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FINAL
Jan 15, 2026

Box Score

12T
MER364177
VMI333467
Mercer Bears logoMERCERMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
26Armani Mighty348-100-02-2252033018
11Brady Shoulders369-170-22-560201320
6Baraka Okojie382-61-26-807102211
1Zaire Williams293-122-84-452304212
5Kyle Cuffe Jr.222-80-51-13000215
8Bendji Pierre50-00-00-00000000
2Connor Serven244-80-23-441102011
10Tristan Gross120-20-20-01000000
TOTAL-28-6344.4%3-2114.3%18-2475.0%44127314877
Vmi Keydets logoVMIMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
0Cal Liston244-54-50-020020512
44TJ Johnson356-133-80-010001215
4Linus Holmstrom327-174-100-052304418
30Tan Yildizoglu272-70-30-01510344
5AJ Clark290-30-10-04313120
6Kaden Stuckey182-60-01-26021025
2Mario Tatum Jr.252-81-52-21410127
14Walker Andrews102-42-40-04000016
TOTAL-25-6339.7%14-3638.9%3-475.0%241486102267

Play-by-Play

1st halfmervmi
  • (20:00) Start game.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (19:59) Jump Ball won by VMI.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (19:59) Jump Ball lost by Mercer.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (19:44) Linus Holmstrom misses 25-foot three point jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (19:40) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +3 (19:33) Zaire Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Baraka Okojie assists).
    30
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    +2 (19:07) Linus Holmstrom makes layup.
    32
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +2 (18:44) Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes 11-foot jumper.
    52
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (18:13) Linus Holmstrom misses 14-foot jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (18:10) Zaire Williams Defensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (18:07) Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (18:03) Armani Mighty Offensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +3 (18:01) Baraka Okojie makes 24-foot three point jumper (Armani Mighty assists).
    82
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (17:48) Foul on Linus Holmstrom.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (17:48) Linus Holmstrom turnover.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +2 (17:39) Armani Mighty makes 5-foot jumper.
    102
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (17:24) Tan Yildizoglu misses 24-foot three point jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (17:21) Kyle Cuffe Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (17:14) Armani Mighty bad pass turnover.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (17:14) Linus Holmstrom Steal.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (17:08) Linus Holmstrom misses 8-foot jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (17:08) Armani Mighty Block.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (17:07) VMI Offensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    +3 (17:03) TJ Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tan Yildizoglu assists).
    105
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (16:41) Armani Mighty misses dunk.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (16:41) AJ Clark Block.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (16:32) Armani Mighty Offensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +2 (16:32) Armani Mighty makes 0-foot tip in layup.
    125
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (16:27) Tan Yildizoglu bad pass turnover.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (16:13) Armani Mighty bad pass turnover.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (16:13) Tan Yildizoglu Steal.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (16:02) Foul on Zaire Williams.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (16:02) Foul on Baraka Okojie.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    +3 (15:52) Linus Holmstrom makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tan Yildizoglu assists).
    128
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +2 (15:39) Brady Shoulders makes layup.
    148
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    +3 (15:12) Linus Holmstrom makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tan Yildizoglu assists).
    1411
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (14:59) Zaire Williams bad pass turnover.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    +2 (14:39) Mario Tatum Jr. makes layup.
    1413
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (14:23) Connor Serven bad pass turnover.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (14:23) Kaden Stuckey Steal.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (14:12) Kaden Stuckey misses 7-foot hook shot.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (14:07) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (14:04) Baraka Okojie misses 25-foot three point jumper.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (14:02) Walker Andrews Defensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (14:02) Foul on Brady Shoulders.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (13:38) TJ Johnson misses 7-foot jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (13:35) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +2 (13:28) Connor Serven makes layup (Baraka Okojie assists).
    1613
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (12:58) Linus Holmstrom misses 26-foot three point jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (12:55) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (12:52) Foul on Mario Tatum Jr..
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +2 (12:40) Brady Shoulders makes layup (Baraka Okojie assists).
    1813
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    +2 (12:26) Linus Holmstrom makes 9-foot jumper.
    1815
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +2 (12:10) Brady Shoulders makes layup.
    2015
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    +3 (11:40) Walker Andrews makes 24-foot three point jumper.
    2018
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +2 (11:26) Connor Serven makes 8-foot hook shot.
    2218
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    +2 (11:02) Kaden Stuckey makes layup (Linus Holmstrom assists).
    2220
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (10:43) Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (10:40) Walker Andrews Defensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (10:25) Walker Andrews misses 25-foot three point jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (10:22) Kyle Cuffe Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +2 (10:09) Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes layup.
    2420
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (10:09) Foul on Walker Andrews.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +1 (10:09) Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1.
    2520
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (9:51) Mario Tatum Jr. bad pass turnover.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (9:51) Baraka Okojie Steal.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +2 (9:46) Baraka Okojie makes layup.
    2720
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    +3 (9:17) Mario Tatum Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper.
    2723
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (8:52) Kyle Cuffe Jr. bad pass turnover.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (8:52) AJ Clark Steal.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    +2 (8:30) TJ Johnson makes layup.
