East Tennessee State Buccaneers @ Mercer Bears

9-7, 2-1 SoCon

Final

	1	2	T
ETSU ETSU	40	30	70
Mercer MER	32	36	68

Mercer BearsMercerMER

9-7, 2-1 SoCon

Peterson's 25 lead East Tennessee State over Mercer 70-68

— Quimari Peterson's 25 points helped East Tennessee State defeat Mercer 70-68 on Wednesday night.

Jan 9, 2026, 11:22 am - Data Skrive

ETSU

100%

According to ESPN Analytics

Data is currently unavailable.

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

Injunction allows Council Jr. back to Kansas for 7th college season

Melvin Council Jr. has returned to Kansas after he was granted a preliminary injunction in a New York state court allowing him to play a seventh season, the school announced Sunday.

Jordan Page picks UConn, joins Bowman as five-stars to Huskies

Five-star wing Jordan Page announced his commitment to UConn men's basketball on Sunday, giving the Huskies their first recruiting class with two ESPN five-star prospects in at least 20 years.

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Windy: Simmons could guard Wembanyama

Brian Windhorst believes a healthy Ben Simmons could defend anyone 1 through 5 on the court, including Victor Wembanyama

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