Mercer Women Host Wofford on Senior Day

Saturday, March 2

Macon, Ga.

2 P.M.

Mercer University

Wofford

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Photo by: Judy Stapleton

3/1/2019 10:41:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Bears will conclude 2018-19 regular season at home Saturday

By: Mary Bess Skinner

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer women's basketball team will honor its five-woman senior class and conclude the 2018-19 regular season by hosting Wofford on Saturday at Hawkins Arena.

Tip off for Saturday's Senior Day contest is scheduled for 2 p.m. (ET) and is part of a doubleheader with Mercer's men's team, which will host UNCG later in the afternoon. Mercer (21-7, 13-0 Southern Conference) is one win away from its second consecutive undefeated SoCon regular season run and has won 33 straight conference regular season contests.

The Bears will recognize their five seniors with a Senior Day ceremony after the conclusion of the game against Wofford.

Saturday's game will be streamed live on ESPN+ and Voice of the Bears Rick Cameron will have the call on the airwaves. Fans can tune into the Mercer Sports Network via 100.9 FM The Creek.

BEAR NECESSITIES
Date/Time: Saturday, March 2 | 2 p.m.
Teams: Mercer (21-7, 13-0 SoCon) vs. Wofford (15-13, 7-6 SoCon)
Location: Macon, Ga. | Hawkins Arena
Live Stats: MercerBears.com
TV: ESPN+
Tickets: Tickets.Mercer.edu
Radio: Mercer Sports Network (100.9 FM The Creek)
Twitter Updates: @MercerWBB

SERIES HISTORY
The Bears are 12-1 all-time against Wofford, including a perfect 5-0 at home. Mercer has won 11 consecutive games against the Terriers under head coach Susie Gardner.

SCOUTING WOFFORD
Wofford is 15-13 overall and 7-6 in SoCon action this season. The Terriers are in third place in the SoCon standings. After a four-game win streak against Western Carolina, ETSU, Chattanooga and Furman, the Terriers stumbled against Samford on Thursday night, falling 79-62 on the road. Three Terriers average double figures in scoring, led by Chloe Wanink (19.3). Wofford is the SoCon's top scoring offense, averaging 74.0 points per game and outscoring its opponents by 6.2 points.

THANK YOU, SENIORS!
Mercer will recognize its five-woman senior class of KeKe Calloway, Linnea Rosendal, Rachel Selph, Amanda Thompson and Ally Welch with a Senior Day ceremony after the conclusion of Saturday's game against Wofford. The five seniors earned their 100th career victory on Thursday and are 100-26 overall since the start of the 2015-16 season, their freshman year at Mercer. This senior class is the winningest four- year class in program history. They have been members of each of Mercer's four SoCon regular season title teams.

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
Mercer clinched the 2018-19 Southern Conference regular season title with a pair of road wins at ETSU and Chattanooga last week. The Bears have won at least a share of four consecutive SoCon regular season titles dating back to the 2015-16 campaign. The latter half of the four-year title run has been powered by 33 consecutive SoCon regular season victories dating back to Feb. 4, 2017. The Bears are 51-4 in SoCon play since the start of the 2015-16 season.

THOMPSON DOING IT ALL
Amanda Thompson has been the glue of this year's team, as she has tallied 15 double-double efforts so far through 28 games played. Thompson has been at her best in SoCon play this season, averaging 14.8 points and 12.2 rebounds per game. The North Carolina native is the league's leading rebounder and has tallied double-digit boards in 15 of her last 18 games. Thompson entered the week ranked 12th nationally in offensive rebounds per game (4.0). She has also shined in the classroom as she was one of five players named to the 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Team last week.

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