Game Date: Dec 8th, 2044
Mercyhurst 80 - Southern Illinois 97
Date: November 12th, 2044
Game: College [Non-Conference] [#1056693] 
Arena: SIU Arena
Attendance: 4,891
Player Of The Game: Joel Slaughter (3)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Mercyhurst Lakers | 34 | 46 | 80 | |
| Southern Illinois Salukis | 47 | 50 | 97 | |
| Mercyhurst Lakers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 1 | T. Wiggins sf | 33 | 7-12 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -16 | 14.9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | S. Gustafsson pf | 25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -22 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 54 | I. Russo c | 31 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -9 | 2.3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 20 | R. Loveless sg | 33 | 7-13 | 4-10 | 3-4 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -26 | 13.9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 25 | D. Root pg | 32 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -13 | 20.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 10 | A. Lawrence pf | 13 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 53 | H. McGuire sg | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | R. Doyle sf | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 22 | E. Moody sg | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 5 | B. Harris sg | 25 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 2-5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -10 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 29-55 | 12-28 | 10-20 | 80 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 19 | -85 | 11.1 | 30 | 13 | 19 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 52.7% | 42.9% | 50.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
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| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 20 | B. Marcus sf | 29 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +12 | 16.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 32 | B. Meyer pf | 29 | 9-10 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +24 | 6.7 | 16 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 40 | N. Groff c | 31 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | J. Slaughter sg | 29 | 11-14 | 5-6 | 7-8 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +22 | 16.7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | A. Paulsen pg | 31 | 2-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 10.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 44 | T. McMichael pf | 20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +6 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | O. Blake sg | 20 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +8 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 12 | H. Connelly sf | 11 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +5 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 33-58 | 8-17 | 23-29 | 97 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 19 | +85 | 10.9 | 36 | 0 | 19 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 56.9% | 47.1% | 79.3% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Southern Illinois: Joel Slaughter
Head Coaches
Mercyhurst: Demar Overton
Southern Illinois: Hal Shepard
Offensive Efficiencies
Mercyhurst: At the rim (5/6 83.3%) Inside (10/16 62.5%) Mid-range (2/5 40.0%) Beyond the Arc (12/28 42.9%)
Southern Illinois: At the rim (3/4 75.0%) Inside (15/22 68.2%) Mid-range (7/15 46.7%) Beyond the Arc (8/17 47.1%)
Defensive Tactics
Mercyhurst: Man-To-Man (27.1%) Zone (29.4%) Pressure (28.2%) 2nd Chance (8.2%) Transition (7.1%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Southern Illinois: Man-To-Man (38.1%) Zone (35.7%) Pressure (14.3%) 2nd Chance (2.4%) Transition (9.5%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Mercyhurst: 121.4 / 114.1
Southern Illinois: 137.0 / 143.1
Injuries
Mercyhurst: c-Stapleton
Southern Illinois: c-Ashley
Overworked
Mercyhurst: none
Southern Illinois: none
Game Information
Date: Saturday, November 12th, 2044
Game Type: College [Non-Conference]
Arena: SIU Arena
City: Carbondale, IL
Attendance: 4,891
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Thu Apr 17 2025 @ 10:19:47 am PDT
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Starting Line-Ups
Mercyhurst: PG-Root (6' 3"), SG-Loveless (6' 4"), SF-Wiggins (6' 6½"), PF-Gustafsson (6' 6½"), C-Russo (6' 4")
Southern Illinois: PG-Paulsen (6' 4"), SG-Slaughter (6' 5"), SF-Marcus (6' 4½"), PF-Meyer (6' 10½"), C-Groff (6' 10½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Southern Illinois gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break with Paulsen and Marcus. Slaughter passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Loveless grabs the rebound.
19:49 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Mercyhurst 3 - 0.
19:27 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer on the perimeter. Meyer passes the ball to Slaughter in the paint. Slaughter shoots in the paint. Foul! Gustafsson fouls Slaughter on the shot. Slaughter makes the first free throw. Slaughter makes the second free throw. Mercyhurst 3 - 2.
19:12 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against pressure defense. Slaughter steals the pass from Loveless.
19:08 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 4 - 3.
18:53 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Center. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Point Guard, Blake to Shooting Guard, McMichael to Power Forward and Meyer to Center.
18:53 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Root. Mercyhurst 5 - 4.
18:42 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against a zone defense. Slaughter passes the ball to McMichael in the paint. McMichael passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 6 - 5.
18:22 - Mercyhurst: Harris brings up the ball against a zone defense. Harris passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Root. Root passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Root outside. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. And the shot clock expires!
17:52 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against a zone defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Marcus. And Meyer is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Meyer makes the first free throw. Southern Illinois 9 - 5.
17:37 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long rebound.
17:22 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against a zone defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to McMichael in the paint. McMichael passes the ball to Slaughter. Slaughter passes the ball to Blake in the paint. Blake shoots from the low post. Foul! Gustafsson fouls Blake on the shot. Blake makes the first free throw. Blake makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 11 - 5.
16:50 - Game Event: Time out. Gustafsson must sit with 2 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes Lawrence to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward and Wiggins to Power Forward.
16:50 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Lawrence outside. Lawrence passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris shoots from the low post. Meyer rotates over and blocks the shot! Marcus grabs the rebound.
16:19 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blake passes the ball to McMichael. McMichael passes the ball to Blake. Blake passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Marcus. Southern Illinois 14 - 5.
15:49 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Point Guard, McGuire to Shooting Guard, Doyle to Small Forward, Lawrence to Power Forward and Harris to Center. Southern Illinois substitutes Connelly to Small Forward.
15:49 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against pressure defense. Loveless passes the ball to McGuire outside. McGuire passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris passes the ball to Doyle in the paint. Doyle shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 14 - 7.
15:24 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against pressure defense. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter turns the ball over to the other team.
