Mercer Bears @ Western Carolina Catamounts

61–85Final · Feb 27, 2021

MER 61 WCU 85 Final

	1	2	T
MER15-10	30	31	61
WCU11-15	45	40	85

· Line: MER -5 (O/U 148)

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The scoring timeline.

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Ross Cummings made Three Point Jumper.
3–0
Jeffrey Gary made Jumper. Assisted by James Glisson III.
5–0
Felipe Haase made Layup. Assisted by Neftali Alvarez.
7–0
Cory Hightower made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mason Faulkner.
7–3
Cory Hightower made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mason Faulkner.
7–6
Cory Hightower made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Cork.
7–8
Xavier Cork made Layup. Assisted by Mason Faulkner.
7–10
Cory Hightower made Layup. Assisted by Mason Faulkner.
7–12
James Glisson III made Dunk. Assisted by Kamar Robertson.
9–12
Daniel Ransom made Layup. Assisted by Cory Hightower.
9–14
Felipe Haase made Free Throw.
10–14
Felipe Haase made Free Throw.
11–14
Cory Hightower made Jumper. Assisted by Mason Faulkner.
11–16
Cory Hightower made Free Throw.
11–17
Matt Halvorsen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Harris.
11–20
James Glisson III made Layup.
13–20
James Glisson III made Jumper. Assisted by Leon Ayers III.
15–20
Mason Faulkner made Jumper.
15–22
Neftali Alvarez made Three Point Jumper.
18–22
Kameron Gibson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cory Hightower.
18–25
Neftali Alvarez made Jumper.
20–25
Mason Faulkner made Layup.
20–27
Neftali Alvarez made Jumper.
22–27
Xavier Cork made Layup. Assisted by Cory Hightower.
22–29
Matt Halvorsen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mason Faulkner.
22–32
Mason Faulkner made Three Point Jumper.
22–35
Kamar Robertson made Layup. Assisted by Jeffrey Gary.
24–35
Kamar Robertson made Free Throw.
25–35
Xavier Cork made Layup. Assisted by Cory Hightower.
25–37
James Glisson III made Layup.
27–37
James Glisson III made Free Throw.
28–37
Kameron Gibson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sin'Cere McMahon.
28–40
Sin'Cere McMahon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Cork.
28–43
Xavier Cork made Dunk. Assisted by Cory Hightower.
28–45
Patrick Urey made Free Throw.
29–45
Patrick Urey made Free Throw.
30–45
Matt Halvorsen made Jumper.
30–47
Cory Hightower made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mason Faulkner.
30–50
Neftali Alvarez made Jumper.
32–50
Xavier Cork made Layup. Assisted by Cory Hightower.
32–52
Neftali Alvarez made Free Throw.
33–52
Neftali Alvarez made Free Throw.
34–52
Neftali Alvarez made Layup.
36–52
Neftali Alvarez made Free Throw.
37–52
Matt Halvorsen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sin'Cere McMahon.
37–55
James Glisson III made Jumper. Assisted by Neftali Alvarez.
39–55
Kameron Gibson made Jumper.
39–57
Neftali Alvarez made Jumper.
41–57
Kameron Gibson made Jumper.
41–59
Tyler Harris made Layup.
41–61
Shannon Grant made Jumper.
43–61
Kameron Gibson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mason Faulkner.
43–64
Shannon Grant made Layup. Assisted by Neftali Alvarez.
45–64
Mason Faulkner made Jumper.
45–66
Xavier Cork made Dunk. Assisted by Mason Faulkner.
45–68
Xavier Cork made Dunk.
45–70
Mason Faulkner made Layup.
45–72
Mason Faulkner made Free Throw.
45–73
Shannon Grant made Jumper. Assisted by Ross Cummings.
47–73
Marcus Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Cory Hightower.
47–75
Shannon Grant made Layup.
49–75
Jacksen Greco made Layup. Assisted by Victor Bafutto.
51–75
Victor Bafutto made Layup. Assisted by Diego Rivera.
53–75
Matt Halvorsen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sin'Cere McMahon.
53–78
Tyler Harris made Layup.
53–80
Marcus Thomas made Layup.
53–82
Mitch Prendergast made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diego Rivera.
56–82
Tyler McGhie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brad Halvorsen.
56–85
Victor Bafutto made Layup. Assisted by Diego Rivera.
58–85
Diego Rivera made Three Point Jumper.
61–85

