Mercer Bears vs. VMI Keydets

Jan 15, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
MER	36	41	77
VMI	33	34	67

Game Recap

Mercer defeats VMI 77-67. Brady Shoulders scored 20 points as Mercer beat VMI 77-67 on Thursday.

Player Stats

MERCER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
26Armani Mighty	34	8-10	0-0	2-2	25	2	0	3	3	0	18
11Brady Shoulders	36	9-17	0-2	2-5	6	0	2	0	1	3	20
6Baraka Okojie	38	2-6	1-2	6-8	0	7	1	0	2	2	11
1Zaire Williams	29	3-12	2-8	4-4	5	2	3	0	4	2	12
5Kyle Cuffe Jr.	22	2-8	0-5	1-1	3	0	0	0	2	1	5
8Bendji Pierre	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Connor Serven	24	4-8	0-2	3-4	4	1	1	0	2	0	11
10Tristan Gross	12	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	28-6344.4%	3-2114.3%	18-2475.0%	44	12	7	3	14	8	77

VMI	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
0Cal Liston	24	4-5	4-5	0-0	2	0	0	2	0	5	12
44TJ Johnson	35	6-13	3-8	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	2	15
4Linus Holmstrom	32	7-17	4-10	0-0	5	2	3	0	4	4	18
30Tan Yildizoglu	27	2-7	0-3	0-0	1	5	1	0	3	4	4
5AJ Clark	29	0-3	0-1	0-0	4	3	1	3	1	2	0
6Kaden Stuckey	18	2-6	0-0	1-2	6	0	2	1	0	2	5
2Mario Tatum Jr.	25	2-8	1-5	2-2	1	4	1	0	1	2	7
14Walker Andrews	10	2-4	2-4	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	1	6
TOTAL	-	25-6339.7%	14-3638.9%	3-475.0%	24	14	8	6	10	22	67

Play-by-Play

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1st halfMERVMI

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

2nd half

Team Stats

MER

VMI

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 · 6:00 PM

Cameron Hall · Lexington, VA

attendance: 1,276 (25.5%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: MER -8.5

over/under: 153.5