15:13 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! McGuire leads the fast break. Foul! Blake commits the foul on McGuire.
15:08 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Doyle. Doyle passes the ball to McGuire in the paint. McGuire passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris shoots in the paint. Foul! McMichael fouls Harris on the shot. Harris makes the first free throw. Harris missed the second free throw. McMichael grabs the rebound. Southern Illinois 14 - 8.
14:47 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against pressure defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer turns the ball over out of bounds.
14:34 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Small Forward and Russo to Center.
14:34 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blake steals the pass from Loveless.
14:27 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break with Connelly and Blake. Slaughter passes the ball to Connelly on the perimeter. Connelly shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. McGuire grabs the long rebound.
14:22 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense. Slaughter steals the pass from Loveless.
14:17 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Slaughter grabs the long offensive rebound.
14:08 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter has the rebound and restarts the offense. Slaughter passes the ball to Connelly in the paint. Connelly passes the ball to Blake. Blake shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Connelly. Southern Illinois 16 - 8.
13:50 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Paulsen to Point Guard, Slaughter to Shooting Guard, Meyer to Power Forward and Groff to Center.
13:50 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Loveless shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Connelly grabs the rebound.
13:46 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 18 - 8.
13:46 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Southern Illinois!
13:34 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense. Loveless passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless passes the ball to McGuire. McGuire passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Groff grabs the rebound.
13:03 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break with Connelly to the right. Slaughter passes the ball to Connelly on the perimeter. Connelly shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Slaughter grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:57 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter has the rebound and restarts the offense. Slaughter passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Paulsen. Paulsen shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the rebound.
12:43 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! McGuire leads the fast break with Loveless and Harris. McGuire passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by McGuire. Southern Illinois 18 - 11.
12:39 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Wiggins to Point Guard. Southern Illinois substitutes Blake to Shooting Guard and McMichael to Power Forward.
12:39 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Connelly on the perimeter. Connelly passes the ball to Paulsen. Paulsen passes the ball to Connelly outside. Connelly passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Harris grabs the rebound.
12:10 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! McGuire leads the fast break with Wiggins to the right. McGuire lays it up. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 18 - 13.
12:04 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes McGuire to Point Guard, Moody to Shooting Guard, Doyle to Small Forward and Harris to Center.
12:04 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake in the paint. Blake tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen. Paulsen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Moody grabs the rebound.
11:46 - Mercyhurst: McGuire brings up the ball against a zone defense. Connelly steals the pass from McGuire.
11:40 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen drives by Moody. Paulsen lays it up. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 20 - 13.
11:24 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Root to Point Guard, Lawrence to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward, Wiggins to Power Forward and Russo to Center.
11:24 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Root in the paint. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Lawrence outside. Lawrence passes the ball to Root in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Root shoots in the paint. Foul! Connelly fouls Root on the shot. Root makes the first free throw. Root makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 20 - 15.
10:52 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
10:52 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake. Blake passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Foul! McMichael fouls Wiggins trying to grab the offensive rebound.
10:37 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root drives down the lane. Root lays it up. The shot misses. Wiggins tips it in. Southern Illinois 20 - 17.
10:14 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake in the paint. Blake shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Root grabs the rebound.
10:00 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Russo. Russo passes the ball to Lawrence outside. Lawrence passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Russo charged with the foul while taking the shot over Groff.
9:29 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Small Forward.
9:29 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen drives down the lane. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus at the basket. Marcus lays it up. It's blocked by Loveless! McMichael grabs the offensive rebound.
9:21 - Southern Illinois: McMichael has the rebound and restarts the offense. McMichael passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen drives down the lane. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Southern Illinois 23 - 17.
9:05 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Lawrence to Shooting Guard and Harris to Small Forward.
9:05 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Foul! Groff commits the foul on Russo.
9:01 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Wiggins. Wiggins drives down the lane. Wiggins lays it up. The shot goes in! And Wiggins is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Wiggins missed the first free throw. Wiggins grabs the offensive rebound. Southern Illinois 23 - 19.
8:49 - Mercyhurst: Wiggins has the rebound. Wiggins shoots from the low post. Foul! Groff fouls Wiggins on the shot. Wiggins makes the first free throw. Wiggins makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 23 - 21.
8:47 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Small Forward.
8:47 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blake passes the ball to McMichael in the paint. McMichael passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 26 - 21.
8:15 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against pressure defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
8:11 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen in the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to McMichael in the paint. McMichael shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Russo grabs the rebound.
7:46 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root drives down the lane. Root passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Southern Illinois 26 - 24.
7:31 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Shooting Guard and Meyer to Power Forward.
7:31 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 28 - 24.
7:21 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Harris. Southern Illinois 28 - 26.
6:57 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Meyer. Meyer shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the offensive rebound.
6:30 - Southern Illinois: Marcus has the rebound and restarts the offense. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen outside. Offensive foul! Slaughter commits the foul away from the ball.
6:26 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 28 - 28.
6:15 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Blake to Shooting Guard.
6:15 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff outside. Groff passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 30 - 28.
5:57 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Shooting Guard.
5:57 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Foul! Slaughter commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Harris is shooting one-and-one. Harris missed the first free throw. Marcus grabs the rebound.
5:50 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the offensive rebound.
5:38 - Southern Illinois: Meyer has the rebound and restarts the offense. Meyer shoots from the low post. Foul! Wiggins fouls Meyer on the shot. Meyer makes the first free throw. Meyer makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 32 - 28.
5:31 - Mercyhurst: Harris brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Harris passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Root in the paint. Root passes the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins passes the ball to Root in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Root shoots from the low post. Foul! Paulsen fouls Root on the shot. Root missed the first free throw. Root missed the second free throw. Marcus grabs the rebound.
4:55 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Marcus. Southern Illinois 34 - 28.
