Mercer Bears @ Washington State Cougars

7-5, 2-5 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Mercer MER	39	39	78
Washington St WSU	41	43	84

Washington State CougarsWashington StWSU

5-8, 3-3 Home

ND Okafor makes layup (Ace Glass assists)
Tomas Thrastarson makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Ace Glass misses driving layup
Eemeli Yalaho misses 8-foot hook shot
Adria Rodriguez makes driving layup
ND Okafor makes 12-foot jumper
Ace Glass makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tomas Thrastarson assists)
Ace Glass makes driving layup
Emmanuel Ugbo misses 24-foot three point jumper
ND Okafor makes layup
Emmanuel Ugbo misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ace Glass makes 10-foot jumper
Ace Glass makes 25-foot three point jumper
Eemeli Yalaho makes 24-foot three point jumper (Parker Gerrits assists)
Eemeli Yalaho makes 25-foot three point jumper
Ace Glass misses driving layup
Tomas Thrastarson misses tip in layup
Ace Glass misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ace Glass makes driving layup
Rihards Vavers misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ace Glass makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Rihards Vavers makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tomas Thrastarson assists)
Adria Rodriguez misses 11-foot floating jump shot
Eemeli Yalaho makes 1-foot dunk (Jerone Morton assists)
Eemeli Yalaho misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ace Glass makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Tomas Thrastarson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ace Glass misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tomas Thrastarson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ace Glass makes 26-foot three point jumper
ND Okafor makes 8-foot hook shot
Tomas Thrastarson makes layup
Ace Glass misses driving layup
ND Okafor misses 4-foot jumper
Tomas Thrastarson makes layup
Adria Rodriguez makes layup
Rihards Vavers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jerone Morton assists)
Simon Hildebrandt makes 27-foot three point jumper (Eemeli Yalaho assists)
Adria Rodriguez makes layup (Eemeli Yalaho assists)
Rihards Vavers makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jerone Morton assists)
Eemeli Yalaho makes driving layup
Rihards Vavers makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jerone Morton assists)
Ace Glass misses driving layup
Rihards Vavers misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rihards Vavers misses layup
ND Okafor misses layup
ND Okafor makes 10-foot jumper
Tomas Thrastarson misses driving layup
Tomas Thrastarson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tomas Thrastarson makes layup (Ace Glass assists)
Eemeli Yalaho misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jerone Morton misses 9-foot jumper
ND Okafor misses 9-foot jumper
Jerone Morton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Eemeli Yalaho assists)
Eemeli Yalaho misses 14-foot jumper
Simon Hildebrandt misses 25-foot three point jumper
Baraka Okojie misses 25-foot three point jumper
Connor Serven makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brady Shoulders assists)
Connor Serven misses 13-foot jumper
Baraka Okojie makes 14-foot jumper
Baraka Okojie makes layup (Brady Shoulders assists)
Baraka Okojie misses layup
Quinton Perkins II misses 23-foot three point jumper
Quinton Perkins II misses 29-foot three point jumper
Tristan Gross makes 9-foot floating jump shot (Brady Shoulders assists)
Baraka Okojie misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Armani Mighty makes layup (Baraka Okojie assists)
Tristan Gross makes 23-foot three point jumper
Armani Mighty makes layup (Quinton Perkins II assists)
Bendji Pierre misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tristan Gross misses layup
Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses dunk
Armani Mighty misses 4-foot hook shot
Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bendji Pierre makes 25-foot three point jumper (Baraka Okojie assists)
Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes 7-foot floating jump shot
Baraka Okojie misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brady Shoulders makes layup (Connor Serven assists)
Quinton Perkins II misses 26-foot three point jumper
Zaire Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
Connor Serven makes driving layup
Quinton Perkins II misses 24-foot three point jumper
Armani Mighty makes layup (Connor Serven assists)
Armani Mighty misses layup
Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Connor Serven assists)
Armani Mighty makes layup
Tristan Gross misses driving layup
Quinton Perkins II misses 15-foot floating jump shot
Baraka Okojie makes driving layup
Bendji Pierre misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tristan Gross misses 9-foot jumper
Zaire Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
Connor Serven misses 12-foot jumper
Brady Shoulders misses driving layup
Baraka Okojie misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Zaire Williams makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Zaire Williams makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Baraka Okojie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zaire Williams assists)
Connor Serven misses layup
Armani Mighty makes 0-foot tip in layup
Baraka Okojie misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot
Baraka Okojie makes 24-foot three point jumper
Baraka Okojie makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
Bendji Pierre misses 23-foot three point jumper
Baraka Okojie misses 8-foot jumper
Armani Mighty misses dunk
Baraka Okojie misses 24-foot three point jumper
Zaire Williams misses 8-foot floating jump shot
Zaire Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zaire Williams makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Zaire Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brady Shoulders misses layup
Zaire Williams makes driving layup
Connor Serven makes layup (Brady Shoulders assists)
Zaire Williams misses 19-foot jumper
Zaire Williams misses driving layup
Connor Serven makes 10-foot floating jump shot
Baraka Okojie makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
Armani Mighty misses 8-foot jumper
Baraka Okojie makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot
Quinton Perkins II misses 24-foot three point jumper
Connor Serven misses 23-foot three point jumper
Quinton Perkins II misses 23-foot three point jumper
Connor Serven makes layup
Connor Serven makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brady Shoulders assists)
Baraka Okojie misses 27-foot three point jumper
Armani Mighty makes layup
Baraka Okojie makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot
Baraka Okojie makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Baraka Okojie misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tristan Gross misses 14-foot jumper

