Mercer Drops First Game Of Season At Depaul

Monday, November 11

Chicago, Ill.

9 p.m.

Mercer University

1-1,0-0SoCon

DePaul

3-0,0-0Big East

Team	1	2	F
Mercer	22	42	64
DePaul	51	44	95

11/11/2024 11:40:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Alex Holt and Ahmad Robinson led Mercer in scoring with 12 points each

CHICAGO, Ill. – Alex Holt and Ahmad Robinson led the Bears in scoring with 12 points each, but Mercer couldn't overcome a hot shooting DePaul team as the Blue Demons handed the Bears their first loss of the season, 95-64 Monday night from Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois.

Mercer (1-1) shot 39 percent from the field to DePaul's 55 percent. The Blue Demons shot it well from deep in the first half, going 7-for-15 (47%) and the Bears turned the ball over too many times to get back in the game.

Mercer had 11 steals with four different players getting two steals on the night. Angel Montas Jr. was two rebounds shy of a double-double with 10 points and a career-high eight rebounds.

THE BASICS

SCORE: DePaul 95, Mercer 64
RECORDS: Mercer 1-1 (0-0 SoCon); DePaul 3-0 (0-0 Big East)
LOCATION: Chicago, IL (Wintrust Arena)

HOW IT HAPPENED

1ST HALF

DePaul made three of its first four three-point attempts and jumped out to an early 12-4 lead three minutes into the game. Minutes later a jumper from Tyler Johnson made it a 14-9 game. Then, DePaul went on a 10-2 scoring run to take a 24-11 lead. The Bears were unable to consistently knock down shots in the final seven minutes of the game and the Blue Demons took advantage by taking a 51-24 lead into halftime.

2ND HALF

The Bears played a better second half and a jumper from Alex Holt made it 54-30 just minutes into the second half. Laurynas Vaistaras, Marcus Overstreet and TJ Grant got things going for the Bears midway through the second half as the Bears went on a 10-2 run with the trio combining to score all 10 points. Mercer shot 14-for-34 (41.4%) from the field in the second half, but DePaul continued to make shots as they were 54.5 percent from the field in the final 20 minutes and outscored Mercer 44-42 in the second half.

NOTABLES

+ Angel Montas Jr. had a career-high eight rebounds.
+ The Bears did a better job of attacking the basket and drawing fouls in the second half as Mercer shot 12 second half free throws to just six for DePaul.
+ Nine different Mercer players played 15+ minutes but no player played more than 25 minutes (Jah Quinones).
+ Mercer's 11 steals were the most any of the first three opponents for Depaul has had against them.
+ Mercer had 16 offensive rebounds to 12 for DePaul.
+ Alex Holt went 6-for-7 from the field. Through the first two games of the season he is 10-for-12 (83.3%) from the field.

UP NEXT

Mercer returns home to play Trinity Baptist on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Tip off is at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased here.

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