Duke Blue Devils vs Mercer Bears

MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - MIDWEST REGION - 2nd ROUND

27-8

Final

	1	2	T
Mercer MER	34	44	78
Duke DUKE	35	36	71

Duke Blue DevilsDukeDUKE

26-9

Mercer Bears

starters
Daniel CourseyD. Coursey#52
Bud ThomasB. Thomas#5
Jakob GollonJ. Gollon#20
Anthony White Jr.A. White Jr.#15
Langston HallL. Hall#21
bench
T.J. HalliceT.J. Hallice#14
Darious MotenD. Moten#22
Monty BrownM. Brown#45
Phillip LeonardP. Leonard#1
Ike NwamuI. Nwamu#10
Kevin CanevariK. Canevari#3
Jibri BryanJ. Bryan#34
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
31	17	7-12	0-0	3-5	4	2	2	0	0	0	4	4
30	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	3	5	0	0	0	0	3	1
33	20	5-9	1-3	9-9	5	2	1	2	0	0	5	1
22	13	4-6	2-2	3-5	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	3
35	11	3-5	1-2	4-5	3	5	3	0	0	0	3	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
4	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	11	4-5	1-2	2-2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	2
6	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
	78	25-45	5-13	23-28	27	16	8	3	0	3	24	15
		56%	38%	82%

Duke Blue Devils

starters
Jabari ParkerJ. Parker#1
Amile JeffersonA. Jefferson#21
Rodney HoodR. Hood#5
Rasheed SulaimonR. Sulaimon#14
Tyler ThorntonT. Thornton#3
bench
Josh HairstonJ. Hairston#15
Marshall PlumleeM. Plumlee#40
Matt JonesM. Jones#13
Quinn CookQ. Cook#2
Andre DawkinsA. Dawkins#34
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
28	14	4-14	0-3	6-7	7	0	4	1	0	4	3	4
27	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	11	2	2	1	1	6	5	3
35	6	2-10	2-5	0-0	6	5	3	0	0	2	4	5
36	20	6-15	5-12	3-3	3	1	0	1	0	0	3	2
23	6	1-2	1-1	3-3	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
35	23	8-11	7-10	0-0	4	4	2	2	0	3	1	3
7	0	0-5	0-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	71	22-62	15-37	12-13	35	15	12	6	1	16	19	22
		35%	41%	92%

Game Information

Raleigh, NC

Referee:Gerry Pollard

Referee:Don Daily

Referee:Tom O'Neill

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

Atlantic Coast Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Duke	17-1	-	35-3
Virginia	15-3	2	30-6
Miami	13-5	4	26-9
North Carolina	12-6	5	24-9
Clemson	12-6	5	24-11
Louisville	11-7	6	24-11
NC State	10-8	7	20-14
Florida State	10-8	7	18-15
California	9-9	8	22-12
Stanford	9-9	8	20-13
Virginia Tech	8-10	9	19-13
SMU	8-10	9	20-14
Wake Forest	7-11	10	18-17
Syracuse	6-12	11	15-17
Pittsburgh	5-13	12	13-20
Notre Dame	4-14	13	13-18
Boston College	4-14	13	11-20
Georgia Tech	2-16	15	11-20

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