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Washington State earns 84-78 victory against Mercer

AP
Dec 20, 2025

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) Aaron Glass had 24 points in Washington State Cougars's 84-78 victory against Mercer Bears on Saturday.

Glass also had five rebounds for the Cougars (5-8). Eemeli Yalaho scored 14 points while shooting 4 of 4 from the free-throw line and added 10 rebounds. Rihards Vavers went 4 of 7 from the field (4 for 6 from 3-point range) to finish with 12 points.

The Bears (7-5) were led by Baraka Okojie, who posted 24 points. Connor Serven added 15 points and seven rebounds for Mercer. Armani Mighty also had 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Tomas Thrastarson's layup with 15:43 left in the second half gave Washington State the lead for good at 50-48.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
MER
Bears
39
WSU
Cougars
41

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Bears gains possession)
19:42		Baraka Okojie misses three point jump shot
19:40		Ace Glass defensive rebound
19:23	+2	ND Okafor makes two point layup (Ace Glass assists)	0-2
19:08	+3	Connor Serven makes three point jump shot (Brady Shoulders assists)	3-2
18:42	+2	Tomas Thrastarson makes two point jump shot	3-4
18:31		Baraka Okojie turnover (bad pass) (Ace Glass steals)
18:27		Connor Serven blocks Ace Glass's two point layup
18:25		Cougars offensive rebound
18:19		Eemeli Yalaho misses two point hook shot
18:17		Connor Serven defensive rebound
17:51		Connor Serven misses two point jump shot
17:49		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
17:40	+2	Adria Rodriguez makes two point layup	3-6
17:17	+2	Baraka Okojie makes two point jump shot	5-6
17:02	+2	ND Okafor makes two point jump shot	5-8
17:02		ND Okafor technical foul
17:02	+1	Baraka Okojie makes technical free throw 1 of 2	6-8
17:02	+1	Baraka Okojie makes technical free throw 2 of 2	7-8
16:51	+2	Baraka Okojie makes two point layup (Brady Shoulders assists)	9-8
16:43		Brady Shoulders personal foul
16:30	+3	Ace Glass makes three point jump shot (Tomas Thrastarson assists)	9-11
16:15		Baraka Okojie turnover (bad pass) (Ace Glass steals)
16:09	+2	Ace Glass makes two point layup	9-13
15:51		ND Okafor blocks Baraka Okojie's two point layup
15:49		Bears offensive rebound
15:49		TV timeout
15:46		Quinton Perkins II misses three point jump shot
15:44		Baraka Okojie offensive rebound
15:38		Ace Glass blocks Quinton Perkins II's three point jump shot
15:36		Bears turnover (shot clock violation)
15:24		Emmanuel Ugbo turnover (traveling)
15:08	+2	Tristan Gross makes two point jump shot (Brady Shoulders assists)	11-13
14:54		Ace Glass turnover (bad pass) (Connor Serven steals)
14:49		Baraka Okojie misses two point jump shot
14:47		Ace Glass defensive rebound
14:28		Tomas Thrastarson offensive foul
14:28		Tomas Thrastarson turnover (offensive foul)
14:04	+2	Armani Mighty makes two point layup (Baraka Okojie assists)	13-13
13:42		Eemeli Yalaho turnover (out of bounds)
13:31	+3	Tristan Gross makes three point jump shot (Bendji Pierre assists)	16-13
13:16		Kyle Cuffe Jr. personal foul
13:07		Emmanuel Ugbo misses three point jump shot
13:05		Tristan Gross defensive rebound
12:55	+2	Armani Mighty makes two point layup (Quinton Perkins II assists)	18-13
12:35	+2	ND Okafor makes two point layup	18-15
12:23		ND Okafor personal foul
12:23		Bendji Pierre misses three point jump shot
12:21		Tristan Gross offensive rebound
12:09		Tristan Gross misses two point layup
12:09		Tristan Gross offensive rebound
12:09		Jerone Morton shooting foul
12:09	+1	Tristan Gross makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-15
12:09	+1	Tristan Gross makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-15
11:53		Simon Hildebrandt turnover (bad pass) (Bendji Pierre steals)
11:50		Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses two point dunk
11:48		Armani Mighty offensive rebound
11:46		Armani Mighty misses two point hook shot
11:44		Adria Rodriguez defensive rebound
11:29		Emmanuel Ugbo misses three point jump shot
11:28		Jerone Morton personal foul
11:28		TV timeout
11:10		Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses three point jump shot
11:08		Ace Glass defensive rebound
11:02	+2	Ace Glass makes two point jump shot	20-17
