0:04Donald Whitehead Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Valentino Pinedo assists)
MERTeam stats
This gameUNCG
60.8%FG%50.8%
10-203PT11-25
37Rebounds22
15Turnovers7
12Assists12
Scoring summary
- 2H 0:04 · UNCG 92, MER 102Donald Whitehead Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Valentino Pinedo assists)
2H 0:10 · MER 102, UNCG 89Armani Mighty makes 3-foot dunk (Brady Shoulders assists)- 2H 0:32 · UNCG 89, MER 100Donald Whitehead Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lilian Marville assists)
- 2H 0:41 · MER 100, UNCG 86Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 0:41 · MER 99, UNCG 86Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 0:46 · UNCG 86, MER 98Lilian Marville makes 26-foot three point jumper
- 2H 1:03 · MER 98, UNCG 83Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 1:28 · MER 97, UNCG 83Connor Serven makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 1:28 · MER 96, UNCG 83Connor Serven makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 1:55 · MER 95, UNCG 83Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 1:55 · MER 94, UNCG 83Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 2:05 · UNCG 83, MER 93Valentino Pinedo makes layup
- 2H 2:24 · MER 93, UNCG 81Zaire Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 2:24 · MER 92, UNCG 81Zaire Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 2:32 · UNCG 81, MER 91Valentino Pinedo makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 2:46 · UNCG 80, MER 91KJ Younger makes layup
- 2H 3:11 · UNCG 78, MER 91Justin Neely makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 3:11 · UNCG 77, MER 91Justin Neely makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 3:49 · MER 91, UNCG 76Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 3:51 · UNCG 76, MER 90KJ Younger makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 3:51 · UNCG 75, MER 90KJ Younger makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 4:15 · UNCG 74, MER 90Lilian Marville makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
- 2H 4:33 · MER 90, UNCG 72Armani Mighty makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 4:33 · MER 89, UNCG 72Armani Mighty makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 4:52 · UNCG 72, MER 88Justin Neely makes layup
- 2H 5:03 · UNCG 70, MER 88KJ Younger makes driving layup
- 2H 6:29 · UNCG 68, MER 88Justin Neely makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 6:29 · UNCG 67, MER 88Justin Neely makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 6:57 · MER 88, UNCG 66Armani Mighty makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 6:57 · MER 87, UNCG 66Armani Mighty makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 7:15 · MER 86, UNCG 66Armani Mighty makes 3-foot dunk (Kyle Cuffe Jr. assists)
- 2H 7:58 · MER 84, UNCG 66Armani Mighty makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 7:58 · MER 83, UNCG 66Armani Mighty makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 8:15 · UNCG 66, MER 82Lilian Marville makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 8:49 · UNCG 65, MER 82Lilian Marville makes driving layup
- 2H 10:08 · UNCG 63, MER 82Clinton Efinda makes 26-foot three point jumper (Donald Whitehead Jr. assists)
- 2H 10:17 · MER 82, UNCG 60Tristan Gross makes layup (Quinton Perkins II assists)
- 2H 10:45 · MER 80, UNCG 60Quinton Perkins II makes 23-foot three point jumper
- 2H 11:10 · UNCG 60, MER 77Valentino Pinedo makes layup (Lilian Marville assists)
- 2H 11:29 · MER 77, UNCG 58Connor Serven makes 7-foot hook shot
- 2H 13:22 · MER 75, UNCG 58Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 13:22 · MER 74, UNCG 58Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 13:44 · MER 73, UNCG 58Brady Shoulders makes driving layup
- 2H 14:07 · MER 71, UNCG 58Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes driving layup
- 2H 14:31 · UNCG 58, MER 69Clinton Efinda makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- 2H 14:53 · MER 69, UNCG 55Baraka Okojie makes 14-foot floating jump shot
- 2H 15:15 · UNCG 55, MER 67Lilian Marville makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
- 2H 15:38 · MER 67, UNCG 53Armani Mighty makes layup (Brady Shoulders assists)
- 2H 15:54 · UNCG 53, MER 65Justin Neely makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 15:54 · UNCG 52, MER 65Justin Neely makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 16:10 · MER 65, UNCG 51Brady Shoulders makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 16:27 · UNCG 51, MER 64Lilian Marville makes layup (Clinton Efinda assists)
- 2H 16:49 · UNCG 49, MER 64Lilian Marville makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- 2H 17:07 · MER 64, UNCG 47Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Baraka Okojie assists)
- 2H 17:37 · MER 61, UNCG 47Zaire Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper
- 2H 17:49 · UNCG 47, MER 58KJ Younger makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lilian Marville assists)
- 2H 18:08 · MER 58, UNCG 44Zaire Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 18:08 · MER 57, UNCG 44Zaire Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 18:19 · UNCG 44, MER 56KJ Younger makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 18:28 · MER 56, UNCG 43Zaire Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Baraka Okojie assists)
- 2H 18:36 · UNCG 43, MER 53Valentino Pinedo makes layup (Justin Neely assists)
- 2H 18:52 · MER 53, UNCG 41Zaire Williams makes 18-foot jumper
- 2H 19:15 · UNCG 41, MER 51KJ Younger makes 4-foot dunk
- 2H 19:41 · UNCG 39, MER 51Valentino Pinedo makes 4-foot hook shot
- 1H 0:07 · MER 51, UNCG 37Baraka Okojie makes 8-foot hook shot
- 1H 0:39 · UNCG 37, MER 49Clinton Efinda makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lilian Marville assists)
