Samford visits Mercer after Holt’s 21-point performance

Associated Press

Samford Bulldogs (14-3, 4-0 SoCon) at Mercer Bears (9-8, 2-2 SoCon)

Macon, Ga.; Wednesday, 7pm EST

BOTTOM LINE: Mercer plays Samford after Alex Holt scored 21 points in Mercer’s 85-82 loss to the Western Carolina Catamounts.

The Bears are 5-1 on their home court. Mercer is 2-6 against opponents over .500.

The Bulldogs have lost 4-0 against SoCon opponents. Samford ranks third in the SoCon with 10.9 offensive rebounds per game, led by Lukas Walls with a 1.6 average.

Mercer is shooting 45.7% from the field this season, 1.0 percentage point higher than the 44.7% Samford is allowing opponents to shoot. Samford scores 11.5 more points per game (87.5) than Mercer allows (76.0).

Wednesday’s matchup marks the first meeting between the two teams in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ahmad Robinson is averaging 16.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2.1 steals for the Bears.

Trey Fort averaged 3.0 points per game for the Bulldogs, scoring 15.2 points while shooting 41.5% from distance.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bears: 6-4, averaging 80.3 points, 35.6 rebounds, 14.3 assists, 8.2 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 43.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.7 points per game.

Bulldogs: 9-1, averaging 82.2 points, 29.0 rebounds, 17.3 assists, 10.2 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.7 points.

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