10:45	+3	Bendji Pierre makes three point jump shot (Baraka Okojie assists)	23-17
10:36	+3	Ace Glass makes three point jump shot	23-20
10:12	+2	Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes two point jump shot	25-20
9:52	+3	Eemeli Yalaho makes three point jump shot (Parker Gerrits assists)	25-23
9:30		Baraka Okojie turnover (bad pass) (Parker Gerrits steals)
9:28		Bendji Pierre shooting foul (Tomas Thrastarson draws the foul)
9:28	+1	Tomas Thrastarson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-24
9:28	+1	Tomas Thrastarson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-25
9:13		Baraka Okojie misses three point jump shot
9:11		Eemeli Yalaho defensive rebound
9:05	+3	Eemeli Yalaho makes three point jump shot	25-28
8:38	+2	Brady Shoulders makes two point layup (Connor Serven assists)	27-28
8:17		Brady Shoulders shooting foul
8:17	+1	Eemeli Yalaho makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-29
8:17	+1	Eemeli Yalaho makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-30
7:58		Quinton Perkins II misses three point jump shot
7:56		Eemeli Yalaho defensive rebound
7:51		Eemeli Yalaho turnover (bad pass) (Baraka Okojie steals)
7:41		Zaire Williams misses three point jump shot
7:39		Ace Glass defensive rebound
7:22		Ace Glass misses two point layup
7:20		Tomas Thrastarson offensive rebound
7:18		Tomas Thrastarson misses two point layup
7:16		Zaire Williams defensive rebound
6:51	+2	Connor Serven makes two point layup	29-30
6:30		Ace Glass misses three point jump shot
6:28		Zaire Williams defensive rebound
6:21		Quinton Perkins II misses three point jump shot
6:19		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
6:01	+2	Ace Glass makes two point layup	29-32
6:01		Baraka Okojie shooting foul (Ace Glass draws the foul)
6:01		TV timeout
6:01		Ace Glass misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:01		Armani Mighty defensive rebound
5:36		Baraka Okojie turnover (bad pass) (Rihards Vavers steals)
5:31		Rihards Vavers turnover (traveling)
5:14	+2	Armani Mighty makes two point layup (Connor Serven assists)	31-32
5:14		Eemeli Yalaho shooting foul
5:14		Armani Mighty misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:14		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
5:05		Rihards Vavers misses three point jump shot
5:04		Ace Glass personal foul
5:04	+1	Quinton Perkins II makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-32
5:04		Quinton Perkins II misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:04		Eemeli Yalaho defensive rebound
4:58		Connor Serven personal foul
4:46	+2	Ace Glass makes two point jump shot	32-34
4:17		Armani Mighty misses two point layup
4:15		Bears offensive rebound
4:00	+3	Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes three point jump shot (Connor Serven assists)	35-34
3:47	+3	Rihards Vavers makes three point jump shot (Tomas Thrastarson assists)	35-37
3:19	+2	Armani Mighty makes two point layup	37-37
3:19		Bears 30 second timeout
3:19		TV timeout
2:57		Adria Rodriguez misses two point jump shot
2:55		Bendji Pierre defensive rebound
2:39		Adria Rodriguez blocks Tristan Gross's two point layup
2:37		Cougars defensive rebound
2:16	+2	Eemeli Yalaho makes two point dunk (Jerone Morton assists)	37-39
1:55		Quinton Perkins II misses two point jump shot
1:53		Ace Glass defensive rebound
1:38		Jerone Morton offensive foul
1:38		Jerone Morton turnover (offensive foul)
1:20	+2	Baraka Okojie makes two point layup	39-39
1:07		Eemeli Yalaho misses three point jump shot
1:05		Armani Mighty defensive rebound
0:54		Bendji Pierre misses three point jump shot
0:52		Eemeli Yalaho defensive rebound
0:42	+2	Ace Glass makes two point jump shot	39-41
0:40		Cougars 30 second timeout
0:20		Tristan Gross misses two point jump shot
0:18		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
0:04		Tomas Thrastarson misses three point jump shot
0:02		Bendji Pierre defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
MER
Bears
39
WSU
Cougars
43

Time		Play	Score
19:50		Ace Glass misses three point jump shot
19:48		Baraka Okojie defensive rebound
19:37		Zaire Williams misses three point jump shot
19:35		Bears offensive rebound
19:24		Connor Serven misses two point jump shot
19:22		Adria Rodriguez defensive rebound
19:16		Tomas Thrastarson misses three point jump shot
19:14		Connor Serven defensive rebound
