Mercer Bears @ Eastern Kentucky Colonels
ASUN/SoCon Challenge
3-2, 1-2 Away
95
3-2, 1-2 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
MER | 53 | 42 | 95 |
EKU | 38 | 45 | 83 |
1-4, 1-2 Home
83
1-4, 1-2 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Brady Shoulders missed Three Point Jumper.
- Austin Ball made Three Point Jumper.
- Zaire Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quinton Perkins II.
- Quinton Perkins II made Three Point Jumper.
- Montavious Myrick missed Jumper.
- Quinton Perkins II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Baraka Okojie.
- Juan Cranford Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
- MJ Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
- MJ Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Cooper.
- Quinton Perkins II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zaire Williams.
- Jackson Holt made Free Throw.
- Jackson Holt made Free Throw.
- Jalen Cooper made Free Throw.
- Jalen Cooper missed Free Throw.
- Quinton Perkins II made Jumper.
- Jackson Holt made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Cooper.
- Armani Mighty made Layup. Assisted by Zaire Williams.
- MJ Williams made Free Throw.
- MJ Williams made Free Throw.
- MJ Williams missed Free Throw.
- Jalen Cooper missed Jumper.
- Juan Cranford Jr. missed Jumper.
- Kyle Cuffe Jr. missed Jumper.
- Tyler Jackson made Jumper.
- Zaire Williams missed Jumper.
- Armani Mighty made Jumper.
- Armani Mighty made Free Throw.
- Jackson Holt missed Layup.
- Zaire Williams made Dunk.
- Tyler Jackson missed Jumper.
- Baraka Okojie missed Layup.
- Turner Buttry made Jumper.
- Bendji Pierre missed Three Point Jumper.
- Bendji Pierre missed Jumper.
- Austin Ball made Jumper.
- Tristan Gross made Jumper.
- Turner Buttry missed Three Point Jumper.
- Brady Shoulders missed Layup.
- Baraka Okojie missed Three Point Jumper.
- Tyler Jackson made Jumper. Assisted by Jackson Holt.
- Tyler Jackson made Free Throw.
- Baraka Okojie missed Jumper.
- Baraka Okojie made Free Throw.
- Baraka Okojie made Free Throw.
- Tristan Gross made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quinton Perkins II.
- Juan Cranford Jr. missed Jumper.
- Kyle Cuffe Jr. missed Free Throw.
- Kyle Cuffe Jr. made Free Throw.
- MJ Williams missed Jumper.
- Kyle Cuffe Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Armani Mighty.
- Juan Cranford Jr. made Jumper.
- Quinton Perkins II missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jalen Cooper missed Jumper.
- Austin Ball missed Three Point Jumper.
- MJ Williams made Layup.
- Tristan Gross made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quinton Perkins II.
- Montavious Myrick missed Jumper.
- Juan Cranford Jr. missed Two Point Tip Shot.
- MJ Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
- MJ Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
- Kyle Cuffe Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tristan Gross.
- Juan Cranford Jr. missed Layup.
- Quinton Perkins II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zaire Williams.
- Jackson Holt missed Three Point Jumper.
- Quinton Perkins II made Jumper.
- Jalen Cooper missed Jumper.
- Zaire Williams made Layup.
- Zaire Williams missed Jumper.
- Turner Buttry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Montavious Myrick.
- Armani Mighty made Layup. Assisted by Quinton Perkins II.
- Jackson Holt made Jumper. Assisted by Turner Buttry.
- Turner Buttry missed Layup.
- Montavious Myrick made Two Point Tip Shot.
- Brady Shoulders missed Layup.
- Brady Shoulders made Free Throw.
- Brady Shoulders made Free Throw.
- Tyler Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
- MJ Williams missed Layup.
- Tyler Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
- Armani Mighty made Dunk. Assisted by Baraka Okojie.
- Montavious Myrick made Dunk. Assisted by Jackson Holt.
- Brady Shoulders missed Three Point Jumper.
- Tyler Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Montavious Myrick.
- Zaire Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
- Armani Mighty made Jumper. Assisted by Baraka Okojie.
- Montavious Myrick missed Layup.
- Turner Buttry missed Three Point Jumper.
- Montavious Myrick made Jumper. Assisted by Austin Ball.
- Baraka Okojie made Free Throw.
- Baraka Okojie missed Free Throw.
- MJ Williams missed Layup.
- Baraka Okojie missed Jumper.
- Juan Cranford Jr. missed Jumper.
- Juan Cranford Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
- Quinton Perkins II made Jumper.
- MJ Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
- Baraka Okojie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Armani Mighty.
- Montavious Myrick made Free Throw.
- Montavious Myrick made Free Throw.
- Zaire Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quinton Perkins II.
- Montavious Myrick made Dunk. Assisted by Jackson Holt.
- Armani Mighty made Layup. Assisted by Zaire Williams.
- Turner Buttry missed Jumper.
- Zaire Williams missed Jumper.
- Jackson Holt made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Turner Buttry.
- Baraka Okojie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Armani Mighty.