4:36 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward and Gustafsson to Power Forward.
4:36 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Loveless. Meyer steals the pass from Loveless.
4:15 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paulsen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Slaughter grabs the offensive rebound.
4:05 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter has the rebound. Slaughter goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Southern Illinois 36 - 28.
4:03 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Groff grabs the rebound.
3:52 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Wiggins grabs the rebound.
3:41 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Root outside. Root passes the ball to Loveless. Slaughter steals the pass from Loveless.
3:14 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer outside. Meyer passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Foul! Wiggins commits a foul away from the ball.
3:05 - Southern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Groff. Groff passes the ball to Paulsen outside. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter outside. Slaughter passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 39 - 28.
2:36 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless passes the ball to Russo. Russo passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gustafsson. Southern Illinois 39 - 31.
2:04 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Southern Illinois 41 - 31.
1:55 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson on the perimeter. Gustafsson passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
1:36 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Southern Illinois 43 - 31.
1:27 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the inside. Foul! Meyer fouls Russo on the shot. Russo missed the first free throw. Russo makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 43 - 32.
1:15 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the low post. Foul! Russo fouls Groff on the shot. Groff missed the first free throw. Groff makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 44 - 32.
1:07 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Groff steals the pass from Root.
1:00 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break. Foul! Root commits the foul on Slaughter. In the bonus, Slaughter is shooting one-and-one. Slaughter makes the first free throw. Slaughter makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 46 - 32.
0:53 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against pressure defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson. Slaughter steals the pass from Gustafsson.
0:44 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen drives by Loveless. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff at the basket. Groff lays it up. Foul! Russo fouls Groff on the shot. Groff missed the first free throw. Groff makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 47 - 32.
0:32 - Game Event: Time out. Russo must sit with 3 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Center.
0:32 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against pressure defense. Root drives down the lane. Root passes the ball to Loveless at the basket. Loveless lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Southern Illinois 47 - 34.
0:19 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Groff in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Groff shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Gustafsson! Slaughter grabs the offensive rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Mercyhurst 34, Southern Illinois 47
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Wiggins must sit with 2 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes McGuire to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward and Lawrence to Power Forward. Slaughter must sit with 2 fouls. Groff must sit with 2 fouls. Southern Illinois substitutes Blake to Shooting Guard, Groff to Power Forward and Meyer to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Mercyhurst. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Root. Root passes the ball to Lawrence outside. Lawrence passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless shoots from the inside. Foul! Meyer fouls Loveless on the shot. Loveless missed the first free throw. Loveless makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 47 - 35.
19:38 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward, Gustafsson to Power Forward and Russo to Center. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Shooting Guard, Meyer to Power Forward and Groff to Center.
19:38 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Southern Illinois 49 - 35.
19:28 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Southern Illinois 49 - 38.
19:17 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Russo grabs the rebound.
19:08 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless leads the fast break with Root and Wiggins. Loveless passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Loveless. Southern Illinois 49 - 41.
19:01 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against pressure defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Paulsen. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the offensive rebound.
18:33 - Southern Illinois: Marcus has the rebound and restarts the offense. Marcus shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Russo grabs the rebound.
18:26 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless leads the fast break with Root to the right. Loveless lays it up. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 49 - 43.
18:22 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Center. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Point Guard, Blake to Shooting Guard, McMichael to Power Forward and Meyer to Center.
18:22 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the low post. Foul! Harris fouls Meyer on the shot. Meyer makes the first free throw. Meyer makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 51 - 43.
18:09 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against pressure defense. Root passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
17:53 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against pressure defense. Slaughter drives by Root. Slaughter lays it up. Foul! Harris fouls Slaughter on the shot. Slaughter missed the first free throw. Slaughter makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 52 - 43.
17:42 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Harris on the perimeter. Harris hands off the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
17:27 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus drives to the basket. Foul! Wiggins commits the foul on Marcus.
17:11 - Southern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Slaughter. Slaughter passes the ball to Meyer. Meyer with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 54 - 43.
17:01 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Southern Illinois 54 - 45.
16:50 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wiggins steals the pass from Slaughter.
16:45 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Harris leads the fast break with Root and Wiggins. Harris attempts to dunk it. Offensive foul! Harris charged with the foul while taking the shot over Meyer.
16:40 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against a zone defense. Slaughter drives by Root. Slaughter lays it up. Offensive foul! Slaughter charged with the foul while taking the shot over Loveless.
16:27 - Mercyhurst: Harris brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Harris passes the ball to Root. Slaughter steals the pass from Root.
16:14 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against a zone defense. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 56 - 45.
16:03 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Root drives down the lane. Root passes the ball to Harris on the perimeter. Harris shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! McMichael fouls Gustafsson blocking out to get the rebound.
15:53 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Point Guard, Lawrence to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward and Russo to Center. Southern Illinois substitutes Connelly to Small Forward.
15:53 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Gustafsson. Gustafsson passes the ball to Harris. Harris turns the ball over to the other team.
15:47 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against pressure defense. Slaughter drives by Loveless. Slaughter lays it up. Foul! Loveless fouls Slaughter on the shot. Slaughter makes the first free throw. Slaughter makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 58 - 45.
15:39 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Loveless passes the ball to Harris. Harris passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Harris. Southern Illinois 58 - 47.
15:24 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes McGuire to Shooting Guard, Lawrence to Power Forward and Gustafsson to Center.
15:24 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Slaughter. Southern Illinois 60 - 47.
15:13 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against pressure defense. Loveless shoots from deep. The shot misses. Slaughter grabs the long rebound.
15:09 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake attacks with the ball on the fast break. Blake turns the ball over to the other team.
15:04 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Loveless passes the ball to Lawrence on the perimeter. Lawrence shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 60 - 50.
14:54 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Lawrence to Shooting Guard, Gustafsson to Power Forward and Russo to Center.