MERCER

WASHINGTON ST

TIME		MER	WSU
20:00	Start game	0	0
19:58	Jump Ball won by Mercer	0	0
19:58	Jump Ball lost by Washington State	0	0
19:42	Baraka Okojie misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
19:39	Ace Glass Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:23	ND Okafor makes layup (Ace Glass assists)	0	2
19:08	Connor Serven makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brady Shoulders assists)	3	2
18:42	Tomas Thrastarson makes 16-foot pullup jump shot	3	4
18:31	Baraka Okojie bad pass turnover	3	4
18:31	Ace Glass Steal.	3	4
18:27	Ace Glass misses driving layup	3	4
18:27	Connor Serven Block.	3	4
18:26	Washington State Offensive Rebound.	3	4
18:19	Eemeli Yalaho misses 8-foot hook shot	3	4
18:16	Connor Serven Defensive Rebound.	3	4
17:51	Connor Serven misses 13-foot jumper	3	4
17:49	Tomas Thrastarson Defensive Rebound.	3	4
17:40	Adria Rodriguez makes driving layup	3	6
17:17	Baraka Okojie makes 14-foot jumper	5	6
17:02	ND Okafor makes 12-foot jumper	5	8
17:02	Technical Foul on ND Okafor.	5	8
17:02	Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2	6	8
17:02	Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2	7	8
16:51	Baraka Okojie makes layup (Brady Shoulders assists)	9	8
16:43	Foul on Brady Shoulders.	9	8
16:30	Ace Glass makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tomas Thrastarson assists)	9	11
16:15	Baraka Okojie bad pass turnover	9	11
16:15	Ace Glass Steal.	9	11
16:09	Ace Glass makes driving layup	9	13
15:49	Baraka Okojie misses layup	9	13
15:49	ND Okafor Block.	9	13
15:49	Mercer Offensive Rebound.	9	13
15:49	Official TV Timeout	9	13
15:49	Adria Rodriguez subbing out for Washington State	9	13
15:49	ND Okafor subbing out for Washington State	9	13
15:49	Emmanuel Ugbo subbing in for Washington State	9	13
15:49	Jerone Morton subbing in for Washington State	9	13
15:49	Zaire Williams subbing out for Mercer	9	13
15:49	Armani Mighty subbing out for Mercer	9	13
15:49	Quinton Perkins II subbing in for Mercer	9	13
15:49	Tristan Gross subbing in for Mercer	9	13
15:46	Quinton Perkins II misses 23-foot three point jumper	9	13
15:44	Baraka Okojie Offensive Rebound.	9	13
15:38	Quinton Perkins II misses 29-foot three point jumper	9	13
15:38	Ace Glass Block.	9	13
15:38	Mercer Deadball Team Rebound.	9	13
15:38	team shot clock turnover	9	13
15:24	Emmanuel Ugbo traveling turnover	9	13
15:08	Tristan Gross makes 9-foot floating jump shot (Brady Shoulders assists)	11	13
14:54	Ace Glass bad pass turnover	11	13
14:54	Connor Serven Steal.	11	13
14:49	Baraka Okojie misses 18-foot pullup jump shot	11	13
14:45	Ace Glass Defensive Rebound.	11	13
14:28	Foul on Tomas Thrastarson.	11	13
14:28	Tomas Thrastarson turnover	11	13
14:28	Quinton Perkins II subbing out for Mercer	11	13
14:28	Armani Mighty subbing in for Mercer	11	13
14:04	Armani Mighty makes layup (Baraka Okojie assists)	13	13
13:46	Eemeli Yalaho subbing out for Washington State	13	13
13:46	Tomas Thrastarson subbing out for Washington State	13	13
13:46	Ace Glass subbing out for Washington State	13	13
