SoCon Championship - 1st Round

Western Carolina CatamountsW CarolinaWCU

8-22, 4-14 SoCon

Final

	1	2	T
W Carolina WCU	29	37	66
Mercer MER	29	38	67

Mercer BearsMercerMER

14-18, 6-12 SoCon

Mercer Bears vs Western Carolina Catamounts

Game Information

Asheville, NC

Referee:Mike Terry

Referee:R.B. Clyburn

Referee:Anthony Eades

NCAA Division I

Southern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
East Tennessee State	13-5	-	23-11
Mercer	11-7	2	19-13
Wofford	11-7	2	19-13
Samford	11-7	2	18-14
Furman	10-8	3	22-13
Western Carolina	10-8	3	15-16
UNC Greensboro	9-9	4	15-19
Chattanooga	7-11	6	13-19
The Citadel	7-11	6	11-22
VMI	1-17	12	6-26

Men's College Basketball News

Paul Finebaum remembers former LSU coach Dale Brown

15h

Ole Miss served most punishments past two seasons for ex-assistant's violations

The NCAA has penalized Ole Miss' men's basketball program for tampering violations by former assistant coach Wes Flanigan, with most of the penalties served during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years.

15h

Dale Brown, LSU's winningest basketball coach, dies at 90

Dale Brown, who coached LSU to two Final Four appearances and whose players included Shaquille O'Neal and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, has died at the age of 90.

12h

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