Game Date: Feb 27th, 2044
South Carolina 96 - Mercer 93
Date: November 28th, 2043
Game: College [Conference] [#1038069] 
Arena: Hawkins Arena
Attendance: 4,937
Player Of The Game: Pharaoh Bradford (1)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| South Carolina Gamecocks | 50 | 46 | 96 | |
| Mercer Bears | 38 | 55 | 93 | |
| South Carolina Gamecocks | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 31 | B. Spahn sf | 30 | 2-9 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +5 | 11.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 45 | T. Small pf | 28 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 2.1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 42 | A. Watts c | 29 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | +7 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 | 4 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 51 | S. Calhoun sg | 29 | 7-9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1.9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 40 | J. Barkley pg | 21 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 9.8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 10 | J. Von Essen pg | 23 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +8 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 1 | S. Hacker c | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 54 | V. Lane pf | 12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +4 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | Q. Coleman sf | 17 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 34-64 | 4-13 | 24-30 | 96 | 10 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | +15 | 5.8 | 54 | 15 | 18 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 53.1% | 30.8% | 80.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 21 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -18 | 7.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | J. Rice pf | 20 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +12 | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 52 | N. Burton c | 28 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -9 | 8.3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 24 | P. Bradford sg | 35 | 10-21 | 5-12 | 4-4 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 18.0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | L. Beaty pg | 32 | 8-19 | 5-12 | 6-8 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -6 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 51 | S. Nikolovski pg | 15 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +20 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 54 | K. Fitzsimmons c | 18 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | K. Mercer sf | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 34 | B. Knepper c | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 12 | M. Smalls pf | 25 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 12.7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 31-76 | 12-35 | 19-24 | 93 | 11 | 33 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 14.4 | 18 | 13 | 17 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 40.8% | 34.3% | 79.2% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Mercer: Pharaoh Bradford
Head Coaches
South Carolina: Benny Pierson
Mercer: Freddie Newsom
Offensive Efficiencies
South Carolina: At the rim (9/10 90.0%) Inside (18/32 56.3%) Mid-range (3/9 33.3%) Beyond the Arc (4/13 30.8%)
Mercer: At the rim (4/6 66.7%) Inside (5/15 33.3%) Mid-range (10/20 50.0%) Beyond the Arc (12/35 34.3%)
Defensive Tactics
South Carolina: Man-To-Man (32.0%) Zone (25.0%) Pressure (25.0%) 2nd Chance (8.0%) Transition (10.0%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Mercer: Man-To-Man (45.4%) Zone (27.8%) Pressure (5.2%) 2nd Chance (7.2%) Transition (13.4%) Int. Foul (1.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
South Carolina: 126.7 / 127.9
Mercer: 142.1 / 140.8
Injuries
South Carolina: none
Mercer: none
Overworked
South Carolina: none
Mercer: none
Game Information
Date: Saturday, November 28th, 2043
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Hawkins Arena
City: Macon, GA
Attendance: 4,937
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Mon Feb 24 2025 @ 9:19:30 am PST
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Starting Line-Ups
South Carolina: PG-Barkley (6' 3½"), SG-Calhoun (6' 2½"), SF-Spahn (6' 2½"), PF-Small (6' 9"), C-Watts (6' 10½")
Mercer: PG-Beaty (5' 10"), SG-Bradford (6' 3½"), SF-Manning (6' 6½"), PF-Rice (6' 6½"), C-Burton (6' 8")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! South Carolina gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Calhoun passes the ball to Watts outside. Watts passes the ball to Small. Small passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the inside. Foul! Burton fouls Watts on the shot. Watts makes the first free throw. Watts makes the second free throw. South Carolina 2 - 0.
19:29 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty drives by Barkley. Beaty lays it up. Foul! Barkley fouls Beaty on the shot. Beaty makes the first free throw. Beaty makes the second free throw. Tied 2 - 2.
19:21 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the low post. Foul! Rice fouls Small on the shot. Small makes the first free throw. Small makes the second free throw. South Carolina 4 - 2.
19:03 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Mercer 5 - 4.
18:57 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Hacker to Center. Mercer substitutes Fitzsimmons to Center.
18:57 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn outside. Spahn passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker passes the ball to Small outside. Manning steals the pass from Small.
18:37 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford drives down the lane. Bradford lays it up. Foul! Barkley fouls Bradford on the shot. Bradford makes the first free throw. Bradford makes the second free throw. Mercer 7 - 4.
18:20 - Game Event: Time out. Barkley must sit with 2 fouls. South Carolina substitutes Von Essen to Point Guard.
18:20 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Calhoun in the paint. Calhoun passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Fitzsimmons! Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound.
18:03 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Calhoun steals the pass from Beaty.
17:57 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Spahn to the right. Calhoun passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long rebound.
17:50 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 9 - 4.
17:40 - South Carolina: Calhoun brings up the ball against a zone defense. Calhoun passes the ball to Von Essen in the paint. Von Essen passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker shoots from the block. The shot misses. Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound.
17:17 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty lays it up. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
17:03 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Von Essen and Spahn. Calhoun lays it up. The shot goes in! Mercer 9 - 6.
16:57 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning. Manning shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Mercer 11 - 6.
16:46 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Small on the perimeter. Small passes the ball to Spahn in the paint. Spahn shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the offensive rebound.
16:31 - South Carolina: Hacker has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hacker shoots from the low post. Foul! Fitzsimmons fouls Hacker on the shot. Hacker makes the first free throw. Hacker makes the second free throw. Mercer 11 - 8.
16:28 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the rebound.
16:17 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Von Essen and Spahn. Calhoun lays it up. The shot goes in! Mercer 11 - 10.
16:11 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the rebound.
15:56 - South Carolina: Calhoun brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Calhoun passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small turns the ball over out of bounds.
15:45 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Coleman to Small Forward. Mercer substitutes Nikolovski to Point Guard and Smalls to Small Forward.
15:45 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice shoots from the low post. Small rotates over and blocks the shot! Rice grabs the offensive rebound.
15:34 - Mercer: Rice has the rebound. Rice shoots from the low post. Foul! Small fouls Rice on the shot. Rice makes the first free throw. Rice makes the second free throw. Mercer 13 - 10.
15:32 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Von Essen. Mercer 13 - 12.
15:21 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hacker steals the pass from Nikolovski.
15:16 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Coleman and Von Essen. Calhoun passes the ball to Coleman on the perimeter. Coleman shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rice grabs the long rebound.