- 1H 0:57 · MER 49, UNCG 34Quinton Perkins II makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 0:57 · MER 48, UNCG 34Quinton Perkins II makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 1:13 · UNCG 34, MER 47Lilian Marville makes 26-foot three point jumper (KJ Younger assists)
- 1H 1:45 · UNCG 31, MER 47KJ Younger makes driving layup
- 1H 2:09 · MER 47, UNCG 29Zaire Williams makes layup
- 1H 3:12 · MER 45, UNCG 29Quinton Perkins II makes 25-foot three point jumper
- 1H 3:22 · UNCG 29, MER 42Noah Norgaard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Justin Neely assists)
- 1H 4:28 · MER 42, UNCG 26Tristan Gross makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brady Shoulders assists)
- 1H 4:42 · UNCG 26, MER 39KJ Younger makes free throw 1 of 1
- 1H 4:43 · UNCG 25, MER 39KJ Younger makes driving layup
- 1H 4:56 · MER 39, UNCG 23Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 4:56 · MER 38, UNCG 23Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 5:28 · UNCG 23, MER 37Justin Neely makes driving layup
- 1H 5:56 · MER 37, UNCG 21Baraka Okojie makes 27-foot three point jumper
- 1H 6:10 · MER 34, UNCG 21Armani Mighty makes 8-foot hook shot
- 1H 6:41 · MER 32, UNCG 21Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 7:01 · MER 31, UNCG 21Brady Shoulders makes driving layup
- 1H 7:23 · MER 29, UNCG 21Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 1
- 1H 7:24 · MER 28, UNCG 21Baraka Okojie makes driving layup
- 1H 7:34 · UNCG 21, MER 26Valentino Pinedo makes layup
- 1H 7:53 · MER 26, UNCG 19Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes layup
- 1H 8:13 · UNCG 19, MER 24KJ Younger makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 8:13 · UNCG 18, MER 24KJ Younger makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 8:26 · MER 24, UNCG 17Baraka Okojie makes layup (Brady Shoulders assists)
- 1H 8:42 · UNCG 17, MER 22Valentino Pinedo makes driving layup
- 1H 9:03 · MER 22, UNCG 15Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 9:03 · MER 21, UNCG 15Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 9:34 · MER 20, UNCG 15Bendji Pierre makes 5-foot hook shot
- 1H 10:12 · UNCG 15, MER 18Justin Neely makes free throw 1 of 1
- 1H 10:12 · UNCG 14, MER 18Justin Neely makes 9-foot hook shot
- 1H 10:40 · UNCG 12, MER 18Donald Whitehead Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Clinton Efinda assists)
- 1H 10:55 · MER 18, UNCG 9Tristan Gross makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 11:45 · MER 17, UNCG 9Armani Mighty makes 4-foot hook shot
- 1H 12:43 · MER 15, UNCG 9Armani Mighty makes 3-foot dunk
- 1H 13:01 · UNCG 9, MER 13Lilian Marville makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 13:20 · MER 13, UNCG 8Armani Mighty makes 3-foot hook shot
- 1H 14:14 · MER 11, UNCG 8Tristan Gross makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- 1H 14:53 · UNCG 8, MER 9Noah Norgaard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Justin Neely assists)
- 1H 15:19 · UNCG 5, MER 9KJ Younger makes driving layup
- 1H 16:37 · UNCG 3, MER 9Donald Whitehead Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 16:54 · MER 9, UNCG 2Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Zaire Williams assists)
- 1H 17:25 · MER 6, UNCG 2Brady Shoulders makes 26-foot three point jumper (Baraka Okojie assists)
- 1H 19:03 · MER 3, UNCG 2Zaire Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brady Shoulders assists)
- 1H 19:23 · UNCG 2, MER 0Donald Whitehead Jr. makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Box score
Team
1
2
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MER51
51
102
UNCG37
55
92
MERTeam stats
This gameUNCG31-51Field goals32-63
60.8%Field goal %50.8%
10-203-pointers11-25
30-41Free throws17-23
37Rebounds22
12Assists12
5Steals8
4Blocks0
15Turnovers7
18Fouls26
Top performers
This game
MERBaraka Okojie25 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 5-14 FG
UNCGKJ Younger21 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 7-16 FG- MERArmani Mighty20 PTS, 13 REB, 0 AST, 7-7 FG
Mercer BearsPlayers
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26Armani MightyC | 35 | 20 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 6-11 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| 11Brady ShouldersG | 32 | 8 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 6Baraka OkojieG | 33 | 25 | 5-14 | 1-4 | 14-18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1Zaire WilliamsG | 27 | 17 | 5-7 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5Kyle Cuffe Jr.G | 19 | 10 | 4-9 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8Bendji PierreF | 3 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2Connor ServenF | 18 | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3Quinton Perkins IIG | 15 | 8 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10Tristan GrossG | 17 | 8 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 18Pero ZubacF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15Alex KochF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12Petras PadegimasF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22Jaydon ColeG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 0NJ NgangaG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23Braeden CarlsenG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14TJ GrantG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | — | 102 | 31-51 | 10-20 | 30-41 | 37 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 18 |
MEROffense
UNCGSeason stats
82.7 (48th)Points per Game(123rd) 78.6
46.3% (120th)Field Goal %(159th) 45.8%
34.9% (165th)3-Point %(94th) 36.1%
72.3% (248th)Free Throw %(306th) 70.7%
13.8 (224th)Assists per Game(310th) 12.8
12.3 (90th)Off. Rebounds per Game(303rd) 10.1
10.4 (84th)Turnovers per Game(68th) 10.2
MERDefense
UNCGSeason stats
37.6 (84th)Rebounds per Game(198th) 35.4
25.3 (139th)Def. Rebounds per Game(126th) 25.4
7.9 (117th)Steals per Game(397th) 5.6
3.4 (195th)Blocks per Game(451st) 1.9
MERTeam record
UNCG12-7Record7-12
Venue and TV
- 4:00 PM, January 17, 2026
- First Horizon Coliseum, Greensboro
- Watch: ESPN+