-
Sports
MEN'S SPORTS MEN'S SPORTSWOMEN'S SPORTS WOMEN'S SPORTS
- Inside Athletics
- Tickets
- Fan Zone
- Media Zone
- Social
- Shop
- Donate Now
February 16, 2022 | 1st | 2nd | Final |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 42 | 14 | 56 |
![]() | 33 | 32 | 65 |
Stats at a Glance | ETSU | Mercer |
---|---|---|
FG Percentage | .386 (22-57) | .478 (22-46) |
3P FG Percentage | .227 (5-22) | .364 (8-22) |
FT Percentage | .583 (7-12) | .765 (13-17) |
Offensive Rebounds | 16 | 7 |
Defensive Rebounds | 19 | 20 |
Total Rebounds | 35 | 27 |
Turnovers | 11 | 10 |
Steals | 5 | 7 |
Bench Points | 19 | 25 |
Leaders | ETSU | Mercer |
---|---|---|
Points | Brewer
- 19 | Haase
- 17 |
Rebounds | Yasser
- 9 | Grant
- 6 Glisson III - 6 |
Assists | Sloan
- 4 | Glisson III
- 3 Walker Jr. - 3 |
Steals | Yasser
- 1 Sloan - 1 Brewer - 1 Seymour - 1 Brewer - 1 | Johnson
- 2 Walker Jr. - 2 |
Blocks | Seymour
- 1 Brewer - 1 | Johnson
- 2 |
MACON, Ga. (Feb. 16, 2022) – ETSU men’s basketball couldn’t flip the script.
After building an 11-point lead early in the second half, the Buccaneers went cold and Mercer rallied for a 65-56 victory on Wednesday night inside Hawkins Arena.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
TOP PERFORMERS
GAME SUMMARY
The Bucs controlled the first half as they scored the first four points and pushed their lead to eight when Jordan King hit a three-pointer, making it 22-14 with 10:40 left in the first half. ETSU then extended the lead to double figures, 30-20, following another King triple with under seven minutes to go in the opening stanza, while taking its largest margin of the night at 42-30 when Mohab Yasser drove in for a fast-break lay-up with 1:36 left before intermission. Mercer scored the last points of the half on a three-pointer, and the Bucs took a 42-33 lead into the locker room.
The Bucs started the second half with a bucket as Ledarrius Brewer grabbed an offensive rebound and laid one home, putting ETSU up 44-33 at the 19:28 mark.
Unfortunately, momentum shifted and Mercer capitalized on ETSU’s scoring drought.
The Bucs went nine minutes and twenty-four seconds without a point and the Bears rattled off 13 straight points to take their first lead of the night, 46-44 with 11:25 remaining.
Brewer then snapped the drought with back-to-back scores as ETSU regained a 48-46 advantage with 9:30 showing on the clock. Mercer’s Jovan Tucker answered with a three-point on the next trip down and the Bears never relinquished their lead.
ETSU was able to pull even at 50 with 7:27 left in the contest, but Mercer scored the next five to open a five-point lead. The closest the Bucs would get was three and the Bears scored 10 of the final 14 points to pull off the nine-point win.
UP NEXT
The Bucs head to the Palmetto State to take on The Citadel Saturday at 1 o’clock.
For more information on ETSU men’s basketball, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men’s basketball tab.