15:10 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Smalls and Nikolovski. Bradford passes the ball to Smalls on the perimeter. Smalls shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. Mercer 16 - 12.
15:04 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Coleman on the perimeter. Coleman shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rice grabs the rebound.
14:54 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bradford drives down the lane. Bradford lays it up. Foul! Calhoun fouls Bradford on the shot. Bradford makes the first free throw. Bradford makes the second free throw. Mercer 18 - 12.
14:35 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Coleman. Coleman passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Coleman. Mercer 18 - 14.
14:20 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the long rebound.
14:02 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Von Essen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 18 - 16.
13:49 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Watts to Center.
13:49 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Nikolovski in the paint. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls on the perimeter. Smalls passes the ball to Bradford in the paint. Bradford shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 20 - 16.
13:25 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Watts shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Foul! Watts fouls Fitzsimmons trying to grab the offensive rebound.
13:04 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Hacker to Center.
13:04 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Smalls. Smalls passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 22 - 16.
12:54 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Barkley to Shooting Guard, Lane to Power Forward and Watts to Center. Mercer substitutes Mercer to Shooting Guard, Fitzsimmons to Power Forward and Burton to Center.
12:54 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Coleman grabs the offensive rebound.
12:41 - South Carolina: Coleman has the rebound and restarts the offense. Coleman shoots from the low post. Air ball! Mercer grabs the rebound.
12:37 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break with Mercer to the right. Nikolovski passes the ball to Mercer at the basket. Mercer attempts to dunk it. Foul! Barkley fouls Mercer on the shot. Mercer makes the first free throw. Mercer makes the second free throw. Mercer 24 - 16.
12:30 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Coleman on the perimeter. Coleman shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
12:14 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Mercer on the perimeter. Mercer passes the ball to Nikolovski in the paint. Nikolovski passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. Foul! Lane fouls Burton on the shot. Burton missed the first free throw. Burton missed the second free throw. Lane grabs the rebound.
11:56 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane shoots from the inside. Foul! Fitzsimmons fouls Lane on the shot. Lane makes the first free throw. Lane makes the second free throw. Mercer 24 - 18.
11:45 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Smalls to Shooting Guard and Manning to Small Forward.
11:45 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Von Essen grabs the rebound.
11:34 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Barkley passes the ball to Coleman outside. Coleman passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane passes the ball to Barkley. Barkley drives down the lane. Barkley lays it up. The shot goes in! Mercer 24 - 20.
10:58 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Coleman to Shooting Guard and Spahn to Small Forward. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard.
10:58 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man 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! Mercer 26 - 20.
10:58 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Mercer!
10:38 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Spahn passes the ball to Von Essen. Von Essen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Lane grabs the offensive rebound.
10:24 - South Carolina: Lane has the rebound and restarts the offense. Lane shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 26 - 22.
10:21 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Shooting Guard.
10:21 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning. Manning passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
10:04 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Burton passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Manning. Manning with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Lane grabs the rebound.
9:50 - South Carolina: Coleman brings up the ball against a zone defense. Coleman passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn passes the ball to Watts. Watts shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Manning grabs the rebound.
9:35 - Mercer: Smalls brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Smalls passes the ball to Beaty outside. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty passes the ball to Smalls on the perimeter. Smalls shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lane grabs the long rebound.
9:09 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Coleman outside. Manning steals the pass from Coleman.
8:59 - Mercer: Smalls brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Smalls shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Coleman grabs the rebound.
8:52 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane passes the ball to Von Essen on the perimeter. Von Essen shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
8:33 - Mercer: Smalls brings up the ball against a zone defense. Smalls passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons passes the ball to Manning. Manning passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Coleman steals the pass from Beaty.
8:11 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Coleman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Coleman passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Von Essen. Von Essen passes the ball to Coleman outside. Coleman passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Coleman. Mercer 26 - 24.
7:41 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Calhoun to Shooting Guard. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard.
7:41 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lane grabs the rebound.
7:36 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Calhoun in the paint. Calhoun shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 26 - 26.
7:27 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Spahn steals the pass from Bradford.
7:19 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane passes the ball to Von Essen. Von Essen passes the ball to Lane. Lane tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lane with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Fitzsimmons fouls Lane on the shot. Lane makes the first free throw. Lane missed the second free throw. Watts grabs the offensive rebound. South Carolina 27 - 26.
6:52 - South Carolina: Watts has the rebound. Watts shoots from the block. Foul! Manning fouls Watts on the shot. Watts makes the first free throw. Watts missed the second free throw. Burton grabs the rebound. South Carolina 28 - 26.
6:50 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
6:35 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Von Essen passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Spahn passes the ball to Von Essen. Von Essen with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Beaty fouls Von Essen on the shot. Von Essen missed the first free throw. Von Essen makes the second free throw. South Carolina 29 - 26.
6:20 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Small to Power Forward. Fitzsimmons must sit with 3 fouls. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Power Forward.
6:20 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. 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. South Carolina 29 - 28.
5:59 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Von Essen passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! South Carolina 32 - 28.
5:44 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! South Carolina 32 - 30.
5:35 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn passes the ball to Von Essen. Von Essen passes the ball to Spahn in the paint. Spahn passes the ball to Von Essen on the perimeter. Von Essen shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Spahn. South Carolina 35 - 30.
5:08 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Coleman to Shooting Guard.
5:08 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Watts! Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
4:52 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Burton passes the ball to Smalls on the perimeter. Smalls shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Spahn grabs the long rebound.
4:41 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Coleman leads the fast break with Von Essen to the right. Coleman lays it up. The shot goes in! South Carolina 37 - 30.
4:37 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Calhoun to Shooting Guard.
4:37 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls passes the ball to Manning outside. Manning drives down the lane. Manning attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! South Carolina 37 - 32.
4:19 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Watts tips it in. South Carolina 39 - 32.
4:08 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Small steals the pass from Beaty.
4:03 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Smalls steals the pass from Von Essen.
3:57 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure 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. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
3:37 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Spahn to the right. Calhoun lays it up. Foul! Manning fouls Calhoun on the shot. Calhoun missed the first free throw. Calhoun makes the second free throw. South Carolina 40 - 32.
3:30 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Spahn grabs the long rebound.
3:26 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Von Essen grabs the long offensive rebound.
3:14 - South Carolina: Von Essen has the rebound and restarts the offense. Von Essen passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! South Carolina 42 - 32.
