National Basketball Association
Mercer 79, Mississippi 76
When: 4:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 22, 2013
Where: C.M. 'Tad' Smith Coliseum, Oxford, Mississippi
Officials:
# Chuck Jones, # Mike Nance, # Antinio Petty
Attendance:
7794
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Mercer 79, Mississippi 76:
Langston Hall scored 17 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer
with six-tenths of a second to play, to lead the Bears to a road win over the
Rebels.
Hall was 4-of-8 from 3-point
range and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line, including two with 17
seconds left to put Mercer (8-4) up by three. Ike Nwamu led the Bears
with 24 points off the bench while Jakob Gollon added 10 points and
seven boards.
Marshall Henderson had 18
points, including the game-tying 3 with 13 seconds left, for
Mississippi (8-3). Jarvis Summers had a team-high 21 points for the
Rebels, who were 7-of-24 from 3-point range.
The Bears never trailed in the
first half, though it was close with nine minutes to play in the stanza
before Mercer went on a 20-10 closing run to forge a 12-point
halftime advantage. Henderson struggled in the first half, going
1-of-6 from the field for four points and drawing a technical foul in
the closing minutes.
The lead ballooned to 16 early
in the second half before Mississippi made its move, taking its first
lead of the game on Henderson's 3-pointer with 9:18 to play. The
Rebels went up by as many as seven before the Bears went on a 14-4
run to take back the lead, holding on to it until Henderson tied the
contest in the final seconds.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Bears
finished 21-of-26 from the free-throw line while the Rebels were
15-of-23. … Mercer won the rebound battle, 39-35. … The loss was
only the fourth for Mississippi at home against a non-conference
opponent in 68 such games under coach Andy Kennedy.
Top Game Performances
| Mercer |
|
Mississippi |
|
Ike Nwamu 24 |
Scoring |
Jarvis Summers 21 |
|
Langston Hall 6 |
Assists |
Derrick Millinghaus 6 |
|
Jakob Gollon 7 |
Rebounds |
Sebastian Saiz 11 |
|
Langston Hall 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Marshall Henderson 4 |
|
Jakob Gollon 2 |
Steals |
Demarco Cox 1 |
|
Daniel Coursey 2 |
Blocks |
Aaron Jones 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Mercer
|
79 |
43.3 |
6-20 |
21-26 |
12 |
31 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
| Mississippi
|
76 |
44.3 |
7-24 |
15-23 |
14 |
35 |
9 |
4 |
13 |