Welcome to the A-Sun, Daniel Emerson.
In the first big-time upset of the A-Sun season so far, Mercer went into Tuscaloosa and shocked SEC stalwart Alabama, 72-69. Emerson backed up his 16 point, 19 rebound (!!) performance against Piedmont with 18 points and 6 boards on 7 of 10 shooting to lead the Bears against the Crimson Tide. Emerson's PEG scores of 24 and 20 were tops in the conference for the weekend.
James Florence also came up big at the end, finding Calvin Henry underneath the basket for the go-ahead lay-up, then stealing the in-bounds pass and hitting 2 free throws to put Mercer up 3 with under 10 seconds to go. Henry posted a team-high PEG score of 23 against Alabama, pulling down 13 rebounds and blocking 5 shots to go with 9 points.
In other news, kudos to Jacksonville for taking on a couple of big dogs (Georgetown and Florida State) and giving them all they wanted. The Dolphins came from 17 down at the last media timeout against the Seminoles to get within two, but ran out of time before they could get the last shot off. Against the Hoyas, Jacksonville came from 12 down at halftime to get within four in the last 5 minutes before Georgetown pulled away late to win by 9.
Belmont fell to Austin Peay 86-84 last night. After rallying from 9 down at the 5-minute mark to tie, Belmont forward Henry Harris was whistled for a foul with 0.2 seconds left. APSU hit the free throws and that was that. ETSU also lost on a last-second foul,squandering a four-point lead in the final minutes to lose to Hofstra, 76-75. Hofstra hit two free throws with 1.1 seconds left to win.
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