14:54 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against pressure defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Connelly. Connelly shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Slaughter. Southern Illinois 62 - 50.
14:44 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Loveless passes the ball to Lawrence outside. Lawrence hands off the ball to Harris. Harris hands off the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson turns the ball over to the other team.
14:21 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against a zone defense. Slaughter drives by Harris. Slaughter lays it up. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 64 - 50.
14:21 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Southern Illinois!
14:10 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Loveless passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Loveless. Southern Illinois 64 - 52.
13:58 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Wiggins to Point Guard, Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Small Forward. Southern Illinois substitutes Paulsen to Point Guard, Slaughter to Shooting Guard, Meyer to Power Forward and Groff to Center.
13:58 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 66 - 52.
13:37 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Point Guard, Lawrence to Shooting Guard and Harris to Small Forward.
13:37 - Mercyhurst: Lawrence brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Lawrence passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:24 - Mercyhurst: Lawrence has the rebound and restarts the offense. Lawrence passes the ball to Gustafsson. Gustafsson passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Connelly grabs the rebound.
13:05 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Slaughter shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 69 - 52.
12:57 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Root to Point Guard, Harris to Shooting Guard and Wiggins to Small Forward. Southern Illinois substitutes Blake to Shooting Guard and McMichael to Power Forward.
12:57 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Harris. Harris passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Harris. Foul! Connelly commits a foul away from the ball.
12:42 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Wiggins. Wiggins passes the ball to Root. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris shoots from the inside. Foul! Blake fouls Harris on the shot. Harris makes the first free throw. Harris missed the second free throw. McMichael grabs the rebound. Southern Illinois 69 - 53.
12:15 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Connelly on the perimeter. Connelly passes the ball to McMichael. McMichael passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Connelly on the perimeter. Connelly passes the ball to McMichael in the paint. The shot clock winding down. McMichael shoots from the block. Foul! Gustafsson fouls McMichael on the shot. McMichael makes the first free throw. McMichael missed the second free throw. Groff grabs the offensive rebound. Southern Illinois 70 - 53.
11:41 - Southern Illinois: Groff has the rebound and restarts the offense. Groff shoots from the block. Foul! Gustafsson fouls Groff on the shot. Groff makes the first free throw. Groff missed the second free throw. Harris grabs the rebound. Southern Illinois 71 - 53.
11:36 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson outside. Gustafsson turns the ball over to the other team.
11:32 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Foul! Root commits the foul on Blake. In the bonus, Blake is shooting one-and-one. Blake makes the first free throw. Blake makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 73 - 53.
11:28 - Game Event: Time out. Gustafsson must sit with 4 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes Wiggins to Point Guard, McGuire to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward and Lawrence to Power Forward.
11:28 - Mercyhurst: Wiggins brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Wiggins passes the ball to Harris on the perimeter. Harris hands off the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins passes the ball to McGuire. McGuire passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Russo grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:59 - Mercyhurst: Russo has the rebound and restarts the offense. Russo passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris passes the ball to Lawrence outside. Lawrence hands off the ball to Harris. Harris shoots from deep. The shot misses. Groff grabs the rebound.
10:36 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to McMichael in the paint. McMichael passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Groff charged with the foul while taking the shot over Russo.
10:19 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Root to Point Guard, Lawrence to Shooting Guard and Wiggins to Power Forward. Southern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
10:19 - Mercyhurst: Lawrence brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Lawrence passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lawrence. Southern Illinois 73 - 55.
10:08 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to McMichael outside. McMichael passes the ball to Paulsen in the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Wiggins grabs the long rebound.
9:39 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Lawrence leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Lawrence passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 73 - 57.
9:25 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Small Forward.
9:25 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to McMichael in the paint. McMichael passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake passes the ball to McMichael outside. McMichael passes the ball to Paulsen. The shot clock winding down. Paulsen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. McMichael grabs the offensive rebound.
8:51 - Southern Illinois: McMichael has the rebound and restarts the offense. McMichael passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
8:41 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward and Gustafsson to Power Forward. Southern Illinois substitutes Meyer to Power Forward.
8:41 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
8:10 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen drives down the lane. Paulsen lays it up. Foul! Wiggins fouls Paulsen on the shot. Paulsen makes the first free throw. Paulsen makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 75 - 57.
8:00 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Small Forward. Southern Illinois substitutes McMichael to Power Forward.
8:00 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson. Gustafsson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Marcus fouls Loveless blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Loveless is shooting one-and-one. Loveless makes the first free throw. Loveless makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 75 - 59.
7:49 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard and Wiggins to Small Forward. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Shooting Guard and Meyer to Power Forward.
7:49 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 77 - 59.
7:37 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Russo. Russo with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Paulsen grabs the rebound.
7:25 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against pressure defense. Root steals the pass from Slaughter.
7:21 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Southern Illinois 77 - 61.
7:12 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes McMichael to Power Forward.
7:12 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Wiggins grabs the rebound.
7:02 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Root attacks with the ball on the fast break. Root passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
6:58 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Slaughter passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
6:46 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Root leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Wiggins shoots from the inside. Foul! Marcus fouls Wiggins on the shot. Wiggins missed the first free throw. Wiggins missed the second free throw. Russo grabs the offensive rebound.
6:26 - Mercyhurst: Russo has the rebound and restarts the offense. Russo shoots from the low post. Groff rotates over and blocks the shot! McMichael grabs the rebound.
6:21 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Slaughter drives down the lane. Slaughter passes the ball to McMichael at the basket. McMichael lays it up. Foul! Russo fouls McMichael on the shot. McMichael missed the first free throw. McMichael makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 78 - 61.
6:07 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Meyer to Power Forward.
6:07 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins outside. Wiggins passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 78 - 64.
