MACON, Ga. (AP) - Jake Gollon scored 19 points to lead four players in double figures as Mercer beat Lipscomb 61-53 on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament.
The Bears, seeded second in the tournament, outscored Lipscomb 32-24 in the second half after the game was tied 29-29 at the half. The Bears hit 14 of 17 attempts from the free-throw line and made nine 3-pointers, attempting 28.
Langston Hall and Travis Smith each had 11 points for Mercer, while Bud Thomas added 10. Mercer (22-9) made 19 of 50 shots from the floor, with Gallon making eight of his 12 attempts.
Zavion Williams led Lipscomb (13-18) with 17 points, while Jacob Arnett had 11 and Malcolm Smith had 10.
Gollon scored Mercer's first seven points and nine of its first 11. He also hit a key 3-pointer with 1 minute left in the game to help seal the victory.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Lipscomb (13-18) | 29 | 24 | 53 |
| Mercer (22-10) « | 29 | 32 | 61 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Smith, F | 37 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| M. Smith, F | 17 | 2-5 | 6-6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| J. Glenn, C | 29 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Alexander, G | 36 | 4-22 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Z. Williams, G | 34 | 6-14 | 5-6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Arnett | 36 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| C. Sanderson | 11 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-60 | 11-16 | 33 | 3 | 16 | 53 | |
| 31.7% | 68.8% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Gollon, F | 36 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| B. Thomas, F | 34 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Cecil, F | 25 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| D. Coursey, F | 19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| L. Hall, G | 37 | 3-12 | 3-4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Smith | 24 | 3-8 | 4-4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| M. Brown | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Larsen | 5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Canevari | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Hallice | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Smith | 3 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Moten | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-50 | 14-17 | 43 | 12 | 14 | 61 | |
| 38% | 82.4% | ||||||
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