The No. 8 seed Mercer Bears (13-18, 6-12 SoCon) will play the No. 9 seed Western Carolina Catamounts (8-21, 4-14 SoCon) in the SoCon tournament Friday at Harrah’s Cherokee Center Asheville, starting at 5 p.m. ET.

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Mercer vs. Western Carolina Game Info & Tickets

• Date: Friday, March 7, 2025
• Time: 5 p.m. ET
• How to watch on TV: ESPN+
• Location: Asheville, North Carolina
• Venue: Harrah’s Cherokee Center Asheville
• Live Stream: Watch this game on ESPN+
• Tickets: Get tickets for this game at StubHub

Mercer vs. Western Carolina 2024-25 Stats

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Mercer’s Top Players

• The Bears points and assists leader is Ahmad Robinson. He scores 16.9 points per game and contributes 4.9 assists.
• Mercer is led in rebounds by Alex Holt’s 6.9 per game.
• Tyler Johnson hits 3.0 treys per game to lead the Bears.
• Mercer’s blocks leader is Holt, who averages 0.7 per game. Robinson leads the team averaging 1.9 steals an outing.

Western Carolina’s Top Players

• Bernard Pelote is at the top of the Catamounts scoring and rebounding leaderboards with 14.3 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per game this season.
• Brandon Morgan puts in work handing out assists and is Western Carolina’s assist leader with 2.4 per game.
• Pelote is tops from three-point range for the Catamounts, hitting 2.1 treys per game.
• Nobody on Western Carolina grabs more steals than Cord Stansberry (0.9 per game) or blocks more shots than Marcus Kell (0.9 per game).

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