5:52 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Groff passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 80 - 64.
5:35 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Root drives down the lane. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Groff grabs the rebound.
5:22 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 82 - 64.
5:02 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
4:40 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 84 - 64.
4:10 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Loveless drives down the lane. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Loveless. Southern Illinois 84 - 67.
3:59 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Russo grabs the rebound.
3:42 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless leads the fast break with Wiggins to the right. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 84 - 70.
3:35 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Slaughter shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 87 - 70.
3:30 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against pressure defense. Loveless passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Root. Root shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
3:19 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter passes the ball to Paulsen in the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter passes the ball to Paulsen. And the shot clock expires!
2:49 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against pressure defense. Loveless passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:41 - Mercyhurst: Gustafsson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gustafsson passes the ball to Wiggins outside. Wiggins shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Groff grabs the rebound.
2:32 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break with Marcus to the right. Slaughter passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Groff grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:26 - Southern Illinois: Groff has the rebound and restarts the offense. Groff passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Loveless grabs the rebound.
2:10 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Southern Illinois is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Root drives down the lane. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Southern Illinois 87 - 73.
2:01 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen drives down the lane. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer at the basket. Meyer lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Southern Illinois 89 - 73.
1:50 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Southern Illinois 89 - 75.
1:41 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 91 - 75.
1:23 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Southern Illinois 91 - 77.
1:13 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Southern Illinois 94 - 77.
1:01 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 94 - 80.
0:48 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff drives by Russo. Groff passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 97 - 80.
0:23 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
0:13 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Mercyhurst 80, Southern Illinois 97
Starting Line-Ups
Mercyhurst: PG-Root (6' 3"), SG-Loveless (6' 4"), SF-Wiggins (6' 6½"), PF-Gustafsson (6' 6½"), C-Russo (6' 4")
Southern Illinois: PG-Paulsen (6' 4"), SG-Slaughter (6' 5"), SF-Marcus (6' 4½"), PF-Meyer (6' 10½"), C-Groff (6' 10½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Southern Illinois gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break with Paulsen and Marcus. Slaughter passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Loveless grabs the rebound.
19:49 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Mercyhurst 3 - 0.
19:27 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer on the perimeter. Meyer passes the ball to Slaughter in the paint. Slaughter shoots in the paint. Foul! Gustafsson fouls Slaughter on the shot. Slaughter makes the first free throw. Slaughter makes the second free throw. Mercyhurst 3 - 2.
19:12 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against pressure defense. Slaughter steals the pass from Loveless.
19:08 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 4 - 3.
18:53 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Center. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Point Guard, Blake to Shooting Guard, McMichael to Power Forward and Meyer to Center.
18:53 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Root. Mercyhurst 5 - 4.
18:42 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against a zone defense. Slaughter passes the ball to McMichael in the paint. McMichael passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 6 - 5.
18:22 - Mercyhurst: Harris brings up the ball against a zone defense. Harris passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Root. Root passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Root outside. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. And the shot clock expires!
17:52 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against a zone defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Marcus. And Meyer is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Meyer makes the first free throw. Southern Illinois 9 - 5.
17:37 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long rebound.
17:22 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against a zone defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to McMichael in the paint. McMichael passes the ball to Slaughter. Slaughter passes the ball to Blake in the paint. Blake shoots from the low post. Foul! Gustafsson fouls Blake on the shot. Blake makes the first free throw. Blake makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 11 - 5.
16:50 - Game Event: Time out. Gustafsson must sit with 2 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes Lawrence to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward and Wiggins to Power Forward.
16:50 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Lawrence outside. Lawrence passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris shoots from the low post. Meyer rotates over and blocks the shot! Marcus grabs the rebound.
16:19 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blake passes the ball to McMichael. McMichael passes the ball to Blake. Blake passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Marcus. Southern Illinois 14 - 5.
15:49 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Point Guard, McGuire to Shooting Guard, Doyle to Small Forward, Lawrence to Power Forward and Harris to Center. Southern Illinois substitutes Connelly to Small Forward.
15:49 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against pressure defense. Loveless passes the ball to McGuire outside. McGuire passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris passes the ball to Doyle in the paint. Doyle shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 14 - 7.
15:24 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against pressure defense. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter turns the ball over to the other team.
15:13 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! McGuire leads the fast break. Foul! Blake commits the foul on McGuire.
15:08 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Doyle. Doyle passes the ball to McGuire in the paint. McGuire passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris shoots in the paint. Foul! McMichael fouls Harris on the shot. Harris makes the first free throw. Harris missed the second free throw. McMichael grabs the rebound. Southern Illinois 14 - 8.
14:47 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against pressure defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer turns the ball over out of bounds.
14:34 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Small Forward and Russo to Center.
14:34 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blake steals the pass from Loveless.
14:27 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break with Connelly and Blake. Slaughter passes the ball to Connelly on the perimeter. Connelly shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. McGuire grabs the long rebound.
14:22 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense. Slaughter steals the pass from Loveless.
14:17 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Slaughter grabs the long offensive rebound.
14:08 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter has the rebound and restarts the offense. Slaughter passes the ball to Connelly in the paint. Connelly passes the ball to Blake. Blake shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Connelly. Southern Illinois 16 - 8.
13:50 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Paulsen to Point Guard, Slaughter to Shooting Guard, Meyer to Power Forward and Groff to Center.
13:50 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Loveless shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Connelly grabs the rebound.
13:46 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 18 - 8.
13:46 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Southern Illinois!
13:34 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense. Loveless passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless passes the ball to McGuire. McGuire passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Groff grabs the rebound.
13:03 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break with Connelly to the right. Slaughter passes the ball to Connelly on the perimeter. Connelly shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Slaughter grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:57 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter has the rebound and restarts the offense. Slaughter passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Paulsen. Paulsen shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the rebound.
