National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Mercer 79, Mississippi 76
When: 4:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 22, 2013
Where: C.M. 'Tad' Smith Coliseum, Oxford, Mississippi
Officials: # Chuck Jones, # Mike Nance, # Antinio Petty
Attendance: 7794

Mercer 79, Mississippi 76: Langston Hall scored 17 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with six-tenths of a second to play, to lead the Bears to a road win over the Rebels.

Hall was 4-of-8 from 3-point range and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line, including two with 17 seconds left to put Mercer (8-4) up by three. Ike Nwamu led the Bears with 24 points off the bench while Jakob Gollon added 10 points and seven boards.

Marshall Henderson had 18 points, including the game-tying 3 with 13 seconds left, for Mississippi (8-3). Jarvis Summers had a team-high 21 points for the Rebels, who were 7-of-24 from 3-point range.

The Bears never trailed in the first half, though it was close with nine minutes to play in the stanza before Mercer went on a 20-10 closing run to forge a 12-point halftime advantage. Henderson struggled in the first half, going 1-of-6 from the field for four points and drawing a technical foul in the closing minutes.

The lead ballooned to 16 early in the second half before Mississippi made its move, taking its first lead of the game on Henderson's 3-pointer with 9:18 to play. The Rebels went up by as many as seven before the Bears went on a 14-4 run to take back the lead, holding on to it until Henderson tied the contest in the final seconds.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Bears finished 21-of-26 from the free-throw line while the Rebels were 15-of-23. … Mercer won the rebound battle, 39-35. … The loss was only the fourth for Mississippi at home against a non-conference opponent in 68 such games under coach Andy Kennedy.

Top Game Performances
 
Mercer   Mississippi
Ike Nwamu 24 Scoring Jarvis Summers 21
Langston Hall 6 Assists Derrick Millinghaus 6
Jakob Gollon 7 Rebounds Sebastian Saiz 11
Langston Hall 5 Free Throws Made Marshall Henderson 4
Jakob Gollon 2 Steals Demarco Cox 1
Daniel Coursey 2 Blocks Aaron Jones 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Mercer 79 43.3 6-20 21-26 12 31 3 4 13
Mississippi 76 44.3 7-24 15-23 14 35 9 4 13