Play-by-play

P1 Ross Cummings made Three Point Jumper. 3–0
P1 Xavier Cork Turnover.
P1 Jeffrey Gary made Jumper. Assisted by James Glisson III. 5–0
P1 Marcus Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 James Glisson III Defensive Rebound.
P1 Felipe Haase made Layup. Assisted by Neftali Alvarez. 7–0
P1 Cory Hightower made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mason Faulkner. 7–3
P1 Jeffrey Gary Turnover.
P1 Cory Hightower made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mason Faulkner. 7–6
P1 Felipe Haase missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Matt Halvorsen Defensive Rebound.
P1 Cory Hightower made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Cork. 7–8
P1 Foul on Felipe Haase.
P1 Cory Hightower missed Free Throw.
P1 Felipe Haase Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jeffrey Gary Turnover.
P1 Cory Hightower missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Neftali Alvarez Defensive Rebound.
P1 Felipe Haase missed Layup.
P1 Cory Hightower Block.
P1 Cory Hightower Defensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Xavier Cork made Layup. Assisted by Mason Faulkner. 7–10
P1 Neftali Alvarez Turnover.
P1 Mason Faulkner Steal.
P1 Cory Hightower made Layup. Assisted by Mason Faulkner. 7–12
P1 James Glisson III made Dunk. Assisted by Kamar Robertson. 9–12
P1 Daniel Ransom made Layup. Assisted by Cory Hightower. 9–14
P1 Kamar Robertson missed Jumper.
P1 Daniel Ransom Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kameron Gibson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Neftali Alvarez Defensive Rebound.
P1 Neftali Alvarez Turnover.
P1 Cory Hightower Steal.
P1 Sin'Cere McMahon missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ross Cummings Defensive Rebound.
P1 Neftali Alvarez missed Jumper.
P1 Leon Ayers III Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Kameron Gibson.
P1 Felipe Haase made Free Throw. 10–14
P1 Felipe Haase made Free Throw. 11–14
P1 Mason Faulkner Turnover.
P1 Jeffrey Gary Steal.
P1 Kamar Robertson missed Layup.
P1 Kamar Robertson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Felipe Haase Turnover.
P1 Matt Halvorsen Steal.
P1 Cory Hightower made Jumper. Assisted by Mason Faulkner. 11–16
P1 Foul on Felipe Haase.
P1 Cory Hightower made Free Throw. 11–17
P1 Leon Ayers III missed Layup.
P1 Xavier Cork Block.
P1 Sin'Cere McMahon Defensive Rebound.
P1 Matt Halvorsen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Harris. 11–20
P1 Leon Ayers III missed Jumper.
P1 Xavier Cork Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 James Glisson III Defensive Rebound.
P1 James Glisson III made Layup. 13–20
P1 Foul on Xavier Cork.
P1 Xavier Cork Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 James Glisson III made Jumper. Assisted by Leon Ayers III. 15–20
P1 Tyler Harris Turnover.
P1 Kamar Robertson Steal.
P1 Jacksen Greco missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Mason Faulkner Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Jeffrey Gary.
P1 Mason Faulkner made Jumper. 15–22
P1 Kamar Robertson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Mason Faulkner Defensive Rebound.
P1 Cory Hightower missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jacksen Greco Defensive Rebound.
P1 Neftali Alvarez made Three Point Jumper. 18–22
P1 Kameron Gibson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cory Hightower. 18–25
P1 Neftali Alvarez missed Jumper.
P1 Mason Faulkner Defensive Rebound.
P1 Cory Hightower missed Layup.
P1 James Glisson III Block.
P1 Neftali Alvarez Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Mason Faulkner.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Neftali Alvarez made Jumper. 20–25
P1 Sin'Cere McMahon Turnover.
P1 Neftali Alvarez Steal.
P1 Neftali Alvarez Turnover.
P1 Mason Faulkner Steal.
P1 Mason Faulkner made Layup. 20–27
P1 Neftali Alvarez Turnover.
P1 Cory Hightower Turnover.
P1 Patrick Urey Steal.
P1 Leon Ayers III missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Patrick Urey Offensive Rebound.
P1 Neftali Alvarez made Jumper. 22–27
P1 Xavier Cork made Layup. Assisted by Cory Hightower. 22–29
P1 Neftali Alvarez missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Xavier Cork Defensive Rebound.
P1 Matt Halvorsen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mason Faulkner. 22–32
P1 Jeffrey Gary missed Jumper.
P1 Xavier Cork Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mason Faulkner made Three Point Jumper. 22–35
P1 Kamar Robertson made Layup. Assisted by Jeffrey Gary. 24–35
P1 Foul on Mason Faulkner.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Kamar Robertson made Free Throw. 25–35
P1 Mason Faulkner Turnover.
P1 Kamar Robertson Steal.
P1 James Glisson III missed Jumper.
P1 Cory Hightower Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mason Faulkner Turnover.
P1 Neftali Alvarez Steal.
P1 Ross Cummings missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Mason Faulkner Defensive Rebound.
P1 Xavier Cork made Layup. Assisted by Cory Hightower. 25–37
P1 James Glisson III made Layup. 27–37
P1 Foul on Matt Halvorsen.
P1 James Glisson III made Free Throw. 28–37
P1 Kameron Gibson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sin'Cere McMahon. 28–40
P1 James Glisson III Turnover.
P1 Sin'Cere McMahon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Cork. 28–43
P1 Foul on Kameron Gibson.
P1 Leon Ayers III missed Jumper.
P1 Sin'Cere McMahon Defensive Rebound.
P1 Western Carolina Defensive Rebound.
P1 Xavier Cork made Dunk. Assisted by Cory Hightower. 28–45
P1 Neftali Alvarez missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Mercer Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Xavier Cork.
P1 Patrick Urey made Free Throw. 29–45
P1 Patrick Urey made Free Throw. 30–45
P2 Ross Cummings missed Jumper.
P2 Xavier Cork Defensive Rebound.
P2 Matt Halvorsen made Jumper. 30–47
P2 Felipe Haase missed Jumper.
