CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Langston Hall hit five 3-pointers en route to 19 points and Mercer's defense was its usual, sturdy self as the Bears topped Chattanooga 63-53 Sunday in a nonconference contest.
Mercer (6-5) entered allowing 54.2 points per game, 10th best in the nation, and limited the Mocs (2-8) to 33.3 percent (18 of 54) shooting from the field and 26.9 percent (7 of 26) on 3-pointers. The Bears also collected 10 steals.
The Mocs struggled from the floor most of the game, and none more than Ronrico White. The sophomore entered hitting over 40 percent from 3-point range for his career, but was 1 of 7 from 3-point range and 1 of 12 from the field Sunday.
Hall was 5 of 9 from 3-point range and also had four assists.
White's two free throws pulled Chattanooga within 59-53 with 1:37 left, but the Mocs missed their last six shots.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Mercer (6-5) « | 33 | 30 | 63 |
| Chattanooga (2-8) | 22 | 31 | 53 |
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| Mercer Bears | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| B. Thomas, F | 33 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Gollon, F | 19 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| D. Coursey, F | 16 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| L. Hall, G | 35 | 6-12 | 2-2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| T. Smith, G | 30 | 2-8 | 6-8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| T. Hallice, F | 21 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| M. Brown, C | 20 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Bryan, G | 10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| K. Canevari, G | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. White Jr., G | 5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| D. Moten, F | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Smith, G | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 21-52 | 10-12 | 38 | 13 | 17 | 63 | |
| 40.4% | 83.3% | ||||||
| Chattanooga Mocs | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| Z. Mason, F | 26 | 5-10 | 2-4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| D. Zlovaric, F | 23 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| R. White, G | 32 | 1-12 | 4-4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| G. McGhee, G | 29 | 5-11 | 0-3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| C. Jones, G | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Bareika, G | 24 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| S. Watson, F | 16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Bryant, F | 15 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| E. Robertson, G | 11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Bran, G | 6 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| F. Cobb, G | 5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 18-54 | 10-16 | 33 | 14 | 13 | 53 | |
| 33.3% | 62.5% | ||||||
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