13:46	Adria Rodriguez subbing in for Washington State	13	13
13:46	Rihards Vavers subbing in for Washington State	13	13
13:46	ND Okafor subbing in for Washington State	13	13
13:46	Connor Serven subbing out for Mercer	13	13
13:46	Baraka Okojie subbing out for Mercer	13	13
13:46	Brady Shoulders subbing out for Mercer	13	13
13:46	Kyle Cuffe Jr. subbing in for Mercer	13	13
13:46	Bendji Pierre subbing in for Mercer	13	13
13:46	Quinton Perkins II subbing in for Mercer	13	13
13:46	Eemeli Yalaho out of bounds bad pass turnover	13	13
13:31	Tristan Gross makes 23-foot three point jumper	16	13
13:16	Foul on Kyle Cuffe Jr..	16	13
13:07	Emmanuel Ugbo misses 24-foot three point jumper	16	13
13:04	Tristan Gross Defensive Rebound.	16	13
12:55	Armani Mighty makes layup (Quinton Perkins II assists)	18	13
12:35	ND Okafor makes layup	18	15
12:23	Foul on ND Okafor.	18	15
12:13	Bendji Pierre misses 25-foot three point jumper	18	15
12:09	Tristan Gross Offensive Rebound.	18	15
12:09	Tristan Gross misses layup	18	15
12:09	Tristan Gross Offensive Rebound.	18	15
12:09	Foul on Jerone Morton.	18	15
12:09	Tristan Gross makes free throw 1 of 2	19	15
12:09	ND Okafor subbing out for Washington State	19	15
12:09	Simon Hildebrandt subbing in for Washington State	19	15
12:09	Tristan Gross makes free throw 2 of 2	20	15
11:53	Simon Hildebrandt bad pass turnover	20	15
11:53	Bendji Pierre Steal.	20	15
11:50	Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses dunk	20	15
11:48	Armani Mighty Offensive Rebound.	20	15
11:46	Armani Mighty misses 4-foot hook shot	20	15
11:44	Adria Rodriguez Defensive Rebound.	20	15
11:29	Emmanuel Ugbo misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	15
11:28	Mercer Deadball Team Rebound.	20	15
11:28	Foul on Jerone Morton.	20	15
11:28	Official TV Timeout	20	15
11:28	Emmanuel Ugbo subbing out for Washington State	20	15
11:28	Jerone Morton subbing out for Washington State	20	15
11:28	Adria Rodriguez subbing out for Washington State	20	15
11:28	Rihards Vavers subbing out for Washington State	20	15
11:28	Eemeli Yalaho subbing in for Washington State	20	15
11:28	Tomas Thrastarson subbing in for Washington State	20	15
11:28	Parker Gerrits subbing in for Washington State	20	15
11:28	Ace Glass subbing in for Washington State	20	15
11:28	Quinton Perkins II subbing out for Mercer	20	15
11:28	Tristan Gross subbing out for Mercer	20	15
11:28	Zaire Williams subbing in for Mercer	20	15
11:28	Baraka Okojie subbing in for Mercer	20	15
11:10	Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper	20	15
11:07	Ace Glass Defensive Rebound.	20	15
11:02	Ace Glass makes 10-foot jumper	20	17
10:45	Bendji Pierre makes 25-foot three point jumper (Baraka Okojie assists)	23	17
10:36	Ace Glass makes 25-foot three point jumper	23	20
10:12	Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes 7-foot floating jump shot	25	20
9:52	Eemeli Yalaho makes 24-foot three point jumper (Parker Gerrits assists)	25	23
9:30	Baraka Okojie bad pass turnover	25	23
9:30	Parker Gerrits Steal.	25	23