3:06 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Watts steals the pass from Beaty.
3:01 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Von Essen to the right. Calhoun attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! South Carolina 44 - 32.
2:54 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bradford shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:48 - Mercer: Manning has the rebound and restarts the offense. Manning shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
2:43 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bradford steals the pass from Von Essen.
2:36 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. 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 goes in! Assisted by Bradford. South Carolina 44 - 34.
2:20 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Von Essen. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Von Essen on the perimeter. Foul! Manning commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Spahn is shooting one-and-one. Spahn makes the first free throw. Spahn makes the second free throw. South Carolina 46 - 34.
2:01 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton on the perimeter. Burton passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Burton. South Carolina 46 - 36.
1:43 - South Carolina: Calhoun brings up the ball against a zone defense. Calhoun passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Small. South Carolina 48 - 36.
1:28 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Smalls on the perimeter. Smalls tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Smalls with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
1:07 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Calhoun on the perimeter. Calhoun passes the ball to Von Essen in the paint. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Small. Small with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
0:46 - 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 Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
0:32 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound. Burton goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! South Carolina 48 - 38.
0:30 - South Carolina: Calhoun brings up the ball against a zone defense. Calhoun hands off the ball to Spahn. Spahn passes the ball to Von Essen. Von Essen passes the ball to Calhoun. Calhoun passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Calhoun. South Carolina 50 - 38.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
South Carolina 50, Mercer 38
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Manning must sit with 3 fouls. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Small Forward and Rice to Power Forward.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Mercer. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Rice. Rice passes the ball to Bradford in the paint. Bradford passes the ball to Smalls in the paint. Smalls shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. South Carolina 50 - 40.
19:39 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Barkley to Point Guard. Mercer substitutes Manning to Small Forward and Smalls to Power Forward.
19:39 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Calhoun on the perimeter. Calhoun shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Manning grabs the rebound.
19:30 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Bradford grabs the offensive rebound.
19:20 - Mercer: Bradford has the rebound. Bradford shoots from the low post. Watts rotates over and blocks the shot! Watts grabs the rebound.
19:18 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Calhoun hands off the ball to Barkley. Barkley tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn in the paint. Spahn shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Small grabs the offensive rebound.
18:57 - South Carolina: Small has the rebound. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! South Carolina 52 - 40.
18:55 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Hacker to Center. Mercer substitutes Fitzsimmons to Center.
18:55 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford drives to the basket. Foul! Calhoun commits the foul on Bradford.
18:40 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Smalls. Smalls passes the ball to Manning outside. Manning passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons passes the ball to Manning. Manning shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
18:21 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Calhoun hands off the ball to Spahn. Spahn passes the ball to Barkley. Manning steals the pass from Barkley.
17:59 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the rebound.
17:45 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Small outside. Foul! Manning commits a foul away from the ball.
17:41 - South Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Hacker. Beaty steals the pass from Hacker.
17:34 - 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. Smalls grabs the offensive rebound.
17:17 - Mercer: Smalls has the rebound and restarts the offense. Smalls shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Smalls charged with the foul while taking the shot over Hacker.
17:13 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn passes the ball to Calhoun outside. Calhoun hands off the ball to Spahn. Spahn passes the ball to Calhoun. Calhoun shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Spahn. South Carolina 54 - 40.
16:48 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Bradford passes the ball to Manning. Manning shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. South Carolina 54 - 42.
16:36 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Small on the perimeter. Small passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Barkley passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
16:06 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! South Carolina 54 - 45.
15:47 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Coleman to Small Forward. Manning must sit with 4 fouls. Mercer substitutes Nikolovski to Point Guard, Smalls to Small Forward and Rice to Power Forward.
15:47 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Barkley with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! South Carolina 56 - 45.
15:36 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Nikolovski passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Nikolovski grabs the offensive rebound.
15:28 - Mercer: Nikolovski has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nikolovski shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the rebound.
15:23 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Barkley leads the fast break with Coleman to the right. Barkley lays it up. Foul! Nikolovski fouls Barkley on the shot. Barkley makes the first free throw. Barkley makes the second free throw. South Carolina 58 - 45.
15:18 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Calhoun grabs the rebound.
15:09 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker passes the ball to Coleman in the paint. Coleman shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hacker. South Carolina 60 - 45.
14:51 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Bradford passes the ball to Rice. Rice passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots from the low post. Foul! Hacker fouls Fitzsimmons on the shot. Fitzsimmons makes the first free throw. Fitzsimmons missed the second free throw. Small grabs the rebound. South Carolina 60 - 46.
14:33 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Barkley passes the ball to Calhoun. Calhoun with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Small grabs the offensive rebound.
14:22 - South Carolina: Small has the rebound and restarts the offense. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! South Carolina 62 - 46.
14:18 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Nikolovski passes the ball to Rice. Rice passes the ball to Nikolovski on the perimeter. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! South Carolina 62 - 48.
13:54 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Watts to Center. Mercer substitutes Burton to Center.
13:54 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Barkley. Burton steals the pass from Barkley.
13:39 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bradford drives down the lane. Bradford passes the ball to Burton at the basket. Burton lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. South Carolina 62 - 50.
13:20 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Hacker to Center. Mercer substitutes Fitzsimmons to Center.
13:20 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Coleman. Coleman turns the ball over out of bounds.
13:09 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls outside. Smalls shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the rebound.
12:58 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker shoots from the inside. Foul! Fitzsimmons fouls Hacker on the shot. Hacker missed the first free throw. Hacker missed the second free throw. Rice grabs the rebound.
12:49 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Bradford shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! South Carolina 62 - 53.
12:49 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Mercer!
12:42 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Von Essen to Shooting Guard, Lane to Power Forward and Watts to Center. Mercer substitutes Manning to Small Forward, Smalls to Power Forward and Burton to Center.
12:42 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Von Essen outside. Von Essen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! South Carolina 64 - 53.
12:25 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Nikolovski passes the ball to Bradford outside. Bradford shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
12:15 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
12:09 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! South Carolina 64 - 55.
12:00 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Mercer to Shooting Guard and Knepper to Center.
12:00 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Barkley passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Watts tips it in. South Carolina 66 - 55.
11:52 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Bradford to Shooting Guard and Burton to Center.
11:52 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against pressure defense. Bradford passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Manning commits the foul on the drive. Manning fouls out. Mercer replaces Manning at small forward.
