Thursday, November 13
Winston-Salem, N.C.
6 p.m.
Mercer University
at
Wake Forest
Bears Tangle With Wake Forest On Friday
11/12/2025 8:54:00 PM | Women's Basketball
MACON – The Mercer women's basketball team will open up a three-game road trip on Thursday when the Bears pack up their show and head to Winston-Salem, N.C., to take on Atlantic Coast Conference foe Wake Forest inside LJVM Coliseum. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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Fans unable to make the trip to the Tar Heel State can still follow the action for free via a live statistics link provided by the WFU athletics department. The game is also scheduled to be broadcasted live on ESPN+.
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Fans unable to make the trip to the Tar Heel State can still follow the action for free via a live statistics link provided by the WFU athletics department. The game is also scheduled to be broadcasted live on ESPN+.
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| Â Â ABOUT THE GAME | |
| Date: Thursday, November 13 Time:Â 6Â p.m. ET Location: Winston-Salem, N.C. I LJVM Coliseum TV: ACC Network Extra Live Statistics: MercerStats.com Twitter Updates: @Mercer_WBB |
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| Â Â TICKETS | |
| Tickets are still available and can be purchased by visiting the Wake Forest ticketing portal. | |
| Â Â LAST TIME OUT | |
| Mercer shot a season-best 48.0 percent from the field, including a 3-for-4 clip over the game's final 4-1/2 minutes, to hold off visiting Gardner-Webb, 61-56, on Monday evening in Hawkins Arena. Newcomer Micah O'Dell scored 15 of her game-best 20 points in the opening half, while also adding four rebounds, four assists and a steal. Mercer won the rebounding battle for the second time this season, 32-30, while also logging a season-best 18 assists. | |
| Â Â ABOUT THE BEARS | |
| Mercer has committed a Southern Conference-low 16.0 fouls per game through three outings, while also showcasing the league's second-best scoring defense (55.7 points/game allowed). The Bears are still on the plus side in turnover margin (3.67) thanks to a defense that has forced 20.33 turnovers per game. Newcomer Micah O'Dell has canned 40.5 percent of her shot attempts through a trio of outings, and shows a team-best 14.7 points per game and 3.3 rebounds an outing. | |
| Â Â SCOUTING WAKE FOREST | |
| Similar to the Orange & Black, Wake Forest has committed just more than a dozen fouls an outing through three games, and has allowed just 51.0 points an outing thus far. Currently in the midst of a season-opening six-game home stand, the Demon Deacons opened the newest campaign with a 71-64 victory over Radford, and then followed with convincing decisions over Presbyterian (78-41) and Hampton (77-48). Wake Forest shows a trio of players with double-digit scoring averages, including freshman Milan Brown who has tallied 10.3 points and 8.7 boards per game. | |
| Â Â MERCER/WAKE FOREST SERIES | |
| Wake Forest leads the all-time series, 6-1, and will carry a six-game series win streak into Thursday night's outing. The Bears won the initial series matchup with the Demon Deacons in 1978-79 (86-47), but Wake Forest has been in the win column for every game since. Wake Forest outscored the Bears 27-9 in the fourth quarter on the way to a 70-45 win in the last meeting between the two sides on Nov. 17, 2022, in Winston-Salem. | |
| Â Â ON DECK | |
| Mercer will continue its three-game road trip on Wednesday when it makes the trip to Jackson, Miss., to take on Jackson State (1-1) in the Lee E. Williams Athletics and Assembly Center. Tipoff is slated for Noon ET. | |
| Â Â FOLLOW THE BEARS | |
| For complete coverage of Mercer Basketball, follow the Bears on social media at @Mercer_WBB (X/Twitter),  /MercerWBB (Facebook) and @Mercer_wbb (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com. |
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