9:28	Foul on Bendji Pierre.	25	23
9:28	Tomas Thrastarson makes free throw 1 of 2	25	24
9:28	Simon Hildebrandt subbing out for Washington State	25	24
9:28	Emmanuel Ugbo subbing in for Washington State	25	24
9:28	Kyle Cuffe Jr. subbing out for Mercer	25	24
9:28	Bendji Pierre subbing out for Mercer	25	24
9:28	Armani Mighty subbing out for Mercer	25	24
9:28	Connor Serven subbing in for Mercer	25	24
9:28	Quinton Perkins II subbing in for Mercer	25	24
9:28	Brady Shoulders subbing in for Mercer	25	24
9:28	Tomas Thrastarson makes free throw 2 of 2	25	25
9:13	Baraka Okojie misses 25-foot three point jumper	25	25
9:10	Eemeli Yalaho Defensive Rebound.	25	25
9:05	Eemeli Yalaho makes 25-foot three point jumper	25	28
8:38	Brady Shoulders makes layup (Connor Serven assists)	27	28
8:17	Foul on Brady Shoulders.	27	28
8:17	Eemeli Yalaho makes free throw 1 of 2	27	29
8:17	Eemeli Yalaho makes free throw 2 of 2	27	30
7:58	Quinton Perkins II misses 26-foot three point jumper	27	30
7:55	Eemeli Yalaho Defensive Rebound.	27	30
7:51	Eemeli Yalaho bad pass turnover	27	30
7:51	Baraka Okojie Steal.	27	30
7:41	Zaire Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper	27	30
7:39	Ace Glass Defensive Rebound.	27	30
7:23	Ace Glass misses driving layup	27	30
7:18	Tomas Thrastarson Offensive Rebound.	27	30
7:18	Tomas Thrastarson misses tip in layup	27	30
7:15	Zaire Williams Defensive Rebound.	27	30
6:51	Connor Serven makes driving layup	29	30
6:30	Ace Glass misses 24-foot three point jumper	29	30
6:27	Zaire Williams Defensive Rebound.	29	30
6:21	Quinton Perkins II misses 24-foot three point jumper	29	30
6:18	Tomas Thrastarson Defensive Rebound.	29	30
6:01	Ace Glass makes driving layup	29	32
6:01	Foul on Baraka Okojie.	29	32
6:01	Official TV Timeout	29	32
6:01	Emmanuel Ugbo subbing out for Washington State	29	32
6:01	Parker Gerrits subbing out for Washington State	29	32
6:01	Jerone Morton subbing in for Washington State	29	32
6:01	Rihards Vavers subbing in for Washington State	29	32
6:01	Zaire Williams subbing out for Mercer	29	32
6:01	Brady Shoulders subbing out for Mercer	29	32
6:01	Tristan Gross subbing in for Mercer	29	32
6:01	Armani Mighty subbing in for Mercer	29	32
6:01	Ace Glass misses free throw 1 of 1	29	32
5:59	Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.	29	32
5:36	Baraka Okojie bad pass turnover	29	32
5:36	Rihards Vavers Steal.	29	32
5:31	Rihards Vavers traveling turnover	29	32
5:31	Baraka Okojie subbing out for Mercer	29	32
5:31	Kyle Cuffe Jr. subbing in for Mercer	29	32
5:14	Armani Mighty makes layup (Connor Serven assists)	31	32
5:14	Foul on Eemeli Yalaho.	31	32
5:14	Armani Mighty misses free throw 1 of 1	31	32
5:10	Tomas Thrastarson Defensive Rebound.	31	32
5:05	Rihards Vavers misses 23-foot three point jumper	31	32
5:04	Mercer Deadball Team Rebound.	31	32
5:04	Foul on Ace Glass.	31	32
5:04	Quinton Perkins II makes free throw 1 of 2	32	32
5:04	Quinton Perkins II misses free throw 2 of 2	32	32
5:03	Eemeli Yalaho Defensive Rebound.	32	32
4:58	Foul on Connor Serven.	32	32
