NCAA 2025-2026
January 21, 2026
Match Summary
MERCER defeated WESTERN CAROLINA 88-76 on January 21, 2026 in the NCAA 2025-2026. MERCER won by a 12-point margin. Zaire Williams led all scorers with 23 points. MERCER shot 45.6% from the field while WESTERN CAROLINA managed 41.5%. MERCER collected 40 rebounds and WESTERN CAROLINA grabbed 37. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States.
Points Leader
Zaire Williams G
6'4" - 1.93m
Efficiency Leader
Armani Mighty C
6'10" - 2.08m
MERCER
| # | Player | Min | Pts | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | Ast | Stl | TOv | Blk | BlkR | PF | PFR | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | * Brady Shoulders | 33:00 | 9 | 3/12 | 3/9 | 0/3 | 3/4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | * Osezojie Baraka Okijie | 32:00 | 19 | 4/9 | 3/3 | 1/6 | 10/12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 1 | * Zaire Williams | 31:00 | 23 | 9/14 | 6/8 | 3/6 | 2/3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| 26 | * Armani Mighty | 30:00 | 20 | 9/10 | 9/10 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| 5 | * Kyle Cuffe | 23:00 | 5 | 1/9 | 1/6 | 0/3 | 3/4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Tristan Gross | 17:00 | 6 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Connor Serven | 17:00 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Quinton Perkins Ii | 14:00 | 2 | 1/7 | 1/3 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Bendji Pierre | 03:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 200:00 | 88 | 31/68 | 25/42 | 6/26 | 20/28 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 105 |
WESTERN CAROLINA
| # | Player | Min | Pts | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | Ast | Stl | TOv | Blk | BlkR | PF | PFR | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | * Julien Soumaoro | 29:00 | 11 | 4/12 | 1/2 | 3/10 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 23 | * Marcus Kell | 29:00 | 4 | 2/7 | 2/4 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | * Cord Stansberry | 20:00 | 11 | 2/8 | 0/1 | 2/7 | 5/5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 22 | * Tidjiane Dioumassi | 15:00 | 8 | 3/8 | 1/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | * Adbulai Fanta Kabba | 15:00 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Justin Johnson | 22:00 | 14 | 5/12 | 4/8 | 1/4 | 3/5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Sam Dada | 20:00 | 10 | 5/6 | 5/6 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Tahlan Pettway | 18:00 | 11 | 4/5 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 | Taye Smith | 17:00 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | C.j. Hyland | 15:00 | 5 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 3/3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 200:00 | 76 | 27/65 | 16/31 | 11/34 | 11/15 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 76 |
* Players marked with * are starters.