Men's Basketball Falls At Home To Mercer, 93-87

Saturday, January 19

Birmingham, Ala.

2:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

12-8, 2-5SoCon

Mercer

7-12, 2-5SoCon

Team	1	2	F
Mercer	45	48	93
Samford	34	53	87

Josh Sharkey scored a career-high 27 points Saturday vs. Mercer.

Men's Basketball Falls At Home To Mercer, 93-87

1.19.19 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM Ala. – The Samford men's basketball dropped a 93-87 decision to Mercer Saturday afternoon in the Pete Hanna Center.

With the loss, Samford falls to 12-8 overall and 2-5 in Southern Conference play. Mercer improves to 7-12 overall and 2-5 in league play.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Josh Sharkey scored a career-high 27 points in the loss for Samford.
Brandon Austin scored 19 points for the Bulldogs.
Robert Allen tied a career high with 16 points.
Ruben Guerrero posted his fourth double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Kevion Nolan added 10 points for the Bulldogs.
For Mercer, Ross Cummings led all scorers with 32 points.
Ethan Stair had 18 points for the Bears, while Cory Kilby had 17 points.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

After Samford scored the first four points of the game, Mercer came back with a 10-4 run to take a 10-8 lead with 16:09 left in the first half.
After Samford took an 11-10 lead, Mercer went on a 12-3 run to take a 22-14 lead at the 10:36 mark in the first half.
The Bears pushed their lead to as many as 14 points in the first half at 43-29 and 45-31.
A late three-pointer by Samford's Austin cut the lead to 45-34 heading into the locker room at halftime.
With Mercer leading, 57-47, Samford went on a 12-3 run to cut the lead to one point at 60-59 with 10:02 left in regulation after a layup by Guerrero.
Mercer pushed the lead back out to eight points at 73-65 at the 5:03 mark in the second half.
With Mercer leading, 75-71, Samford's Nolan was called for a flagrant two foul as Mercer's Cummings drove to the basket. Cummings made both free throws to make the score 77-71.
Following the free throws, Cummings drained a three-pointer to push the Bears' lead to 80-71 with 1:40 to go in the second half.
After Samford cut the lead to six points at 82-76, Cummings sank two more free throws to make the score 84-76 with 59 seconds to play.
After Samford's Sharkey hit a pair of free throws, Mercer's Kilby hit two free throws of his own to push the lead to 86-78 with 53 seconds left.
Samford fought back to cut the lead to four at 89-85 on a layup by Sharkey with 9 seconds to go.
Cummings then hit two free throws to put the game out of reach at 91-85, and the Bears held on for the 93-87 victory.