Mercer Bears vs Samford Bulldogs

SoCon Championship - 1st Round

6-13, 2-9 SoCon

Final

	1	2	T
Samford SAM	22	37	59
Mercer MER	39	48	87

Mercer BearsMercerMER

16-10, 8-9 SoCon

Mercer beats Samford 87-59 in SoCon tourney

— Leon Ayers III, Felipe Haase and Ross Cummings scored 17 points apiece as No. 7 seeded Mercer romped past No. 10 seed Samford 87-59 in the first round of the Southern Conference tournament on Friday night.

Mar 6, 2021, 12:03 pm - AP

--SAM

100%

--MER

According to ESPN Analytics

Data is currently unavailable.

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

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Ohio State is entering a partnership with JPMorganChase that includes jersey patches for all 36 teams and will yield nearly $17 million per year for the athletic program.

'Owner' comments typified resources UNLV needs, Pastner says

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