- Turner Buttry made Jumper. Assisted by Jackson Holt.
- Baraka Okojie missed Layup.
- Kyle Cuffe Jr. made Two Point Tip Shot.
- Juan Cranford Jr. missed Layup.
- Juan Cranford Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Turner Buttry.
- Juan Cranford Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Turner Buttry.
- Tristan Gross missed Three Point Jumper.
- Baraka Okojie missed Jumper.
- Juan Cranford Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
- Kyle Cuffe Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brady Shoulders.
- Juan Cranford Jr. made Jumper.
- Tyler Jackson missed Jumper.
- Austin Ball missed Two Point Tip Shot.
- Austin Ball made Free Throw.
- Austin Ball missed Free Throw.
- Zaire Williams made Jumper.
- Jackson Holt missed Three Point Jumper.
- Brady Shoulders made Layup. Assisted by Baraka Okojie.
- Baraka Okojie missed Jumper.
- Baraka Okojie made Layup.
- Jalen Cooper made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Juan Cranford Jr..
- Juan Cranford Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
- Armani Mighty missed Free Throw.
- Baraka Okojie missed Three Point Jumper.
- Armani Mighty missed Jumper.
- Zaire Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
- Quinton Perkins II missed Jumper.
- Juan Cranford Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
- Baraka Okojie made Layup.
- Turner Buttry made Free Throw.
- Turner Buttry made Free Throw.
- Brady Shoulders made Free Throw.
- Brady Shoulders made Free Throw.
- Austin Ball missed Jumper.
- Zaire Williams missed Jumper.
- Juan Cranford Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by MJ Williams.
- Brady Shoulders made Free Throw.
- Brady Shoulders made Free Throw.
- Austin Ball missed Jumper.
- Austin Ball made Layup.
- Baraka Okojie made Layup.
- MJ Williams missed Layup.
- Brady Shoulders missed Jumper.
- Juan Cranford Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
- Zaire Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
- Austin Ball made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Turner Buttry.
- Baraka Okojie made Jumper.
- Brady Shoulders made Layup.
- Tyler Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jackson Holt made Jumper.
- Baraka Okojie made Free Throw.
- Baraka Okojie missed Free Throw.
- Turner Buttry missed Jumper.
- Tyler Jackson made Layup.
- Zaire Williams made Layup. Assisted by Baraka Okojie.
- Juan Cranford Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
- Tyler Jackson made Layup.
- Tyler Jackson made Free Throw.
- Quinton Perkins II made Free Throw.
- Quinton Perkins II made Free Throw.
- Turner Buttry missed Three Point Jumper.
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: EKU, 64.9
Win %: EKU, 66.0
Win %: EKU, 63.8
Win %: EKU, 63.6
Win %: EKU, 63.6
Win %: EKU, 65.8
Win %: EKU, 65.8
Win %: EKU, 63.5
Win %: EKU, 63.5
Win %: EKU, 65.1
Win %: EKU, 65.6
Win %: EKU, 70.9
Win %: EKU, 70.4
Win %: EKU, 62.9
Win %: EKU, 62.9
Win %: EKU, 56.8
Win %: EKU, 55.0
Win %: EKU, 54.4
Win %: EKU, 56.7
Win %: EKU, 56.7
Win %: MER, 52.1
Win %: MER, 54.6
Win %: MER, 52.3
Win %: MER, 54.7
MER @ EKU Videos
Mercer Bears vs. Eastern Kentucky Colonels: Game Highlights
Tyler Jackson gets the hoop and the harm
Tyler Jackson somehow gets the and-1 to fall
Game Information
Richmond, KY
ESPN+
Referee:Craig Murley
Referee:James Gibson
Referee:Bryan Washer
2025-26 Standings
NCAA Division I
| Southern Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tennessee State | 13-5 | - | 23-11 |
| Mercer | 11-7 | 2 | 19-13 |
| Wofford | 11-7 | 2 | 19-13 |
| Samford | 11-7 | 2 | 18-14 |
| Furman | 10-8 | 3 | 22-13 |
| Western Carolina | 10-8 | 3 | 15-16 |
| UNC Greensboro | 9-9 | 4 | 15-19 |
| Chattanooga | 7-11 | 6 | 13-19 |
| The Citadel | 7-11 | 6 | 11-22 |
| VMI | 1-17 | 12 | 6-26 |
| ASUN Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Peay | 15-3 | - | 22-9 |
| Central Arkansas | 15-3 | - | 22-12 |
| Queens University | 13-5 | 2 | 21-14 |
| Lipscomb | 12-6 | 3 | 19-13 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | 8-10 | 7 | 16-18 |
| West Georgia | 8-10 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Bellarmine | 7-11 | 8 | 13-19 |
| Jacksonville | 7-11 | 8 | 12-20 |
| Stetson | 7-11 | 8 | 12-21 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 7-11 | 8 | 11-21 |
| North Florida | 5-13 | 10 | 7-25 |
| North Alabama | 4-14 | 11 | 9-21 |
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