12:43 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! McGuire leads the fast break with Loveless and Harris. McGuire passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by McGuire. Southern Illinois 18 - 11.
12:39 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Wiggins to Point Guard. Southern Illinois substitutes Blake to Shooting Guard and McMichael to Power Forward.
12:39 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Connelly on the perimeter. Connelly passes the ball to Paulsen. Paulsen passes the ball to Connelly outside. Connelly passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Harris grabs the rebound.
12:10 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! McGuire leads the fast break with Wiggins to the right. McGuire lays it up. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 18 - 13.
12:04 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes McGuire to Point Guard, Moody to Shooting Guard, Doyle to Small Forward and Harris to Center.
12:04 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake in the paint. Blake tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen. Paulsen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Moody grabs the rebound.
11:46 - Mercyhurst: McGuire brings up the ball against a zone defense. Connelly steals the pass from McGuire.
11:40 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen drives by Moody. Paulsen lays it up. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 20 - 13.
11:24 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Root to Point Guard, Lawrence to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward, Wiggins to Power Forward and Russo to Center.
11:24 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Root in the paint. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Lawrence outside. Lawrence passes the ball to Root in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Root shoots in the paint. Foul! Connelly fouls Root on the shot. Root makes the first free throw. Root makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 20 - 15.
10:52 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
10:52 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake. Blake passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Foul! McMichael fouls Wiggins trying to grab the offensive rebound.
10:37 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root drives down the lane. Root lays it up. The shot misses. Wiggins tips it in. Southern Illinois 20 - 17.
10:14 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake in the paint. Blake shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Root grabs the rebound.
10:00 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Russo. Russo passes the ball to Lawrence outside. Lawrence passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Russo charged with the foul while taking the shot over Groff.
9:29 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Small Forward.
9:29 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen drives down the lane. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus at the basket. Marcus lays it up. It's blocked by Loveless! McMichael grabs the offensive rebound.
9:21 - Southern Illinois: McMichael has the rebound and restarts the offense. McMichael passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen drives down the lane. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Southern Illinois 23 - 17.
9:05 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Lawrence to Shooting Guard and Harris to Small Forward.
9:05 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Foul! Groff commits the foul on Russo.
9:01 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Wiggins. Wiggins drives down the lane. Wiggins lays it up. The shot goes in! And Wiggins is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Wiggins missed the first free throw. Wiggins grabs the offensive rebound. Southern Illinois 23 - 19.
8:49 - Mercyhurst: Wiggins has the rebound. Wiggins shoots from the low post. Foul! Groff fouls Wiggins on the shot. Wiggins makes the first free throw. Wiggins makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 23 - 21.
8:47 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Small Forward.
8:47 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blake passes the ball to McMichael in the paint. McMichael passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 26 - 21.
8:15 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against pressure defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
8:11 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen in the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to McMichael in the paint. McMichael shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Russo grabs the rebound.
7:46 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root drives down the lane. Root passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Southern Illinois 26 - 24.
7:31 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Shooting Guard and Meyer to Power Forward.
7:31 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 28 - 24.
7:21 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Harris. Southern Illinois 28 - 26.
6:57 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Meyer. Meyer shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the offensive rebound.
6:30 - Southern Illinois: Marcus has the rebound and restarts the offense. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen outside. Offensive foul! Slaughter commits the foul away from the ball.
6:26 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 28 - 28.
6:15 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Blake to Shooting Guard.
6:15 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff outside. Groff passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 30 - 28.
5:57 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Shooting Guard.
5:57 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Foul! Slaughter commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Harris is shooting one-and-one. Harris missed the first free throw. Marcus grabs the rebound.
5:50 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the offensive rebound.
5:38 - Southern Illinois: Meyer has the rebound and restarts the offense. Meyer shoots from the low post. Foul! Wiggins fouls Meyer on the shot. Meyer makes the first free throw. Meyer makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 32 - 28.
5:31 - Mercyhurst: Harris brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Harris passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Root in the paint. Root passes the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins passes the ball to Root in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Root shoots from the low post. Foul! Paulsen fouls Root on the shot. Root missed the first free throw. Root missed the second free throw. Marcus grabs the rebound.
4:55 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Marcus. Southern Illinois 34 - 28.
4:36 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward and Gustafsson to Power Forward.
4:36 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Loveless. Meyer steals the pass from Loveless.
4:15 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paulsen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Slaughter grabs the offensive rebound.
4:05 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter has the rebound. Slaughter goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Southern Illinois 36 - 28.
4:03 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Groff grabs the rebound.
3:52 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Wiggins grabs the rebound.
3:41 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Root outside. Root passes the ball to Loveless. Slaughter steals the pass from Loveless.
3:14 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer outside. Meyer passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Foul! Wiggins commits a foul away from the ball.
3:05 - Southern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Groff. Groff passes the ball to Paulsen outside. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter outside. Slaughter passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 39 - 28.
2:36 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless passes the ball to Russo. Russo passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gustafsson. Southern Illinois 39 - 31.
2:04 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Southern Illinois 41 - 31.
1:55 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson on the perimeter. Gustafsson passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
1:36 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Southern Illinois 43 - 31.
1:27 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the inside. Foul! Meyer fouls Russo on the shot. Russo missed the first free throw. Russo makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 43 - 32.
1:15 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the low post. Foul! Russo fouls Groff on the shot. Groff missed the first free throw. Groff makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 44 - 32.
1:07 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Groff steals the pass from Root.
1:00 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break. Foul! Root commits the foul on Slaughter. In the bonus, Slaughter is shooting one-and-one. Slaughter makes the first free throw. Slaughter makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 46 - 32.
0:53 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against pressure defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson. Slaughter steals the pass from Gustafsson.