19:01		Tomas Thrastarson blocks Brady Shoulders's two point layup
18:59		ND Okafor defensive rebound
18:52	+3	Ace Glass makes three point jump shot	39-44
18:38		Baraka Okojie misses two point jump shot
18:36		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
18:20	+2	ND Okafor makes two point hook shot	39-46
18:18		Brady Shoulders turnover (lost ball)
18:16		Baraka Okojie personal foul
18:15		Adria Rodriguez turnover (lost ball) (Zaire Williams steals)
18:03	+2	Zaire Williams makes two point jump shot	41-46
17:48	+2	Tomas Thrastarson makes two point layup	41-48
17:31	+2	Zaire Williams makes two point jump shot	43-48
17:15		Ace Glass misses two point layup
17:13		Zaire Williams defensive rebound
17:09	+3	Baraka Okojie makes three point jump shot (Zaire Williams assists)	46-48
16:56		Baraka Okojie personal foul
16:40		ND Okafor misses two point jump shot
16:38		Zaire Williams defensive rebound
16:27		Tomas Thrastarson shooting foul
16:27		Brady Shoulders misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:27		Brady Shoulders misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:27		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
16:17		Emmanuel Ugbo turnover (lost ball) (Armani Mighty steals)
16:10		Connor Serven misses two point layup
16:08		Armani Mighty offensive rebound
16:08	+2	Armani Mighty makes two point layup	48-48
16:08		ND Okafor shooting foul (Armani Mighty draws the foul)
16:08		Armani Mighty misses regular free throw 1 of 1
16:08		Simon Hildebrandt defensive rebound
15:43	+2	Tomas Thrastarson makes two point layup	48-50
15:35		Quinton Perkins II turnover (lost ball) (Adria Rodriguez steals)
15:31	+2	Adria Rodriguez makes two point layup	48-52
15:23		TV timeout
15:07		Simon Hildebrandt shooting foul
15:07	+1	Brady Shoulders makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-52
15:07		Brady Shoulders misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:07		Simon Hildebrandt defensive rebound
14:55	+3	Rihards Vavers makes three point jump shot (Jerone Morton assists)	49-55
14:23		Baraka Okojie misses two point jump shot
14:21		Cougars defensive rebound
14:06	+3	Simon Hildebrandt makes three point jump shot (Eemeli Yalaho assists)	49-58
13:36	+3	Baraka Okojie makes three point jump shot	52-58
13:12	+2	Adria Rodriguez makes two point layup (Eemeli Yalaho assists)	52-60
12:46	+2	Baraka Okojie makes two point jump shot	54-60
12:37		Tristan Gross personal foul
12:37		Quinton Perkins II personal foul
12:30	+3	Rihards Vavers makes three point jump shot (Jerone Morton assists)	54-63
12:12		Simon Hildebrandt personal foul
12:01		Bendji Pierre misses three point jump shot
11:59		Eemeli Yalaho defensive rebound
11:48	+2	Eemeli Yalaho makes two point layup	54-65
11:31		Baraka Okojie misses two point jump shot
11:29		Armani Mighty offensive rebound
11:28		Armani Mighty misses two point dunk
11:26		Jerone Morton defensive rebound
11:22	+3	Rihards Vavers makes three point jump shot (Jerone Morton assists)	54-68
11:11		Bears 30 second timeout
11:11		TV timeout
11:03		Baraka Okojie misses three point jump shot
11:01		Zaire Williams offensive rebound
10:55		Zaire Williams misses two point jump shot
10:53		ND Okafor defensive rebound
10:48		Armani Mighty blocks Ace Glass's two point layup
10:46		Cougars offensive rebound
10:46		TV timeout
10:37		Rihards Vavers misses three point jump shot
10:35		Armani Mighty defensive rebound
10:21		Baraka Okojie turnover (bad pass) (Rihards Vavers steals)
10:15		Rihards Vavers misses two point layup
10:13		Armani Mighty defensive rebound
10:07		Zaire Williams misses three point jump shot
10:05		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
10:04		Brady Shoulders personal foul
9:48		ND Okafor misses two point layup
9:46		Brady Shoulders defensive rebound
9:36	+2	Zaire Williams makes two point jump shot	56-68
9:24		Ace Glass turnover (bad pass) (Tristan Gross steals)
9:04		Zaire Williams misses three point jump shot
9:02		ND Okafor defensive rebound
8:44	+2	ND Okafor makes two point jump shot	56-70
8:24		Brady Shoulders turnover (bad pass) (ND Okafor steals)
8:21		Connor Serven shooting foul
8:21		ND Okafor misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:21		ND Okafor misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:21		Connor Serven defensive rebound
8:04		Brady Shoulders misses two point layup