    2725
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (8:03) Baraka Okojie bad pass turnover.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (7:48) Mario Tatum Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (7:45) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (7:41) Tristan Gross misses 23-foot three point jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (7:33) Zaire Williams Offensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +2 (7:33) Zaire Williams makes 0-foot tip in layup.
    2925
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (7:22) AJ Clark misses 25-foot three point jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (7:20) Brady Shoulders Defensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (7:09) Foul on Cal Liston.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (7:02) Foul on AJ Clark.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +1 (7:02) Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2.
    3025
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +1 (7:02) Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2.
    3125
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (6:46) Linus Holmstrom misses 24-foot three point jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (6:40) Zaire Williams Defensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (6:34) Foul on Kaden Stuckey.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (6:29) Zaire Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (6:25) Linus Holmstrom Defensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    +3 (6:18) TJ Johnson makes 22-foot three point jumper.
    3128
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +2 (6:05) Brady Shoulders makes layup.
    3328
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    +2 (5:36) TJ Johnson makes layup (Tan Yildizoglu assists).
    3330
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (5:19) Brady Shoulders misses 24-foot three point jumper.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (5:15) Cal Liston Defensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (5:08) TJ Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (5:05) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (4:54) Tristan Gross misses 23-foot three point jumper.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (4:54) AJ Clark Block.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (4:54) Mercer Offensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (4:47) Zaire Williams misses 19-foot jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (4:42) Mercer Offensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (4:36) Baraka Okojie misses layup.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (4:33) Armani Mighty Offensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (4:25) Brady Shoulders misses layup.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (4:22) Brady Shoulders Offensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (4:21) Brady Shoulders misses 12-foot jumper.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (4:21) Kaden Stuckey Block.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (4:14) TJ Johnson Defensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (4:08) Linus Holmstrom misses 24-foot three point jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (4:05) Mercer Defensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (3:36) Baraka Okojie bad pass turnover.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (3:13) Linus Holmstrom misses 12-foot jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (3:10) Connor Serven Defensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (3:02) Zaire Williams misses 27-foot three point jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (2:56) Connor Serven Offensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (2:56) Connor Serven misses tip in layup.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (2:53) Mercer Offensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +2 (2:47) Armani Mighty makes 8-foot hook shot (Zaire Williams assists).
    3530
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (2:34) Linus Holmstrom bad pass turnover.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (2:34) Zaire Williams Steal.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (2:28) Connor Serven misses 24-foot three point jumper.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (2:25) AJ Clark Defensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (2:23) AJ Clark bad pass turnover.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (2:23) Connor Serven Steal.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (2:17) Zaire Williams bad pass turnover.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (2:17) Linus Holmstrom Steal.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (2:10) Mario Tatum Jr. misses layup.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (2:06) Linus Holmstrom Offensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (2:02) TJ Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (1:59) Kaden Stuckey Offensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (1:59) Kaden Stuckey misses layup.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (1:54) Kaden Stuckey Offensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (1:54) Kaden Stuckey misses tip in layup.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (1:50) Tan Yildizoglu Offensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (1:50) Tan Yildizoglu misses tip in layup.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (1:48) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (1:37) Brady Shoulders misses layup.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (1:32) Armani Mighty Offensive Rebound.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (1:31) Armani Mighty bad pass turnover.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (1:31) Mario Tatum Jr. Steal.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (1:09) TJ Johnson misses layup.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (1:09) Armani Mighty Block.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (1:09) VMI Offensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (1:06) AJ Clark misses 11-foot jumper.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (1:02) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (0:53) Foul on AJ Clark.
  • Mercer Bears logo
    +1 (0:53) Connor Serven makes free throw 1 of 2.
    3630
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (0:53) Connor Serven misses free throw 2 of 2.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (0:53) Linus Holmstrom Defensive Rebound.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    +3 (0:42) Cal Liston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mario Tatum Jr. assists).
    3633
  • Mercer Bears logo
    (0:18) Brady Shoulders bad pass turnover.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (0:18) Kaden Stuckey Steal.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (0:01) Mario Tatum Jr. misses 29-foot three point jumper.
  • Vmi Keydets logo
    (0:00) Cal Liston Offensive Rebound.
2nd half

Team Stats

77Points67
28-63(44.4%)Field Goal(%)25-63(39.7%)
3-21(14.3%)3-Point(%)14-36(38.9%)
18-24(75.0%)Free Throw(%)3-4(75.0%)
50(22)Rebounds(Offensive)26(11)
12Assists14
7Steals8
3Blocks6
14Turnovers12
8(0)Fouls(Technical)22(0)
13Largest Lead4

Game Details

Thursday, January 15, 2026 · 3:00 PM
Cameron Hall · Lexington, VA
attendance: 1,276 (25.5%)
tv: ESPN+
spread: MER -8.5
over/under: 153.5