4:46	Ace Glass makes 17-foot pullup jump shot	32	34
4:17	Armani Mighty misses layup	32	34
4:16	Mercer Offensive Rebound.	32	34
4:00	Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Connor Serven assists)	35	34
3:47	Rihards Vavers makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tomas Thrastarson assists)	35	37
3:19	Armani Mighty makes layup	37	37
3:19	Mercer Timeout	37	37
3:19	Official TV Timeout	37	37
3:19	Rihards Vavers subbing out for Washington State	37	37
3:19	Adria Rodriguez subbing in for Washington State	37	37
3:19	Connor Serven subbing out for Mercer	37	37
3:19	Kyle Cuffe Jr. subbing out for Mercer	37	37
3:19	Baraka Okojie subbing in for Mercer	37	37
3:19	Bendji Pierre subbing in for Mercer	37	37
2:57	Adria Rodriguez misses 11-foot floating jump shot	37	37
2:54	Bendji Pierre Defensive Rebound.	37	37
2:39	Tristan Gross misses driving layup	37	37
2:39	Adria Rodriguez Block.	37	37
2:37	Washington State Defensive Rebound.	37	37
2:16	Eemeli Yalaho makes 1-foot dunk (Jerone Morton assists)	37	39
1:55	Quinton Perkins II misses 15-foot floating jump shot	37	39
1:52	Ace Glass Defensive Rebound.	37	39
1:38	Foul on Jerone Morton.	37	39
1:38	Jerone Morton turnover	37	39
1:38	Jerone Morton subbing out for Washington State	37	39
1:38	Rihards Vavers subbing in for Washington State	37	39
1:20	Baraka Okojie makes driving layup	39	39
1:07	Eemeli Yalaho misses 25-foot three point jumper	39	39
1:03	Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.	39	39
0:54	Bendji Pierre misses 23-foot three point jumper	39	39
0:51	Eemeli Yalaho Defensive Rebound.	39	39
0:42	Ace Glass makes 15-foot pullup jump shot	39	41
0:40	Washington State Timeout	39	41
0:40	Rihards Vavers subbing out for Washington State	39	41
0:40	Emmanuel Ugbo subbing in for Washington State	39	41
0:20	Tristan Gross misses 9-foot jumper	39	41
0:17	Tomas Thrastarson Defensive Rebound.	39	41
0:04	Tomas Thrastarson misses 25-foot three point jumper	39	41
0:00	Bendji Pierre Defensive Rebound.	39	41
0:00	End of 1st half	39	41

Mercer Bears vs. Washington State Cougars: Game Highlights

1:18

Rihards Vavers knocks down the 3-pointer

0:20

Tomas Thrastarson buries shot against Mercer Bears

0:16

Beasley Coliseum

5:00 PM, December 20, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Pullman, WA

Attendance: 2,374

Referees:
Michael Greenstein
Gregory Nixon
Ryan Holmes

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Furman	0-0	-	8-4
East Tennessee State	0-0	-	8-5
Mercer	0-0	-	7-5
Wofford	0-0	-	7-5
Samford	0-0	-	7-6
Chattanooga	0-0	-	5-7
VMI	0-0	-	5-7
Western Carolina	0-0	-	4-7
UNC Greensboro	0-0	-	3-9
The Citadel	0-0	-	3-10

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Gonzaga	0-0	-	11-1
Saint Mary's	0-0	-	10-2
Seattle U	0-0	-	10-2
Santa Clara	0-0	-	9-4
Loyola Marymount	0-0	-	8-4
Pacific	0-0	-	8-4
Portland	0-0	-	7-5
San Francisco	0-0	-	7-5
Oregon State	0-0	-	6-6
San Diego	0-0	-	5-6
Pepperdine	0-0	-	5-8
Washington State	0-0	-	5-8

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