11:38 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Nikolovski to Shooting Guard and Bradford to Small Forward.
11:38 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Barkley drives down the lane. Barkley lays it up. Foul! Smalls fouls Barkley on the shot. Barkley makes the first free throw. Barkley makes the second free throw. South Carolina 68 - 55.
11:18 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
11:12 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! South Carolina 70 - 55.
11:05 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Mercer to Small Forward.
11:05 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty shoots from deep. The shot goes in! South Carolina 70 - 58.
11:01 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Knepper to Center.
11:01 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
10:49 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break with Beaty to the right. Nikolovski passes the ball to Beaty at the basket. Beaty lays it up. Foul! Barkley fouls Beaty on the shot. Beaty makes the first free throw. Beaty makes the second free throw. South Carolina 70 - 60.
10:42 - Game Event: Time out. Barkley must sit with 4 fouls. South Carolina substitutes Von Essen to Point Guard, Coleman to Shooting Guard and Spahn to Small Forward. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Small Forward and Burton to Center.
10:42 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots in the paint. Foul! Burton fouls Watts on the shot. Watts makes the first free throw. Watts makes the second free throw. South Carolina 72 - 60.
10:31 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! South Carolina 72 - 63.
10:21 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Coleman on the perimeter. Coleman passes the ball to Von Essen in the paint. Von Essen passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Burton steals the pass from Lane.
9:58 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nikolovski shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lane grabs the long rebound.
9:45 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Coleman leads the fast break with Von Essen to the right. Coleman passes the ball to Von Essen on the perimeter. Von Essen shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Burton grabs the long rebound.
9:39 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break with Nikolovski to the right. Beaty passes the ball to Nikolovski at the basket. Nikolovski lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. South Carolina 72 - 65.
9:35 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Rice to Power Forward.
9:35 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. Rice rotates over and blocks the shot! Spahn grabs the offensive rebound.
9:23 - South Carolina: Spahn has the rebound and restarts the offense. Spahn shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! South Carolina 74 - 65.
9:17 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Burton. South Carolina 74 - 68.
9:04 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Burton steals the pass from Lane.
8:54 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break with Bradford to the right. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! South Carolina 74 - 71.
8:48 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Barkley to Point Guard.
8:48 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane passes the ball to Barkley in the paint. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn drives down the lane. Spahn lays it up. The shot misses. Beaty grabs the rebound.
8:23 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty passes the ball to Nikolovski outside. Nikolovski passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty lays it up. Foul! Watts fouls Beaty on the shot. Beaty makes the first free throw. Beaty missed the second free throw. Watts grabs the rebound. South Carolina 74 - 72.
8:04 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts turns the ball over to the other team.
7:53 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break with Beaty to the right. Nikolovski passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Lane grabs the rebound.
7:46 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn in the paint. Rice steals the pass from Spahn.
7:35 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
7:22 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound. Burton shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Watts! Spahn grabs the rebound.
7:20 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn drives down the lane. Spahn passes the ball to Lane at the basket. Lane lays it up. Foul! Rice fouls Lane on the shot. Lane makes the first free throw. Lane makes the second free throw. South Carolina 76 - 72.
6:58 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Calhoun to Shooting Guard and Small to Power Forward.
6:58 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! South Carolina 76 - 75.
6:58 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
6:53 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Burton steals the pass from Barkley.
6:49 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break with Beaty to the right. Nikolovski attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Mercer 77 - 76.
6:42 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn passes the ball to Calhoun outside. Calhoun passes the ball to Barkley. Barkley tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
6:17 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty passes the ball to Nikolovski outside. Nikolovski shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Calhoun grabs the rebound.
5:59 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn passes the ball to Barkley in the paint. Nikolovski steals the pass from Barkley.
5:44 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break with Bradford and Nikolovski. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Mercer 80 - 76.
5:39 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Spahn passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
5:27 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nikolovski shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
5:17 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Barkley and Spahn. Calhoun passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Barkley shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Bradford grabs the rebound.
5:13 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break with Beaty to the right. Nikolovski passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nikolovski grabs the long offensive rebound.
5:09 - Mercer: Nikolovski has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty passes the ball to Nikolovski in the paint. Foul! Small commits a foul away from the ball.
4:54 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Nikolovski. Nikolovski passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. Foul! Small fouls Burton on the shot. Burton makes the first free throw. Burton makes the second free throw. Mercer 82 - 76.
4:42 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard and Mercer to Small Forward.
4:42 - South Carolina: Calhoun brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Calhoun passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Calhoun. Mercer 82 - 78.
4:33 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against pressure defense. Bradford shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Rice grabs the long offensive rebound.
4:28 - Mercer: Rice has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rice passes the ball to Mercer in the paint. Mercer passes the ball to Beaty outside. Beaty passes the ball to Burton outside. Burton shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Mercer 85 - 78.
4:09 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Calhoun in the paint. Calhoun shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Barkley. Mercer 85 - 80.
3:58 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty lays it up. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
3:50 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Barkley and Spahn. Calhoun passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Barkley shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Mercer 85 - 83.
3:45 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Barkley grabs the rebound.
3:37 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Barkley leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Watts charged with the foul while taking the shot over Rice.
3:17 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Bradford shoots from deep. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
3:12 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Barkley and Spahn. Calhoun passes the ball to Barkley at the basket. Barkley lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Calhoun. Tied 85 - 85.
3:05 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice shoots in the paint. Foul! Small fouls Rice on the shot. Rice makes the first free throw. Rice makes the second free throw. Mercer 87 - 85.
2:57 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Tied 87 - 87.
2:46 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Mercer 89 - 87.
2:35 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Spahn with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
2:19 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Beaty and Mercer. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Watts grabs the long rebound.
2:13 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Barkley to the right. Calhoun lays it up. The shot goes in! Tied 89 - 89.
2:09 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford in the paint. Bradford passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Small grabs the long rebound.
1:39 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Calhoun on the perimeter. Calhoun turns the ball over to the other team.
1:34 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
1:22 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Calhoun hands off the ball to Barkley. Barkley passes the ball to Calhoun. Calhoun passes the ball to Spahn in the paint. Spahn tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Spahn passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Spahn. South Carolina 91 - 89.
0:46 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Small Forward.
0:46 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford in the paint. Bradford carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
0:40 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Offensive foul! Calhoun commits the foul away from the ball.
