Mercer to Conclude Road Trip at UNCG

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer men's basketball program will conclude its three-game road stretch at UNC Greensboro on Saturday, January 21 at 4 p.m.

GAMEDAY INFO
Mercer (9-11, 2-5) vs. UNCG (12-8, 6-1)
Saturday, January 21 | 4:00 p.m.
Greensboro, N.C. | Greensboro Coliseum
LIVE STATS
TV: ESPN+ | RADIO: SportsMic Radio Network

The series with UNCG is almost even, with the Spartans leading 11-9. UNCG is the only opponent Mercer beat in both regular season meetings last year. The two teams also met in the 2021 Southern Conference Championships.

SCOUTING UNCG
UNCG has been one of the teams to watch in the SoCon since the start of conference play. The Spartans are 6-1 in the conference with the only loss coming against SoCon-leaders Samford, 70-68. UNCG grinded out an overtime win against Furman 88-80 last Saturday.

Three players are scoring in double figures for the Spartans led by Keyshaun Langley, who has started every game for UNCG, with 14.3 PPG. Keondre Kennedy averages 13.5 PPG followed by Mikeal Brown-Jones with 10.9 PPG off the bench. Kennedy and Mohammed Abdulsalam lead the team in rebounds, averaging 6.6 and 6.4 per game, respectively.

The Spartans allow the fewest points of any team in the SoCon with only 64.7 allowed per game. UNCG also leads the conference in turnover margin at 1.9.

UNCG is currently on a three-game winning streak, and the matchup with Mercer is the second game in a four-game home stretch for the Spartans.

RECENT ACTION
Mercer earned its second conference win at VMI on Thursday, 69-61, thanks to multiple scoring runs by the Bears. This is only the third time this season the Bears have won back-to-back games and the third away win of the season.

31 points from 18 turnovers by the Keydets proved to be the difference maker as neither team shot too well. Mercer managed to hold VMI's leading scorer, Asher Woods, to only four points. Thursday was the first time this season that Mercer shot below 40% and won.

Kamar Robertson and Jalyn McCreary both finished with 14 points on the night along with 11 points by Shawn Walker Jr. Robertson finished 7-of-8 from the free throw line to help close out the game.

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Players Mentioned

Jalyn McCreary

Kamar Robertson

Shawn Walker Jr.

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