. Trout passes the ball to Iwakuma outside. Iwakuma shoots from deep. The shot misses. Beaty grabs the long rebound.
16:54 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Toole grabs the rebound.
16:36 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against a zone defense. Stewart passes the ball to Toole. Toole passes the ball to Stewart outside. Stewart passes the ball to Trout in the paint. Trout passes the ball to Iwakuma outside. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart outside. The shot clock winding down. Stewart shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound.
16:01 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Manning with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Toole fouls Manning on the shot. Manning makes the first free throw. Manning makes the second free throw. Mercer 10 - 9.
15:44 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Nikolovski to Point Guard and Smalls to Small Forward. Toole must sit with 2 fouls. Butler substitutes Richards to Shooting Guard and Iwakuma to Small Forward.
15:44 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against a zone defense. Stewart drives down the lane. Stewart passes the ball to Trout at the basket. Trout lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stewart. Butler 11 - 10.
15:34 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford drives by Richards. Bradford passes the ball to Rice at the basket. Rice lays it up. Foul! Trout fouls Rice on the shot. Rice makes the first free throw. Rice missed the second free throw. Trout grabs the rebound. Tied 11 - 11.
15:15 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart passes the ball to Iwakuma in the paint. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart outside. Stewart passes the ball to Iwakuma outside. Iwakuma passes the ball to Trout in the paint. Trout tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Trout shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Iwakuma. Butler 13 - 11.
14:44 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Gibson to Point Guard, Iwakuma to Shooting Guard, Stewart to Small Forward, Solomon to Power Forward and Rhodes to Center.
14:44 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls passes the ball to Bradford outside. Bradford drives down the lane. Bradford attempts to dunk it. Offensive foul! Bradford charged with the foul while taking the shot over Rhodes.
14:16 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Iwakuma. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson in the paint. Foul! Smalls commits a foul away from the ball.
14:07 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Solomon. Solomon shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
14:03 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break. Foul! Stewart commits the foul on Bradford.
13:57 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Nikolovski. Nikolovski passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the rebound.
13:46 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Iwakuma passes the ball to Solomon. Foul! Nikolovski commits a foul away from the ball.
13:36 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Solomon. Solomon passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the low post. Foul! Rice fouls Rhodes on the shot. Rhodes missed the first free throw. Rhodes makes the second free throw. Butler 14 - 11.
13:27 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons passes the ball to Rice outside. Rice passes the ball to Nikolovski. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
12:57 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break with Gibson to the right. Iwakuma lays it up. Foul! Nikolovski fouls Iwakuma on the shot. Iwakuma makes the first free throw. Iwakuma missed the second free throw. Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound. Butler 15 - 11.
12:51 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 15 - 13.
12:39 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Mercer to Shooting Guard, Fitzsimmons to Power Forward and Burton to Center. Butler substitutes Richards to Shooting Guard, Iwakuma to Small Forward and Trout to Power Forward.
12:39 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Trout in the paint. Trout passes the ball to Iwakuma outside. Iwakuma passes the ball to Richards in the paint. Richards passes the ball to Trout outside. Trout shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
12:11 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break with Smalls to the right. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls on the perimeter. Smalls shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:04 - Mercer: Smalls has the rebound and restarts the offense. Smalls passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Trout! Richards grabs the rebound.
11:51 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes. Rhodes shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
11:44 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Mercer. Mercer passes the ball to Fitzsimmons. Foul! Iwakuma commits a foul away from the ball.
11:33 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Smalls to Shooting Guard and Manning to Small Forward.
11:33 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Smalls. Smalls drives down the lane. Smalls passes the ball to Manning at the basket. Manning lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Smalls. Tied 15 - 15.
11:24 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 17 - 15.
11:24 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Butler!
11:16 - 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 misses. Iwakuma grabs the rebound.
11:05 - Butler: Richards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Richards passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson passes the ball to Trout in the paint. Trout passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Trout grabs the offensive rebound.
10:42 - Butler: Trout has the rebound and restarts the offense. Trout turns the ball over out of bounds.
10:37 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard.