0:24 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Barkley fouls Beaty on the shot. Barkley fouls out. Von Essen replaces Barkley at point guard. Beaty makes the first free throw. Beaty missed the second free throw. Small grabs the rebound. South Carolina 91 - 90.
0:15 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Foul! Smalls commits the intentional foul on Watts. In the bonus, Watts is shooting one-and-one. Watts makes the first free throw. Watts makes the second free throw. South Carolina 93 - 90.
0:08 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Tied 93 - 93.
0:08 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Mercer!
0:01 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. The shot clock winding down. Von Essen shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! South Carolina 96 - 93.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
South Carolina 96, Mercer 93
Starting Line-Ups
South Carolina: PG-Barkley (6' 3½"), SG-Calhoun (6' 2½"), SF-Spahn (6' 2½"), PF-Small (6' 9"), C-Watts (6' 10½")
Mercer: PG-Beaty (5' 10"), SG-Bradford (6' 3½"), SF-Manning (6' 6½"), PF-Rice (6' 6½"), C-Burton (6' 8")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! South Carolina gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Calhoun passes the ball to Watts outside. Watts passes the ball to Small. Small passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the inside. Foul! Burton fouls Watts on the shot. Watts makes the first free throw. Watts makes the second free throw. South Carolina 2 - 0.
19:29 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty drives by Barkley. Beaty lays it up. Foul! Barkley fouls Beaty on the shot. Beaty makes the first free throw. Beaty makes the second free throw. Tied 2 - 2.
19:21 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the low post. Foul! Rice fouls Small on the shot. Small makes the first free throw. Small makes the second free throw. South Carolina 4 - 2.
19:03 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Mercer 5 - 4.
18:57 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Hacker to Center. Mercer substitutes Fitzsimmons to Center.
18:57 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn outside. Spahn passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker passes the ball to Small outside. Manning steals the pass from Small.
18:37 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford drives down the lane. Bradford lays it up. Foul! Barkley fouls Bradford on the shot. Bradford makes the first free throw. Bradford makes the second free throw. Mercer 7 - 4.
18:20 - Game Event: Time out. Barkley must sit with 2 fouls. South Carolina substitutes Von Essen to Point Guard.
18:20 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Calhoun in the paint. Calhoun passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Fitzsimmons! Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound.
18:03 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Calhoun steals the pass from Beaty.
17:57 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Spahn to the right. Calhoun passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long rebound.
17:50 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 9 - 4.
17:40 - South Carolina: Calhoun brings up the ball against a zone defense. Calhoun passes the ball to Von Essen in the paint. Von Essen passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker shoots from the block. The shot misses. Fitzsimmons grabs the rebound.
17:17 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty lays it up. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
17:03 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Von Essen and Spahn. Calhoun lays it up. The shot goes in! Mercer 9 - 6.
16:57 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning. Manning shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Mercer 11 - 6.
16:46 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Small on the perimeter. Small passes the ball to Spahn in the paint. Spahn shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the offensive rebound.
16:31 - South Carolina: Hacker has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hacker shoots from the low post. Foul! Fitzsimmons fouls Hacker on the shot. Hacker makes the first free throw. Hacker makes the second free throw. Mercer 11 - 8.
16:28 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the rebound.
16:17 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Von Essen and Spahn. Calhoun lays it up. The shot goes in! Mercer 11 - 10.
16:11 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the rebound.
15:56 - South Carolina: Calhoun brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Calhoun passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small turns the ball over out of bounds.
15:45 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Coleman to Small Forward. Mercer substitutes Nikolovski to Point Guard and Smalls to Small Forward.
15:45 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice shoots from the low post. Small rotates over and blocks the shot! Rice grabs the offensive rebound.
15:34 - Mercer: Rice has the rebound. Rice shoots from the low post. Foul! Small fouls Rice on the shot. Rice makes the first free throw. Rice makes the second free throw. Mercer 13 - 10.
15:32 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Von Essen. Mercer 13 - 12.
15:21 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hacker steals the pass from Nikolovski.
15:16 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Coleman and Von Essen. Calhoun passes the ball to Coleman on the perimeter. Coleman shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rice grabs the long rebound.
15:10 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Smalls and Nikolovski. Bradford passes the ball to Smalls on the perimeter. Smalls shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. Mercer 16 - 12.
15:04 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Coleman on the perimeter. Coleman shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rice grabs the rebound.
14:54 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bradford drives down the lane. Bradford lays it up. Foul! Calhoun fouls Bradford on the shot. Bradford makes the first free throw. Bradford makes the second free throw. Mercer 18 - 12.
14:35 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Coleman. Coleman passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Coleman. Mercer 18 - 14.
14:20 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the long rebound.
14:02 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Von Essen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 18 - 16.
13:49 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Watts to Center.
13:49 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Nikolovski in the paint. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls on the perimeter. Smalls passes the ball to Bradford in the paint. Bradford shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 20 - 16.
13:25 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Watts shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Foul! Watts fouls Fitzsimmons trying to grab the offensive rebound.
13:04 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Hacker to Center.
13:04 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Smalls. Smalls passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Mercer 22 - 16.
12:54 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Barkley to Shooting Guard, Lane to Power Forward and Watts to Center. Mercer substitutes Mercer to Shooting Guard, Fitzsimmons to Power Forward and Burton to Center.
12:54 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Coleman grabs the offensive rebound.
12:41 - South Carolina: Coleman has the rebound and restarts the offense. Coleman shoots from the low post. Air ball! Mercer grabs the rebound.
12:37 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break with Mercer to the right. Nikolovski passes the ball to Mercer at the basket. Mercer attempts to dunk it. Foul! Barkley fouls Mercer on the shot. Mercer makes the first free throw. Mercer makes the second free throw. Mercer 24 - 16.
12:30 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Coleman on the perimeter. Coleman shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
12:14 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Mercer on the perimeter. Mercer passes the ball to Nikolovski in the paint. Nikolovski passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. Foul! Lane fouls Burton on the shot. Burton missed the first free throw. Burton missed the second free throw. Lane grabs the rebound.
11:56 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane shoots from the inside. Foul! Fitzsimmons fouls Lane on the shot. Lane makes the first free throw. Lane makes the second free throw. Mercer 24 - 18.
11:45 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Smalls to Shooting Guard and Manning to Small Forward.
11:45 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Von Essen grabs the rebound.
