Gearing Up for Gardner-Webb

Sunday, November 21

Boiling Springs, NC

2:00 PM

Mercer University

Gardner-Webb

11/20/2021 2:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Bears, Runnin' Bulldogs set to square off

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer women's basketball team will continue on its longest road swing of the season, meeting the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon.

BEAR NECESSITIES
Date: Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 | 2 p.m.
Teams: Mercer vs. Gardner-Webb
Location: Boiling Springs, N.C. • Paul Porter Arena
Notes: Mercer | Gardner-Webb
TV: ESPN+
Stats: StatBroadcast
TV Talent: Jackson Kaplan and Sarah Jansen
Twitter Updates: @Mercer_WBB

Preseason Favorites
Mercer was picked by both the league coaches and media to cut down the nets in March in Asheville, N.C. From the perspective of the coaches, the Bears collected five of the eight first-place votes, and eight of the 15 from the media.

New Season, New Bears
There will be plenty of new faces at Hawkins Arena for the 2021-22 season, as Mercer welcomes eight new student-athletes – Kinley Fisher, Endia Banks, Erin Houpt, Erin Gutierrez, Kassidy Jones, Nigeria Harkless, Ashlee Locke and Lauren McNamara-Clement – to campus.

Last Time Out
No. 19 Georgia handed Mercer their first loss of the season after a 67-52 scoreline at the Lady Bulldogs' Stegeman Coliseum. Amoria Neal-Tysor's 19 points paced the Bears' offense. Neal-Tysor and Endia Banks both collected six defensive boards in the effort. Mercer capitalized on turnovers, turning Georgia mistakes into 16 points. Georgia came back from down in the first quarter and never looked back. Reigining SoCon player of the week, Jaron Dougherty, added 14 points and a pair of rebounds.

Series History
This is the 12^th all-time meeting for the Bears and Runnin' Bulldogs. The hosts have won the last five matchups, including their last one, a 65-62 win at Hawkins Arena.

Scouting the Runnin' Bulldogs
The hosts are looking for win No. 1 of the season. In their last three, they have dropped double-digit decisions to Vanderbilt, Georgia and ECU, respectively. Jhessyka Williams leads the Runnin' Bulldogs with 50 points (16.7 ppg) and 13 defensive boards. A season ago, Williams led the Big South in both steals and steals per contest, and was just recently tabbed as the league's player of the week.