10:37 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives by Iwakuma. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Mercer 18 - 17.
10:25 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Shooting Guard.
10:25 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Iwakuma in the paint. Iwakuma passes the ball to Richards. Richards passes the ball to Iwakuma on the perimeter. Iwakuma passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the inside. Foul! Burton fouls Rhodes on the shot. Rhodes makes the first free throw. Rhodes makes the second free throw. Butler 19 - 18.
10:03 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Mercer 20 - 19.
9:51 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard. Butler substitutes Iwakuma to Shooting Guard, Trout to Small Forward and Stewart to Power Forward.
9:51 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Stewart in the paint. Stewart passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stewart. Butler 21 - 20.
9:35 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Mercer 23 - 21.
9:22 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Trout outside. Trout passes the ball to Stewart. Stewart with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Trout. Tied 23 - 23.
9:02 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Richards to Shooting Guard, Iwakuma to Small Forward and Trout to Power Forward.
9:02 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty passes the ball to Burton at the basket. Burton lays it up. It's blocked by Trout! Rhodes grabs the rebound.
8:49 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Richards leads the fast break with Gibson to the right. Richards lays it up. Foul! Beaty fouls Richards on the shot. Richards makes the first free throw. Richards missed the second free throw. Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound. Butler 24 - 23.
8:43 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives to the basket. Foul! Gibson commits the foul on Beaty.
8:29 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Iwakuma to Shooting Guard, Stewart to Small Forward and Solomon to Power Forward.
8:29 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Bradford. Bradford shoots from deep. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
8:24 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart on the perimeter. Stewart passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Manning grabs the rebound.
8:01 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons passes the ball to Manning outside. Manning passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Manning. Mercer 25 - 24.
7:38 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Iwakuma on the perimeter. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart on the perimeter. Stewart shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gibson grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:15 - Butler: Gibson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gibson passes the ball to Iwakuma on the perimeter. Iwakuma shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gibson. Butler 27 - 25.
7:06 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the rebound.
6:54 - Butler: Iwakuma brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson. Gibson passes the ball to Stewart on the perimeter. Stewart shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gibson. Butler 30 - 25.
6:37 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton on the perimeter. Burton passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:18 - Mercer: Manning has the rebound and restarts the offense. Manning passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Burton. Butler 30 - 27.
6:01 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Gibson. Butler 32 - 27.
5:50 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
5:40 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break with Gibson to the right. Iwakuma lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 34 - 27.
5:36 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Manning. Manning tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Manning shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
5:08 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the low post. Foul! Fitzsimmons fouls Rhodes on the shot. Rhodes missed the first free throw. Rhodes missed the second free throw. Bradford grabs the rebound.
4:58 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Iwakuma steals the pass from Bradford.
4:51 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Gibson attacks with the ball on the fast break. Gibson passes the ball to Iwakuma on the perimeter. Iwakuma shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Bradford grabs the long rebound.
4:47 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. Butler 34 - 30.
4:34 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Power Forward. Butler substitutes Stewart to Shooting Guard and Toole to Small Forward.
4:34 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Butler 37 - 30.
4:30 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 37 - 32.
4:14 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Toole in the paint. Toole passes the ball to Stewart. Stewart tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Stewart shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Toole. Butler 39 - 32.
3:54 - 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 on the perimeter. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty lays it up. Rhodes rotates over and blocks the shot! Rhodes grabs the rebound.
3:32 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Solomon. Butler 42 - 32.
3:32 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
3:17 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Stewart grabs the rebound.
3:04 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break with Gibson and Toole. Stewart passes the ball to Gibson at the basket. Gibson lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stewart. Butler 44 - 32.
2:58 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty shoots from deep. The shot misses. Stewart grabs the long rebound.
2:52 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes passes the ball to Toole. Toole shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Butler 46 - 32.
2:32 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Smalls in the paint. Smalls passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Butler 46 - 34.
2:11 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against a zone defense. Stewart passes the ball to Toole on the perimeter. Toole passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Toole. Butler 48 - 34.