8:02		Connor Serven offensive rebound
7:52	+2	Zaire Williams makes two point layup	58-70
7:32		Tomas Thrastarson misses two point layup
7:30		Brady Shoulders defensive rebound
7:25	+2	Connor Serven makes two point layup (Brady Shoulders assists)	60-70
7:18		Cougars 30 second timeout
7:18		TV timeout
7:14		Zaire Williams personal foul
7:14	+1	Ace Glass makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-71
7:14	+1	Ace Glass makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-72
7:02		Zaire Williams misses two point jump shot
7:02		Armani Mighty offensive rebound
7:02		ND Okafor personal foul
6:59		Zaire Williams misses two point layup
6:57		Zaire Williams offensive rebound
6:47	+2	Connor Serven makes two point jump shot	62-72
6:39		Tomas Thrastarson misses three point jump shot
6:37		Eemeli Yalaho offensive rebound
6:29	+2	Tomas Thrastarson makes two point layup (Ace Glass assists)	62-74
6:14		Adria Rodriguez personal foul
6:03	+2	Baraka Okojie makes two point jump shot	64-74
5:44		Eemeli Yalaho misses three point jump shot
5:42		Bears defensive rebound
5:15		Armani Mighty misses two point jump shot
5:13		Cougars defensive rebound
4:45		Jerone Morton misses two point jump shot
4:43		ND Okafor offensive rebound
4:41		ND Okafor misses two point jump shot
4:39		Bears defensive rebound
4:14	+2	Baraka Okojie makes two point jump shot	66-74
3:55		ND Okafor offensive foul
3:55		ND Okafor turnover (offensive foul)
3:55		TV timeout
3:34		Quinton Perkins II misses three point jump shot
3:32		Eemeli Yalaho defensive rebound
3:22	+3	Jerone Morton makes three point jump shot (Eemeli Yalaho assists)	66-77
3:09		Connor Serven misses three point jump shot
3:07		Eemeli Yalaho defensive rebound
2:57		Quinton Perkins II personal foul
2:57		Adria Rodriguez misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:57		Connor Serven defensive rebound
2:55		Connor Serven turnover (lost ball) (Simon Hildebrandt steals)
2:49		Eemeli Yalaho misses two point jump shot
2:47		Armani Mighty defensive rebound
2:32		Quinton Perkins II misses three point jump shot
2:30		Simon Hildebrandt defensive rebound
2:20		Simon Hildebrandt misses three point jump shot
2:18		Brady Shoulders defensive rebound
2:10	+2	Connor Serven makes two point layup	68-77
2:10		Bears 30 second timeout
1:50		Connor Serven shooting foul
1:50	+1	Ace Glass makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-78
1:50		Ace Glass misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:50		Connor Serven defensive rebound
1:49		Tomas Thrastarson personal foul (Connor Serven draws the foul)
1:49	+1	Connor Serven makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-78
1:49		Connor Serven misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:49		Eemeli Yalaho defensive rebound
1:23		Ace Glass turnover (bad pass) (Brady Shoulders steals)
1:18	+3	Connor Serven makes three point jump shot (Brady Shoulders assists)	72-78
1:09		Cougars 60 second timeout
1:01		Zaire Williams personal foul
1:01	+1	Adria Rodriguez makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-79
1:01		Adria Rodriguez misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:01		Armani Mighty defensive rebound
0:44		Baraka Okojie misses three point jump shot
0:42		Armani Mighty offensive rebound
0:40	+2	Armani Mighty makes two point layup	74-79
0:25		Armani Mighty personal foul
0:25	+1	Eemeli Yalaho makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-80
0:25	+1	Eemeli Yalaho makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-81
0:16	+2	Baraka Okojie makes two point jump shot	76-81
0:16		Bears 60 second timeout
0:16		Zaire Williams personal foul
0:16	+1	Ace Glass makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-82
0:16	+1	Ace Glass makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-83
0:11	+2	Baraka Okojie makes two point jump shot	78-83
0:10		Zaire Williams personal foul
0:10	+1	Jerone Morton makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-84
0:10		Jerone Morton misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:10		Connor Serven defensive rebound
0:04		Tomas Thrastarson blocks Baraka Okojie's three point jump shot
0:02		Tristan Gross offensive rebound
0:01		Tristan Gross misses two point jump shot
0:00		Eemeli Yalaho defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Eemeli Yalaho defensive rebound