11:34 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Barkley passes the ball to Coleman outside. Coleman passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane passes the ball to Barkley. Barkley drives down the lane. Barkley lays it up. The shot goes in! Mercer 24 - 20.
10:58 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Coleman to Shooting Guard and Spahn to Small Forward. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard.
10:58 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man 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! Mercer 26 - 20.
10:58 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Mercer!
10:38 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Spahn passes the ball to Von Essen. Von Essen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Lane grabs the offensive rebound.
10:24 - South Carolina: Lane has the rebound and restarts the offense. Lane shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Mercer 26 - 22.
10:21 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Shooting Guard.
10:21 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Manning. Manning passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
10:04 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Burton passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Manning. Manning with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Lane grabs the rebound.
9:50 - South Carolina: Coleman brings up the ball against a zone defense. Coleman passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn passes the ball to Watts. Watts shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Manning grabs the rebound.
9:35 - Mercer: Smalls brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Smalls passes the ball to Beaty outside. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty passes the ball to Smalls on the perimeter. Smalls shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lane grabs the long rebound.
9:09 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Coleman outside. Manning steals the pass from Coleman.
8:59 - Mercer: Smalls brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Smalls shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Coleman grabs the rebound.
8:52 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane passes the ball to Von Essen on the perimeter. Von Essen shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
8:33 - Mercer: Smalls brings up the ball against a zone defense. Smalls passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons passes the ball to Manning. Manning passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Coleman steals the pass from Beaty.
8:11 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Coleman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Coleman passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Von Essen. Von Essen passes the ball to Coleman outside. Coleman passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Coleman. Mercer 26 - 24.
7:41 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Calhoun to Shooting Guard. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard.
7:41 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lane grabs the rebound.
7:36 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Calhoun in the paint. Calhoun shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 26 - 26.
7:27 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense. Spahn steals the pass from Bradford.
7:19 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane passes the ball to Von Essen. Von Essen passes the ball to Lane. Lane tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lane with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Fitzsimmons fouls Lane on the shot. Lane makes the first free throw. Lane missed the second free throw. Watts grabs the offensive rebound. South Carolina 27 - 26.
6:52 - South Carolina: Watts has the rebound. Watts shoots from the block. Foul! Manning fouls Watts on the shot. Watts makes the first free throw. Watts missed the second free throw. Burton grabs the rebound. South Carolina 28 - 26.
6:50 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
6:35 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Von Essen passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Spahn passes the ball to Von Essen. Von Essen with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Beaty fouls Von Essen on the shot. Von Essen missed the first free throw. Von Essen makes the second free throw. South Carolina 29 - 26.
6:20 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Small to Power Forward. Fitzsimmons must sit with 3 fouls. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Power Forward.
6:20 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford passes the ball to Manning on the perimeter. 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. South Carolina 29 - 28.
5:59 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Von Essen passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! South Carolina 32 - 28.
5:44 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! South Carolina 32 - 30.
5:35 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn passes the ball to Von Essen. Von Essen passes the ball to Spahn in the paint. Spahn passes the ball to Von Essen on the perimeter. Von Essen shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Spahn. South Carolina 35 - 30.
5:08 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Coleman to Shooting Guard.
5:08 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Watts! Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
4:52 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Burton passes the ball to Smalls on the perimeter. Smalls shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Spahn grabs the long rebound.
4:41 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Coleman leads the fast break with Von Essen to the right. Coleman lays it up. The shot goes in! South Carolina 37 - 30.
4:37 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Calhoun to Shooting Guard.
4:37 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls passes the ball to Manning outside. Manning drives down the lane. Manning attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! South Carolina 37 - 32.
4:19 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Watts tips it in. South Carolina 39 - 32.
4:08 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Small steals the pass from Beaty.
4:03 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Smalls steals the pass from Von Essen.
3:57 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure 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. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
3:37 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Spahn to the right. Calhoun lays it up. Foul! Manning fouls Calhoun on the shot. Calhoun missed the first free throw. Calhoun makes the second free throw. South Carolina 40 - 32.
3:30 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Spahn grabs the long rebound.
3:26 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Von Essen grabs the long offensive rebound.
3:14 - South Carolina: Von Essen has the rebound and restarts the offense. Von Essen passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! South Carolina 42 - 32.
3:06 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Watts steals the pass from Beaty.
3:01 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Von Essen to the right. Calhoun attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! South Carolina 44 - 32.
2:54 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bradford shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Manning grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:48 - Mercer: Manning has the rebound and restarts the offense. Manning shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
2:43 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bradford steals the pass from Von Essen.
2:36 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. 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 goes in! Assisted by Bradford. South Carolina 44 - 34.
2:20 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Von Essen. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Von Essen on the perimeter. Foul! Manning commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Spahn is shooting one-and-one. Spahn makes the first free throw. Spahn makes the second free throw. South Carolina 46 - 34.
2:01 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton on the perimeter. Burton passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Burton. South Carolina 46 - 36.
1:43 - South Carolina: Calhoun brings up the ball against a zone defense. Calhoun passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Small. South Carolina 48 - 36.
1:28 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Smalls on the perimeter. Smalls tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Smalls with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
1:07 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Calhoun on the perimeter. Calhoun passes the ball to Von Essen in the paint. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Small. Small with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
0:46 - 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 Manning on the perimeter. Manning shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
0:32 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound. Burton goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! South Carolina 48 - 38.
0:30 - South Carolina: Calhoun brings up the ball against a zone defense. Calhoun hands off the ball to Spahn. Spahn passes the ball to Von Essen. Von Essen passes the ball to Calhoun. Calhoun passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Calhoun. South Carolina 50 - 38.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
South Carolina 50, Mercer 38
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Manning must sit with 3 fouls. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Small Forward and Rice to Power Forward.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Mercer. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Rice. Rice passes the ball to Bradford in the paint. Bradford passes the ball to Smalls in the paint. Smalls shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. South Carolina 50 - 40.
19:39 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Barkley to Point Guard. Mercer substitutes Manning to Small Forward and Smalls to Power Forward.
19:39 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Calhoun on the perimeter. Calhoun shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Manning grabs the rebound.
19:30 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Bradford grabs the offensive rebound.
19:20 - Mercer: Bradford has the rebound. Bradford shoots from the low post. Watts rotates over and blocks the shot! Watts grabs the rebound.
19:18 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Calhoun hands off the ball to Barkley. Barkley tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn in the paint. Spahn shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Small grabs the offensive rebound.