0:44 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen drives by Loveless. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff at the basket. Groff lays it up. Foul! Russo fouls Groff on the shot. Groff missed the first free throw. Groff makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 47 - 32.
0:32 - Game Event: Time out. Russo must sit with 3 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Center.
0:32 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against pressure defense. Root drives down the lane. Root passes the ball to Loveless at the basket. Loveless lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Southern Illinois 47 - 34.
0:19 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Groff in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Groff shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Gustafsson! Slaughter grabs the offensive rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Mercyhurst 34, Southern Illinois 47
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Wiggins must sit with 2 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes McGuire to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward and Lawrence to Power Forward. Slaughter must sit with 2 fouls. Groff must sit with 2 fouls. Southern Illinois substitutes Blake to Shooting Guard, Groff to Power Forward and Meyer to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Mercyhurst. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Root. Root passes the ball to Lawrence outside. Lawrence passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless shoots from the inside. Foul! Meyer fouls Loveless on the shot. Loveless missed the first free throw. Loveless makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 47 - 35.
19:38 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward, Gustafsson to Power Forward and Russo to Center. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Shooting Guard, Meyer to Power Forward and Groff to Center.
19:38 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Southern Illinois 49 - 35.
19:28 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Southern Illinois 49 - 38.
19:17 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Russo grabs the rebound.
19:08 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless leads the fast break with Root and Wiggins. Loveless passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Loveless. Southern Illinois 49 - 41.
19:01 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against pressure defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Paulsen. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the offensive rebound.
18:33 - Southern Illinois: Marcus has the rebound and restarts the offense. Marcus shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Russo grabs the rebound.
18:26 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless leads the fast break with Root to the right. Loveless lays it up. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 49 - 43.
18:22 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Center. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Point Guard, Blake to Shooting Guard, McMichael to Power Forward and Meyer to Center.
18:22 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the low post. Foul! Harris fouls Meyer on the shot. Meyer makes the first free throw. Meyer makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 51 - 43.
18:09 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against pressure defense. Root passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
17:53 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against pressure defense. Slaughter drives by Root. Slaughter lays it up. Foul! Harris fouls Slaughter on the shot. Slaughter missed the first free throw. Slaughter makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 52 - 43.
17:42 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Harris on the perimeter. Harris hands off the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
17:27 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus drives to the basket. Foul! Wiggins commits the foul on Marcus.
17:11 - Southern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Slaughter. Slaughter passes the ball to Meyer. Meyer with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 54 - 43.
17:01 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Southern Illinois 54 - 45.
16:50 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wiggins steals the pass from Slaughter.
16:45 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Harris leads the fast break with Root and Wiggins. Harris attempts to dunk it. Offensive foul! Harris charged with the foul while taking the shot over Meyer.
16:40 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against a zone defense. Slaughter drives by Root. Slaughter lays it up. Offensive foul! Slaughter charged with the foul while taking the shot over Loveless.
16:27 - Mercyhurst: Harris brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Harris passes the ball to Root. Slaughter steals the pass from Root.
16:14 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against a zone defense. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 56 - 45.
16:03 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Root drives down the lane. Root passes the ball to Harris on the perimeter. Harris shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! McMichael fouls Gustafsson blocking out to get the rebound.
15:53 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Point Guard, Lawrence to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward and Russo to Center. Southern Illinois substitutes Connelly to Small Forward.
15:53 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Gustafsson. Gustafsson passes the ball to Harris. Harris turns the ball over to the other team.
15:47 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against pressure defense. Slaughter drives by Loveless. Slaughter lays it up. Foul! Loveless fouls Slaughter on the shot. Slaughter makes the first free throw. Slaughter makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 58 - 45.
15:39 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Loveless passes the ball to Harris. Harris passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Harris. Southern Illinois 58 - 47.
15:24 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes McGuire to Shooting Guard, Lawrence to Power Forward and Gustafsson to Center.
15:24 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Slaughter. Southern Illinois 60 - 47.
15:13 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against pressure defense. Loveless shoots from deep. The shot misses. Slaughter grabs the long rebound.
15:09 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake attacks with the ball on the fast break. Blake turns the ball over to the other team.
15:04 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Loveless passes the ball to Lawrence on the perimeter. Lawrence shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 60 - 50.
14:54 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Lawrence to Shooting Guard, Gustafsson to Power Forward and Russo to Center.
14:54 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against pressure defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Connelly. Connelly shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Slaughter. Southern Illinois 62 - 50.
14:44 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Loveless passes the ball to Lawrence outside. Lawrence hands off the ball to Harris. Harris hands off the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson turns the ball over to the other team.
14:21 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against a zone defense. Slaughter drives by Harris. Slaughter lays it up. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 64 - 50.
14:21 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Southern Illinois!
14:10 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Loveless passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Loveless. Southern Illinois 64 - 52.
13:58 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Wiggins to Point Guard, Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Small Forward. Southern Illinois substitutes Paulsen to Point Guard, Slaughter to Shooting Guard, Meyer to Power Forward and Groff to Center.
13:58 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 66 - 52.
13:37 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Point Guard, Lawrence to Shooting Guard and Harris to Small Forward.
13:37 - Mercyhurst: Lawrence brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Lawrence passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:24 - Mercyhurst: Lawrence has the rebound and restarts the offense. Lawrence passes the ball to Gustafsson. Gustafsson passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Connelly grabs the rebound.
13:05 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Slaughter shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 69 - 52.
12:57 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Root to Point Guard, Harris to Shooting Guard and Wiggins to Small Forward. Southern Illinois substitutes Blake to Shooting Guard and McMichael to Power Forward.
12:57 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Harris. Harris passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Harris. Foul! Connelly commits a foul away from the ball.
12:42 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Wiggins. Wiggins passes the ball to Root. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris shoots from the inside. Foul! Blake fouls Harris on the shot. Harris makes the first free throw. Harris missed the second free throw. McMichael grabs the rebound. Southern Illinois 69 - 53.
