464 - Kennesaw State at Mercer
December 28 at Hawkins Arena in Macon, GA
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Mercer is one of the best three-point shooting teams in the country and I saw why Thursday.
The Bears, sixth nationally coming into the night, hit 10-of-18 from behind the arc and used a dominant second half to roll to a 89-56 win.
It was a 38-31 lead for the hosts through 20 minutes, but a blistering shooting performance in the second half - 72% (!), including 7-of-11 shooting performance from three - allowed Mercer to pull away.
Ria'n Holland is a top-20 scorer nationally and was right around his average with 20 points. Holland and Jordan Strawberry (seven assists) are a pair of really good guards that should help Mercer stay at the top of the Southern Conference all year.
Mercer had 24 assists on 35 made baskets, led by Strawberry and Holland, who added five assists.
463 - NJIT at Buffalo
December 28 at Alumni Arena in Amherst, NY
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Wes Clark was superb in the Bulls' 86-81, overtime victory.
Clark, a senior playing just his third game with Buffalo (he's a Missouri transfer who enrolled late and was finally eligible to play last Tuesday at Syracuse), had 27 points on 8-of-11 shooting, six assists, four steals and only one turnover in 37 minutes.
Clark scored 13 straight Buffalo points during a stretch in overtime, single-handedly turning a tie game into an 84-77 lead with about a half-minute to go.
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