1:52 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. Foul! Rhodes fouls Burton on the shot. Burton makes the first free throw. Burton makes the second free throw. Butler 48 - 36.
1:41 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Toole in the paint. Toole passes the ball to Gibson outside. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Stewart outside. Stewart passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stewart. Butler 51 - 36.
1:10 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning. Manning tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Manning passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Manning. Butler 51 - 38.
0:53 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against pressure defense. Stewart passes the ball to Toole. Toole passes the ball to Gibson outside. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots in the paint. Foul! Burton fouls Rhodes on the shot. Rhodes makes the first free throw. Rhodes makes the second free throw. Butler 53 - 38.
0:31 - Game Event: Time out. Burton must sit with 2 fouls. Mercer substitutes Knepper to Center.
0:31 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 53 - 40.
0:17 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Rhodes. Rhodes shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Manning grabs the rebound.
0:05 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. And the shot clock expires!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Mercer 40, Butler 53
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Mercer substitutes Rice to Power Forward and Fitzsimmons to Center. Toole must sit with 2 fouls. Butler substitutes Iwakuma to Shooting Guard and Stewart to Small Forward.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Butler. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Solomon. Solomon passes the ball to Gibson. Gibson shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Manning grabs the rebound.
19:43 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Stewart grabs the rebound.
19:39 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Iwakuma. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Manning steals the pass from Gibson.
19:25 - 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 goes in! Assisted by Bradford. Butler 53 - 43.
19:11 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Power Forward and Burton to Center. Butler substitutes Stewart to Shooting Guard and Toole to Small Forward.
19:11 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Toole on the perimeter. Toole passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Foul! Smalls commits the foul on Rhodes.
19:00 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Solomon. Solomon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Butler 56 - 43.
18:54 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Fitzsimmons to Center. Butler substitutes Stewart to Point Guard, Iwakuma to Shooting Guard, Trout to Power Forward and Solomon to Center.
18:54 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty lays it up. The shot misses. Trout grabs the rebound.
18:43 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart outside. Stewart passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Trout. Trout with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 58 - 43.
18:17 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 58 - 45.
18:08 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Stewart passes the ball to Toole. Toole passes the ball to Iwakuma outside. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart outside. Stewart tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Stewart passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stewart. Butler 60 - 45.
17:43 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots from the low post. Trout rotates over and blocks the shot! Trout grabs the rebound.
17:35 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart drives down the lane. Stewart passes the ball to Solomon at the basket. Solomon attempts to dunk it. Offensive foul! Solomon charged with the foul while taking the shot over Beaty.
17:20 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Butler 60 - 47.
17:10 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against pressure defense. Stewart passes the ball to Toole on the perimeter. Toole shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
16:58 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Beaty to the right. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty at the basket. Beaty lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. Butler 60 - 49.
16:52 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound.
16:45 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford attacks with the ball on the fast break. Bradford lays it up. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
16:40 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart on the perimeter. Stewart shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Iwakuma grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:23 - Butler: Iwakuma has the rebound and restarts the offense. Iwakuma hands off the ball to Stewart. Stewart passes the ball to Trout in the paint. Trout passes the ball to Stewart in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Stewart shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Butler 62 - 49.
15:59 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Nikolovski to Point Guard, Smalls to Small Forward and Rice to Power Forward. Butler substitutes Gibson to Point Guard, Stewart to Shooting Guard, Solomon to Power Forward and Rhodes to Center.
15:59 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Rice. Toole steals the pass from Rice.
15:49 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Stewart passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Butler 64 - 49.
15:33 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Stewart to Point Guard, Iwakuma to Shooting Guard, Trout to Power Forward and Solomon to Center.
15:33 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Trout grabs the rebound.
15:20 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart passes the ball to Toole. Toole passes the ball to Iwakuma on the perimeter. Iwakuma shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Butler 67 - 49.
15:07 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Rice grabs the offensive rebound.
14:55 - Mercer: Rice has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rice shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 67 - 51.
14:48 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Burton to Center. Butler substitutes Gibson to Point Guard, Stewart to Shooting Guard, Solomon to Power Forward and Rhodes to Center.