12:15 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Connelly on the perimeter. Connelly passes the ball to McMichael. McMichael passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Connelly on the perimeter. Connelly passes the ball to McMichael in the paint. The shot clock winding down. McMichael shoots from the block. Foul! Gustafsson fouls McMichael on the shot. McMichael makes the first free throw. McMichael missed the second free throw. Groff grabs the offensive rebound. Southern Illinois 70 - 53.
11:41 - Southern Illinois: Groff has the rebound and restarts the offense. Groff shoots from the block. Foul! Gustafsson fouls Groff on the shot. Groff makes the first free throw. Groff missed the second free throw. Harris grabs the rebound. Southern Illinois 71 - 53.
11:36 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson outside. Gustafsson turns the ball over to the other team.
11:32 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Foul! Root commits the foul on Blake. In the bonus, Blake is shooting one-and-one. Blake makes the first free throw. Blake makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 73 - 53.
11:28 - Game Event: Time out. Gustafsson must sit with 4 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes Wiggins to Point Guard, McGuire to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward and Lawrence to Power Forward.
11:28 - Mercyhurst: Wiggins brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Wiggins passes the ball to Harris on the perimeter. Harris hands off the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins passes the ball to McGuire. McGuire passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Russo grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:59 - Mercyhurst: Russo has the rebound and restarts the offense. Russo passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris passes the ball to Lawrence outside. Lawrence hands off the ball to Harris. Harris shoots from deep. The shot misses. Groff grabs the rebound.
10:36 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to McMichael in the paint. McMichael passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Groff charged with the foul while taking the shot over Russo.
10:19 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Root to Point Guard, Lawrence to Shooting Guard and Wiggins to Power Forward. Southern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
10:19 - Mercyhurst: Lawrence brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Lawrence passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lawrence. Southern Illinois 73 - 55.
10:08 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to McMichael outside. McMichael passes the ball to Paulsen in the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Wiggins grabs the long rebound.
9:39 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Lawrence leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Lawrence passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 73 - 57.
9:25 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Small Forward.
9:25 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to McMichael in the paint. McMichael passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake passes the ball to McMichael outside. McMichael passes the ball to Paulsen. The shot clock winding down. Paulsen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. McMichael grabs the offensive rebound.
8:51 - Southern Illinois: McMichael has the rebound and restarts the offense. McMichael passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
8:41 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward and Gustafsson to Power Forward. Southern Illinois substitutes Meyer to Power Forward.
8:41 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
8:10 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen drives down the lane. Paulsen lays it up. Foul! Wiggins fouls Paulsen on the shot. Paulsen makes the first free throw. Paulsen makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 75 - 57.
8:00 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Small Forward. Southern Illinois substitutes McMichael to Power Forward.
8:00 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson. Gustafsson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Marcus fouls Loveless blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Loveless is shooting one-and-one. Loveless makes the first free throw. Loveless makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 75 - 59.
7:49 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard and Wiggins to Small Forward. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Shooting Guard and Meyer to Power Forward.
7:49 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 77 - 59.
7:37 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Russo. Russo with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Paulsen grabs the rebound.
7:25 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against pressure defense. Root steals the pass from Slaughter.
7:21 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Southern Illinois 77 - 61.
7:12 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes McMichael to Power Forward.
7:12 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Wiggins grabs the rebound.
7:02 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Root attacks with the ball on the fast break. Root passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
6:58 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Slaughter passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
6:46 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Root leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Wiggins shoots from the inside. Foul! Marcus fouls Wiggins on the shot. Wiggins missed the first free throw. Wiggins missed the second free throw. Russo grabs the offensive rebound.
6:26 - Mercyhurst: Russo has the rebound and restarts the offense. Russo shoots from the low post. Groff rotates over and blocks the shot! McMichael grabs the rebound.
6:21 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Slaughter drives down the lane. Slaughter passes the ball to McMichael at the basket. McMichael lays it up. Foul! Russo fouls McMichael on the shot. McMichael missed the first free throw. McMichael makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 78 - 61.
6:07 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Meyer to Power Forward.
6:07 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins outside. Wiggins passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 78 - 64.
5:52 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Groff passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 80 - 64.
5:35 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Root drives down the lane. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Groff grabs the rebound.
5:22 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 82 - 64.
5:02 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
4:40 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 84 - 64.
4:10 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Loveless drives down the lane. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Loveless. Southern Illinois 84 - 67.
3:59 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Russo grabs the rebound.
3:42 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless leads the fast break with Wiggins to the right. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 84 - 70.
3:35 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Slaughter shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 87 - 70.
3:30 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against pressure defense. Loveless passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo passes the ball to Root. Root shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
3:19 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter passes the ball to Paulsen in the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter passes the ball to Paulsen. And the shot clock expires!
2:49 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against pressure defense. Loveless passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:41 - Mercyhurst: Gustafsson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gustafsson passes the ball to Wiggins outside. Wiggins shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Groff grabs the rebound.
2:32 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break with Marcus to the right. Slaughter passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Groff grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:26 - Southern Illinois: Groff has the rebound and restarts the offense. Groff passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Loveless grabs the rebound.
2:10 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Southern Illinois is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Root drives down the lane. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Southern Illinois 87 - 73.
2:01 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen drives down the lane. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer at the basket. Meyer lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Southern Illinois 89 - 73.
1:50 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Southern Illinois 89 - 75.
1:41 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 91 - 75.
1:23 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Southern Illinois 91 - 77.
1:13 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Southern Illinois 94 - 77.
1:01 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 94 - 80.
0:48 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Slaughter passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff drives by Russo. Groff passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 97 - 80.
0:23 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
0:13 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Mercyhurst 80, Southern Illinois 97
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