Match summary — NCAA 2025-2026
TENNESSEE defeated MERCER 76-61 on in the NCAA 2025-2026. TENNESSEE won by a 15-point margin. Nate Ament led all scorers with 18 points. TENNESSEE shot 48.3% from the field while MERCER managed 29.9%. TENNESSEE collected 47 rebounds and MERCER grabbed 25. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
TENNESSEE
76 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Nate Ament | 29:00 | 18 | 6/11 | 5/7 | 1/4 | 5/7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| * Ja'Kobi Gillespie | 28:00 | 8 | 3/11 | 1/5 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| * Bishop Boswell | 16:00 | 5 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| * Jaylen Carey | 16:00 | 8 | 3/8 | 3/8 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| * Felix Okpara | 14:00 | 5 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| J.p. Estrella | 20:00 | 12 | 6/10 | 6/10 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Dewayne Brown Ii | 16:00 | 6 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Ethan Butler Burg | 16:00 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Chase Phillips | 15:00 | 6 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Amaree Abram | 13:00 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Clarence Fondeur-Massamba | 01:00 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 184:00 | 70 | 28/58 | 23/44 | 5/14 | 9/15 | 34 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 84 |
MERCER
61 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Armani Mighty | 35:00 | 14 | 7/11 | 7/11 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| * Osezojie Baraka Okijie | 34:00 | 15 | 3/13 | 2/11 | 1/2 | 8/8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| * Brady Shoulders | 34:00 | 6 | 1/7 | 0/3 | 1/4 | 3/4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| * Zaire Williams | 24:00 | 10 | 2/9 | 0/2 | 2/7 | 4/5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| * Connor Serven | 03:00 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Quinton Perkins Ii | 27:00 | 9 | 4/10 | 3/3 | 1/7 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Tristan Gross | 19:00 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 |
| Bendji Pierre | 12:00 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Cuffe | 11:00 | 0 | 0/5 | 0/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 |
| Braeden Carlsen | 01:00 | 3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 61 | 20/67 | 14/38 | 6/29 | 15/21 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 54 |