P2 Cory Hightower Defensive Rebound.
P2 Cory Hightower made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mason Faulkner. 30–50
P2 Neftali Alvarez made Jumper. 32–50
P2 Foul on Neftali Alvarez.
P2 Xavier Cork made Layup. Assisted by Cory Hightower. 32–52
P2 Foul on Mason Faulkner.
P2 Neftali Alvarez made Free Throw. 33–52
P2 Neftali Alvarez made Free Throw. 34–52
P2 Cory Hightower missed Layup.
P2 James Glisson III Block.
P2 Sin'Cere McMahon Offensive Rebound.
P2 Cory Hightower missed Layup.
P2 Xavier Cork Offensive Rebound.
P2 Xavier Cork missed Layup.
P2 Felipe Haase Block.
P2 Western Carolina Offensive Rebound.
P2 Matt Halvorsen missed Layup.
P2 James Glisson III Defensive Rebound.
P2 Neftali Alvarez made Layup. 36–52
P2 Foul on Sin'Cere McMahon.
P2 Neftali Alvarez made Free Throw. 37–52
P2 Kameron Gibson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 James Glisson III Defensive Rebound.
P2 Felipe Haase missed Jumper.
P2 Xavier Cork Defensive Rebound.
P2 Matt Halvorsen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sin'Cere McMahon. 37–55
P2 James Glisson III made Jumper. Assisted by Neftali Alvarez. 39–55
P2 Kameron Gibson made Jumper. 39–57
P2 Neftali Alvarez made Jumper. 41–57
P2 Xavier Cork Turnover.
P2 Ross Cummings Steal.
P2 Foul on Sin'Cere McMahon.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Mercer Turnover.
P2 Foul on Felipe Haase.
P2 Cory Hightower missed Layup.
P2 Felipe Haase Defensive Rebound.
P2 James Glisson III Turnover.
P2 Cory Hightower Steal.
P2 Kameron Gibson made Jumper. 41–59
P2 Ross Cummings Turnover.
P2 Foul on Ross Cummings.
P2 Foul on Cory Hightower.
P2 Cory Hightower Turnover.
P2 Foul on Kamar Robertson.
P2 Kamar Robertson Turnover.
P2 Mason Faulkner missed Layup.
P2 Jeffrey Gary Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kamar Robertson missed Jumper.
P2 Kameron Gibson Block.
P2 Xavier Cork Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tyler Harris made Layup. 41–61
P2 Shannon Grant made Jumper. 43–61
P2 Kameron Gibson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mason Faulkner. 43–64
P2 Shannon Grant made Layup. Assisted by Neftali Alvarez. 45–64
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Mason Faulkner made Jumper. 45–66
P2 Shannon Grant missed Jumper.
P2 Tyler Harris Defensive Rebound.
P2 Matt Halvorsen Turnover.
P2 Neftali Alvarez Steal.
P2 Neftali Alvarez missed Layup.
P2 Tyler Harris Block.
P2 Mercer Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jacksen Greco missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Western Carolina Defensive Rebound.
P2 Xavier Cork made Dunk. Assisted by Mason Faulkner. 45–68
P2 Jeffrey Gary missed Jumper.
P2 Xavier Cork Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mason Faulkner missed Layup.
P2 Xavier Cork Offensive Rebound.
P2 Xavier Cork made Dunk. 45–70
P2 Shannon Grant missed Layup.
P2 Xavier Cork Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mason Faulkner made Layup. 45–72
P2 Foul on Diego Rivera.
P2 Mason Faulkner made Free Throw. 45–73
P2 Shannon Grant made Jumper. Assisted by Ross Cummings. 47–73
P2 Cory Hightower missed Layup.
P2 Jacksen Greco Defensive Rebound.
P2 Shannon Grant Turnover.
P2 Cory Hightower Steal.
P2 Tyler Harris missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Shannon Grant Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ross Cummings missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Marcus Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P2 Marcus Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Cory Hightower. 47–75
P2 Shannon Grant made Layup. 49–75
P2 Cory Hightower missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ross Cummings Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Ross Cummings.
P2 Ross Cummings Turnover.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Matt Halvorsen missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ross Cummings Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jacksen Greco missed Layup.
P2 Mason Faulkner Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mason Faulkner Turnover.
P2 Jacksen Greco Steal.
P2 Jacksen Greco made Layup. Assisted by Victor Bafutto. 51–75
P2 Sin'Cere McMahon missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ross Cummings Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ross Cummings missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Cory Hightower Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mason Faulkner Turnover.
P2 Jeffrey Gary Steal.
P2 Victor Bafutto made Layup. Assisted by Diego Rivera. 53–75
P2 Matt Halvorsen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sin'Cere McMahon. 53–78
P2 Ross Cummings missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Western Carolina Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tyler Harris made Layup. 53–80
P2 Foul on Tyler Harris.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Foul on John Treanor.
P2 John Treanor Turnover.
P2 Marcus Thomas made Layup. 53–82
P2 Mitch Prendergast made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diego Rivera. 56–82
P2 Matt Halvorsen missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Patrick Urey Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mitch Prendergast missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Western Carolina Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tyler McGhie missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Victor Bafutto Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Daniel Ransom.
P2 Victor Bafutto Turnover.
P2 Tyler McGhie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brad Halvorsen. 56–85
P2 Victor Bafutto made Layup. Assisted by Diego Rivera. 58–85
P2 Josh Massey Turnover.
P2 John Treanor Steal.
P2 Mitch Prendergast missed Layup.
P2 Ahmir Langlais Defensive Rebound.
P2 Josh Massey missed Jumper.
P2 Mitch Prendergast Defensive Rebound.
P2 Diego Rivera made Three Point Jumper. 61–85