14:48 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gibson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 69 - 51.
14:48 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Butler!
14:38 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford shoots from deep. The shot misses. Bradford grabs the offensive rebound.
14:33 - Mercer: Bradford has the rebound and restarts the offense. Bradford shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 69 - 53.
14:27 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gibson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gibson passes the ball to Toole. Toole with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the offensive rebound.
14:15 - Butler: Solomon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Solomon passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the long offensive rebound.
14:08 - Butler: Rhodes has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rhodes shoots from deep. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
14:05 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Nikolovski and Smalls. Bradford lays it up. Foul! Toole fouls Bradford on the shot. Bradford makes the first free throw. Bradford makes the second free throw. Butler 69 - 55.
13:59 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against a zone defense. Stewart tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Stewart with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
13:50 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls in the paint. Smalls shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Solomon! Rhodes grabs the rebound.
13:40 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Gibson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 71 - 55.
13:27 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Smalls on the perimeter. Smalls turns the ball over out of bounds.
13:17 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Stewart on the perimeter. Stewart passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Foul! Rice commits the foul on Solomon.
13:08 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Fitzsimmons to Center.
13:08 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Stewart. Stewart passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stewart. Butler 74 - 55.
12:57 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Smalls to Shooting Guard, Manning to Small Forward, Fitzsimmons to Power Forward and Burton to Center. Butler substitutes Iwakuma to Shooting Guard and Trout to Power Forward.
12:57 - Mercer: Smalls brings up the ball against a zone defense. Smalls shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Butler 74 - 58.
12:50 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Trout. Trout passes the ball to Toole outside. Toole shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Toole grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:35 - Butler: Toole has the rebound and restarts the offense. Toole passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes outside. Rhodes shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Butler 77 - 58.
12:21 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Nikolovski to Point Guard, Knepper to Shooting Guard, Mercer to Small Forward and Smalls to Power Forward.
12:21 - Mercer: Knepper brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knepper passes the ball to Nikolovski. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
12:09 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break with Gibson and Toole. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
12:04 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Knepper leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Knepper passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Butler 77 - 60.
11:47 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Nikolovski to Shooting Guard and Manning to Small Forward.
11:47 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes passes the ball to Trout outside. Trout passes the ball to Iwakuma outside. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson. Gibson passes the ball to Trout. Trout with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
11:22 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives by Iwakuma. Beaty passes the ball to Burton at the basket. Burton lays it up. The shot misses. Burton tips it in. Butler 77 - 62.
11:12 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Gibson passes the ball to Toole in the paint. Toole passes the ball to Gibson. Gibson passes the ball to Trout in the paint. Trout passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes passes the ball to Trout in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Trout shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 79 - 62.
10:38 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard. Butler substitutes Stewart to Power Forward.
10:38 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the rebound.
10:27 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break with Gibson and Toole. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
10:23 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford attacks with the ball on the fast break. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. Butler 79 - 65.
10:18 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Gibson passes the ball to Stewart in the paint. Stewart shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
10:10 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break with Bradford and Manning. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford at the basket. Bradford lays it up. It's blocked by Toole! Stewart grabs the rebound.
10:06 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Manning steals the pass from Gibson.
10:00 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty lays it up. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the rebound.
9:50 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Iwakuma passes the ball to Stewart in the paint. Stewart shoots from the low post. Foul! Smalls fouls Stewart on the shot. Stewart missed the first free throw. Stewart makes the second free throw. Butler 80 - 65.
9:39 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Stewart to Shooting Guard and Solomon to Power Forward.
9:39 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Butler 80 - 68.
9:26 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Iwakuma to Shooting Guard and Stewart to Power Forward.
9:26 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gibson passes the ball to Iwakuma. Iwakuma shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
9:18 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Beaty to the right. Bradford lays it up. Foul! Gibson fouls Bradford on the shot. Bradford makes the first free throw. Bradford makes the second free throw. Butler 80 - 70.
9:14 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Trout to Power Forward.
