Battle With the Bucs

Monday, January 17

Macon, Ga.

5 P.M.

Mercer University

ETSU

Photo by: Carlos Morales - UNCG

1/16/2022 5:35:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Mercer opens four-league game stretch at Hawkins

MACON, Ga. – Mercer will welcome ETSU for a contest that was slated to be the conference opener for both sides, postponed from January 6^th. The Bears enter the tilt with a 10-5, 3-0 SoCon mark while the Bucs limp in with a 1-13, 0-1 record. This game will be the first of four straight home conference contests, which would be the longest homestand of the season.

BEAR NECESSITIES
Teams: Mercer Bears vs. ETSU Bucs
Date: Monday, January 17, 2021 • 5 p.m.
Location: Macon, Ga. • Hawkins Arena
TV: ESPN+
TV Talent: Sybil Blalock and Bryce Koon
Twitter Updates: @Mercer_WBB

Last Time Out
The Bears battled back from a first half 10-point hole and escaped with a 69-58 win over Western Carolina in Cullowhee, N.C. on Saturday evening. Mercer used a 37-point second half and was led by Amoria Neal-Tysor and Erin Houpt who combined for 40 points. Neal-Tysor added seven assists, five steals and a pair of boards to her 25 points.

Series History
The Bears and Bucs will meet for the 43^rd time on Monday afternoon. Mercer holds the slim 22-20 edge in the series and a slim 9-7 lead when played in Macon. A season ago, Mercer took the sole meeting – a 76-73 affair in Johnson City - behind 43 combined points from Neal-Tysor and Shannon Titus in the regular season finale for both sides. The last four have been split two apiece, but Mercer has taken nine of the previous 11 from ETSU.

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.

Scouting the Bucs
ETSU enters the tilt on an eleven-game slide, with their last (and sole) victory coming in mid-November over the Ivy League's Cornell by a 66-54 margin. Courtney Moore leads the Bucs with 103 points and has converted 18 from the field.

Follow the Bears:
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