Mercer Visits Charleston Southern Saturday

MACON, Ga. - The Mercer women's basketball team visits Charleston Southern on Saturday afternoon. Tip off is scheduled for 2 p.m.

GAME INFO
Mercer (2-5, 0-0 SoCon) at Charleston Southern (0-5, 0-0 Big South)
Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023 | 2 p.m. ET
Charleston, S.C. | Buccaneer Fieldhouse
TV: ESPN+

SERIES HISTORY
Saturday's game between Mercer and Chalreston Southern will be the 11th all-time meeting between the two programs. The teams have split their first 10 meetings as each has won five games.

SCOUTING CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
Charleston Southern is still looking for its first win of the season as they enter Saturday's game at 0-5 on the season. The Buccaneers had a rough 2022-23 season as they finished 5-25 and 3-15 in the Big South.

Charleston Southern and Mercer have one common opponent so far as each have played Clemson. The Buccaneers lost to the Tigers 85-55.

Charleston Southern has been a great rebounding team so far this season as they lead the Big South in rebounding at 40.8 rebounds per game. The Buccanners are averaging 61.2 points per game which ranks second in the Big South Conference which as a conference has struggled so far this season offensively.

Charleston Southern is led offensively by sophomore guard Catherine Alben who is second in the Big South in scoring at 15.8 points per game. Madison Adamson is one of the better rebounders in the Big South as she leads the Bucs and ranks third in the conference with 7.2 rebounds per game.

LAST TIME OUT
Ashlee Locke had a career-high 17 points and Mackenzie Johnson had a double-double to help the Bears earn a 73-67 overtime win over Marist on Thanksgiving day in the Savannah Hoops Invitational.

The Bears led by 11 points heading into the fourth quarter but surrendered their lead as Marist would outscore the Bears 24-13 in the fourth quarter to force overtime.

In overtime, the Bears relied on their defense holding Marist to just five points on 1-for-7 (14.3%) shooting and Locke and Johnson combined to score all 11 points for the Bears in overtime to earn the win.

NEED TO KNOW
Mercer had just eight turnovers in its win over Marist. The fewest turnovers in a game for the Bears this season.

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Players Mentioned

Mackenzie Johnson

Ashlee Locke

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