18:57 - South Carolina: Small has the rebound. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! South Carolina 52 - 40.
18:55 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Hacker to Center. Mercer substitutes Fitzsimmons to Center.
18:55 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford drives to the basket. Foul! Calhoun commits the foul on Bradford.
18:40 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Smalls. Smalls passes the ball to Manning outside. Manning passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons passes the ball to Manning. Manning shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
18:21 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Calhoun hands off the ball to Spahn. Spahn passes the ball to Barkley. Manning steals the pass from Barkley.
17:59 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the rebound.
17:45 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Small outside. Foul! Manning commits a foul away from the ball.
17:41 - South Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Hacker. Beaty steals the pass from Hacker.
17:34 - 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. Smalls grabs the offensive rebound.
17:17 - Mercer: Smalls has the rebound and restarts the offense. Smalls shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Smalls charged with the foul while taking the shot over Hacker.
17:13 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn passes the ball to Calhoun outside. Calhoun hands off the ball to Spahn. Spahn passes the ball to Calhoun. Calhoun shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Spahn. South Carolina 54 - 40.
16:48 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Bradford passes the ball to Manning. Manning shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. South Carolina 54 - 42.
16:36 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Small on the perimeter. Small passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Barkley passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
16:06 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! South Carolina 54 - 45.
15:47 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Coleman to Small Forward. Manning must sit with 4 fouls. Mercer substitutes Nikolovski to Point Guard, Smalls to Small Forward and Rice to Power Forward.
15:47 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Barkley with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! South Carolina 56 - 45.
15:36 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Nikolovski passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Nikolovski grabs the offensive rebound.
15:28 - Mercer: Nikolovski has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nikolovski shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the rebound.
15:23 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Barkley leads the fast break with Coleman to the right. Barkley lays it up. Foul! Nikolovski fouls Barkley on the shot. Barkley makes the first free throw. Barkley makes the second free throw. South Carolina 58 - 45.
15:18 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Calhoun grabs the rebound.
15:09 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker passes the ball to Coleman in the paint. Coleman shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hacker. South Carolina 60 - 45.
14:51 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Bradford passes the ball to Rice. Rice passes the ball to Fitzsimmons in the paint. Fitzsimmons shoots from the low post. Foul! Hacker fouls Fitzsimmons on the shot. Fitzsimmons makes the first free throw. Fitzsimmons missed the second free throw. Small grabs the rebound. South Carolina 60 - 46.
14:33 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Barkley passes the ball to Calhoun. Calhoun with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Small grabs the offensive rebound.
14:22 - South Carolina: Small has the rebound and restarts the offense. Small shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! South Carolina 62 - 46.
14:18 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Nikolovski passes the ball to Rice. Rice passes the ball to Nikolovski on the perimeter. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls. Smalls shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! South Carolina 62 - 48.
13:54 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Watts to Center. Mercer substitutes Burton to Center.
13:54 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts passes the ball to Barkley. Burton steals the pass from Barkley.
13:39 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bradford drives down the lane. Bradford passes the ball to Burton at the basket. Burton lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bradford. South Carolina 62 - 50.
13:20 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Hacker to Center. Mercer substitutes Fitzsimmons to Center.
13:20 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Coleman. Coleman turns the ball over out of bounds.
13:09 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Smalls outside. Smalls shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hacker grabs the rebound.
12:58 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Hacker in the paint. Hacker shoots from the inside. Foul! Fitzsimmons fouls Hacker on the shot. Hacker missed the first free throw. Hacker missed the second free throw. Rice grabs the rebound.
12:49 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Bradford shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! South Carolina 62 - 53.
12:49 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Mercer!
12:42 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Von Essen to Shooting Guard, Lane to Power Forward and Watts to Center. Mercer substitutes Manning to Small Forward, Smalls to Power Forward and Burton to Center.
12:42 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Von Essen outside. Von Essen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! South Carolina 64 - 53.
12:25 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Nikolovski passes the ball to Bradford outside. Bradford shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
12:15 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
12:09 - Mercer: Nikolovski brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! South Carolina 64 - 55.
12:00 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Mercer to Shooting Guard and Knepper to Center.
12:00 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Barkley passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Watts tips it in. South Carolina 66 - 55.
11:52 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Beaty to Point Guard, Bradford to Shooting Guard and Burton to Center.
11:52 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against pressure defense. Bradford passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Manning commits the foul on the drive. Manning fouls out. Mercer replaces Manning at small forward.
11:38 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Nikolovski to Shooting Guard and Bradford to Small Forward.
11:38 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Barkley drives down the lane. Barkley lays it up. Foul! Smalls fouls Barkley on the shot. Barkley makes the first free throw. Barkley makes the second free throw. South Carolina 68 - 55.
11:18 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
11:12 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! South Carolina 70 - 55.
11:05 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Mercer to Small Forward.
11:05 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty shoots from deep. The shot goes in! South Carolina 70 - 58.
11:01 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Knepper to Center.
11:01 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Smalls grabs the rebound.
10:49 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break with Beaty to the right. Nikolovski passes the ball to Beaty at the basket. Beaty lays it up. Foul! Barkley fouls Beaty on the shot. Beaty makes the first free throw. Beaty makes the second free throw. South Carolina 70 - 60.
10:42 - Game Event: Time out. Barkley must sit with 4 fouls. South Carolina substitutes Von Essen to Point Guard, Coleman to Shooting Guard and Spahn to Small Forward. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Small Forward and Burton to Center.
10:42 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots in the paint. Foul! Burton fouls Watts on the shot. Watts makes the first free throw. Watts makes the second free throw. South Carolina 72 - 60.
10:31 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! South Carolina 72 - 63.
10:21 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Coleman on the perimeter. Coleman passes the ball to Von Essen in the paint. Von Essen passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Burton steals the pass from Lane.
9:58 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nikolovski shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lane grabs the long rebound.
9:45 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Coleman leads the fast break with Von Essen to the right. Coleman passes the ball to Von Essen on the perimeter. Von Essen shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Burton grabs the long rebound.
9:39 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break with Nikolovski to the right. Beaty passes the ball to Nikolovski at the basket. Nikolovski lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. South Carolina 72 - 65.
9:35 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Rice to Power Forward.
9:35 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. Rice rotates over and blocks the shot! Spahn grabs the offensive rebound.
9:23 - South Carolina: Spahn has the rebound and restarts the offense. Spahn shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! South Carolina 74 - 65.
