Bears Lose in OT against Winthrop

Saturday, November 13

Rock Hill, SC

2:00 PM

Mercer University

0-2,0-0SoCon

Winthrop University

2-0,0-0Big South

OT 1

Mercer

Winthrop

11/13/2021 7:03:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Final score after OT, 88-85

By: Jake List

ROCK HILL, S.C. – A second half rally led to the Winthrop Eagles forcing overtime against the Bears. It was in OT when Mercer fell short in Winthrop Coliseum, 88-85.

Mercer (0-2, 0-0 SoCon) performed well in the first half. Felipe Haase and Neftali Alvarez combined for 30 points and six rebounds in the first twenty minutes. The Bears had excellent assistance off the glass from James Glisson III with four boards in the first and three combined assists from Kamar Robertson and Jovan Tucker. The Bears entered the half with lead, 38-27.

Haase continued his hot streak in the second half. Haase shot 8-10 from the field and an impressive 5-6 from 3PT FG. Haase and Alvarez combined for 36 more points in the next twenty minutes. Glisson III added six more points for the Bears along with seven rebounds. Haase, Alvarez, and Glisson, combined for 14 more rebounds in the second half. Robertson came off the bench and played valuable minutes and helped control the speed of the game with seven rebounds and two assists on the day.

Winthrop (2-0, 0-0) at the end of regulation came back from being down nine with under a minute to go to force overtime. The Eagles' Pat Good, pulled up from deep and hit a three to tie the game at 80. The Bears had chances to close out the game, but the Homecoming crowd in Winthrop Coliseum made it too difficult. The Bears and Eagles were back and forth in OT as there were multiple lead changes. Nevertheless, it was the three-pointer shot and made by Cory Hightower that put the Eagles ahead and would eventually earn them the win.

It's high energy situations like these that the Bears look forward to playing in again. Mercer will use this game as motivation as the Bears gear up for Life University on Nov. 16.

NOTABLES

Haase almost doubled his career high single game points from 23 to 41 along with 10 rebounds.
The Bears shot 50% from the field in the overall game.
Haase and Alvarez tallied 69 points.
Glisson III pulled down eight boards for the Bears.
Alvarez had six assists. He and Robertson had a combined eight helpers.

UP NEXT
Mercer will host Life University on Tuesday Nov. 16 with the tip-off slated for 7 p.m. The matchup on Tuesday can be viewed on ESPN+ and can be heard on the Mercer Sports Network (100.9 The Creek, SportsMic).

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