9:14 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Gibson passes the ball to Iwakuma outside. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Iwakuma. Butler 83 - 70.
9:01 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Nikolovski to Point Guard, Mercer to Shooting Guard and Bradford to Small Forward.
9:01 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Toole grabs the rebound.
8:47 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Iwakuma leads the fast break with Gibson and Toole. Iwakuma passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Iwakuma grabs the offensive rebound.
8:42 - Butler: Iwakuma has the rebound and restarts the offense. Iwakuma shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Butler 85 - 70.
8:36 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Bradford to Shooting Guard, Manning to Small Forward and Rice to Power Forward. Butler substitutes Stewart to Shooting Guard and Solomon to Power Forward.
8:36 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning drives to the basket. Foul! Toole commits the foul on Manning.
8:21 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Beaty. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the rebound.
8:04 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart passes the ball to Gibson on the perimeter. Gibson passes the ball to Stewart. Stewart passes the ball to Solomon. Solomon passes the ball to Stewart. Stewart shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Solomon. Butler 87 - 70.
8:04 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
7:39 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bradford passes the ball to Manning. Manning shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
7:28 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon. Solomon shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
7:20 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rhodes grabs the long rebound.
7:16 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Stewart commits the foul on the drive.
7:01 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:55 - Mercer: Manning has the rebound and restarts the offense. Manning passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Manning. Butler 87 - 72.
6:42 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 89 - 72.
6:25 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Butler 89 - 74.
6:07 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Manning steals the pass from Gibson.
6:03 - 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 in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Manning. Manning tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Manning shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Burton. Butler 89 - 76.
5:32 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gibson passes the ball to Stewart outside. Stewart drives down the lane. Stewart lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 91 - 76.
5:17 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford in the paint. Bradford shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Butler 91 - 78.
5:08 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Butler 93 - 78.
4:59 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Bradford outside. Bradford drives down the lane. Bradford passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rice grabs the offensive rebound.
4:32 - Mercer: Rice has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rice passes the ball to Manning outside. Manning tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Manning passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Manning. Butler 93 - 80.
4:18 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
4:07 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford attacks with the ball on the fast break. Bradford turns the ball over to the other team.
4:01 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart passes the ball to Toole outside. Toole passes the ball to Rhodes in the paint. Rhodes passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Stewart on the perimeter. Stewart shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
3:31 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Butler 93 - 82.
3:19 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon. Solomon passes the ball to Stewart on the perimeter. Stewart passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Stewart. Stewart with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rice grabs the rebound.
2:55 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Stewart steals the pass from Bradford.
2:50 - Butler: Breakaway! Stewart takes the ball the length of the court. Stewart lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 95 - 82.
2:50 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Butler!
2:46 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning. Manning with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
2:35 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Burton goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Butler 95 - 84.
2:30 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gibson passes the ball to Rhodes. Rhodes passes the ball to Stewart. Stewart passes the ball to Toole in the paint. Toole passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon shoots from the low post. Foul! Rice fouls Solomon on the shot. Solomon missed the first free throw. Solomon makes the second free throw. Butler 96 - 84.
2:05 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives to the basket. Foul! Gibson commits the foul on Beaty.
1:53 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Beaty. Beaty passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Solomon grabs the rebound.
1:39 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Stewart leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Stewart passes the ball to Gibson outside. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gibson. Butler 98 - 84.
1:21 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Burton. Butler 98 - 86.
0:57 - Butler: Stewart brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Stewart tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Stewart with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Manning grabs the rebound.
0:46 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:35 - Mercer: Manning has the rebound and restarts the offense. Manning shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bradford grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:31 - Mercer: Bradford has the rebound and restarts the offense. Bradford shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gibson grabs the rebound.
0:24 - Butler: Gibson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Gibson passes the ball to Solomon in the paint. Solomon passes the ball to Gibson. Gibson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Rice grabs the rebound.
0:10 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:06 - Mercer: Manning has the rebound and restarts the offense. Manning shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gibson grabs the rebound.
0:01 - Butler: Gibson dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Mercer 86, Butler 98
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