9:17 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Burton. South Carolina 74 - 68.
9:04 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Von Essen passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Burton steals the pass from Lane.
8:54 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break with Bradford to the right. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! South Carolina 74 - 71.
8:48 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Barkley to Point Guard.
8:48 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane passes the ball to Barkley in the paint. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn drives down the lane. Spahn lays it up. The shot misses. Beaty grabs the rebound.
8:23 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty passes the ball to Nikolovski outside. Nikolovski passes the ball to Beaty. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty lays it up. Foul! Watts fouls Beaty on the shot. Beaty makes the first free throw. Beaty missed the second free throw. Watts grabs the rebound. South Carolina 74 - 72.
8:04 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts turns the ball over to the other team.
7:53 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break with Beaty to the right. Nikolovski passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Lane grabs the rebound.
7:46 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn in the paint. Rice steals the pass from Spahn.
7:35 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Burton grabs the offensive rebound.
7:22 - Mercer: Burton has the rebound. Burton shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Watts! Spahn grabs the rebound.
7:20 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Lane in the paint. Lane passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn drives down the lane. Spahn passes the ball to Lane at the basket. Lane lays it up. Foul! Rice fouls Lane on the shot. Lane makes the first free throw. Lane makes the second free throw. South Carolina 76 - 72.
6:58 - Game Event: Time out. South Carolina substitutes Calhoun to Shooting Guard and Small to Power Forward.
6:58 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! South Carolina 76 - 75.
6:58 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
6:53 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Burton steals the pass from Barkley.
6:49 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break with Beaty to the right. Nikolovski attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Mercer 77 - 76.
6:42 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn passes the ball to Calhoun outside. Calhoun passes the ball to Barkley. Barkley tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
6:17 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty passes the ball to Nikolovski outside. Nikolovski shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Calhoun grabs the rebound.
5:59 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn passes the ball to Barkley in the paint. Nikolovski steals the pass from Barkley.
5:44 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Beaty leads the fast break with Bradford and Nikolovski. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Mercer 80 - 76.
5:39 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Spahn passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
5:27 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nikolovski shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Small grabs the rebound.
5:17 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Barkley and Spahn. Calhoun passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Barkley shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Bradford grabs the rebound.
5:13 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Nikolovski leads the fast break with Beaty to the right. Nikolovski passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nikolovski grabs the long offensive rebound.
5:09 - Mercer: Nikolovski has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nikolovski passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty passes the ball to Nikolovski in the paint. Foul! Small commits a foul away from the ball.
4:54 - Mercer: The ball is inbounded to Nikolovski. Nikolovski passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. Foul! Small fouls Burton on the shot. Burton makes the first free throw. Burton makes the second free throw. Mercer 82 - 76.
4:42 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Bradford to Shooting Guard and Mercer to Small Forward.
4:42 - South Carolina: Calhoun brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Calhoun passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Calhoun. Mercer 82 - 78.
4:33 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against pressure defense. Bradford shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Rice grabs the long offensive rebound.
4:28 - Mercer: Rice has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rice passes the ball to Mercer in the paint. Mercer passes the ball to Beaty outside. Beaty passes the ball to Burton outside. Burton shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Mercer 85 - 78.
4:09 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Calhoun in the paint. Calhoun shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Barkley. Mercer 85 - 80.
3:58 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Beaty drives down the lane. Beaty lays it up. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
3:50 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Barkley and Spahn. Calhoun passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Barkley shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Mercer 85 - 83.
3:45 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Beaty passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Barkley grabs the rebound.
3:37 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Barkley leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Watts charged with the foul while taking the shot over Rice.
3:17 - Mercer: Bradford brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Bradford shoots from deep. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
3:12 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Barkley and Spahn. Calhoun passes the ball to Barkley at the basket. Barkley lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Calhoun. Tied 85 - 85.
3:05 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice shoots in the paint. Foul! Small fouls Rice on the shot. Rice makes the first free throw. Rice makes the second free throw. Mercer 87 - 85.
2:57 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Watts shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Tied 87 - 87.
2:46 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford. Bradford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Beaty. Mercer 89 - 87.
2:35 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against a zone defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn on the perimeter. Spahn tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Spahn with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Burton grabs the rebound.
2:19 - Mercer: Fast break opportunity! Bradford leads the fast break with Beaty and Mercer. Bradford passes the ball to Beaty on the perimeter. Beaty shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Watts grabs the long rebound.
2:13 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break with Barkley to the right. Calhoun lays it up. The shot goes in! Tied 89 - 89.
2:09 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford in the paint. Bradford passes the ball to Burton in the paint. Burton passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice passes the ball to Bradford on the perimeter. Bradford shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Small grabs the long rebound.
1:39 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barkley passes the ball to Calhoun on the perimeter. Calhoun turns the ball over to the other team.
1:34 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty passes the ball to Rice in the paint. Rice shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Watts grabs the rebound.
1:22 - South Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Calhoun leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Calhoun hands off the ball to Barkley. Barkley passes the ball to Calhoun. Calhoun passes the ball to Spahn in the paint. Spahn tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Spahn passes the ball to Small in the paint. Small shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Spahn. South Carolina 91 - 89.
0:46 - Game Event: Time out. Mercer substitutes Smalls to Small Forward.
0:46 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Beaty passes the ball to Bradford in the paint. Bradford carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
0:40 - South Carolina: Barkley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Barkley passes the ball to Spahn. Spahn passes the ball to Barkley on the perimeter. Barkley passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Offensive foul! Calhoun commits the foul away from the ball.
0:24 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against pressure defense. Beaty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Beaty with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Barkley fouls Beaty on the shot. Barkley fouls out. Von Essen replaces Barkley at point guard. Beaty makes the first free throw. Beaty missed the second free throw. Small grabs the rebound. South Carolina 91 - 90.
0:15 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Von Essen passes the ball to Watts in the paint. Foul! Smalls commits the intentional foul on Watts. In the bonus, Watts is shooting one-and-one. Watts makes the first free throw. Watts makes the second free throw. South Carolina 93 - 90.
0:08 - Mercer: Beaty brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Beaty shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Tied 93 - 93.
0:08 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Mercer!
0:01 - South Carolina: Von Essen brings up the ball against a zone defense. The shot clock winding down. Von Essen shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! South Carolina 96 - 93.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
South Carolina 96, Mercer 93
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