Box score

MER

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
James Glisson IIIF	22	11	5-6	0-0	1-1	4	1	2	0	2	0	4	0
Felipe HaaseF	13	4	1-5	0-1	2-2	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	3
Neftali AlvarezG	24	16	6-11	1-3	3-3	3	3	4	3	0	0	3	1
Jeffrey GaryG	27	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	1
Ross CummingsG	30	3	1-6	1-5	0-0	4	1	2	1	0	0	4	2
Victor BafuttoF	7	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
John TreanorF	4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Patrick UreyF	10	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Shannon GrantC	6	8	4-6	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jacksen GrecoG	12	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Leon Ayers IIIG	17	0	0-4	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Diego RiveraG	10	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
Kamar RobertsonG	14	3	1-5	0-1	1-1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1
Mitch PrendergastG	4	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Drew ThomasF
Maciej BenderF
Jovan TuckerG

WCU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Xavier CorkF	25	14	7-8	0-0	0-0	10	2	3	0	1	2	8	2
Cory HightowerF	31	16	6-14	3-6	1-2	4	7	2	3	1	0	4	1
Marcus ThomasG	10	4	2-4	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Matt HalvorsenG	35	14	5-8	4-6	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Mason FaulknerG	23	12	5-7	1-1	1-1	5	9	5	2	0	0	5	3
Daniel RansomF	4	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Ahmir LanglaisF	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tyler HarrisF	15	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
Josh MasseyF	2	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler McGhieG	2	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad HalvorsenG	4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sin'Cere McMahonG	22	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	2
Kameron GibsonG	23	13	5-7	3-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Douglas ElksG	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kennedy MilesG
Travion McCrayG

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